OVA Deployment Issues on VMware ESXi

The OVA file is a bundled Virtual Machine that has been pre-configured with our Minimum Requirements. Deploying an OVA is as simple as importing it into your selected virtualization platform and launching it.

Older versions of ESX do not support modern SHA256 signing of OVA files, which results in an "OVF package is invalid" error:

There is a workaround whereby the OVA can be re-signed using an algorithm that an older ESX supports. More information can be found at:

• https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2151537
• https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/ovf