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List & Certify

There are three ways to list your virtual appliance on VMware’s Virtual Appliance Marketplace.  VMware offers a Certified Virtual Appliance Program for production ready virtual appliances so customers can be sure they are obtaining reliable, secure, and optimized virtual appliances designed to perform on VMware’s virtualization platforms. Listing and certification processes are outlined below.

logoProduction-Ready Virtual Appliances – Production-Ready Virtual Appliances are certified commercial, production-ready solutions that follow best practices and have passed a certification test in VMware’s Virtual Appliance Lab.  Certified Virtual Appliances are highlighted in the Virtual Appliance Marketplace letting customers know that these are ready-to-run best in class solutions.  VMware will work together with Certified Virtual Appliance partners on go-to-market opportunities. Learn how to get certified and list a certified production-ready appliance. 

Eval Virtual Appliances – Eval Virtual Appliances are evaluation versions of 3rd party software created by an ISV or another VMware partner.  These may be provided for demo purposes and may include time-limited versions.  Learn how to list an eval virtual appliance.

Community Contributed Virtual Appliances – Community Contributed Virtual Appliances are created by members of the virtualization and application community and typically include open source applications.  Learn how to submit a community contributed virtual appliance.

How to Get Certified and List a Production-Ready Virtual Appliance

Step 1:

Review VMware’s recommended Best Practices for Building Virtual Appliances  and Virtual Appliance Guidelines  and ensure your virtual appliance is in compliance, then review our Certification Testing Matrix. VMware’s Certification Lab will provide you with a completed score card outlining the results of the certification test when it is complete.

Step 2:

Next, please review and ensure compliance with the following certification requirements. Compliance with these guidelines is required to obtain and maintain certification under the VMware Certified Virtual Appliance Program.

Best Practices: All certified virtual appliances must comply with Best Practices for Building Virtual Appliances. 

Guidelines: All Certified Virtual Appliances must comply with VMware's Guidelines for Virtual Appliances. 

Support Requirements: ISVs must agree to comply with Virtual Appliance Support Requirements.

Marketing and Promotion Guidelines: ISVs must agree to comply with VMware’s Marketing and Promotion Guidelines.

VMware Certified Professional: VMware Certified Professional: Within 90 days of an ISV's first appliance becoming certified, ISVs must have and maintain a minimum of one VMware Certified Professional on staff. Learn how to become a VMware Certified Professional.

VMware’s Certified Virtual Appliance Program Agreement: Please select the appropriate agreement based on where your company is headquartered: US, European Union, Other International.

Technology Alliance Program (TAP): To become a member of VMware’s Certified Virtual Appliance Program, ISVs must also join VMware’s Technology Alliance Program. Joining as an Access member is easy and free.

Redistribution: Apply to request redistribution rights for VMware Player or VMware Server. Distributing your virtual appliance together with VMware Player or VMware Server will provide a more seamless experience for your end users.

Step 3:

Submit a request to be listed by following these instructions:

Complete and submit the virtual appliance listing request.

Complete and submit an application for the VMware Certified Virtual Appliance Program.

Purchase certification.

We’ll be in contact once we have received and processed your request.

How to List an Eval Virtual Appliance

Step 1:

Review VMware’s recommended Best Practices for Building Virtual Appliances  and Virtual Appliance Guidelines  and ensure your virtual appliance is in compliance. As an optional step, apply to request redistribution rights for VMware Player or VMware Server. Distributing your virtual appliance together with VMware Player or VMware Server will provide a more seamless experience for your end users.

Step 2:

Submit a request to list your eval virtual appliance by completing and submitting the listing request form.

We'll contact you once we have received and processed your request. To learn how to take the next step and get your appliance certified, read about VMware’s Certified Virtual Appliance Program.

How to List a Community Contributed Virtual Appliance

Step 1:

Review VMware’s recommended Best Practices for Building Virtual Appliances  and Virtual Appliance Guidelines  and ensure your appliance is in compliance.

Step 2:

Login to your VMware account. You must be logged into VMware Communities to submit a Community Contributed Appliance. If you do not have one, you may create a new account online. Where it says ‘Join VMware Communities’, please be sure to select ‘I wish to join VMware Communities’. If you select ‘I do not wish to join VMware Communities’, you will not be able to submit your virtual appliance.

Step 3:

Complete the online submission form. Your virtual appliance will appear in the community contributed section shortly.
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