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     3      The Parallels Packer builder is able to create Parallels Desktop for Mac
     4      virtual machines and export them in the PVM format.
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     6  page_title: 'Parallels - Builders'
     7  sidebar_current: 'docs-builders-parallels'
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     9  
    10  # Parallels Builder
    11  
    12  The Parallels Packer builder is able to create [Parallels Desktop for
    13  Mac](https://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/) virtual machines and export
    14  them in the PVM format.
    15  
    16  Packer actually comes with multiple builders able to create Parallels machines,
    17  depending on the strategy you want to use to build the image. Packer supports
    18  the following Parallels builders:
    19  
    20  -   [parallels-iso](/docs/builders/parallels-iso.html) - Starts from an ISO file,
    21      creates a brand new Parallels VM, installs an OS, provisions software within
    22      the OS, then exports that machine to create an image. This is best for people
    23      who want to start from scratch.
    24  
    25  -   [parallels-pvm](/docs/builders/parallels-pvm.html) - This builder imports an
    26      existing PVM 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 Parallels 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.
    30  
    31  ## Requirements
    32  
    33  In addition to [Parallels Desktop for
    34  Mac](https://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/) this requires the [Parallels
    35  Virtualization SDK](https://www.parallels.com/downloads/desktop/).
    36  
    37  The SDK can be installed by downloading and following the instructions in the
    38  dmg.
    39  
    40  Parallels Desktop for Mac 9 and later is supported, from PD 11 Pro or Business
    41  edition is required.