- Packer > 0.8
- VMware Fusion or Workstation
This packer template requires to variables to be set either via command line or separate JSON file:
iso_file- is the ESXi ISO for the build (can be local or remote).
To kick off a full build:
packer build \
-var 'iso_file=iso/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.0.0-2494585.x86_64.iso' \
packer-esxi.jsonThe Packer template and the scripts have been tested with ESXi version 5.5 and 6.0.
Default root password for the resulting Vagrant box is vagrant.
There is a convenience script provided to build a known version of the vagrant box.
./build-6.0.0.update01.shCopyright © 2015 VMware, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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