I've updated the create_vmware_osx_install_dmg.sh script that I had previously posted about. It now includes the ability to create an .iso file that can be used with VMware ESXi servers running on Apple hardware. When running the script, the user will now be asked if they want an ISO disk image for use with VMware ESXi. If the user selects Yes, …

gistfile1.txt

#!/bin/sh
#
# Preparation script for a customized OS X installer for use with VWware Fusion
# 
# What the script does, in more detail:
# 
# 1. Mounts the InstallESD.dmg using a shadow file, so the original DMG is left
#    unchanged.
# 2. minstallconfig.xml and PartitionInfo.plist are also copied, which is looked for by the installer environment's 
#    rc.* files that first load with the system. This allows us to never actually modify the 
#    BaseSystem.dmg and only drop in these extra files.
# 3. Additional installer packages can be added using First Boot Package Install.pkg, 
#    which is added to the OS X install by way of the OSInstall.collection file. The instructions
#    on how to use this package are documented here: 
#    http://derflounder.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/first-boot-package-install-pkg/
# 4. If desired, a second disk image in .iso format can be generated for use with VMware ESXi
#    servers running on Apple hardware. The .iso file will also be stored in the output directory.
#
# Original script written by Tim Sutton:
# https://github.com/timsutton/osx-vm-templates/tree/master/prepare_iso
#
# Thanks: (brought over from Tim's original script)
# Idea and much of the implementation thanks to Pepijn Bruienne, who's also provided
# some process notes here: https://gist.github.com/4542016. The sample minstallconfig.xml,
# use of OSInstall.collection and readme documentation provided with Greg Neagle's
# createOSXInstallPkg tool also proved very helpful. (http://code.google.com/p/munki/wiki/InstallingOSX)
# User creation via package install method also credited to Greg, and made easy with Per
# Olofsson's CreateUserPkg (http://magervalp.github.io/CreateUserPkg)

usage() {
  cat <<EOF
Usage:
$(basename "$0") "/path/to/InstallESD.dmg" /path/to/output/directory
$(basename "$0") "/path/to/Install OS X [Mountain] Lion.app" /path/to/output/directory

Description:
Converts a 10.7/10.8 installer image to a new image that contains components
used to perform an automated installation. The new image will be named
'OSX_InstallESD_[osversion].dmg.'

EOF
}

msg_status() {
	echo "\033[0;32m-- $1\033[0m"
}
msg_error() {
	echo "\033[0;31m-- $1\033[0m"
}

if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
	usage
	exit 1
fi

if [ $(id -u) -ne 0 ]; then
	msg_error "This script must be run as root, as it saves a disk image with ownerships enabled."
	exit 1
fi	

ESD="$1"
if [ ! -e "$ESD" ]; then
	msg_error "Input installer image $ESD could not be found! Exiting.."
	exit 1
fi

if [ -d "$ESD" ]; then
	# we might be an install .app
	if [ -e "$ESD/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg" ]; then
		ESD="$ESD/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg"
	else
		msg_error "Can't locate an InstallESD.dmg in this source location $ESD!"
	fi
fi

SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd $(dirname "$0"); pwd)"
DEFINITION_DIR="$(cd $SCRIPT_DIR/..; pwd)"

if [ "$2" == "" ]; then
    msg_error "Currently an explicit output directory is required as the second argument."
	exit 1
else
	OUT_DIR="$2"
fi

if [ ! -d "$OUT_DIR" ]; then
	msg_status "Destination dir $OUT_DIR doesn't exist, creating.."
	mkdir -p "$OUT_DIR"
fi

if [ -e "$ESD.shadow" ]; then
	msg_status "Removing old shadow file.."
	rm "$ESD.shadow"
fi

# Script will prompt user if they want an additional image in .iso
# format for use with a VMware ESXi server.

echo "Do you also want an ISO disk image for use with VMware ESXi?"
select yn in "Yes" "No"; do
	case $yn in
		Yes) ISO=1; break;;
		No ) msg_error "ISO disk image will not be created. Proceeding.."; break;;
	esac
done

MNT_ESD=$(/usr/bin/mktemp -d /tmp/vmware-osx-esd.XXXX)
SHADOW_FILE=$(/usr/bin/mktemp /tmp/vmware-osx-shadow.XXXX)
rm "$SHADOW_FILE"
msg_status "Attaching input OS X installer image with shadow file.."
hdiutil attach "$ESD" -mountpoint "$MNT_ESD" -shadow "$SHADOW_FILE" -nobrowse -owners on 
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
	[ ! -e "$ESD" ] && msg_error "Could not find $ESD in $(pwd)"
	msg_error "Could not mount $ESD on $MNT_ESD"
	exit 1
fi
DMG_OS_VERS=$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print :ProductVersion' "$MNT_ESD/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist")
DMG_OS_VERS_MAJOR=$(echo $DMG_OS_VERS | awk -F "." '{print $2}')
DMG_OS_BUILD=$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c 'Print :ProductBuildVersion' "$MNT_ESD/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist")
OUTPUT_DMG="$OUT_DIR/OSX_InstallESD_${DMG_OS_VERS}_${DMG_OS_BUILD}.dmg"
if [ -e "$OUTPUT_DMG" ]; then
	msg_error "Output file $OUTPUT_DMG already exists! We're not going to overwrite it, exiting.."
	hdiutil detach "$MNT_ESD"
	exit 1
fi

SUPPORT_DIR="$SCRIPT_DIR/support"

create_bom() {
	/bin/cat > $SUPPORT_DIR/10_8_AP_bomlist << BOMLIST
.
./System
./System/Library
./System/Library/CoreServices
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app/Contents
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app/Contents/Library
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app/Contents/Library/Automator
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app/Contents/Library/Automator/Create Image.action
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app/Contents/Library/Automator/Create Image.action/Contents
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app/Contents/Library/Automator/Create Image.action/Contents/Resources
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app/Contents/Library/Automator/Create Image.action/Contents/Resources/AutoPartition.app
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app/Contents/Library/Automator/Create Image.action/Contents/Resources/AutoPartition.app/Contents
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app/Contents/Library/Automator/Create Image.action/Contents/Resources/AutoPartition.app/Contents/Info.plist
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app/Contents/Library/Automator/Create Image.action/Contents/Resources/AutoPartition.app/Contents/MacOS
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app/Contents/Library/Automator/Create Image.action/Contents/Resources/AutoPartition.app/Contents/MacOS/AutoPartition
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app/Contents/Library/Automator/Create Image.action/Contents/Resources/AutoPartition.app/Contents/PkgInfo
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app/Contents/Library/Automator/Create Image.action/Contents/Resources/AutoPartition.app/Contents/Resources
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app/Contents/Library/Automator/Create Image.action/Contents/Resources/AutoPartition.app/Contents/Resources/AutoPartition.icns
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app/Contents/Library/Automator/Create Image.action/Contents/Resources/AutoPartition.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app/Contents/Library/Automator/Create Image.action/Contents/Resources/AutoPartition.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/Localizable.strings
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app/Contents/Library/Automator/Create Image.action/Contents/Resources/AutoPartition.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/MainMenu.nib
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app/Contents/Library/Automator/Create Image.action/Contents/Resources/AutoPartition.app/Contents/Resources/French.lproj
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app/Contents/Library/Automator/Create Image.action/Contents/Resources/AutoPartition.app/Contents/Resources/French.lproj/Localizable.strings
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app/Contents/Library/Automator/Create Image.action/Contents/Resources/AutoPartition.app/Contents/Resources/French.lproj/MainMenu.nib
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app/Contents/Library/Automator/Create Image.action/Contents/Resources/AutoPartition.app/Contents/Resources/German.lproj
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app/Contents/Library/Automator/Create Image.action/Contents/Resources/AutoPartition.app/Contents/Resources/German.lproj/Localizable.strings
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app/Contents/Library/Automator/Create Image.action/Contents/Resources/AutoPartition.app/Contents/Resources/German.lproj/MainMenu.nib
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app/Contents/Library/Automator/Create Image.action/Contents/Resources/AutoPartition.app/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app/Contents/Library/Automator/Create Image.action/Contents/Resources/AutoPartition.app/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj/Localizable.strings
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app/Contents/Library/Automator/Create Image.action/Contents/Resources/AutoPartition.app/Contents/Resources/Japanese.lproj/MainMenu.nib
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app/Contents/Library/Automator/Create Image.action/Contents/Resources/AutoPartition.app/Contents/_CodeSignature
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app/Contents/Library/Automator/Create Image.action/Contents/Resources/AutoPartition.app/Contents/_CodeSignature/CodeResources
./System/Library/CoreServices/System Image Utility.app/Contents/Library/Automator/Create Image.action/Contents/Resources/AutoPartition.app/Contents/version.plist
BOMLIST
}

partition_info() {
	/bin/cat > $SUPPORT_DIR/PartitionInfo.plist << PARTITIONXML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>confirmPartition</key>
	<false/>
	<key>countdownSeconds</key>
	<integer>5</integer>
	<key>numberOfPartitions</key>
	<integer>1</integer>
	<key>partitions</key>
	<array>
		<dict>
			<key>absoluteSize</key>
			<real>0.0</real>
			<key>fileSystem</key>
			<integer>2</integer>
			<key>locked</key>
			<false/>
			<key>minimumSize</key>
			<real>0.0</real>
			<key>percentSize</key>
			<real>100</real>
			<key>volumeName</key>
			<string>Macintosh HD</string>
		</dict>
	</array>
	<key>specifyTarget</key>
	<false/>
	<key>targetVolume</key>
	<string></string>
</dict>
</plist>
PARTITIONXML
}

# We need to copy over the AutoPartition.app from System Image Utility, and it needs to match the version of the Guest OS
# 10.7 systems need to get Server Admin Tools here:
# http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1596
# direct link: http://support.apple.com/downloads/DL1596/en_US/ServerAdminTools.dmg
AUTOPART_APP_IN_SIU="System Image Utility.app/Contents/Library/Automator/Create Image.action/Contents/Resources/AutoPartition.app"
OSX_VERS=$(sw_vers -productVersion | awk -F "." '{print $2}')
if [ $DMG_OS_VERS_MAJOR -eq 8 ]; then
	if [ $OSX_VERS -eq 7 ]; then
		msg_status "To build Mountain Lion on Lion, we need to extract AutoPartition.app from within the 10.8 installer ESD."
		create_bom
		SIU_TMPDIR=$(/usr/bin/mktemp -d /tmp/siu-108.XXXX)
		msg_status "Expanding flat package.."
		pkgutil --verbose --expand "$MNT_ESD/Packages/Essentials.pkg" "$SIU_TMPDIR/expanded"

		msg_status "Generating BOM.."
		mkbom -s -i "$SUPPORT_DIR/10_8_AP_bomlist" "$SUPPORT_DIR/BOM"

		msg_status "Extracting AutoPartition.app using ditto.."
		ditto --bom "$SUPPORT_DIR/BOM" -x "$SIU_TMPDIR/expanded/Payload" "$SIU_TMPDIR/ditto"
		if [ ! -d "$SUPPORT_DIR/AutoPartition-10.${DMG_OS_VERS_MAJOR}" ]; then
			mkdir "$SUPPORT_DIR/AutoPartition-10.${DMG_OS_VERS_MAJOR}"
		fi

		msg_status "Copying out AutoPartition.app.."
		cp -R "$SIU_TMPDIR/ditto/System/Library/CoreServices/$AUTOPART_APP_IN_SIU" "$SUPPORT_DIR/AutoPartition-10.${DMG_OS_VERS_MAJOR}/"
		msg_status "Removing temporary extracted files.."
		rm -rf "$SIU_TMPDIR"
		rm "$SUPPORT_DIR/BOM"

		AUTOPART_TOOL="$SUPPORT_DIR/AutoPartition-10.${DMG_OS_VERS_MAJOR}/AutoPartition.app"

	elif [ $OSX_VERS -eq 8 ]; then
		AUTOPART_TOOL="/System/Library/CoreServices/$AUTOPART_APP_IN_SIU"
		if [ ! -e "$AUTOPART_TOOL" ]; then
			msg_error "We're on Mountain Lion, and should have System Image Utility available at $AUTOPART_TOOL, but it's not available for some reason."
			exit 1
		fi
		cp -R "$AUTOPART_TOOL" "$SUPPORT_DIR/AutoPartition-10.${DMG_OS_VERS_MAJOR}/"
	fi
# on Lion, we first check if Server Admin Tools are already installed..
elif [ $DMG_OS_VERS_MAJOR -eq 7 ]; then
	msg_status "Building OS X 10.${DMG_OS_VERS_MAJOR}, so trying to locate System Image Utility from Server Admin Tools.."
	AUTOPART_TOOL="/Applications/Server/$AUTOPART_APP_IN_SIU"
	# TODO: Sanity-check that this is actually the right version of SIU
	if [ ! -d "$AUTOPART_TOOL" ]; then
		# then we check if _we_ installed them in support/AutoPartition-10.7
		AUTOPART_TOOL="$SUPPORT_DIR/AutoPartition-10.${DMG_OS_VERS_MAJOR}/AutoPartition.app"
		if [ ! -d "$AUTOPART_TOOL" ]; then
			# Lion SAT download
			SAT_URL=http://support.apple.com/downloads/DL1596/en_US/ServerAdminTools.dmg
			
			msg_status "It doesn't seem to be installed."
			msg_status "Attempting download of the Server Admin Tools.."
			SAT_TMPDIR=$(/usr/bin/mktemp -d /tmp/server-admin-tools.XXXX)
			
			curl -L "$SAT_URL" -o "$SAT_TMPDIR/sat.dmg"
			if [ ! -f "$SAT_TMPDIR/sat.dmg" ]; then
				msg_error "Server Admin Tools failed to download. Stopping build process."
				exit 1
			fi
			
			msg_status "Attaching Server Admin Tools.."
			hdiutil attach "$SAT_TMPDIR/sat.dmg" -mountpoint "$SAT_TMPDIR/mnt"

			msg_status "Expanding package.."
			pkgutil --expand "$SAT_TMPDIR/mnt/ServerAdminTools.pkg" "$SAT_TMPDIR/expanded"
			hdiutil detach "$SAT_TMPDIR/mnt"
			mkdir "$SAT_TMPDIR/cpio-extract"

			msg_status "Extracting payload.."
			tar -xz -C "$SAT_TMPDIR/cpio-extract" -f "$SAT_TMPDIR/expanded/ServerAdminTools.pkg/Payload"
			if [ ! -d "$SUPPORT_DIR/AutoPartition-10.${DMG_OS_VERS_MAJOR}" ]; then
				mkdir "$SUPPORT_DIR/AutoPartition-10.${DMG_OS_VERS_MAJOR}"
			fi

			msg_status "Copying out AutoPartition.app"
			cp -R "$SAT_TMPDIR/cpio-extract/Applications/Server/$AUTOPART_APP_IN_SIU" "$SUPPORT_DIR/AutoPartition-10.${DMG_OS_VERS_MAJOR}/"

			rm -rf "$SAT_TMPDIR"
			# AUTOPART_TOOL="$SUPPORT_DIR/AutoPartition-${DMG_OS_VERS_MAJOR}/AutoPartition.app"
		else msg_status "Found AutoPartition.app at $AUTOPART_TOOL.."
		fi
	fi
elif [ $DMG_OS_VERS_MAJOR -lt 7 ]; then
	msg_error "This script does not support support building disk images for OS X versions prior to 10.7."
	exit 1
fi

# Add First Boot Package Install.pkg to the OS X installer

FIRSTBOOT_PKG="$SUPPORT_DIR/First Boot Package Install.pkg"

# Writing PartitionInfo.plist to the support directory

partition_info

# Add our auto-setup files: minstallconfig.xml and OSInstall.collection
msg_status "Adding automated components.."
mkdir "$MNT_ESD/Packages/Extras"
cp "$SUPPORT_DIR/minstallconfig.xml" "$MNT_ESD/Packages/Extras/"
cp "$SUPPORT_DIR/OSInstall.collection" "$MNT_ESD/Packages/"
cp "$SUPPORT_DIR/PartitionInfo.plist" "$MNT_ESD/Packages/Extras/"
cp -R "$AUTOPART_TOOL" "$MNT_ESD/Packages/Extras/AutoPartition.app"
cp -r "$FIRSTBOOT_PKG" "$MNT_ESD/Packages/"
rm -rf "$SUPPORT_DIR/tmp"

msg_status "Unmounting.."
hdiutil detach "$MNT_ESD"

msg_status "Converting to .dmg disk image.."
/usr/bin/hdiutil convert -format UDZO -o "$OUTPUT_DMG" -shadow "$SHADOW_FILE" "$ESD"

if [[ $ISO = 1 ]]; then
   OUTPUT_ISO="$OUT_DIR/OSX_InstallESD_${DMG_OS_VERS}_${DMG_OS_BUILD}.iso"
   msg_status "Converting to .iso disk image...."
   /usr/bin/hdiutil convert "$OUTPUT_DMG" -format UDTO -o "$OUTPUT_ISO"
   /bin/mv $OUT_DIR/OSX_InstallESD_${DMG_OS_VERS}_${DMG_OS_BUILD}.iso.cdr "$OUTPUT_ISO"
fi

rm "$SHADOW_FILE"
rm -rf "$MNT_ESD"
rm -rf "$SUPPORT_DIR/"AutoPartition-*
rm "$SUPPORT_DIR/PartitionInfo.plist"


if [ -f "$SUPPORT_DIR/10_8_AP_bomlist" ]; then
	rm "$SUPPORT_DIR/10_8_AP_bomlist"
fi

if [ -n "$SUDO_UID" ] && [ -n "$SUDO_GID" ]; then
	msg_status "Fixing permissions.."
	chown -R $SUDO_UID:$SUDO_GID "$OUT_DIR"
fi

msg_status "Checksumming .dmg disk image.."
MD5=$(md5 -q "$OUTPUT_DMG")
msg_status "MD5: $MD5"
msg_status "Built .dmg disk image is located at $OUTPUT_DMG."

if [ -f "$OUTPUT_ISO" ]; then
  msg_status "Checksumming .iso disk image.."
  MD5=$(md5 -q "$OUTPUT_ISO")
  msg_status "MD5: $MD5"
  msg_status "Built .iso disk image is located at $OUTPUT_ISO."
fi

msg_status "Build process finished."