In your UKCloud environment, create a catalog to contain the vApp template.įor detailed instructions, see How to create a catalog. Refer to the OVF Tool User Guide for further commands and switches. The basic syntax to do this using the OVF Tool is: ovftool You'll mainly use the OVF Tool to import (deploy) and export VMs or appliances into and out of your UKCloud environment. You can also find the OVF Tool User Guide at:

There are a number of help commands, which are a good source of information: ovftool -help The OVF Tool is a CLI tool, so some level of familiarity with CMD commands helps in using the tool. Go to the installation folder and run: ovftool There is no icon or program logo on your desktop for the OVF Tool, so to launch it, you must use the command prompt. You can download the OVF Tool for Windows 32-bit and 64-bit, Linux 32-bit and 64-bit, or Mac OS X.Īfter downloading and installing the OVF Tool, you must then go to the directory in which you installed the tool to run it. You must have a VMware account to download the tool. You can download the OVF Tool via the following link: Compared to the OVF file format, the OVA format contains all VM files and *.ovf files compressed into one single OVA archive file instead of many files in a folder. The OVA file extension is associated with Open Virtual Machine Format. VMX (the VM configuration file) is a simple text file with various parameters relating to the guest VM. It is a platform independent, efficient, open packaging and distribution format for VMs. OVF (Open Virtualisation Format) is a packaging standard created by leading virtualisation vendors. The OVF Tool is a command‑line interface (CLI) tool only. It also includes a command‑line facility to import and export OVF packages between environments or from third party suppliers.

The VMware OVF Tool is a conversion program freely downloadable from VMware that assists in the distribution of virtual machines (VMs) and vApps, converting them between OVF, VMX and OVA formats.

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