Supported Machine Image TypesΒΆ

With UForge you can create machine images in the following formats.

Physical Format Additional information
ISO not supported for a Windows-based appliance
PXE Only for CentOS systems
Virtual Additional information
Hyper-V not supported for Hyper-V on Windows 2016
KVM none
OVF Supported hardware types: 4 (ESXi >=3.x) 7 (ESXi >=4.x) 9 (ESXi >=5.x) 11 (ESXi>=6.x)
QCOW2 none
Raw none
tar.gz none
Vagrant Base Box none
VHD none
Virtual Box none
VMware vCenter Supported hardware types: 4 (ESXi >=3.x) 7 (ESXi >=4.x) 9 (ESXi >=5.x) 11 (ESXi>=6.x) For Windows, ensure your HW version is the most up to date for the ESXi host
VMware Server Supported hardware types: 4 (ESXi >=3.x) 7 (ESXi >=4.x) 9 (ESXi >=5.x) 11 (ESXi>=6.x)
Vagrant none
Xen none
Citrix XenServer none
Container Additional information
Docker not supported for a Windows-based appliance
LXC not supported for a Windows-based appliance
Cloud Additional information
Abiquo Supported hardware types: 4 (ESXi >=3.x) 7 (ESXi >=4.x) 9 (ESXi >=5.x)
Amazon AWS none
Microsoft Azure Ubuntu <= 12.04 not supported
Cloudstack Target formats: CloudStack VMWare (OVA) CloudStack Citrix Xen (VHD) CloudStack KVM (QCOW2)
Eucalyptus Target formats: Eucalyptus KVM Eucalyptus Xen
Flexiant Target formats: Flexiant RAW - KVM/Xen Flexiant OVA - VMWare Flexiant QCOW2 - KVM/Xen/VMWare
Fujitsu K5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux not supported
Google Compute Engine none
Nimbula Target formats: Nimbula ESX Nimbula KVM
OpenStack Target formats: OpenStack QCOW2 OpenStack VMDK OpenStack VDI OpenStack VHD
Oracle Cloud
  • For OS versions supported by Oracle Cloud, refer to FAQ at Oracle Cloud
  • Debian 8 is not supported by UForge for publication to Oracle Cloud.
  • Supported subscriptions are Metered Service Offerings. Nonmetered Service Offerings are not supported by UForge.
Outscale none
SUSE Cloud none
VMware vCloud Director Supported hardware types: 4 (ESXi >=3.x) 7 (ESXi >=4.x) 9 (ESXi >=5.x)