Hey community! The systemvm build job [1] fails to create VMWare compatible ova, I could not find a solution that would completely use opensource tools so I went ahead to use ovftool. First I import the vmdk produced by this buildjob [1] in a new VMWare Fusion/Workstation VM, fix it's compatibility and settings. Next I use ovftool to export the ova. (ovftool <vmx> <output ova>).
I've updated this workaround on the wiki: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Build+Your+Own+SystemVM+Templates So, far I've only uploaded vmware systemvm template (master, rev: a0b5ebccb814cbb12c5f40aa0c8894ebb3b322d6) which install only open-vm-tools: http://people.apache.org/~bhaisaab/cloudstack/systemvmtemplates/systemvmtemplate-openvmtools-vmware.ova MD5 (systemvmtemplate-openvmtools-vmware.ova) = 406e9b3dae3ff2e8ee06cf461828cb06 To install vmware-tools (I'm told they are needed for certain VPC features on VMWare), it requires: 0. Packages: build-essential, linux-headers and gcc for building modules 1. Bigger space in /usr (so the current partition scheme of systemvms does not work for me) 2. Running on VMWare Fusion/Workstation, I tried to automate this on the vbox/veewee buildjob it failed complaining: "this configuration program is to be executed in a virtual machine". Pl. share if there is a workaround that can be automated. I'll try to build my own systemvm with vmware-tools from Fusion, upload the template with 'em soon. [1] http://jenkins.cloudstack.org/view/master/job/build-systemvm-master Cheers.
