# Produce OVA via Packer

**URL:** <https://discuss.circleci.com/t/produce-ova-via-packer/8355>\
**Category:** Build Environment\
**Created:** [November 29, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/produce-ova-via-packer/8355 "2016-11-29T23:01:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jamesjuran2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/jamesjuran2/32/8732_2.png) [@jamesjuran2](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/jamesjuran2)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/produce-ova-via-packer/8355/1 "2016-11-29T23:01:02Z")

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I use Hashicorp’s Packer to produce an OVA file for an appliance we distribute based on a CentOS ISO. This requires either Virtualbox or VMware. I would not expect to be able to install VMware on a CircleCI build host due to licensing, and Virtualbox won’t run inside the Xen environment that the CircleCI build containers run in (VirtualBox does not support nested virtualization).

This may be a long shot, but does anyone know of a way to produce an OVA file from a CentOS ISO inside the CircleCI environment?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/original/3X/5/1/511608acda8e85906e15909b57bd0a46c1dbe291.png) [@system](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 11:38am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/produce-ova-via-packer/8355/2 "2018-06-18T11:38:56Z")

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Closed on June 18, 2018, 11:38am UTC