17장. Preparing and uploading VMDK custom images to vSphere

Procedure

1. In the RHEL image builder dashboard, click the Blueprint tab.
2. On the blueprint table, find the blueprint you want to build an image.
3. On the right side of the chosen blueprint, click Create Image. The Create image dialog wizard opens.

4. On the Image output page, complete the following steps:

   1. From the Select a blueprint list, select the image type you want.
   2. From the Image output type list, select the image output type you want.
   3. Optional: Check Upload to VMware checkbox to upload the image directly to VMware.
   4. Enter a size for the image.
   5. Click Next.

5. On the Upload to VMware page, enter the following information:

   1. Image name: Enter the image name.
   2. Host: Enter the VMware vSphere instance URL where the image file will be uploaded.
   3. Cluster: Enter the cluster name page to which the image will be uploaded.
   4. Datacenter: The data center name to which the image will be uploaded.
   5. Datastore: The data store name to which the image will be uploaded.
   6. Folder: Folder name to which the image will be uploaded.
   7. Click Next.

6. On the Review page, review the details about the image creation and click Create.

   The image creation starts, showing the progress of this image creation and the subsequent upload to the VMware vSphere client.