Based on Alpine Linux which is a security-oriented, lightweight Linux distribution based on musl libc and busybox.
Very small VM for migration labs/quick networking tests Configures itself from OVF Properties, so can be automated easily with govc/ovftool.
VM Hardware Configuration:
- 1 CPU
- 512 MB RAM
- 8 GB Hard Disk
Built artifact from Packer (Only 48MB !!!)
Here is the available properties
guestinfo.hostname: "mysmallvm"guestinfo.ipaddress"192.168.0.11"guestinfo.netprefix"24"guestinfo.gateway"192.168.0.1"guestinfo.dns"1.1.1.1"guestinfo.domain"zpod.io"guestinfo.password"VMware1!" (default password)guestinfo.sshkey"ssh-rsa AAAA...[concatened].... tsugliani@zpod"
You can leverage ovftool or govc to automate deployments with the properties. I usually prefer govc for this as the properties can be managed as a JSON field and this goes pretty well with Python automation.
Have fun !
❯ govc import.spec alpine-3.15.4.ova
{
"DiskProvisioning": "flat",
"IPAllocationPolicy": "dhcpPolicy",
"IPProtocol": "IPv4",
"PropertyMapping": [
{
"Key": "guestinfo.hostname",
"Value": ""
},
{
"Key": "guestinfo.ipaddress",
"Value": ""
},
{
"Key": "guestinfo.netprefix",
"Value": ""
},
{
"Key": "guestinfo.gateway",
"Value": ""
},
{
"Key": "guestinfo.dns",
"Value": ""
},
{
"Key": "guestinfo.domain",
"Value": ""
},
{
"Key": "guestinfo.password",
"Value": ""
},
{
"Key": "guestinfo.sshkey",
"Value": ""
}
],
"NetworkMapping": [
{
"Name": "VM Network",
"Network": ""
}
],
"MarkAsTemplate": false,
"PowerOn": false,
"InjectOvfEnv": false,
"WaitForIP": false,
"Name": null
}