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Updated the development documentation with proper instructions on how to create/import local OVA file. #235

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Updated the development documentation with proper instructions on how to create/import local OVA file. #235

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Expand Up @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ git clone --recursive https://github.com/pivotal-cf/pcfdev.git
To build an OSS-only PCF Dev OVA, run:

```bash
./bin/build -only=virtualbox-iso # pass -debug for more output
./bin/build -only=virtualbox-ovf # pass -debug for more output
```

> Note: Support for VMware Fusion/Workstation has been discontinued. Support for AWS is temporarily suspended until a commercial version of PCF Dev becomes available from the AWS Marketplace.
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After the PCF Dev box has been built, you need to use the PCF Dev CLI to launch the OVA. This will disable various checks for system requirements such as system memory. More information on installation of the CLI can be found [here](http://docs.pivotal.io/pcf-dev/index.html#installing).

```bash
cf dev start -o output/output-virtualbox-iso/oss-v0.ova
cf dev start -o output/output-virtualbox-ovf/packer-oss-v0.ova
```

> Note: You have to use the ``-o`` option to import your custom created OVAs. The ``-import`` option only works with the OVA version that the PCF Dev plugin was built for and doesn't work for custom created OVAs.

### Customizing PCF Dev

Our build tool has the ability to build compiled releases or releases from source. By default, it will try to build releases that have been compiled by the PCF Dev team. If you have a *non-compiled* release that present on your workstation, you can configure the build to use it using the **path:** key. Simply edit the versions.json file at the root of this repo like `"cf" :` is done below:
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},
```

If you would like to a different *compiled* release than is offered in the versions.json, simply make sure that the appropriate keys are modified.
If you would like to use a different *compiled* release than is offered in the versions.json, simply make sure that the appropriate keys are modified.

> Note: any necessary manifest changes can be done to the manifest.yml file at the root of this repo for a successful build.

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