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Support for VirtualBox (OVF) box format #18

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mnuthan1 opened this issue Jan 14, 2019 · 4 comments
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Support for VirtualBox (OVF) box format #18

mnuthan1 opened this issue Jan 14, 2019 · 4 comments
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@mnuthan1
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how can I generate OVF format for virtualbox using macinbox.

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That's a great question! I am not a VirtualBox user, so I don't know the answer offhand.

Some quick googling suggests that it is possible to convert a vmx and vmdk (VMware machine definition and disk image) into an OVF/OVA, so one approach would be create the VMware vagrant box, and then try converting the embedded vmx/vmdk.

Alternatively, this project might be what you're looking for: https://github.com/geerlingguy/macos-virtualbox-vm

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Here's another approach: https://github.com/AlexanderWillner/runMacOSinVirtualBox

I suspect one could add VirtualBox support to macinbox by following a similar pattern, along with the VBoxManage convertfromraw command for creating the VDI.

@bacongravy bacongravy changed the title support for OVF format Support for VirtualBox (OVF) box format Jan 21, 2019
@bacongravy bacongravy added the enhancement New feature or request label Jan 21, 2019
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I've add this feature in 8abf1ec. It will appear in a forthcoming 3.1 release.

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v3.1.0 has been released. After updating, you can use this feature like so:

macinbox --box-format virtualbox

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