From 4343ca292a1f0a6c41aeac94e54ff05a01ba377d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kuzmin Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2017 19:16:22 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ddbeb5a7c..8f1ad6928 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Packer Builder for VMware vSphere -This builder uses native vSphere API, and creates virtual machines remotely. +This a plugin for [HashiCorp Packer](https://www.packer.io/). It uses native vSphere API, and creates virtual machines remotely. - VMware Player is not required - Builds are incremental, VMs are not created from scratch but cloned from base templates - similar to [amazon-ebs](https://www.packer.io/docs/builders/amazon-ebs.html) builder @@ -44,12 +44,14 @@ This builder uses native vSphere API, and creates virtual machines remotely. * `vcenter_server` - vCenter server hostname. * `username` - vSphere username. * `password` - vSphere password. +* `insecure_connection` - do not validate server's TLS certificate. `false` by default. + * `template` - name of source VM. * `vm_name` - name of target VM. + * `host` - vSphere host where target VM is created. * `ssh_username` - username in guest OS. * `ssh_password` - password in guest OS. -* `insecure_connection` - do not validate server's TLS certificate. `false` by default. ### Optional Destination: @@ -82,9 +84,10 @@ Post-processing: "type": "vsphere", "vcenter_server": "vcenter.domain.com", - "datacenter": "dc1", "username": "root", "password": "{{user `vsphere_password`}}", + "insecure_connection": true, + "datacenter": "dc1", "template": "ubuntu", "folder": "folder1/folder2",