packer/website/pages/partials/builder/vsphere/common/ExportConfig.mdx

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You may optionally export an ovf from VSphere to the instance running Packer.

Example usage:

In JSON:
```json
...
  "vm_name": "example-ubuntu",
...
  "export": {
    "force": true,
    "output_directory": "./output_vsphere"
  },
```
In HCL2:
```hcl
  # ...
  vm_name = "example-ubuntu"
  # ...
  export {
    force = true
    output_directory = "./output_vsphere"
  }
```
The above configuration would create the following files:

```text
./output_vsphere/example-ubuntu-disk-0.vmdk
./output_vsphere/example-ubuntu.mf
./output_vsphere/example-ubuntu.ovf
```