METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING A VIRTUAL APPLIANCE

摘要

An improved method for creating a virtual appliance (22) comprises : Inputting an unmodified virtual appliance (12) and a list of target models (14); creating a modified virtual appliance (22) with an ISO file, and a conversion tool (30); and a list of validated target models (24) based on said input; wherein said modified virtual appliance (12) is configured to boot on said ISO file containing a mini operating system working on all validated target models; wherein in case a deployment of said modified virtual appliance (22) on a target model (50) is triggered, said mini operating system is booted on said corresponding target model (50); wherein said mini operating system determines the model (52, 54) of said current target model (50) on which said mini operating system is running, and in case said current target model (50) is a validated target model applies modifications to an operating system of said virtual appliance (22) in accordance with said current target model (50) to have said virtual appliance (22) portable, running on said target model (50).