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Packer Examples for VMware vSphere

This repository provides a collection of opinionated examples that demonstrate how you can use both :simple-packer: HashiCorp Packer and the Packer Plugin for VMware vSphere (vsphere-iso builder) to automate the creation of virtual machine images for VMware vSphere environments.

Whether you're a developer, systems administrator, or site reliability engineer, this project is designed to both help and inspire you in streamlining your infrastructure provisioning process and maintain consistency in your virtualization workflow.

All examples are provided in the HashiCorp Configuration Language ("HCL").

This project supports the following guest operating systems:

:fontawesome-brands-linux:   Linux Distributions

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Operating System	Version	VMTools Customization	Cloud-Init Customization	Network Variables	Storage Variables
:simple-vmware:    VMware Photon OS @span	5.0	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-x-circle-24:	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-x-circle-24:
	4.0	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-x-circle-24:	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-x-circle-24:
:fontawesome-brands-debian:    Debian @span	12	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }
	11	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-x-circle-24:	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }
:fontawesome-brands-ubuntu:    Ubuntu Server @span	24.04 LTS	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }
	22.04 LTS	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }
	20.04 LTS	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }
:fontawesome-brands-redhat:    Red Hat Enterprise Linux @span	9	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }
	8	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }
	7	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-x-circle-24:	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }
:fontawesome-brands-linux:    AlmaLinux OS @span	9	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-x-circle-24:	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }
	8	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-x-circle-24:	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }
:simple-rockylinux:    Rocky Linux @span	9	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-x-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }
	8	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-x-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }
:simple-oracle:    Oracle Linux @span	9	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-x-circle-24:	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }
	8	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-x-circle-24:	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }
:fontawesome-brands-centos:    CentOS @span	9 Stream	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-x-circle-24:	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }
	8 Stream	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-x-circle-24:	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }
	7	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-x-circle-24:	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }
:fontawesome-brands-suse:    SUSE Linux Enterprise @span	15	:octicons-check-circle-24:{ .green }	:octicons-x-circle-24:	:octicons-x-circle-24:	:octicons-x-circle-24:
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:fontawesome-brands-windows:   Microsoft Windows

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Operating System	Version	Editions	Experience
:fontawesome-brands-windows:    Microsoft Windows Server @span	2025	Standard and Enterprise	Core and Desktop
	2022	Standard and Enterprise	Core and Desktop
	2019	Standard and Enterprise	Core and Desktop
:fontawesome-brands-windows:    Microsoft Windows @span	11	Professional and Enterprise	-
	10	Professional and Enterprise	-
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