zroc/zroc-ova

zroc-ova — zROC Appliance Builder

Packer build definitions and provisioner scripts for the zROC Ubuntu 26.04 LTS OVA appliance.

What you get

A 100 GB thin-provisioned VMware OVA containing:

• Ubuntu Server 26.04 LTS
• Docker Engine + Compose plugin
• Full zROC stack (cloned from ZertoPublic/zroc)
• Interactive first-boot setup wizard (zroc-setup)
• UFW firewall pre-configured (22, 80, 443, 3000)
• VMware guest tools (open-vm-tools)
• Automatic security patches (unattended-upgrades)

Build

git clone https://github.com/ZertoPublic/zroc-ova.git
cd zroc-ova
make init
make validate
make build VERSION=1.0.0
make package VERSION=1.0.0
make checksum VERSION=1.0.0

Deploy

1. Import the OVA into vSphere
2. Allocate: 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB thin datastore
3. Power on — setup wizard launches automatically
4. Follow the 6-step wizard
5. Access: https://<appliance-ip>

VM Requirements

	Minimum	Recommended
vCPU	2	4
RAM	6 GB	8 GB
Disk	100 GB thin	100 GB thin
vSphere	7.0+	8.x

License

Apache 2.0