github.com/aclaygray/packer@v1.3.2/website/source/docs/builders/virtualbox.html.md (about) 1 --- 2 description: | 3 The VirtualBox Packer builder is able to create VirtualBox virtual machines 4 and export them in the OVA or OVF format. 5 layout: docs 6 page_title: 'VirtualBox - Builders' 7 sidebar_current: 'docs-builders-virtualbox' 8 --- 9 10 # VirtualBox Builder 11 12 The VirtualBox Packer builder is able to create 13 [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org) virtual machines and export them in the 14 OVA or OVF format. 15 16 Packer actually comes with multiple builders able to create VirtualBox machines, 17 depending on the strategy you want to use to build the image. Packer supports 18 the following VirtualBox builders: 19 20 - [virtualbox-iso](/docs/builders/virtualbox-iso.html) - Starts from an ISO 21 file, creates a brand new VirtualBox VM, installs an OS, provisions software 22 within the OS, then exports that machine to create an image. This is best for 23 people who want to start from scratch. 24 25 - [virtualbox-ovf](/docs/builders/virtualbox-ovf.html) - This builder imports an 26 existing OVF/OVA file, runs provisioners on top of that VM, and exports that 27 machine to create an image. This is best if you have an existing VirtualBox VM 28 export you want to use as the source. As an additional benefit, you can feed 29 the artifact of this builder back into itself to iterate on a machine.