How to add VMware ESXi 7 template?

If you have an ISO image of VMware ESXi 7 hypervisor, you can create a template based on it in DCImanager 6:

1. In the platform interface, create a copy of any template in the location: Templates section → OS and operations templates tab → select any template → menu → Copy → specify an arbitrary name for the new template and the vmware tag → Copy button.
2. Copy the VMware ESXi 7 ISO image file to the location server.
3. Connect to the location server via SSH with superuser privileges.

4. Mount the VMware ESXi 7 ISO image to any directory. For example, /mnt/:

   mount -o loop <path_to_iso> /mnt

   Comments to the command

   <path_to_iso> — path to ISO image

5. Go to the directory of the created template:

   cd /opt/ispsystem/dci/os_templates/<template_name>

   Comments to the command

   <template_name> — created template name

6. Download files for template generation from ISPsystem repository:

   wget https://download.ispsystem.com/extras/dcimanager/esxi7.tgz

7. Extract the downloaded archive:

   tar -xpzf esxi7.tgz

8. Run the script to generate the template. Specify the mounted directory with the ISO image as a parameter:

   ./convert.sh /mnt

   Script output on successful template creation

   Checking files
   
   Syncing files
   
   Creating boot.cfg

9. Unmount the directory:

   umount /mnt

10. Check how the template works in the platform.