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     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'
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     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.