github.com/aspring/packer@v0.8.1-0.20150629211158-9db281ac0f89/website/source/docs/post-processors/vsphere.html.markdown (about) 1 --- 2 layout: "docs" 3 page_title: "vSphere Post-Processor" 4 description: |- 5 The Packer vSphere post-processor takes an artifact from the VMware builder and uploads it to a vSphere endpoint. 6 --- 7 8 # vSphere Post-Processor 9 10 Type: `vsphere` 11 12 The Packer vSphere post-processor takes an artifact from the VMware builder 13 and uploads it to a vSphere endpoint. 14 15 ## Configuration 16 17 There are many configuration options available for the post-processor. They are 18 segmented below into two categories: required and optional parameters. Within 19 each category, the available configuration keys are alphabetized. 20 21 Required: 22 23 * `cluster` (string) - The cluster to upload the VM to. 24 25 * `datacenter` (string) - The name of the datacenter within vSphere to 26 add the VM to. 27 28 * `datastore` (string) - The name of the datastore to store this VM. 29 This is _not required_ if `resource_pool` is specified. 30 31 * `host` (string) - The vSphere host that will be contacted to perform 32 the VM upload. 33 34 * `password` (string) - Password to use to authenticate to the vSphere 35 endpoint. 36 37 * `resource_pool` (string) - The resource pool to upload the VM to. 38 This is _not required_. 39 40 * `username` (string) - The username to use to authenticate to the vSphere 41 endpoint. 42 43 * `vm_name` (string) - The name of the VM once it is uploaded. 44 45 Optional: 46 47 * `disk_mode` (string) - Target disk format. See `ovftool` manual for 48 available options. By default, "thick" will be used. 49 50 * `insecure` (boolean) - Whether or not the connection to vSphere can be done 51 over an insecure connection. By default this is false. 52 53 * `vm_folder` (string) - The folder within the datastore to store the VM. 54 55 * `vm_network` (string) - The name of the VM network this VM will be 56 added to.