VMware

List & Validate

VMware offers the VMware Ready 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. There are three ways to list your virtual appliance on VMware’s Virtual Appliance Marketplace, the processes to list and validate are outlined below.

Production-Ready Virtual Appliances – Production-Ready Virtual Appliances are validated commercial, production-ready solutions that follow best practices and have passed a validation test in VMware’s Virtual Appliance Lab.  VMware Ready 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 VMware Ready Virtual Appliance partners on go-to-market opportunities. Learn how to get validated and list a VMware Ready appliance. 

Eval Virtual Appliances – Eval Virtual Appliances are evaluation versions of 3rd party software created by an Software Vendor 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 Validate and List a Production-Ready Virtual Appliance

Step 1:

logoReview the VMware Ready Testing Matrix and Virtual Appliance Guidelines   and ensure your virtual appliance is in compliance, VMware’s Validation Lab will provide you with a completed score card outlining the results of the validation test when it is complete.

Step 2:

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

Best Practices: All validated virtual appliances must comply with the VMware Ready Virtual Appliance Test Matrix to ensure adherence with VMware’s Best Practices for building virtual appliances.

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

Support Requirements: Software Developers must agree to comply with Virtual Appliance Support Requirements.

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

VMware Certified Professional: VMware Certified Professional: Within 90 days of an Software Developers first appliance becoming validated, Software Developers must have and maintain a minimum of one VMware Certified Professional on staff. Learn how to become a VMware Certified Professional.

VMware Ready 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 the VMware Ready Virtual Appliance Program, Software Developers must also join VMware’s Technology Alliance Program. Joining as an Access member is easy and free.

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 Ready Virtual Appliance Program.

Purchase VMware Ready testing

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 Test Matrix and Virtual Appliance Guidelines and ensure your virtual appliance is in compliance.

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 validated, read about theVMware Ready Virtual Appliance Program.

How to List a Community Contributed Virtual Appliance

Step 1:

Review VMware’s Test Matrix and Virtual Appliance Guidelines  and ensure your appliance is in compliance.

Step 2:

You must login to create a Community Contributed Appliance. To login, please click here. If you do not have an account, you may create one here.

Step 3:

Once logged in, go to the "Your Account" page and follow the link to the submission form.