Dimitri and Erik have been talking about Photon and the integration into vRealize Automation, but how do you go about creating a container host with Photon OS, for example for OTNSX? Deploying Photon OS   For deployment of Photon OS you basically have two options: download a pre-build Photon OS virtual machine for your hypervisor. Install Photon from the ISO image. If you download a pre-built virtual machine with Photon OS, you get the minimal installation.