Making Amazon Linux 2.0.20190612 run on VMware workstation

Amazon Linux can be installed and used on-premise on various virtualization platforms.

However, in release 2.0.20190612 there is an issue with the definition of the SCSI controller which causes an issue in installing on VMware workstation. The fix is to replace the SCSI Controller in the amzn2-vmware_esx-2.0.20190313-x86_64.xfs.gpt.ovf, from:

<Item>
        <rasd:Address>0</rasd:Address>
        <rasd:Description>SCSI Controller</rasd:Description>
        <rasd:ElementName>SCSI Controller 0</rasd:ElementName>
        <rasd:InstanceID>4</rasd:InstanceID>
        <rasd:ResourceSubType>VirtualSCSI</rasd:ResourceSubType>
        <rasd:ResourceType>6</rasd:ResourceType>
</Item>

to

<Item>
        <rasd:Address>0</rasd:Address>
        <rasd:Description>SCSI Controller</rasd:Description>
        <rasd:ElementName>SCSI Controller 0</rasd:ElementName>
        <rasd:InstanceID>4</rasd:InstanceID>
        <rasd:ResourceSubType>lsilogic</rasd:ResourceSubType>
        <rasd:ResourceType>6</rasd:ResourceType>
</Item>

Since this will change the sha1 signature of the file, I have attached the updated manifest file. Make sure you update and to values appropriate for you.

Also included are the cloud-init files I am using.

Link: Running Amazon Linux 2 as a Virtual Machine On-Premises