OVFENV(1)

📦 version 0.3.13, in ubuntu stonking

👑 OVFENV(1) — the vibe check

okay bestie, this is a User Commands girlie, so pull up a chair 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ovfenv — show or modify OVF properties for a virtual machine 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ovfenv [options]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So ovfenv displays or modifies OVF properties of a virtual machine (VM). No cap. 💅

Where do those properties even come from, you ask? guestinfo, a CD-ROM, or Studio's default configuration file. Pick your fighter, bestie 🌈

And here's the iconic part — you can optionally modify a property value, which updates both the guestinfo structure and Studio's default file. Two things, one move. main character energy fr fr 👑

If no arguments are passed, show all the properties in id[key]=value format. that's it, that's the whole vibe ✨

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • --dump — Prints the raw OVF XML to stdout. The unfiltered truth, no makeup, just XML 🔥
  • --key vm.name — Show the value of the property named vm.name for the local VM's. Equivalent to specifying the property in brackets:
ovfenv --key [vm.name]
  • --key vm.PROPERTY --id ubuntu8084 — Show the value of a property for a specific VM named ubbuntu8084. Equivalent to:
ovfenv --key ubuntu8084[vm.PROPERTY]
  • --key vm.PROPERTY --value= VALUE — Set the value of a property for the local VM. Equivalent to:
ovfenv --key [vm.PROPERTY]=VALUE
  • --key PROPERTY --value='' — Clear the value of the specified property for the local VM. Equivalent
ovfenv --key [vm.PROPERTY]=

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

mkova (1), vmdk-convert (1), ova-compose (1) — the whole friend group, go say hi 🫶

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

Written by Mégane Vilain <megane.vilain@gmail.com> 💜

🐛 REPORTING BUGS 🐛

Report bugs to <https://github.com/vmware/open-vmdk/issues>. not me volunteering to be the one who files them 😭 please do tho

Copyright © 2025 Mégane Vilain Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.

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