How to make the virtual machine of vmware workstation into a docker image

Converting a VMware Workstation virtual machine to a Docker image requires the following steps:

1. Install Docker and VMware Workstation software.
2. In VMware Workstation, use the "Export" function to export the virtual machine to OVF format.
3. Run the following command on the command line to convert the OVF to a Docker image:

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$ docker import my-vmware-image.ova my-docker-image:tag

Among them, my-vmware-image.ova is the name of the OVF file you exported, my-docker-image is the name of the Docker image you want to create, and tag is the tag you want to set for the image. 4. Run the following command to create a Docker container and start it:

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$ docker run -it my-docker-image:tag /bin/bash

This will create a Docker container based on your VMware Workstation virtual machine and start an interactive bash session inside it.

Explain the ovf file

OVF is the abbreviation of Open Virtualization Format. It is an open virtual machine format. It uses XML files to describe the configuration information, operating system and application programs of the virtual machine, so that it can be transplanted and exchanged between different virtualization platforms. OVF files usually include one or more virtual disk files (VMDK, VHD, etc.) and an XML file describing the configuration of the virtual machine.