Guest Operating Systems

The project allows the use of a datastore (default) or a content library to store your guest operating system ISO files.

Linux Distributions

Download the Linux distribution ISO files from the publisher.

Operating System	Version	Download
VMware Photon OS	5.0	photon-5.0-xxxxxxxxx.x86_64.iso
	4.0	photon-4.0-xxxxxxxxx.iso
Debian	12	debian-12.x.x-amd64-netinst.iso
	11	debian-11.x.x-amd64-netinst.iso
Ubuntu Server	23.10	ubuntu-23.10-live-server-amd64.iso
	22.04 LTS	ubuntu-22.04.x-live-server-amd64.iso
	20.04 LTS	ubuntu-20.04.x-live-server-amd64.iso
Red Hat Enterprise Linux	9	rhel-9.x-x86_64-dvd.iso
	8	rhel-8.x-x86_64-dvd.iso
	7	rhel-server-7.x-x86_64-dvd.iso
AlmaLinux OS	9	AlmaLinux-9.x-x86_64-dvd.iso
	8	AlmaLinux-8.x-x86_64-dvd.iso
Rocky Linux	9	Rocky-9.x-x86_64-dvd.iso
	8	Rocky-8.x-x86_64-dvd.iso
Oracle Linux	9	OracleLinux-R9-U2-x86_64-dvd.iso
	8	OracleLinux-R8-U8-x86_64-dvd.iso
CentOS	9 Stream	CentOS-Stream-9-latest-x86_64-dvd1.iso
	8 Stream	CentOS-Stream-8-x86_64-latest-dvd1.iso
	7	CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD.iso
SUSE Linux Enterprise	15	SLE-15-SPx-Full-x86_64-GM-Media1.iso

Microsoft Windows

Download the Microsoft Windows ISO files from the Microsoft.

Operating System	Version	Download
Microsoft Windows Server	2025	Windows Insiders Preview
	2022	Windows Evaluation Center
	2019	Windows Evaluation Center
Microsoft Windows	11	Windows Evaluation Center
	10	Windows Evaluation Center

Upload the guest operating system ISO files to the datastore and update the path in the configuration variables.

  Datastore (Default)   Content Library

config/common.pkrvars.hcl

common_iso_datastore               = "sfo-w01-cl01-ds-nfs01"
common_iso_content_library         = ""
common_iso_content_library_enabled = false

config/common.pkrvars.hcl

common_iso_datastore               = ""
common_iso_content_library         = "sfo-w01-lib01"
common_iso_content_library_enabled = true

Update the ISO path and file for each guest operating system in the configuration variables.

builds/linux/photon/5/packer.auto.pkrvars.hcl

iso_datastore_path       = "iso/linux/photon"
iso_content_library_item = "photon-5.0-xxxxxxxxx"
iso_file                 = "photon-5.0-xxxxxxxxx.iso"