With ova-compose build ova with existing ovf

[yodatak]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I have some difficilties to make virtualbox ova complient machine and would love to use ,
i can use a existing ovf file to make a ova

Describe the solution you'd like

Use a existing OVF file to make a OVA

Describe alternatives you've considered

add xml part manualy, not use the tool

Additional context

No response

[oliverkurth]

An OVA is just a tarfile (uncompressed) that contains all the needed files (the OVF, the vmdk files, and a manifest, plus optional other files). There are no subdirectories, all files are on the top level. You can see how it is created in ova-compose here: https://github.com/vmware/open-vmdk/blob/master/ova-compose/ova-compose.py#L1346 . The only thing to take care of is that the OVF file is the very first file.

But adding that functionality may still be a good idea, so thank you for the suggestion!