Is is possible to customise OVA output options?

[hamishmarson]

When generating an OVA, the result often won't import into vcloud director due to issues requiring fixup using something like ovftool.
Is it possible to customise the OVF parameters included in the generated OVA? e.g. to

1. specify a different number of CPU's or Memory
2. Add one or more NIC's
3. Alter the HW defined. Max HW version etc.

[yweiser-redseal]

I found https://github.com/vmware/open-vmdk helpful to alter the ova file for import

[achilleas-k]

The generation of the OVA was added as a convenience for users that want to directly import an image with a machine config directly and we decided on a "sane default" configuration. Our priority is generating disk images and not necessarily to create prepared machine configurations. Customising the exact parameters is something we might consider, but it's not very high on our priority list.

However, you mention that the OVA often wont import into the director due to issues. If that's the case, we should certainly fix the artifact we're generating. Do you have an example of a bad configuration or setup we can address?