Switch tty message to systemd service;Add missing kubeconfig;Refactor tty script

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/cleanup/tasks/service.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@
   loop_control:
     label: "{{ item.src }}"
 
-- name: Enable tarball compression service
+- name: Enable/Start services
   ansible.builtin.systemd:
-    name: compressTarballs
+    name: "{{ item }}"
     enabled: yes
+    state: started
+  loop:
+    - compressTarballs
+    - ttyConsoleMessage

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/tty/tasks/main.yml

@@ -5,16 +5,24 @@
   loop:
     - /opt/firstboot
 
-- name: Save tty script file
+- name: Create tty console message service
   ansible.builtin.template:
-    src: tty.j2
+    src: "{{ item.src }}"
-    dest: /opt/firstboot/tty.sh
+    dest: "{{ item.dest }}"
     owner: root
     group: root
-    mode: 0700
+    mode: "{{ item.mode | default(omit) }}"
-
+  vars:
-- name: Create @reboot crontab job
+    _template:
-  ansible.builtin.cron:
+      service:
-    name: tty.consolemessage
+        name: ttyConsoleMessage
-    special_time: reboot
+        executable: /opt/firstboot/tty.sh
-    job: /opt/firstboot/tty.sh
+        workingdir: /tmp/
+  loop:
+    - src: tty.j2
+      dest: "{{ _template.service.executable }}"
+      mode: o+x
+    - src: systemdunit.j2
+      dest: /etc/systemd/system/{{ _template.service.name }}.service
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.src }}"

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/workloadcluster/tasks/clusterapi.yml

@@ -112,7 +112,10 @@
 
 - name: Retrieve kubeconfig
   ansible.builtin.command:
-    cmd: clusterctl get kubeconfig {{ vapp['workloadcluster.name'] | lower }}
+    cmd: >-
+      clusterctl get kubeconfig \
+        {{ vapp['workloadcluster.name'] | lower }} \
+        --kubeconfig {{ kubeconfig.path }}
   register: capi_kubectl_config
 
 - name: Store kubeconfig in tempfile

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/templates/tty.j2

@@ -17,11 +17,16 @@ COMPONENTS=('ca' 'storage' 'registry' 'git' 'gitops')
 FQDN='{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}'
 IPADDRESS='{{ vapp['guestinfo.ipaddress'] }}'
 
-# Waiting to allow boot sequence to finish; crude!
+I=10
-sleep 30
-clear > /dev/tty1
 
 while /bin/true; do
+  if [[ $I -lt 9 ]]; then
+    clear > /dev/tty1
+    I=0
+  else
+    I=$(( $I + 1 ))
+  fi
+
   echo -e "${PRST}" > /dev/tty1
   echo -e "\n\n\t${DFLT}To manage this appliance, please connect to one of the following:${LCLR}\n" > /dev/tty1