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
Amazon AWS none
Microsoft Azure Ubuntu <= 12.04 not supported
Cloudstack Target formats: CloudStack VMWare (OVA) CloudStack Citrix Xen (VHD) CloudStack KVM (QCOW2)
Fujitsu K5 32 bit OSes are not supported For Windows, Evaluation Editions are not supported
Google Compute Engine none
OpenShift not supported for a Windows-based appliance
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)