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