OVA not compatible with Terraform Provider for vSphere

[dpottratz]

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Overview of the Issue

Using terraform "Deploying Virtual Machines from OVF/OVA" to create a virtual machine with and image created from packer will fail.

Reproduction Steps

1. Create OVA/OVF image using packer. Image is based on Ubuntu 18.04 VMware cloud image. "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/bionic/current/bionic-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova"
2. Use Deploying Virtual Machines from OVF/OVA to deploy the image using "## Deployment of VM from Local OVF"

It fails with the follow error:
│ Error: error while importing ovf/ova template, A specified parameter was not correct: ovfSection.info.key
│
│ with vsphere_virtual_machine.cvuv_vm,
│ on main.tf line 65, in resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "vm":
│ 65: resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "vm" {
│

With the Ubuntu Cloud image from "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/bionic/current/bionic-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova" Terraform will import the image without any issues.

It seems like packer is writing the OVF XML incorrectly. When using the 'disk' information from the packer OVF (because the information has changed with changes to the disk) and inserting it into the Ubuntu OVF XML the image will import without any issues.

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[GardenGorgon]

For anyone who's had the error:
│ Error: error while importing ovf/ova template, A specified parameter was not correct: ovfSection.info.key

I solved it by going into the OVF file, and deleting the </vmw:StorageGroupSection> </vmw:StorageGroup> and </vmw:StorageSection> XML elements, then rebuilding the OVA file using this new OVF file.

Compare your OVF file to OVF file found by unpacking https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/bionic/current/bionic-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova

The cloudimg-amd64.ovf did not have the </vmw:Storage*> xml elements, so I removed those elements from my OVF file, rebuilt my OVA file with tar, and the OVA worked.

[GlasgowMoe]

Can we please get this issue fix? Seems like an issue with govmomi codebase not allowing to import the ovf/ova

https://issuehint.com/issue/vmware/govmomi/2666

[tenthirtyam]

Can we please get this issue fix? Seems like an issue with govmomi codebase not allowing to import the ovf/ova

https://issuehint.com/issue/vmware/govmomi/2666

@GlasgowMoe - if this is an issue with vmware/govmomi, the issue should be raised upstream.

[GlasgowMoe]

Can we please get this issue fix? Seems like an issue with govmomi codebase not allowing to import the ovf/ova
https://issuehint.com/issue/vmware/govmomi/2666

@GlasgowMoe - if this is an issue with vmware/govmomi, the issue should be raised upstream.

I am not 100% sure as i don't know really know Go. Id like someone else to confirm the issue before raising upstream.

[tenthirtyam]

Please refer to vmware/govmomi#2666. This is the issue link on the upstream dependency.