Add missing vApp property;Fix preflight check;Add missing folder;Revert Longhorn&K3s version

ansible/roles/assets/tasks/main.yml

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     path: "{{ item }}"
     state: directory
   loop:
+    - /etc/rancher/k3s
     - /opt/metacluster/cluster-api/bootstrap-kubeadm/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.base }}
     - /opt/metacluster/cluster-api/cert-manager/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.cert_manager }}
     - /opt/metacluster/cluster-api/cluster-api/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.base }}

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

@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
+- block:
+
     - name: Check for vCenter connectivity
       community.vmware.vmware_vcenter_settings_info:
-    hostname: "{{ vapp['hv.fqdn'] }}"
-    username: "{{ vapp['hv.username'] }}"
-    password: "{{ vapp['hv.password'] }}"
         schema: vsphere
       register: vcenter_info
+
+  module_defaults:
+    group/vmware:
+      hostname: "{{ vapp['hv.fqdn'] }}"
+      validate_certs: no
+      username: "{{ vapp['hv.username'] }}"
+      password: "{{ vapp['hv.password'] }}"

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

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
   ansible.builtin.shell:
     cmd: >-
       clusterctl generate cluster \
-        vapp['workloadcluster.name'] \
+        {{ vapp['workloadcluster.name'] | lower }} \
         --control-plane-machine-count {{ clustersize.controlplane }} \
         --worker-machine-count {{ clustersize.workers }} \
         --from ./custom-cluster-template.yaml \

ansible/vars/metacluster.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 platform:
 
   k3s:
-    version: v1.26.0+k3s1
+    # version: v1.26.0+k3s1
+    # max supported version by Longhorn is <v1.25.0
+    version: v1.24.9+k3s1
 
   gitops:
     repository:
@@ -149,7 +151,7 @@ components:
 
   longhorn:
     helm:
-      version: 1.4.0
+      version: 1.3.2
       chart: longhorn/longhorn
       parse_logic: cat values.yaml | yq eval '.. | select(has("repository")) | .repository + ":" + .tag'
       chart_values: !unsafe |

scripts/Update-OvfConfiguration.yml

@@ -98,6 +98,14 @@ PropertyCategories:
 - Name: 2) Workload-cluster
   ProductProperties:
 
+  - Key: workloadcluster.name
+    Type: string(1..15)
+    Label: Workload-cluster name*
+    Description: ''
+    DefaultValue: 'WORKLOAD-{{ hostname.suffix }}'
+    Configurations: '*'
+    UserConfigurable: true
+
   - Key: workloadcluster.vip
     Type: ip
     Label: Workload-cluster virtual IP*