[v11,1/2] meta/classes: Generate ova image for VMWare or Virtualbox

Message ID 20210422083223.2751-2-Quirin.Gylstorff@siemens.com
State Superseded, archived
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Series CPIO & OVA Images | expand

Commit Message

Quirin Gylstorff April 22, 2021, 12:32 a.m. UTC
From: Quirin Gylstorff <quirin.gylstorff@siemens.com>

This allows to generate a ova file for virtualbox or vmware. The
images differ in the setting of the variable `VMDK_SUBFORMAT`.
- `streamOptimized` is used for Vmware Workstation
- `monolithicSparse` is used for Virtualbox

This is necessary as virtualbox throws an import error for a `streamOptimized`
version. The ova for Virtualbox is also bigger due the disk format.

The default machine settings are:
- 4 CPU Cores with 8GB Ram

Signed-off-by: Quirin Gylstorff <quirin.gylstorff@siemens.com>
[Jan: shortened named, reformatting, massaged comments, added to local.conf]
Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
---
 doc/user_manual.md                            |   1 +
 meta-isar/conf/local.conf.sample              |   1 +
 meta-isar/conf/machine/virtualbox.conf        |  16 ++
 meta-isar/conf/machine/vmware.conf            |  16 ++
 .../multiconfig/virtualbox-ova-buster.conf    |   8 +
 meta/classes/vm-img.bbclass                   | 122 ++++++++++++++
 .../vm-template/files/vm-template.ovf.tmpl    | 155 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../vm-template/vm-template_0.1.bb            |  16 ++
 scripts/ci_build.sh                           |   1 +
 9 files changed, 336 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 meta-isar/conf/machine/virtualbox.conf
 create mode 100644 meta-isar/conf/machine/vmware.conf
 create mode 100644 meta-isar/conf/multiconfig/virtualbox-ova-buster.conf
 create mode 100644 meta/classes/vm-img.bbclass
 create mode 100644 meta/recipes-devtools/vm-template/files/vm-template.ovf.tmpl
 create mode 100644 meta/recipes-devtools/vm-template/vm-template_0.1.bb

Comments

Henning Schild April 27, 2021, 9:16 a.m. UTC | #1
Am Thu, 22 Apr 2021 10:32:22 +0200
schrieb "[ext] Q. Gylstorff" <Quirin.Gylstorff@siemens.com>:

> From: Quirin Gylstorff <quirin.gylstorff@siemens.com>
> 
> This allows to generate a ova file for virtualbox or vmware. The
> images differ in the setting of the variable `VMDK_SUBFORMAT`.
> - `streamOptimized` is used for Vmware Workstation
> - `monolithicSparse` is used for Virtualbox
> 
> This is necessary as virtualbox throws an import error for a
> `streamOptimized` version. The ova for Virtualbox is also bigger due
> the disk format.
> 
> The default machine settings are:
> - 4 CPU Cores with 8GB Ram
> 
> Signed-off-by: Quirin Gylstorff <quirin.gylstorff@siemens.com>
> [Jan: shortened named, reformatting, massaged comments, added to
> local.conf] Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
> ---
>  doc/user_manual.md                            |   1 +
>  meta-isar/conf/local.conf.sample              |   1 +
>  meta-isar/conf/machine/virtualbox.conf        |  16 ++
>  meta-isar/conf/machine/vmware.conf            |  16 ++
>  .../multiconfig/virtualbox-ova-buster.conf    |   8 +
>  meta/classes/vm-img.bbclass                   | 122 ++++++++++++++
>  .../vm-template/files/vm-template.ovf.tmpl    | 155
> ++++++++++++++++++ .../vm-template/vm-template_0.1.bb            |
> 16 ++ scripts/ci_build.sh                           |   1 +
>  9 files changed, 336 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 meta-isar/conf/machine/virtualbox.conf
>  create mode 100644 meta-isar/conf/machine/vmware.conf
>  create mode 100644
> meta-isar/conf/multiconfig/virtualbox-ova-buster.conf create mode
> 100644 meta/classes/vm-img.bbclass create mode 100644
> meta/recipes-devtools/vm-template/files/vm-template.ovf.tmpl create
> mode 100644 meta/recipes-devtools/vm-template/vm-template_0.1.bb
> 
> diff --git a/doc/user_manual.md b/doc/user_manual.md
> index fec9896..2749ef0 100644
> --- a/doc/user_manual.md
> +++ b/doc/user_manual.md
> @@ -454,6 +454,7 @@ Isar can generate various images types for
> specific machine. The type of the ima
>   - `rpi-sdimg` - A complete, partitioned Raspberry Pi SD card image
> (default option for the `rpi` machine).
>   - `wic-img` - A full disk image with user-specified partitions
> created and populated using the wic tool.
>   - `ubi-img` - A image for use on mtd nand partitions employing UBI
> + - `vm-img` - A image for use on VirtualBox or VMware
>  
>  ---
>  
> diff --git a/meta-isar/conf/local.conf.sample
> b/meta-isar/conf/local.conf.sample index 77585ec..6c1d299 100644
> --- a/meta-isar/conf/local.conf.sample
> +++ b/meta-isar/conf/local.conf.sample
> @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ BBMULTICONFIG = " \
>      nand-ubi-demo-buster \
>      nanopi-neo-buster \
>      stm32mp15x-buster \
> +    virtualbox-ova-buster \
>      rpi-stretch \
>      sifive-fu540-sid-ports \
>      qemuarm64-focal \
> diff --git a/meta-isar/conf/machine/virtualbox.conf
> b/meta-isar/conf/machine/virtualbox.conf new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..8f33ae4
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/meta-isar/conf/machine/virtualbox.conf
> @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
> +# This software is a part of ISAR.
> +# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2020
> +#
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
> +
> +DISTRO_ARCH ?= "amd64"
> +
> +KERNEL_NAME ?= "amd64"
> +BOOTLOADER ?= "grub"

What is BOOTLOADER? i think that is not needed because WKF_FILE decides
that.

Henning

> +
> +WKS_FILE ?= "sdimage-efi"
> +
> +IMAGER_INSTALL += "${GRUB_BOOTLOADER_INSTALL}"
> +
> +VMDK_SUBFORMAT = "monolithicSparse"
> +IMAGE_TYPE ?= "vm-img"
> diff --git a/meta-isar/conf/machine/vmware.conf
> b/meta-isar/conf/machine/vmware.conf new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..02a349a
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/meta-isar/conf/machine/vmware.conf
> @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
> +# This software is a part of ISAR.
> +# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2020
> +#
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
> +
> +DISTRO_ARCH ?= "amd64"
> +
> +KERNEL_NAME ?= "amd64"
> +BOOTLOADER ?= "grub"
> +
> +WKS_FILE ?= "sdimage-efi"
> +
> +IMAGER_INSTALL += "${GRUB_BOOTLOADER_INSTALL}"
> +
> +VMDK_SUBFORMAT = "streamOptimized"
> +IMAGE_TYPE ?= "vm-img"
> diff --git a/meta-isar/conf/multiconfig/virtualbox-ova-buster.conf
> b/meta-isar/conf/multiconfig/virtualbox-ova-buster.conf new file mode
> 100644 index 0000000..3042556
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/meta-isar/conf/multiconfig/virtualbox-ova-buster.conf
> @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
> +#
> +# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2020
> +#
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
> +
> +
> +MACHINE = "virtualbox"
> +DISTRO = "debian-buster"
> diff --git a/meta/classes/vm-img.bbclass b/meta/classes/vm-img.bbclass
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..d5fc3ac
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/meta/classes/vm-img.bbclass
> @@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
> +# This software is a part of ISAR.
> +# Copyright (C) 2019-2020 Siemens AG
> +#
> +# This class allows to generate images for VMware and VirtualBox
> +#
> +
> +inherit buildchroot
> +inherit wic-img
> +
> +IMAGER_BUILD_DEPS += "vm-template"
> +IMAGER_INSTALL += "qemu-utils gawk uuid-runtime vm-template"
> +
> +# virtual machine disk settings
> +SOURCE_IMAGE_FILE ?= "${IMAGE_FULLNAME}.wic.img"
> +
> +# For VirtualBox, this needs to be "monolithicSparse" (default to
> it). +# VMware needs this to be "streamOptimized".
> +VMDK_SUBFORMAT ?= "monolithicSparse"
> +
> +VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_TYPE ?= "vmdk"
> +VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE =
> "${IMAGE_FULLNAME}-disk001.${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_TYPE}"
> +VIRTUAL_MACHINE_DISK = "${PP_DEPLOY}/${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE}" +
> +def set_convert_options(d):
> +   format = d.getVar("VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_TYPE")
> +   if format == "vmdk":
> +      return "-o subformat=%s" % d.getVar("VMDK_SUBFORMAT")
> +   else:
> +      return ""
> +
> +
> +CONVERSION_OPTIONS = "${@set_convert_options(d)}"
> +
> +do_convert_wic() {
> +   rm -f '${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE}'
> +   image_do_mounts
> +   bbnote "Creating ${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE} from
> ${WIC_IMAGE_FILE}"
> +   sudo -E  chroot --userspec=$( id -u ):$( id -g )
> ${BUILDCHROOT_DIR} \
> +   /usr/bin/qemu-img convert -f raw -O ${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_TYPE}
> ${CONVERSION_OPTIONS} \
> +       '${PP_DEPLOY}/${SOURCE_IMAGE_FILE}'
> '${PP_DEPLOY}/${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE}' +}
> +
> +addtask convert_wic before do_build after do_wic_image
> do_copy_boot_files do_install_imager_deps do_transform_template +
> +# User settings for OVA
> +OVA_NAME ?= "${IMAGE_FULLNAME}"
> +OVA_MEMORY ?= "8192"
> +OVA_NUMBER_OF_CPU ?= "4"
> +OVA_VRAM ?= "64"
> +OVA_FIRMWARE ?= "efi"
> +OVA_ACPI ?= "true"
> +OVA_3D_ACCEL ?= "false"
> +OVA_CLIPBOARD ?= "bidirectional"
> +OVA_SHA_ALG = "1"
> +
> +# Generate random MAC addresses just as VirtualBox does, the format
> is +# their assigned prefix for the first 3 bytes followed by 3
> random bytes. +VBOX_MAC_PREFIX = "080027"
> +
> +macgen() {
> +    hexdump -n3 -e "\"${VBOX_MAC_PREFIX}%06X\n\"" /dev/urandom
> +}
> +
> +get_disksize() {
> +    image_do_mounts
> +    sudo -E chroot --userspec=$( id -u ):$( id -g )
> ${BUILDCHROOT_DIR} \
> +        qemu-img info -f vmdk "${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_DISK}" | gawk
> 'match($0, /^virtual size:.*\(([0-9]+) bytes\)/, a) {print a[1]}' +}
> +
> +OVA_VARS = "OVA_NAME OVA_MEMORY OVA_NUMBER_OF_CPU OVA_VRAM \
> +            OVA_FIRMWARE OVA_ACPI OVA_3D_ACCEL OVA_CLIPBOARD \
> +            OVA_SHA_ALG VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE"
> +
> +# the ovf template is updated with ensubst
> +# this function adds the variable from OVA_VARS to the environment
> +python update_environment() {
> +    template_vars = (d.getVar('OVA_VARS', True) or "").split()
> +    if len(template_vars) == 0:
> +        return
> +
> +    for varname in template_vars:
> +        value = d.getVar(varname, True)
> +        if value:
> +            os.environ.update({varname: value})
> +}
> +
> +do_create_ova[prefuncs] += "update_environment"
> +do_create_ova() {
> +    if [ ! ${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_TYPE} = "vmdk" ]; then
> +        exit 0
> +    fi
> +    rm -f '${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${OVA_NAME}.ova'
> +    rm -f '${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${OVA_NAME}.ovf'
> +    rm -f '${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${OVA_NAME}.mf'
> +
> +    export PRIMARY_MAC=$(macgen)
> +    export SECONDARY_MAC=$(macgen)
> +    export DISK_NAME=$(basename -s .vmdk ${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_DISK})
> +    export DISK_SIZE_BYTES=$(get_disksize)
> +    export LAST_CHANGE=$(date -u "+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
> +    export OVA_FIRMWARE_VIRTUALBOX=$(echo ${OVA_FIRMWARE} | tr
> '[a-z]' '[A-Z]') +
> +    image_do_mounts
> +
> +    sudo -Es chroot --userspec=$( id -u ):$( id -g )
> ${BUILDCHROOT_DIR} <<'EOSUDO'
> +        export DISK_UUID=$(uuidgen)
> +        export VM_UUID=$(uuidgen)
> +        # create ovf
> +        cat /usr/share/vm-template/vm-template.ovf.tmpl | envsubst >
> ${PP_DEPLOY}/${OVA_NAME}.ovf
> +        tar -cvf ${PP_DEPLOY}/${OVA_NAME}.ova -C ${PP_DEPLOY}
> ${OVA_NAME}.ovf +
> +        # VirtualBox needs here a manifest file. VMware does accept
> that format.
> +        if [ "${VMDK_SUBFORMAT}" = "monolithicSparse" ]; then
> +            echo
> "SHA${OVA_SHA_ALG}(${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE})=$(sha${OVA_SHA_ALG}sum
> ${PP_DEPLOY}/${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE} | cut -d' ' -f1)" >>
> ${PP_DEPLOY}/${OVA_NAME}.mf
> +            echo
> "SHA${OVA_SHA_ALG}(${OVA_NAME}.ovf)=$(sha${OVA_SHA_ALG}sum
> ${PP_DEPLOY}/${OVA_NAME}.ovf | cut -d' ' -f1)" >>
> ${PP_DEPLOY}/${OVA_NAME}.mf
> +            tar -uvf ${PP_DEPLOY}/${OVA_NAME}.ova -C ${PP_DEPLOY}
> ${OVA_NAME}.mf
> +        fi
> +        tar -uvf ${PP_DEPLOY}/${OVA_NAME}.ova -C ${PP_DEPLOY}
> ${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE} +EOSUDO
> +}
> +
> +addtask do_create_ova after do_convert_wic before do_deploy
> diff --git
> a/meta/recipes-devtools/vm-template/files/vm-template.ovf.tmpl
> b/meta/recipes-devtools/vm-template/files/vm-template.ovf.tmpl new
> file mode 100644 index 0000000..e6b5305 --- /dev/null
> +++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/vm-template/files/vm-template.ovf.tmpl
> @@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
> +<?xml version="1.0"?>
> +<Envelope ovf:version="1.0" xml:lang="en-US"
> xmlns="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1"
> xmlns:ovf="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1"
> xmlns:rasd="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/CIM_ResourceAllocationSettingData"
> xmlns:vssd="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/CIM_VirtualSystemSettingData"
> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
> xmlns:vbox="http://www.virtualbox.org/ovf/machine">
> +  <References>
> +    <File ovf:href="${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE}" ovf:id="file1"/>
> +  </References>
> +  <DiskSection>
> +    <Info>List of the virtual disks used in the package</Info>
> +    <Disk ovf:capacity="${DISK_SIZE_BYTES}" ovf:diskId="vmdisk1"
> ovf:fileRef="file1"
> ovf:format="http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/specifications/vmdk.html#${VMDK_SUBFORMAT}"
> vbox:uuid="${DISK_UUID}"/>
> +  </DiskSection>
> +  <NetworkSection>
> +    <Info>Logical networks used in the package</Info>
> +    <Network ovf:name="NAT">
> +      <Description>Logical network used by this
> appliance.</Description>
> +    </Network>
> +  </NetworkSection>
> +  <VirtualSystem ovf:id="${OVA_NAME}">
> +    <Info>A virtual machine</Info>
> +    <OperatingSystemSection ovf:id="96">
> +      <Info>The kind of installed guest operating system</Info>
> +      <Description>Debian_64</Description>
> +      <vbox:OSType ovf:required="false">Debian_64</vbox:OSType>
> +    </OperatingSystemSection>
> +    <VirtualHardwareSection>
> +      <Info>Virtual hardware requirements for a virtual
> machine</Info>
> +      <System>
> +        <vssd:ElementName>Virtual Hardware Family</vssd:ElementName>
> +        <vssd:InstanceID>0</vssd:InstanceID>
> +
> <vssd:VirtualSystemIdentifier>${OVA_NAME}</vssd:VirtualSystemIdentifier>
> +
> <vssd:VirtualSystemType>virtualbox-2.2</vssd:VirtualSystemType>
> +      </System>
> +      <Item>
> +        <rasd:AllocationUnits>hertz * 10^6</rasd:AllocationUnits>
> +        <rasd:Caption>${OVA_NUMBER_OF_CPU} virtual CPU</rasd:Caption>
> +        <rasd:Description>Number of virtual CPUs</rasd:Description>
> +        <rasd:ElementName>${OVA_NUMBER_OF_CPU} virtual
> CPU</rasd:ElementName>
> +        <rasd:InstanceID>1</rasd:InstanceID>
> +        <rasd:ResourceType>3</rasd:ResourceType>
> +
> <rasd:VirtualQuantity>${OVA_NUMBER_OF_CPU}</rasd:VirtualQuantity>
> +      </Item>
> +      <Item>
> +        <rasd:AllocationUnits>MegaBytes</rasd:AllocationUnits>
> +        <rasd:Caption>${OVA_MEMORY} MB of memory</rasd:Caption>
> +        <rasd:Description>Memory Size</rasd:Description>
> +        <rasd:ElementName>${OVA_MEMORY} MB of
> memory</rasd:ElementName>
> +        <rasd:InstanceID>2</rasd:InstanceID>
> +        <rasd:ResourceType>4</rasd:ResourceType>
> +        <rasd:VirtualQuantity>${OVA_MEMORY}</rasd:VirtualQuantity>
> +      </Item>
> +      <Item>
> +        <rasd:Address>0</rasd:Address>
> +        <rasd:Caption>ideController0</rasd:Caption>
> +        <rasd:Description>IDE Controller</rasd:Description>
> +        <rasd:ElementName>ideController0</rasd:ElementName>
> +        <rasd:InstanceID>3</rasd:InstanceID>
> +        <rasd:ResourceSubType>PIIX4</rasd:ResourceSubType>
> +        <rasd:ResourceType>5</rasd:ResourceType>
> +      </Item>
> +      <Item>
> +        <rasd:Address>1</rasd:Address>
> +        <rasd:Caption>ideController1</rasd:Caption>
> +        <rasd:Description>IDE Controller</rasd:Description>
> +        <rasd:ElementName>ideController1</rasd:ElementName>
> +        <rasd:InstanceID>4</rasd:InstanceID>
> +        <rasd:ResourceSubType>PIIX4</rasd:ResourceSubType>
> +        <rasd:ResourceType>5</rasd:ResourceType>
> +      </Item>
> +      <Item>
> +        <rasd:AutomaticAllocation>true</rasd:AutomaticAllocation>
> +        <rasd:Caption>Ethernet adapter on 'NAT'</rasd:Caption>
> +        <rasd:Connection>NAT</rasd:Connection>
> +        <rasd:ElementName>Ethernet adapter on
> 'NAT'</rasd:ElementName>
> +        <rasd:InstanceID>5</rasd:InstanceID>
> +        <rasd:ResourceSubType>E1000</rasd:ResourceSubType>
> +        <rasd:ResourceType>10</rasd:ResourceType>
> +      </Item>
> +      <Item>
> +        <rasd:AddressOnParent>0</rasd:AddressOnParent>
> +        <rasd:Caption>disk1</rasd:Caption>
> +        <rasd:Description>Disk Image</rasd:Description>
> +        <rasd:ElementName>disk1</rasd:ElementName>
> +        <rasd:HostResource>/disk/vmdisk1</rasd:HostResource>
> +        <rasd:InstanceID>6</rasd:InstanceID>
> +        <rasd:Parent>3</rasd:Parent>
> +        <rasd:ResourceType>17</rasd:ResourceType>
> +      </Item>
> +      <vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="firmware"
> vmw:value="${OVA_FIRMWARE}"/>
> +      <vmw:Config ovf:required="false"
> vmw:key="tools.syncTimeWithHost" vmw:value="false"/>
> +      <vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="tools.afterPowerOn"
> vmw:value="true"/>
> +      <vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="tools.afterResume"
> vmw:value="true"/>
> +      <vmw:Config ovf:required="false"
> vmw:key="tools.beforeGuestShutdown" vmw:value="true"/>
> +      <vmw:Config ovf:required="false"
> vmw:key="tools.beforeGuestStandby" vmw:value="true"/>
> +      <vmw:ExtraConfig ovf:required="false"
> vmw:key="virtualHW.productCompatibility" vmw:value="hosted"/>
> +      </VirtualHardwareSection>
> +      <vbox:Machine ovf:required="false" version="1.12-linux"
> uuid="{${VM_UUID}}" name="${OVA_NAME}" OSType="Debian_64"
> snapshotFolder="Snapshots" lastStateChange="${LAST_CHANGE}">
> +        <ovf:Info>Complete VirtualBox machine configuration in
> VirtualBox format</ovf:Info>
> +        <Hardware>
> +          <CPU count="${OVA_NUMBER_OF_CPU}">
> +            <PAE enabled="true"/>
> +            <HardwareVirtExLargePages enabled="false"/>
> +          </CPU>
> +          <Memory RAMSize="${OVA_MEMORY}"/>
> +          <Firmware type="${OVA_FIRMWARE_VIRTUALBOX}"/>
> +          <Boot>
> +            <Order position="1" device="HardDisk"/>
> +            <Order position="2" device="None"/>
> +            <Order position="3" device="None"/>
> +            <Order position="4" device="None"/>
> +          </Boot>
> +          <Display VRAMSize="${OVA_VRAM}" monitorCount="1"
> accelerate3D="${OVA_3D_ACCEL}" accelerate2DVideo="false"/>
> +          <VideoRecording enabled="false" file="Test.webm"
> horzRes="640" vertRes="480"/>
> +          <RemoteDisplay enabled="false" authType="Null"/>
> +          <BIOS>
> +            <IOAPIC enabled="${OVA_ACPI}"/>
> +          </BIOS>
> +          <USBController enabled="false" enabledEhci="false"/>
> +          <Network>
> +            <Adapter slot="0" enabled="true"
> MACAddress="${PRIMARY_MAC}" cable="true" speed="0" type="virtio">
> +              <DisabledModes/>
> +              <NAT>
> +                <DNS pass-domain="true" use-proxy="false"
> use-host-resolver="false"/>
> +                <Alias logging="false" proxy-only="false"
> use-same-ports="false"/>
> +              </NAT>
> +            </Adapter>
> +          </Network>
> +          <LPT>
> +            <Port slot="1" enabled="false" IOBase="0x378" IRQ="7"/>
> +          </LPT>
> +          <AudioAdapter driver="Pulse" enabled="false"/>
> +          <RTC localOrUTC="local"/>
> +          <SharedFolders/>
> +          <Clipboard mode="Disabled"/>
> +          <DragAndDrop mode="Disabled"/>
> +          <IO>
> +            <IoCache enabled="true" size="5"/>
> +            <BandwidthGroups/>
> +          </IO>
> +          <HostPci>
> +            <Devices/>
> +          </HostPci>
> +          <EmulatedUSB>
> +            <CardReader enabled="false"/>
> +          </EmulatedUSB>
> +          <Guest memoryBalloonSize="0"/>
> +          <GuestProperties/>
> +        </Hardware>
> +        <StorageControllers>
> +          <StorageController name="IDE Controller" type="PIIX4"
> PortCount="2" useHostIOCache="true" Bootable="true">
> +            <AttachedDevice type="HardDisk" port="0" device="0">
> +              <Image uuid="{${DISK_UUID}}"/>
> +            </AttachedDevice>
> +          </StorageController>
> +        </StorageControllers>
> +      </vbox:Machine>
> +  </VirtualSystem>
> +</Envelope>
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/vm-template/vm-template_0.1.bb
> b/meta/recipes-devtools/vm-template/vm-template_0.1.bb new file mode
> 100644 index 0000000..1d474cd
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/vm-template/vm-template_0.1.bb
> @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
> +# This software is a part of ISAR.
> +#
> +# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2020
> +#
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
> +
> +inherit dpkg-raw
> +
> +SRC_URI += "file://vm-template.ovf.tmpl"
> +
> +do_install() {
> +    TARGET=${D}/usr/share/vm-template
> +    install -m 0755 -d ${TARGET}
> +    install -m 0740 ${WORKDIR}/vm-template.ovf.tmpl \
> +        ${TARGET}/vm-template.ovf.tmpl
> +}
> diff --git a/scripts/ci_build.sh b/scripts/ci_build.sh
> index adc22e4..a77cf5a 100755
> --- a/scripts/ci_build.sh
> +++ b/scripts/ci_build.sh
> @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ TARGETS_SET="\
>              mc:nand-ubi-demo-buster:isar-image-ubi \
>              mc:rpi-stretch:isar-image-base \
>              mc:qemuamd64-focal:isar-image-base \
> +            mc:virtualbox-ova-buster:isar-image-base \
>              "
>            # qemu-user-static of <= buster too old to build that
>            # mc:qemuarm64-buster:isar-image-base
Jan Kiszka April 30, 2021, 10:21 a.m. UTC | #2
On 27.04.21 19:16, Henning Schild wrote:
> Am Thu, 22 Apr 2021 10:32:22 +0200
> schrieb "[ext] Q. Gylstorff" <Quirin.Gylstorff@siemens.com>:
> 
>> From: Quirin Gylstorff <quirin.gylstorff@siemens.com>
>>
>> This allows to generate a ova file for virtualbox or vmware. The
>> images differ in the setting of the variable `VMDK_SUBFORMAT`.
>> - `streamOptimized` is used for Vmware Workstation
>> - `monolithicSparse` is used for Virtualbox
>>
>> This is necessary as virtualbox throws an import error for a
>> `streamOptimized` version. The ova for Virtualbox is also bigger due
>> the disk format.
>>
>> The default machine settings are:
>> - 4 CPU Cores with 8GB Ram
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Quirin Gylstorff <quirin.gylstorff@siemens.com>
>> [Jan: shortened named, reformatting, massaged comments, added to
>> local.conf] Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
>> ---
>>  doc/user_manual.md                            |   1 +
>>  meta-isar/conf/local.conf.sample              |   1 +
>>  meta-isar/conf/machine/virtualbox.conf        |  16 ++
>>  meta-isar/conf/machine/vmware.conf            |  16 ++
>>  .../multiconfig/virtualbox-ova-buster.conf    |   8 +
>>  meta/classes/vm-img.bbclass                   | 122 ++++++++++++++
>>  .../vm-template/files/vm-template.ovf.tmpl    | 155
>> ++++++++++++++++++ .../vm-template/vm-template_0.1.bb            |
>> 16 ++ scripts/ci_build.sh                           |   1 +
>>  9 files changed, 336 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644 meta-isar/conf/machine/virtualbox.conf
>>  create mode 100644 meta-isar/conf/machine/vmware.conf
>>  create mode 100644
>> meta-isar/conf/multiconfig/virtualbox-ova-buster.conf create mode
>> 100644 meta/classes/vm-img.bbclass create mode 100644
>> meta/recipes-devtools/vm-template/files/vm-template.ovf.tmpl create
>> mode 100644 meta/recipes-devtools/vm-template/vm-template_0.1.bb
>>
>> diff --git a/doc/user_manual.md b/doc/user_manual.md
>> index fec9896..2749ef0 100644
>> --- a/doc/user_manual.md
>> +++ b/doc/user_manual.md
>> @@ -454,6 +454,7 @@ Isar can generate various images types for
>> specific machine. The type of the ima
>>   - `rpi-sdimg` - A complete, partitioned Raspberry Pi SD card image
>> (default option for the `rpi` machine).
>>   - `wic-img` - A full disk image with user-specified partitions
>> created and populated using the wic tool.
>>   - `ubi-img` - A image for use on mtd nand partitions employing UBI
>> + - `vm-img` - A image for use on VirtualBox or VMware
>>  
>>  ---
>>  
>> diff --git a/meta-isar/conf/local.conf.sample
>> b/meta-isar/conf/local.conf.sample index 77585ec..6c1d299 100644
>> --- a/meta-isar/conf/local.conf.sample
>> +++ b/meta-isar/conf/local.conf.sample
>> @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ BBMULTICONFIG = " \
>>      nand-ubi-demo-buster \
>>      nanopi-neo-buster \
>>      stm32mp15x-buster \
>> +    virtualbox-ova-buster \
>>      rpi-stretch \
>>      sifive-fu540-sid-ports \
>>      qemuarm64-focal \
>> diff --git a/meta-isar/conf/machine/virtualbox.conf
>> b/meta-isar/conf/machine/virtualbox.conf new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..8f33ae4
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/meta-isar/conf/machine/virtualbox.conf
>> @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
>> +# This software is a part of ISAR.
>> +# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2020
>> +#
>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
>> +
>> +DISTRO_ARCH ?= "amd64"
>> +
>> +KERNEL_NAME ?= "amd64"
>> +BOOTLOADER ?= "grub"
> 
> What is BOOTLOADER? i think that is not needed because WKF_FILE decides
> that.

Looks similar to the SWUpdate BOOTLOADER var in isar-cip-core...

Quirin, please drop all references and send as v12 so that we can close
this feature for its downstream users.

Thanks,
Jan

> 
> Henning
> 
>> +
>> +WKS_FILE ?= "sdimage-efi"
>> +
>> +IMAGER_INSTALL += "${GRUB_BOOTLOADER_INSTALL}"
>> +
>> +VMDK_SUBFORMAT = "monolithicSparse"
>> +IMAGE_TYPE ?= "vm-img"
>> diff --git a/meta-isar/conf/machine/vmware.conf
>> b/meta-isar/conf/machine/vmware.conf new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..02a349a
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/meta-isar/conf/machine/vmware.conf
>> @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
>> +# This software is a part of ISAR.
>> +# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2020
>> +#
>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
>> +
>> +DISTRO_ARCH ?= "amd64"
>> +
>> +KERNEL_NAME ?= "amd64"
>> +BOOTLOADER ?= "grub"
>> +
>> +WKS_FILE ?= "sdimage-efi"
>> +
>> +IMAGER_INSTALL += "${GRUB_BOOTLOADER_INSTALL}"
>> +
>> +VMDK_SUBFORMAT = "streamOptimized"
>> +IMAGE_TYPE ?= "vm-img"
>> diff --git a/meta-isar/conf/multiconfig/virtualbox-ova-buster.conf
>> b/meta-isar/conf/multiconfig/virtualbox-ova-buster.conf new file mode
>> 100644 index 0000000..3042556
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/meta-isar/conf/multiconfig/virtualbox-ova-buster.conf
>> @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
>> +#
>> +# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2020
>> +#
>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
>> +
>> +
>> +MACHINE = "virtualbox"
>> +DISTRO = "debian-buster"
>> diff --git a/meta/classes/vm-img.bbclass b/meta/classes/vm-img.bbclass
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..d5fc3ac
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/meta/classes/vm-img.bbclass
>> @@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
>> +# This software is a part of ISAR.
>> +# Copyright (C) 2019-2020 Siemens AG
>> +#
>> +# This class allows to generate images for VMware and VirtualBox
>> +#
>> +
>> +inherit buildchroot
>> +inherit wic-img
>> +
>> +IMAGER_BUILD_DEPS += "vm-template"
>> +IMAGER_INSTALL += "qemu-utils gawk uuid-runtime vm-template"
>> +
>> +# virtual machine disk settings
>> +SOURCE_IMAGE_FILE ?= "${IMAGE_FULLNAME}.wic.img"
>> +
>> +# For VirtualBox, this needs to be "monolithicSparse" (default to
>> it). +# VMware needs this to be "streamOptimized".
>> +VMDK_SUBFORMAT ?= "monolithicSparse"
>> +
>> +VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_TYPE ?= "vmdk"
>> +VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE =
>> "${IMAGE_FULLNAME}-disk001.${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_TYPE}"
>> +VIRTUAL_MACHINE_DISK = "${PP_DEPLOY}/${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE}" +
>> +def set_convert_options(d):
>> +   format = d.getVar("VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_TYPE")
>> +   if format == "vmdk":
>> +      return "-o subformat=%s" % d.getVar("VMDK_SUBFORMAT")
>> +   else:
>> +      return ""
>> +
>> +
>> +CONVERSION_OPTIONS = "${@set_convert_options(d)}"
>> +
>> +do_convert_wic() {
>> +   rm -f '${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE}'
>> +   image_do_mounts
>> +   bbnote "Creating ${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE} from
>> ${WIC_IMAGE_FILE}"
>> +   sudo -E  chroot --userspec=$( id -u ):$( id -g )
>> ${BUILDCHROOT_DIR} \
>> +   /usr/bin/qemu-img convert -f raw -O ${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_TYPE}
>> ${CONVERSION_OPTIONS} \
>> +       '${PP_DEPLOY}/${SOURCE_IMAGE_FILE}'
>> '${PP_DEPLOY}/${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE}' +}
>> +
>> +addtask convert_wic before do_build after do_wic_image
>> do_copy_boot_files do_install_imager_deps do_transform_template +
>> +# User settings for OVA
>> +OVA_NAME ?= "${IMAGE_FULLNAME}"
>> +OVA_MEMORY ?= "8192"
>> +OVA_NUMBER_OF_CPU ?= "4"
>> +OVA_VRAM ?= "64"
>> +OVA_FIRMWARE ?= "efi"
>> +OVA_ACPI ?= "true"
>> +OVA_3D_ACCEL ?= "false"
>> +OVA_CLIPBOARD ?= "bidirectional"
>> +OVA_SHA_ALG = "1"
>> +
>> +# Generate random MAC addresses just as VirtualBox does, the format
>> is +# their assigned prefix for the first 3 bytes followed by 3
>> random bytes. +VBOX_MAC_PREFIX = "080027"
>> +
>> +macgen() {
>> +    hexdump -n3 -e "\"${VBOX_MAC_PREFIX}%06X\n\"" /dev/urandom
>> +}
>> +
>> +get_disksize() {
>> +    image_do_mounts
>> +    sudo -E chroot --userspec=$( id -u ):$( id -g )
>> ${BUILDCHROOT_DIR} \
>> +        qemu-img info -f vmdk "${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_DISK}" | gawk
>> 'match($0, /^virtual size:.*\(([0-9]+) bytes\)/, a) {print a[1]}' +}
>> +
>> +OVA_VARS = "OVA_NAME OVA_MEMORY OVA_NUMBER_OF_CPU OVA_VRAM \
>> +            OVA_FIRMWARE OVA_ACPI OVA_3D_ACCEL OVA_CLIPBOARD \
>> +            OVA_SHA_ALG VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE"
>> +
>> +# the ovf template is updated with ensubst
>> +# this function adds the variable from OVA_VARS to the environment
>> +python update_environment() {
>> +    template_vars = (d.getVar('OVA_VARS', True) or "").split()
>> +    if len(template_vars) == 0:
>> +        return
>> +
>> +    for varname in template_vars:
>> +        value = d.getVar(varname, True)
>> +        if value:
>> +            os.environ.update({varname: value})
>> +}
>> +
>> +do_create_ova[prefuncs] += "update_environment"
>> +do_create_ova() {
>> +    if [ ! ${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_TYPE} = "vmdk" ]; then
>> +        exit 0
>> +    fi
>> +    rm -f '${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${OVA_NAME}.ova'
>> +    rm -f '${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${OVA_NAME}.ovf'
>> +    rm -f '${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${OVA_NAME}.mf'
>> +
>> +    export PRIMARY_MAC=$(macgen)
>> +    export SECONDARY_MAC=$(macgen)
>> +    export DISK_NAME=$(basename -s .vmdk ${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_DISK})
>> +    export DISK_SIZE_BYTES=$(get_disksize)
>> +    export LAST_CHANGE=$(date -u "+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
>> +    export OVA_FIRMWARE_VIRTUALBOX=$(echo ${OVA_FIRMWARE} | tr
>> '[a-z]' '[A-Z]') +
>> +    image_do_mounts
>> +
>> +    sudo -Es chroot --userspec=$( id -u ):$( id -g )
>> ${BUILDCHROOT_DIR} <<'EOSUDO'
>> +        export DISK_UUID=$(uuidgen)
>> +        export VM_UUID=$(uuidgen)
>> +        # create ovf
>> +        cat /usr/share/vm-template/vm-template.ovf.tmpl | envsubst >
>> ${PP_DEPLOY}/${OVA_NAME}.ovf
>> +        tar -cvf ${PP_DEPLOY}/${OVA_NAME}.ova -C ${PP_DEPLOY}
>> ${OVA_NAME}.ovf +
>> +        # VirtualBox needs here a manifest file. VMware does accept
>> that format.
>> +        if [ "${VMDK_SUBFORMAT}" = "monolithicSparse" ]; then
>> +            echo
>> "SHA${OVA_SHA_ALG}(${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE})=$(sha${OVA_SHA_ALG}sum
>> ${PP_DEPLOY}/${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE} | cut -d' ' -f1)" >>
>> ${PP_DEPLOY}/${OVA_NAME}.mf
>> +            echo
>> "SHA${OVA_SHA_ALG}(${OVA_NAME}.ovf)=$(sha${OVA_SHA_ALG}sum
>> ${PP_DEPLOY}/${OVA_NAME}.ovf | cut -d' ' -f1)" >>
>> ${PP_DEPLOY}/${OVA_NAME}.mf
>> +            tar -uvf ${PP_DEPLOY}/${OVA_NAME}.ova -C ${PP_DEPLOY}
>> ${OVA_NAME}.mf
>> +        fi
>> +        tar -uvf ${PP_DEPLOY}/${OVA_NAME}.ova -C ${PP_DEPLOY}
>> ${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE} +EOSUDO
>> +}
>> +
>> +addtask do_create_ova after do_convert_wic before do_deploy
>> diff --git
>> a/meta/recipes-devtools/vm-template/files/vm-template.ovf.tmpl
>> b/meta/recipes-devtools/vm-template/files/vm-template.ovf.tmpl new
>> file mode 100644 index 0000000..e6b5305 --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/vm-template/files/vm-template.ovf.tmpl
>> @@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
>> +<?xml version="1.0"?>
>> +<Envelope ovf:version="1.0" xml:lang="en-US"
>> xmlns="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1"
>> xmlns:ovf="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1"
>> xmlns:rasd="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/CIM_ResourceAllocationSettingData"
>> xmlns:vssd="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/CIM_VirtualSystemSettingData"
>> xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
>> xmlns:vbox="http://www.virtualbox.org/ovf/machine">
>> +  <References>
>> +    <File ovf:href="${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE}" ovf:id="file1"/>
>> +  </References>
>> +  <DiskSection>
>> +    <Info>List of the virtual disks used in the package</Info>
>> +    <Disk ovf:capacity="${DISK_SIZE_BYTES}" ovf:diskId="vmdisk1"
>> ovf:fileRef="file1"
>> ovf:format="http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/specifications/vmdk.html#${VMDK_SUBFORMAT}"
>> vbox:uuid="${DISK_UUID}"/>
>> +  </DiskSection>
>> +  <NetworkSection>
>> +    <Info>Logical networks used in the package</Info>
>> +    <Network ovf:name="NAT">
>> +      <Description>Logical network used by this
>> appliance.</Description>
>> +    </Network>
>> +  </NetworkSection>
>> +  <VirtualSystem ovf:id="${OVA_NAME}">
>> +    <Info>A virtual machine</Info>
>> +    <OperatingSystemSection ovf:id="96">
>> +      <Info>The kind of installed guest operating system</Info>
>> +      <Description>Debian_64</Description>
>> +      <vbox:OSType ovf:required="false">Debian_64</vbox:OSType>
>> +    </OperatingSystemSection>
>> +    <VirtualHardwareSection>
>> +      <Info>Virtual hardware requirements for a virtual
>> machine</Info>
>> +      <System>
>> +        <vssd:ElementName>Virtual Hardware Family</vssd:ElementName>
>> +        <vssd:InstanceID>0</vssd:InstanceID>
>> +
>> <vssd:VirtualSystemIdentifier>${OVA_NAME}</vssd:VirtualSystemIdentifier>
>> +
>> <vssd:VirtualSystemType>virtualbox-2.2</vssd:VirtualSystemType>
>> +      </System>
>> +      <Item>
>> +        <rasd:AllocationUnits>hertz * 10^6</rasd:AllocationUnits>
>> +        <rasd:Caption>${OVA_NUMBER_OF_CPU} virtual CPU</rasd:Caption>
>> +        <rasd:Description>Number of virtual CPUs</rasd:Description>
>> +        <rasd:ElementName>${OVA_NUMBER_OF_CPU} virtual
>> CPU</rasd:ElementName>
>> +        <rasd:InstanceID>1</rasd:InstanceID>
>> +        <rasd:ResourceType>3</rasd:ResourceType>
>> +
>> <rasd:VirtualQuantity>${OVA_NUMBER_OF_CPU}</rasd:VirtualQuantity>
>> +      </Item>
>> +      <Item>
>> +        <rasd:AllocationUnits>MegaBytes</rasd:AllocationUnits>
>> +        <rasd:Caption>${OVA_MEMORY} MB of memory</rasd:Caption>
>> +        <rasd:Description>Memory Size</rasd:Description>
>> +        <rasd:ElementName>${OVA_MEMORY} MB of
>> memory</rasd:ElementName>
>> +        <rasd:InstanceID>2</rasd:InstanceID>
>> +        <rasd:ResourceType>4</rasd:ResourceType>
>> +        <rasd:VirtualQuantity>${OVA_MEMORY}</rasd:VirtualQuantity>
>> +      </Item>
>> +      <Item>
>> +        <rasd:Address>0</rasd:Address>
>> +        <rasd:Caption>ideController0</rasd:Caption>
>> +        <rasd:Description>IDE Controller</rasd:Description>
>> +        <rasd:ElementName>ideController0</rasd:ElementName>
>> +        <rasd:InstanceID>3</rasd:InstanceID>
>> +        <rasd:ResourceSubType>PIIX4</rasd:ResourceSubType>
>> +        <rasd:ResourceType>5</rasd:ResourceType>
>> +      </Item>
>> +      <Item>
>> +        <rasd:Address>1</rasd:Address>
>> +        <rasd:Caption>ideController1</rasd:Caption>
>> +        <rasd:Description>IDE Controller</rasd:Description>
>> +        <rasd:ElementName>ideController1</rasd:ElementName>
>> +        <rasd:InstanceID>4</rasd:InstanceID>
>> +        <rasd:ResourceSubType>PIIX4</rasd:ResourceSubType>
>> +        <rasd:ResourceType>5</rasd:ResourceType>
>> +      </Item>
>> +      <Item>
>> +        <rasd:AutomaticAllocation>true</rasd:AutomaticAllocation>
>> +        <rasd:Caption>Ethernet adapter on 'NAT'</rasd:Caption>
>> +        <rasd:Connection>NAT</rasd:Connection>
>> +        <rasd:ElementName>Ethernet adapter on
>> 'NAT'</rasd:ElementName>
>> +        <rasd:InstanceID>5</rasd:InstanceID>
>> +        <rasd:ResourceSubType>E1000</rasd:ResourceSubType>
>> +        <rasd:ResourceType>10</rasd:ResourceType>
>> +      </Item>
>> +      <Item>
>> +        <rasd:AddressOnParent>0</rasd:AddressOnParent>
>> +        <rasd:Caption>disk1</rasd:Caption>
>> +        <rasd:Description>Disk Image</rasd:Description>
>> +        <rasd:ElementName>disk1</rasd:ElementName>
>> +        <rasd:HostResource>/disk/vmdisk1</rasd:HostResource>
>> +        <rasd:InstanceID>6</rasd:InstanceID>
>> +        <rasd:Parent>3</rasd:Parent>
>> +        <rasd:ResourceType>17</rasd:ResourceType>
>> +      </Item>
>> +      <vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="firmware"
>> vmw:value="${OVA_FIRMWARE}"/>
>> +      <vmw:Config ovf:required="false"
>> vmw:key="tools.syncTimeWithHost" vmw:value="false"/>
>> +      <vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="tools.afterPowerOn"
>> vmw:value="true"/>
>> +      <vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="tools.afterResume"
>> vmw:value="true"/>
>> +      <vmw:Config ovf:required="false"
>> vmw:key="tools.beforeGuestShutdown" vmw:value="true"/>
>> +      <vmw:Config ovf:required="false"
>> vmw:key="tools.beforeGuestStandby" vmw:value="true"/>
>> +      <vmw:ExtraConfig ovf:required="false"
>> vmw:key="virtualHW.productCompatibility" vmw:value="hosted"/>
>> +      </VirtualHardwareSection>
>> +      <vbox:Machine ovf:required="false" version="1.12-linux"
>> uuid="{${VM_UUID}}" name="${OVA_NAME}" OSType="Debian_64"
>> snapshotFolder="Snapshots" lastStateChange="${LAST_CHANGE}">
>> +        <ovf:Info>Complete VirtualBox machine configuration in
>> VirtualBox format</ovf:Info>
>> +        <Hardware>
>> +          <CPU count="${OVA_NUMBER_OF_CPU}">
>> +            <PAE enabled="true"/>
>> +            <HardwareVirtExLargePages enabled="false"/>
>> +          </CPU>
>> +          <Memory RAMSize="${OVA_MEMORY}"/>
>> +          <Firmware type="${OVA_FIRMWARE_VIRTUALBOX}"/>
>> +          <Boot>
>> +            <Order position="1" device="HardDisk"/>
>> +            <Order position="2" device="None"/>
>> +            <Order position="3" device="None"/>
>> +            <Order position="4" device="None"/>
>> +          </Boot>
>> +          <Display VRAMSize="${OVA_VRAM}" monitorCount="1"
>> accelerate3D="${OVA_3D_ACCEL}" accelerate2DVideo="false"/>
>> +          <VideoRecording enabled="false" file="Test.webm"
>> horzRes="640" vertRes="480"/>
>> +          <RemoteDisplay enabled="false" authType="Null"/>
>> +          <BIOS>
>> +            <IOAPIC enabled="${OVA_ACPI}"/>
>> +          </BIOS>
>> +          <USBController enabled="false" enabledEhci="false"/>
>> +          <Network>
>> +            <Adapter slot="0" enabled="true"
>> MACAddress="${PRIMARY_MAC}" cable="true" speed="0" type="virtio">
>> +              <DisabledModes/>
>> +              <NAT>
>> +                <DNS pass-domain="true" use-proxy="false"
>> use-host-resolver="false"/>
>> +                <Alias logging="false" proxy-only="false"
>> use-same-ports="false"/>
>> +              </NAT>
>> +            </Adapter>
>> +          </Network>
>> +          <LPT>
>> +            <Port slot="1" enabled="false" IOBase="0x378" IRQ="7"/>
>> +          </LPT>
>> +          <AudioAdapter driver="Pulse" enabled="false"/>
>> +          <RTC localOrUTC="local"/>
>> +          <SharedFolders/>
>> +          <Clipboard mode="Disabled"/>
>> +          <DragAndDrop mode="Disabled"/>
>> +          <IO>
>> +            <IoCache enabled="true" size="5"/>
>> +            <BandwidthGroups/>
>> +          </IO>
>> +          <HostPci>
>> +            <Devices/>
>> +          </HostPci>
>> +          <EmulatedUSB>
>> +            <CardReader enabled="false"/>
>> +          </EmulatedUSB>
>> +          <Guest memoryBalloonSize="0"/>
>> +          <GuestProperties/>
>> +        </Hardware>
>> +        <StorageControllers>
>> +          <StorageController name="IDE Controller" type="PIIX4"
>> PortCount="2" useHostIOCache="true" Bootable="true">
>> +            <AttachedDevice type="HardDisk" port="0" device="0">
>> +              <Image uuid="{${DISK_UUID}}"/>
>> +            </AttachedDevice>
>> +          </StorageController>
>> +        </StorageControllers>
>> +      </vbox:Machine>
>> +  </VirtualSystem>
>> +</Envelope>
>> diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/vm-template/vm-template_0.1.bb
>> b/meta/recipes-devtools/vm-template/vm-template_0.1.bb new file mode
>> 100644 index 0000000..1d474cd
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/vm-template/vm-template_0.1.bb
>> @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
>> +# This software is a part of ISAR.
>> +#
>> +# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2020
>> +#
>> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
>> +
>> +inherit dpkg-raw
>> +
>> +SRC_URI += "file://vm-template.ovf.tmpl"
>> +
>> +do_install() {
>> +    TARGET=${D}/usr/share/vm-template
>> +    install -m 0755 -d ${TARGET}
>> +    install -m 0740 ${WORKDIR}/vm-template.ovf.tmpl \
>> +        ${TARGET}/vm-template.ovf.tmpl
>> +}
>> diff --git a/scripts/ci_build.sh b/scripts/ci_build.sh
>> index adc22e4..a77cf5a 100755
>> --- a/scripts/ci_build.sh
>> +++ b/scripts/ci_build.sh
>> @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ TARGETS_SET="\
>>              mc:nand-ubi-demo-buster:isar-image-ubi \
>>              mc:rpi-stretch:isar-image-base \
>>              mc:qemuamd64-focal:isar-image-base \
>> +            mc:virtualbox-ova-buster:isar-image-base \
>>              "
>>            # qemu-user-static of <= buster too old to build that
>>            # mc:qemuarm64-buster:isar-image-base
>

Patch

diff --git a/doc/user_manual.md b/doc/user_manual.md
index fec9896..2749ef0 100644
--- a/doc/user_manual.md
+++ b/doc/user_manual.md
@@ -454,6 +454,7 @@  Isar can generate various images types for specific machine. The type of the ima
  - `rpi-sdimg` - A complete, partitioned Raspberry Pi SD card image (default option for the `rpi` machine).
  - `wic-img` - A full disk image with user-specified partitions created and populated using the wic tool.
  - `ubi-img` - A image for use on mtd nand partitions employing UBI
+ - `vm-img` - A image for use on VirtualBox or VMware
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/meta-isar/conf/local.conf.sample b/meta-isar/conf/local.conf.sample
index 77585ec..6c1d299 100644
--- a/meta-isar/conf/local.conf.sample
+++ b/meta-isar/conf/local.conf.sample
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@  BBMULTICONFIG = " \
     nand-ubi-demo-buster \
     nanopi-neo-buster \
     stm32mp15x-buster \
+    virtualbox-ova-buster \
     rpi-stretch \
     sifive-fu540-sid-ports \
     qemuarm64-focal \
diff --git a/meta-isar/conf/machine/virtualbox.conf b/meta-isar/conf/machine/virtualbox.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f33ae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-isar/conf/machine/virtualbox.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ 
+# This software is a part of ISAR.
+# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2020
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+DISTRO_ARCH ?= "amd64"
+
+KERNEL_NAME ?= "amd64"
+BOOTLOADER ?= "grub"
+
+WKS_FILE ?= "sdimage-efi"
+
+IMAGER_INSTALL += "${GRUB_BOOTLOADER_INSTALL}"
+
+VMDK_SUBFORMAT = "monolithicSparse"
+IMAGE_TYPE ?= "vm-img"
diff --git a/meta-isar/conf/machine/vmware.conf b/meta-isar/conf/machine/vmware.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02a349a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-isar/conf/machine/vmware.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ 
+# This software is a part of ISAR.
+# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2020
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+DISTRO_ARCH ?= "amd64"
+
+KERNEL_NAME ?= "amd64"
+BOOTLOADER ?= "grub"
+
+WKS_FILE ?= "sdimage-efi"
+
+IMAGER_INSTALL += "${GRUB_BOOTLOADER_INSTALL}"
+
+VMDK_SUBFORMAT = "streamOptimized"
+IMAGE_TYPE ?= "vm-img"
diff --git a/meta-isar/conf/multiconfig/virtualbox-ova-buster.conf b/meta-isar/conf/multiconfig/virtualbox-ova-buster.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3042556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-isar/conf/multiconfig/virtualbox-ova-buster.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ 
+#
+# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2020
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+
+MACHINE = "virtualbox"
+DISTRO = "debian-buster"
diff --git a/meta/classes/vm-img.bbclass b/meta/classes/vm-img.bbclass
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5fc3ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/classes/vm-img.bbclass
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@ 
+# This software is a part of ISAR.
+# Copyright (C) 2019-2020 Siemens AG
+#
+# This class allows to generate images for VMware and VirtualBox
+#
+
+inherit buildchroot
+inherit wic-img
+
+IMAGER_BUILD_DEPS += "vm-template"
+IMAGER_INSTALL += "qemu-utils gawk uuid-runtime vm-template"
+
+# virtual machine disk settings
+SOURCE_IMAGE_FILE ?= "${IMAGE_FULLNAME}.wic.img"
+
+# For VirtualBox, this needs to be "monolithicSparse" (default to it).
+# VMware needs this to be "streamOptimized".
+VMDK_SUBFORMAT ?= "monolithicSparse"
+
+VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_TYPE ?= "vmdk"
+VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE = "${IMAGE_FULLNAME}-disk001.${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_TYPE}"
+VIRTUAL_MACHINE_DISK = "${PP_DEPLOY}/${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE}"
+
+def set_convert_options(d):
+   format = d.getVar("VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_TYPE")
+   if format == "vmdk":
+      return "-o subformat=%s" % d.getVar("VMDK_SUBFORMAT")
+   else:
+      return ""
+
+
+CONVERSION_OPTIONS = "${@set_convert_options(d)}"
+
+do_convert_wic() {
+   rm -f '${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE}'
+   image_do_mounts
+   bbnote "Creating ${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE} from ${WIC_IMAGE_FILE}"
+   sudo -E  chroot --userspec=$( id -u ):$( id -g ) ${BUILDCHROOT_DIR} \
+   /usr/bin/qemu-img convert -f raw -O ${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_TYPE} ${CONVERSION_OPTIONS} \
+       '${PP_DEPLOY}/${SOURCE_IMAGE_FILE}' '${PP_DEPLOY}/${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE}'
+}
+
+addtask convert_wic before do_build after do_wic_image do_copy_boot_files do_install_imager_deps do_transform_template
+
+# User settings for OVA
+OVA_NAME ?= "${IMAGE_FULLNAME}"
+OVA_MEMORY ?= "8192"
+OVA_NUMBER_OF_CPU ?= "4"
+OVA_VRAM ?= "64"
+OVA_FIRMWARE ?= "efi"
+OVA_ACPI ?= "true"
+OVA_3D_ACCEL ?= "false"
+OVA_CLIPBOARD ?= "bidirectional"
+OVA_SHA_ALG = "1"
+
+# Generate random MAC addresses just as VirtualBox does, the format is
+# their assigned prefix for the first 3 bytes followed by 3 random bytes.
+VBOX_MAC_PREFIX = "080027"
+
+macgen() {
+    hexdump -n3 -e "\"${VBOX_MAC_PREFIX}%06X\n\"" /dev/urandom
+}
+
+get_disksize() {
+    image_do_mounts
+    sudo -E chroot --userspec=$( id -u ):$( id -g ) ${BUILDCHROOT_DIR} \
+        qemu-img info -f vmdk "${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_DISK}" | gawk 'match($0, /^virtual size:.*\(([0-9]+) bytes\)/, a) {print a[1]}'
+}
+
+OVA_VARS = "OVA_NAME OVA_MEMORY OVA_NUMBER_OF_CPU OVA_VRAM \
+            OVA_FIRMWARE OVA_ACPI OVA_3D_ACCEL OVA_CLIPBOARD \
+            OVA_SHA_ALG VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE"
+
+# the ovf template is updated with ensubst
+# this function adds the variable from OVA_VARS to the environment
+python update_environment() {
+    template_vars = (d.getVar('OVA_VARS', True) or "").split()
+    if len(template_vars) == 0:
+        return
+
+    for varname in template_vars:
+        value = d.getVar(varname, True)
+        if value:
+            os.environ.update({varname: value})
+}
+
+do_create_ova[prefuncs] += "update_environment"
+do_create_ova() {
+    if [ ! ${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_TYPE} = "vmdk" ]; then
+        exit 0
+    fi
+    rm -f '${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${OVA_NAME}.ova'
+    rm -f '${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${OVA_NAME}.ovf'
+    rm -f '${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${OVA_NAME}.mf'
+
+    export PRIMARY_MAC=$(macgen)
+    export SECONDARY_MAC=$(macgen)
+    export DISK_NAME=$(basename -s .vmdk ${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_DISK})
+    export DISK_SIZE_BYTES=$(get_disksize)
+    export LAST_CHANGE=$(date -u "+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+    export OVA_FIRMWARE_VIRTUALBOX=$(echo ${OVA_FIRMWARE} | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]')
+
+    image_do_mounts
+
+    sudo -Es chroot --userspec=$( id -u ):$( id -g ) ${BUILDCHROOT_DIR} <<'EOSUDO'
+        export DISK_UUID=$(uuidgen)
+        export VM_UUID=$(uuidgen)
+        # create ovf
+        cat /usr/share/vm-template/vm-template.ovf.tmpl | envsubst > ${PP_DEPLOY}/${OVA_NAME}.ovf
+        tar -cvf ${PP_DEPLOY}/${OVA_NAME}.ova -C ${PP_DEPLOY} ${OVA_NAME}.ovf
+
+        # VirtualBox needs here a manifest file. VMware does accept that format.
+        if [ "${VMDK_SUBFORMAT}" = "monolithicSparse" ]; then
+            echo "SHA${OVA_SHA_ALG}(${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE})=$(sha${OVA_SHA_ALG}sum ${PP_DEPLOY}/${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE} | cut -d' ' -f1)" >> ${PP_DEPLOY}/${OVA_NAME}.mf
+            echo "SHA${OVA_SHA_ALG}(${OVA_NAME}.ovf)=$(sha${OVA_SHA_ALG}sum ${PP_DEPLOY}/${OVA_NAME}.ovf | cut -d' ' -f1)" >> ${PP_DEPLOY}/${OVA_NAME}.mf
+            tar -uvf ${PP_DEPLOY}/${OVA_NAME}.ova -C ${PP_DEPLOY} ${OVA_NAME}.mf
+        fi
+        tar -uvf ${PP_DEPLOY}/${OVA_NAME}.ova -C ${PP_DEPLOY} ${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE}
+EOSUDO
+}
+
+addtask do_create_ova after do_convert_wic before do_deploy
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/vm-template/files/vm-template.ovf.tmpl b/meta/recipes-devtools/vm-template/files/vm-template.ovf.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6b5305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/vm-template/files/vm-template.ovf.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@ 
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<Envelope ovf:version="1.0" xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1" xmlns:ovf="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1" xmlns:rasd="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/CIM_ResourceAllocationSettingData" xmlns:vssd="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/CIM_VirtualSystemSettingData" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:vbox="http://www.virtualbox.org/ovf/machine">
+  <References>
+    <File ovf:href="${VIRTUAL_MACHINE_IMAGE_FILE}" ovf:id="file1"/>
+  </References>
+  <DiskSection>
+    <Info>List of the virtual disks used in the package</Info>
+    <Disk ovf:capacity="${DISK_SIZE_BYTES}" ovf:diskId="vmdisk1" ovf:fileRef="file1" ovf:format="http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/specifications/vmdk.html#${VMDK_SUBFORMAT}" vbox:uuid="${DISK_UUID}"/>
+  </DiskSection>
+  <NetworkSection>
+    <Info>Logical networks used in the package</Info>
+    <Network ovf:name="NAT">
+      <Description>Logical network used by this appliance.</Description>
+    </Network>
+  </NetworkSection>
+  <VirtualSystem ovf:id="${OVA_NAME}">
+    <Info>A virtual machine</Info>
+    <OperatingSystemSection ovf:id="96">
+      <Info>The kind of installed guest operating system</Info>
+      <Description>Debian_64</Description>
+      <vbox:OSType ovf:required="false">Debian_64</vbox:OSType>
+    </OperatingSystemSection>
+    <VirtualHardwareSection>
+      <Info>Virtual hardware requirements for a virtual machine</Info>
+      <System>
+        <vssd:ElementName>Virtual Hardware Family</vssd:ElementName>
+        <vssd:InstanceID>0</vssd:InstanceID>
+        <vssd:VirtualSystemIdentifier>${OVA_NAME}</vssd:VirtualSystemIdentifier>
+        <vssd:VirtualSystemType>virtualbox-2.2</vssd:VirtualSystemType>
+      </System>
+      <Item>
+        <rasd:AllocationUnits>hertz * 10^6</rasd:AllocationUnits>
+        <rasd:Caption>${OVA_NUMBER_OF_CPU} virtual CPU</rasd:Caption>
+        <rasd:Description>Number of virtual CPUs</rasd:Description>
+        <rasd:ElementName>${OVA_NUMBER_OF_CPU} virtual CPU</rasd:ElementName>
+        <rasd:InstanceID>1</rasd:InstanceID>
+        <rasd:ResourceType>3</rasd:ResourceType>
+        <rasd:VirtualQuantity>${OVA_NUMBER_OF_CPU}</rasd:VirtualQuantity>
+      </Item>
+      <Item>
+        <rasd:AllocationUnits>MegaBytes</rasd:AllocationUnits>
+        <rasd:Caption>${OVA_MEMORY} MB of memory</rasd:Caption>
+        <rasd:Description>Memory Size</rasd:Description>
+        <rasd:ElementName>${OVA_MEMORY} MB of memory</rasd:ElementName>
+        <rasd:InstanceID>2</rasd:InstanceID>
+        <rasd:ResourceType>4</rasd:ResourceType>
+        <rasd:VirtualQuantity>${OVA_MEMORY}</rasd:VirtualQuantity>
+      </Item>
+      <Item>
+        <rasd:Address>0</rasd:Address>
+        <rasd:Caption>ideController0</rasd:Caption>
+        <rasd:Description>IDE Controller</rasd:Description>
+        <rasd:ElementName>ideController0</rasd:ElementName>
+        <rasd:InstanceID>3</rasd:InstanceID>
+        <rasd:ResourceSubType>PIIX4</rasd:ResourceSubType>
+        <rasd:ResourceType>5</rasd:ResourceType>
+      </Item>
+      <Item>
+        <rasd:Address>1</rasd:Address>
+        <rasd:Caption>ideController1</rasd:Caption>
+        <rasd:Description>IDE Controller</rasd:Description>
+        <rasd:ElementName>ideController1</rasd:ElementName>
+        <rasd:InstanceID>4</rasd:InstanceID>
+        <rasd:ResourceSubType>PIIX4</rasd:ResourceSubType>
+        <rasd:ResourceType>5</rasd:ResourceType>
+      </Item>
+      <Item>
+        <rasd:AutomaticAllocation>true</rasd:AutomaticAllocation>
+        <rasd:Caption>Ethernet adapter on 'NAT'</rasd:Caption>
+        <rasd:Connection>NAT</rasd:Connection>
+        <rasd:ElementName>Ethernet adapter on 'NAT'</rasd:ElementName>
+        <rasd:InstanceID>5</rasd:InstanceID>
+        <rasd:ResourceSubType>E1000</rasd:ResourceSubType>
+        <rasd:ResourceType>10</rasd:ResourceType>
+      </Item>
+      <Item>
+        <rasd:AddressOnParent>0</rasd:AddressOnParent>
+        <rasd:Caption>disk1</rasd:Caption>
+        <rasd:Description>Disk Image</rasd:Description>
+        <rasd:ElementName>disk1</rasd:ElementName>
+        <rasd:HostResource>/disk/vmdisk1</rasd:HostResource>
+        <rasd:InstanceID>6</rasd:InstanceID>
+        <rasd:Parent>3</rasd:Parent>
+        <rasd:ResourceType>17</rasd:ResourceType>
+      </Item>
+      <vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="firmware" vmw:value="${OVA_FIRMWARE}"/>
+      <vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="tools.syncTimeWithHost" vmw:value="false"/>
+      <vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="tools.afterPowerOn" vmw:value="true"/>
+      <vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="tools.afterResume" vmw:value="true"/>
+      <vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="tools.beforeGuestShutdown" vmw:value="true"/>
+      <vmw:Config ovf:required="false" vmw:key="tools.beforeGuestStandby" vmw:value="true"/>
+      <vmw:ExtraConfig ovf:required="false" vmw:key="virtualHW.productCompatibility" vmw:value="hosted"/>
+      </VirtualHardwareSection>
+      <vbox:Machine ovf:required="false" version="1.12-linux" uuid="{${VM_UUID}}" name="${OVA_NAME}" OSType="Debian_64" snapshotFolder="Snapshots" lastStateChange="${LAST_CHANGE}">
+        <ovf:Info>Complete VirtualBox machine configuration in VirtualBox format</ovf:Info>
+        <Hardware>
+          <CPU count="${OVA_NUMBER_OF_CPU}">
+            <PAE enabled="true"/>
+            <HardwareVirtExLargePages enabled="false"/>
+          </CPU>
+          <Memory RAMSize="${OVA_MEMORY}"/>
+          <Firmware type="${OVA_FIRMWARE_VIRTUALBOX}"/>
+          <Boot>
+            <Order position="1" device="HardDisk"/>
+            <Order position="2" device="None"/>
+            <Order position="3" device="None"/>
+            <Order position="4" device="None"/>
+          </Boot>
+          <Display VRAMSize="${OVA_VRAM}" monitorCount="1" accelerate3D="${OVA_3D_ACCEL}" accelerate2DVideo="false"/>
+          <VideoRecording enabled="false" file="Test.webm" horzRes="640" vertRes="480"/>
+          <RemoteDisplay enabled="false" authType="Null"/>
+          <BIOS>
+            <IOAPIC enabled="${OVA_ACPI}"/>
+          </BIOS>
+          <USBController enabled="false" enabledEhci="false"/>
+          <Network>
+            <Adapter slot="0" enabled="true" MACAddress="${PRIMARY_MAC}" cable="true" speed="0" type="virtio">
+              <DisabledModes/>
+              <NAT>
+                <DNS pass-domain="true" use-proxy="false" use-host-resolver="false"/>
+                <Alias logging="false" proxy-only="false" use-same-ports="false"/>
+              </NAT>
+            </Adapter>
+          </Network>
+          <LPT>
+            <Port slot="1" enabled="false" IOBase="0x378" IRQ="7"/>
+          </LPT>
+          <AudioAdapter driver="Pulse" enabled="false"/>
+          <RTC localOrUTC="local"/>
+          <SharedFolders/>
+          <Clipboard mode="Disabled"/>
+          <DragAndDrop mode="Disabled"/>
+          <IO>
+            <IoCache enabled="true" size="5"/>
+            <BandwidthGroups/>
+          </IO>
+          <HostPci>
+            <Devices/>
+          </HostPci>
+          <EmulatedUSB>
+            <CardReader enabled="false"/>
+          </EmulatedUSB>
+          <Guest memoryBalloonSize="0"/>
+          <GuestProperties/>
+        </Hardware>
+        <StorageControllers>
+          <StorageController name="IDE Controller" type="PIIX4" PortCount="2" useHostIOCache="true" Bootable="true">
+            <AttachedDevice type="HardDisk" port="0" device="0">
+              <Image uuid="{${DISK_UUID}}"/>
+            </AttachedDevice>
+          </StorageController>
+        </StorageControllers>
+      </vbox:Machine>
+  </VirtualSystem>
+</Envelope>
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/vm-template/vm-template_0.1.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/vm-template/vm-template_0.1.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d474cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/vm-template/vm-template_0.1.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ 
+# This software is a part of ISAR.
+#
+# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2020
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+inherit dpkg-raw
+
+SRC_URI += "file://vm-template.ovf.tmpl"
+
+do_install() {
+    TARGET=${D}/usr/share/vm-template
+    install -m 0755 -d ${TARGET}
+    install -m 0740 ${WORKDIR}/vm-template.ovf.tmpl \
+        ${TARGET}/vm-template.ovf.tmpl
+}
diff --git a/scripts/ci_build.sh b/scripts/ci_build.sh
index adc22e4..a77cf5a 100755
--- a/scripts/ci_build.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci_build.sh
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@  TARGETS_SET="\
             mc:nand-ubi-demo-buster:isar-image-ubi \
             mc:rpi-stretch:isar-image-base \
             mc:qemuamd64-focal:isar-image-base \
+            mc:virtualbox-ova-buster:isar-image-base \
             "
           # qemu-user-static of <= buster too old to build that
           # mc:qemuarm64-buster:isar-image-base