Update vApp properties;Rebase static binary;Refactor dictionary;Combine similar steps;Housekeeping

ansible/roles/metacluster/tasks/config.yml

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-- name: Create folder structure(s)
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "{{ item }}"
-    state: directory
-  loop:
-    - /opt/metacluster/git-repositories/gitops
-
-- name: Clone git repository
-  ansible.builtin.git:
-    repo: https://code.spamasaurus.com/djpbessems/GitOps.MetaCluster.git
-    dest: /opt/metacluster/git-repositories/gitops

ansible/roles/metacluster/tasks/main.yml

@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@
 - name: Pre-stage meta-cluster components
   import_tasks: components.yml
 
-- name: Pre-stage IaC repositories
+- name: Pre-stage meta-cluster configuration and workload-cluster components
-  import_tasks: config.yml
-
-- name: Pre-stage workload-cluster components
   import_tasks: staging.yml
 
 - name: Cleanup

ansible/roles/metacluster/tasks/staging.yml

@@ -3,9 +3,16 @@
     path: "{{ item }}"
     state: directory
   loop:
+    - /opt/metacluster/git-repositories/gitops
     - /opt/workloadcluster/node-templates
 
-- name: Download images
+- name: Clone git repository
+  ansible.builtin.git:
+    repo: "{{ platform.gitops.repository.uri }}"
+    version: "{{ platform.gitops.repository.revision }}"
+    dest: /opt/metacluster/git-repositories/gitops
+
+- name: Download node-template images
   ansible.builtin.uri:
     url: "{{ item.url }}"
     dest: /opt/workloadcluster/node-templates/{{ item.name }}

ansible/vars/metacluster.yml

@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ platform:
     version: v1.24.1+k3s1
 
   gitops:
-    # repo_ref: v0.1
+    repository:
-    repo_ref: HEAD
+      uri: https://code.spamasaurus.com/djpbessems/GitOps.MetaCluster.git
+      # revision: v0.1.0
+      revision: HEAD
 
   packaged_components:
     - name: traefik
@@ -139,9 +141,7 @@ dependencies:
       archive: compressed
       extra_opts: --strip-components=1
     - filename: skopeo
-      url: https://sn.itch.fyi/Repository/rel/skopeo
+      url: https://code.spamasaurus.com/api/packages/djpbessems/generic/skopeo/v1.9.1/skopeo
-      username: "{{ repo_username }}"
-      password: "{{ repo_password }}"
     - filename: yq
       url: http://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/download/v4.25.3/yq_linux_amd64
 

scripts/Update-OvfConfiguration.yml

@@ -119,24 +119,24 @@ PropertyCategories:
 
   - Key: hv.fqdn
     Type: string(1..)
-    Label: vCenter Appliance FQDN*
+    Label: vCenter FQDN/IP-address*
-    Description: ''
+    Description: 'The address of the vCenter instance which this bootstrap appliance will interact with for provisioning new VM's.'
     DefaultValue: ''
     Configurations: '*'
     UserConfigurable: true
 
   - Key: hv.username
     Type: string(1..)
-    Label: User name ...*
+    Label: vCenter username*
-    Description: ''
+    Description: 'The username which this bootstrap appliance will authenticate with to the vCenter instance.'
     DefaultValue: ''
     Configurations: '*'
     UserConfigurable: true
 
   - Key: hv.password
     Type: password(1..)
-    Label: Password ...*
+    Label: vCenter password ...*
-    Description: ''
+    Description: 'The password which this bootstrap appliance will authenticate with to the vCenter instance.'
     DefaultValue: ''
     Configurations: '*'
     UserConfigurable: true