Image Management

Build OVAs from VMs or ISOs, then publish them as AWS AMIs

OVA Library

No OVAs found. Build one using the forms below.
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Clones the selected VM, runs all 11 cloud-init prep steps, then exports to OVA. Guest OS credentials are retrieved automatically from Password Safe.

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Saved to the configured OVA library path

Downloads a vendor-published cloud image (pre-installed OS), customizes it via cloud-init on first boot, then exports as OVA. Typical time: 5-10 minutes. No Packer, no boot command timing issues.

Injected into vmadmin authorized_keys. Default password: ChangeMe123!

What happens: Downloads the official Ubuntu cloud OVA (~600 MB) → expands VMDK → creates a cloud-init seed ISO → boots the VM headless → cloud-init runs and powers off automatically → exports OVA. Default user: vmadmin / ChangeMe123!

Uses Packer with the VMware Workstation builder to perform an unattended Windows install from an ISO, then saves the VM as a VMX file ready for VMware Workstation Pro 25. No OVFTool export — the build output is copied directly to the configured VMX output path. Supports Windows 11 (Home/Pro/Enterprise) and Windows Server 2025 (Standard/Datacenter).

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Auto-computed when you select an ISO. You can edit if needed.

Generalizes the VM for use as a golden image template. The VM will shut down automatically. Leave unchecked for a development or test VM.

Pre-installed Linux images — no cloud-init setup required.

Default credentials on all images: osboxes / osboxes.org

7-Zip must be installed on the host to extract archives. Download size is 1–4 GB.

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Deploy VM from OVA

Managed account created in Password Safe

Publish OVA to AMI

Must be unique in your AWS account. Packer will append a timestamp if there is a conflict.

Publish OVA to Azure Managed Image

Name for the Azure Managed Image in the configured resource group.