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Packaging VMWare Fusion Vagrant Box
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On Mac

Go to vmware vm files:
cd /path/to/vagrant-vm/.vagrant/machines/default/vmware_fusion/some-random-string

Defragment vm disk:
/Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmware-vdiskmanager -d Virtual\ Disk.vmdk

Shrink vm disk:
/Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmware-vdiskmanager -k Virtual\ Disk.vmdk

Tar/Gzip files:
tar zcvf your-box-name.box ./*

Resources:

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Fashaun commented Mar 19, 2019

Hi ,

which files should I keep in "some-random-string" dir before packaging vagrant box file

thanks !

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