Exposes VMware's OVF Tool as a Packer post-processor, enabling VMware builds to produce OVA/OVF artifacts.

For the sake of simplicity, only a few of ovftool's options are currently exposed, but adding more would be a simple task. Contributions are welcome.

Add the post-processor to your packer template:

{
    "post-processors": [{
        "type": "ovftool",
        "only": ["vmware"],
        "format": "ova"
    }]
}

Available configuration options:

• target: The path where the artifact should be created, without the file extension. This is a configuration template. Defaults to packer_{{.BuildName}}_{{.Provider}}.
• format: The target type to create, either "ova" or "ovf". Defaults to "ovf" if not specified.
• compression: The compression level to use when creating the artifact. A number from 1-9. Default value is 0, meaning no compression.

Run:

$ go get github.com/iancmcc/packer-post-processor-ovftool
$ go install github.com/iancmcc/packer-post-processor-ovftool

Add the post-processor to ~/.packerconfig:

{
  "post-processors": {
    "ovftool": "packer-post-processor-ovftool"
  }
}

If you want to use the plugin with Packer v0.4, you'll need to build for API version 1. Perform installation as above (you can skip the "go install" step), then:

$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/iancmcc/packer-post-processor-ovftool && git checkout v0.4.1
$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/hashicorp/packer && git checkout v0.4.1
$ go install github.com/iancmcc/packer-post-processor-ovftool