Upgrade base image;Unpin ansible-core;Attempt different packer syntax

ansible/roles/os/vars/main.yml

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ packages:
     - jq
     - python3-pip
   pip:
-    # Some change causes high load during loops of importing/pushing container images
+    # - ansible-core<2.14.0
-    - ansible-core<2.14.0
+    - ansible-core
     - jinja2
     - lxml
     - markupsafe

packer/build.pkr.hcl

@@ -7,21 +7,6 @@ build {
   source "vsphere-iso.ubuntu" {
     name = "bootstrap"
     vm_name = "${var.vm_name}-bootstrap"
-
-    export {
-      images                = false
-      output_directory      = "/scratch/airgapped-k8s/bootstrap"
-    }
-  }
-
-  source "vsphere-iso.ubuntu" {
-    name = "upgrade"
-    vm_name = "${var.vm_name}-upgrade"
-
-    export {
-      images                = false
-      output_directory      = "/scratch/airgapped-k8s/upgrade"
-    }
   }
 
   provisioner "ansible" {
@@ -46,11 +31,49 @@ build {
     inline = [
       "pwsh -command \"& scripts/Update-OvfConfiguration.ps1 \\",
       " -ApplianceType '${source.name} \\",
-      " -OVFFile '/scratch/airgapped-k8s/${source.name}/${var.vm_name}-${source.name}.ovf' \"",
+      " -OVFFile '/scratch/airgapped-k8s/${var.vm_name}-${source.name}.ovf' \"",
       "pwsh -file scripts/Update-Manifest.ps1 \\",
-      " -ManifestFileName '/scratch/airgapped-k8s/${source.name}/${var.vm_name}-${source.name}.mf'",
+      " -ManifestFileName '/scratch/airgapped-k8s/${var.vm_name}-${source.name}.mf'",
       "ovftool --acceptAllEulas --allowExtraConfig --overwrite \\",
-      " '/scratch/airgapped-k8s/${source.name}/${var.vm_name}-${source.name}.ovf' \\",
+      " '/scratch/airgapped-k8s/${var.vm_name}-${source.name}.ovf' \\",
+      " /output/airgapped-k8s.${source.name}.ova"
+    ]
+  }
+}
+
+build {
+  source "vsphere-iso.ubuntu" {
+    name = "upgrade"
+    vm_name = "${var.vm_name}-upgrade"
+  }
+
+  provisioner "ansible" {
+    pause_before     = "2m30s"
+
+    playbook_file    = "ansible/playbook.yml"
+    user             = "ubuntu"
+    ansible_env_vars = [
+      "ANSIBLE_CONFIG=ansible/ansible.cfg",
+      "PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1"
+    ]
+    use_proxy        = "false"
+    extra_arguments  = [
+      "--extra-vars", "appliancetype=${source.name}",
+      "--extra-vars", "ansible_ssh_pass=${var.ssh_password}"//,
+      // "--extra-vars", "repo_username=${var.repo_username}",
+      // "--extra-vars", "repo_password=${var.repo_password}"
+    ]
+  }
+
+  post-processor "shell-local" {
+    inline = [
+      "pwsh -command \"& scripts/Update-OvfConfiguration.ps1 \\",
+      " -ApplianceType '${source.name} \\",
+      " -OVFFile '/scratch/airgapped-k8s/${var.vm_name}-${source.name}.ovf' \"",
+      "pwsh -file scripts/Update-Manifest.ps1 \\",
+      " -ManifestFileName '/scratch/airgapped-k8s/${var.vm_name}-${source.name}.mf'",
+      "ovftool --acceptAllEulas --allowExtraConfig --overwrite \\",
+      " '/scratch/airgapped-k8s/${var.vm_name}-${source.name}.ovf' \\",
       " /output/airgapped-k8s.${source.name}.ova"
     ]
   }

packer/iso.auto.pkrvars.hcl

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-iso_url      = "sn.itch.fyi/Repository/iso/Canonical/Ubuntu%20Server%2022.04/ubuntu-22.04-live-server-amd64.iso"
+iso_url      = "sn.itch.fyi/Repository/iso/Canonical/Ubuntu%20Server%2022.04/ubuntu-22.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso"
-iso_checksum = "sha256:84AEAF7823C8C61BAA0AE862D0A06B03409394800000B3235854A6B38EB4856F"
+iso_checksum = "sha256:10F19C5B2B8D6DB711582E0E27F5116296C34FE4B313BA45F9B201A5007056CB"
-// iso_url      = "sn.itch.fyi/Repository/iso/Canonical/Ubuntu%20Server%2020.04/ubuntu-20.04.2-live-server-amd64.iso"
+
-// iso_checksum = "sha256:D1F2BF834BBE9BB43FAF16F9BE992A6F3935E65BE0EDECE1DEE2AA6EB1767423"
+// iso_url      = "sn.itch.fyi/Repository/iso/Canonical/Ubuntu%20Server%2022.04/ubuntu-22.04-live-server-amd64.iso"
+// iso_checksum = "sha256:84AEAF7823C8C61BAA0AE862D0A06B03409394800000B3235854A6B38EB4856F"

packer/sources.pkr.hcl

@@ -53,4 +53,9 @@ source "vsphere-iso" "ubuntu" {
   shutdown_timeout        = "5m"
 
   remove_cdrom            = true
+
+  export {
+    images                = false
+    output_directory      = "/scratch/airgapped-k8s"
+  }
 }