pythonvirtual-machinevirtualboxovfappliance

How can I export a VirtualBox machine to OVA appliance using Python?

I need to create (export) a virtual machine (VirtualBox) to a OVA/OVF appliance.

I tried to use the IMachine.export_to() method (through pyvbox wrapper) like this:

import virtualbox
from virtualbox.library import ExportOptions


vbox = virtualbox.VirtualBox()
vm = vbox.find_machine(VM_NAME)

appliance = vbox.create_appliance()
p = appliance.write('ovf-2.0',
                    [ExportOptions.create_manifest],
                    '~/tmp/test5.ovf')
desc = slredmine.export_to(appliance, '~/tmp/test5.ovf')

The above code doesn't do what I want: no ova/ovf is created.

UPDATE

The instructions order was wrong. See my answer written below.

Solution

  • Solved

    import virtualbox
from virtualbox.library import ExportOptions

VM_NAME = 'foovmname'    

vbox = virtualbox.VirtualBox()
vm = vbox.find_machine(VM_NAME)

appliance = vbox.create_appliance()
desc = slredmine.export_to(appliance, VM_NAME)
p = appliance.write('ovf-2.0',
                    [ExportOptions.create_manifest],
                    '~/tmp/test5.ovf')