hello i think the file need to be tar
you can try to inspect an existing hyper-v vm and test repackage it here is one example: https://vagrantcloud.com/hashicorp/boxes/bionic64/versions/1.0.282/providers/hyperv.box kikitux@nuc8:~/Downloads$ mkdir h kikitux@nuc8:~/Downloads$ cd h kikitux@nuc8:~/Downloads/h$ tar zxvf ../hyperv.box metadata file is quite simple cat metadata.json {"provider":"hyperv"} alvaro On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 1:10 AM Ariel JGS <ariel...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, I've been trying to make a new Hyper-V box but I don't know what am > I doing wrong, I'm following the steps in the documentation and I'm not > sure where is the mistake. I made a debian VM with Hyper-V, it has 1 GB > RAM, 100GB hard disk, user vagrant with password vagrant, same with root, I > installed the hyperv-daemons so the VM reports its IP address in the > "networking" tab. I exported my VM and it generated 3 folders: Snapshots, > Virtual Hard Disks and Virtual Machines. I deleted Snapshots and created a > metadata.json file with the following information: > > { > "name": "arieljgs/debian10", > "description": "This box contains Debian 10.03 CLI 64-bit.", > "versions": [ > { > "version": "1.0", > "providers": [ > { > "name": "hyperv", > } > ] > } > ]} > > > Then I added everything to a .zip file, including the .json file. After > that I used the command vagrant box add --name arieljgs/debian10 > "D:\Vagrant Boxes\Debian 10.3.0 CLI\Debian 10.3.0 CLI.zip" and I'm getting > the following error: > > The metadata associated with the box 'arieljgs/debian10' appears corrupted. > This is most often caused by a disk issue or system crash. Please > remove the box, re-add it, and try again. > > Does anyone know what's happening here? Any help will be appreciated > > -- > This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - > https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in > violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing > list. > > GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/issues > IRC: #vagrant on Freenode > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Vagrant" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vagrant-up+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vagrant-up/671e0ac5-7e87-40cc-98a6-ac5be6abf435%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vagrant-up/671e0ac5-7e87-40cc-98a6-ac5be6abf435%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Alvaro -- This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing list. GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/issues IRC: #vagrant on Freenode --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vagrant" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vagrant-up+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vagrant-up/CAHqq0ew90-RFYB%3Dw29U6kEGUSRDvMesxn2Ryd50CjtKJqw1rYw%40mail.gmail.com.