It is possible to specify file locations as a URI by prefixing the path with file://, as shown in the following examples:
file://c:\folder1\folder2\package.ovf (Absolute, Windows) file:///folder1/folder2/package.ovf (Absolute, Linux) file://package.ovf (Relative for both Windows and Linux)
When you use URIs as locators, you must escape special characters using % followed by their ASCII hex value. For instance, if you use a “@” in your password, it must be escaped with %40 as in vi://foo:b%40r@hostname, and a slash in a Windows domain name (\) can be specified as %5c.
You can use HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP to refer to an OVF package (OVF or OVA file) on a Web server. You can only use these protocols to specify a source locator. In the following syntax, protocol is HTTP, HTTPS or FTP:
protocol://username:password@host:port/<path to OVF package>
It is possible to omit the user name and password from the locator. If needed, OVF Tool prompts you for them. If you use the standard port, it is not necessary to specify the port. Standard Ports shows the standard ports.