# Creating extra VM network interfaces

**URL:** <https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/creating-extra-vm-network-interfaces/21840>\
**Category:** Packer\
**Tags:** vsphere\
**Created:** [March 9, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/creating-extra-vm-network-interfaces/21840 "2021-03-09T14:00:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![tom-vo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hashicorp/user_avatar/discuss.hashicorp.com/tom-vo/32/16052_2.png) [@tom-vo](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/tom-vo)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/creating-extra-vm-network-interfaces/21840/1 "2021-03-09T14:00:01Z")

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Hi,

I have a config file which takes a vSphere template (vsphere-clone), do some provisioning on it, and exports it as a OVF.  
However the source template has one network interface, but I want to export it with multiple network interfaces to the OVF.  
How can I do this?

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**Author:** ![Cireo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hashicorp/user_avatar/discuss.hashicorp.com/cireo/32/24212_2.png) [@Cireo](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/Cireo)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/creating-extra-vm-network-interfaces/21840/2 "2021-12-03T19:17:58Z")

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Did you find a resolution? The closest I could find was specifying e.g. the driver type of the final interface

```auto
"vmx_data_post": {
  "ethernet0.virtualDev": "vmxnet3"
},

```

searching optimistically for “ethernet1” and some related terms pointed me at  
[https://giedrius.blog/2018/01/14/tutorial-automatic-reproducible-preparation-of-virtual-machine-templates-for-your-vsphere-environment-with-hashicorps-packer/](https://giedrius.blog/2018/01/14/tutorial-automatic-reproducible-preparation-of-virtual-machine-templates-for-your-vsphere-environment-with-hashicorps-packer/)  
[http://sanbarrow.com/vmx/vmx-network-advanced.html](http://sanbarrow.com/vmx/vmx-network-advanced.html)  
which might be promising.