fix:Test semantic release dry-run

.drone.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 kind: pipeline
 type: kubernetes
 name: 'Packer Build'
-    
+
 volumes:
 - name: output
   claim:
@@ -13,74 +13,208 @@ volumes:
 steps:
 - name: Debugging information
   image: bv11-cr01.bessems.eu/library/packer-extended
+  pull: always
   commands:
-  - yamllint --version
-  - packer --version
   - ansible --version
   - ovftool --version
-- name: Ubuntu Server 22.04
+  - packer --version
+  - yamllint --version
+
+- name: Linting
+  depends_on:
+  - Debugging information
   image: bv11-cr01.bessems.eu/library/packer-extended
   pull: always
   commands:
-  - |
-    sed -i -e "s/<<img-password>>/$${SSH_PASSWORD}/g" \
-      packer/preseed/UbuntuServer22.04/user-data
   - |
     yamllint -d "{extends: relaxed, rules: {line-length: disable}}" \
       ansible \
       packer/preseed/UbuntuServer22.04/user-data \
       scripts
-  - |
-    packer init -upgrade \
-      ./packer
-  - |
-    packer validate \
-      -var vm_name=$DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER-${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA:0:10} \
-      -var vm_guestos=ubuntuserver22.04 \
-      -var repo_username=$${REPO_USERNAME} \
-      -var repo_password=$${REPO_PASSWORD} \
-      -var vsphere_password=$${VSPHERE_PASSWORD} \
-      -var ssh_password=$${SSH_PASSWORD} \
-      ./packer
-  - |
-    packer build \
-      -on-error=cleanup -timestamp-ui \
-      -var vm_name=$DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER-${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA:0:10} \
-      -var vm_guestos=ubuntuserver22.04 \
-      -var repo_username=$${REPO_USERNAME} \
-      -var repo_password=$${REPO_PASSWORD} \
-      -var vsphere_password=$${VSPHERE_PASSWORD} \
-      -var ssh_password=$${SSH_PASSWORD} \
-      ./packer
-  environment:
-    VSPHERE_PASSWORD:
-      from_secret: vsphere_password
-    SSH_PASSWORD:
-      from_secret: ssh_password
-    REPO_USERNAME:
-      from_secret: repo_username
-    REPO_PASSWORD:
-      from_secret: repo_password
-    # PACKER_LOG: 1
-  volumes:
-  - name: output
-    path: /output
-- name: Remove temporary resources
-  image: bv11-cr01.bessems.eu/library/packer-extended
+
+- name: Semantic Release (Dry-run)
+  depends_on:
+  - Linting
+  image: bv11-cr01.bessems.eu/proxy/library/node:20-slim
+  pull: always
   commands:
   - |
-    pwsh -file scripts/Remove-Resources.ps1 \
-      -VMName $DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER-${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA:0:10} \
-      -VSphereFQDN 'bv11-vc.bessems.lan' \
-      -VSphereUsername 'administrator@vsphere.local' \
-      -VSpherePassword $${VSPHERE_PASSWORD}
+    apt-get update
+  - |
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+      git-core \
+      ca-certificates
+  - |
+    npm install \
+      semantic-release \
+      @semantic-release/commit-analyzer \
+      @semantic-release/release-notes-generator\
+      @semantic-release/exec
+  - |
+    export GIT_CREDENTIALS=$${GIT_USERNAME}:$${GIT_APIKEY}
+  - |
+    npx semantic-release \
+      --branches ${DRONE_BRANCH} \
+      --plugins @semantic-release/commit-analyzer,@semantic-release/release-notes-generator,@semantic-release/exec \
+      --dry-run
   environment:
-    VSPHERE_PASSWORD:
-      from_secret: vsphere_password
-  volumes:
-  - name: scratch
-    path: /scratch
-  when:
-    status:
-    - success
-    - failure
+    GIT_APIKEY:
+      from_secret: git_apikey
+    GIT_USERNAME: djpbessems
+
+# Add random change for testing semantic release commit
+
+# - name: Install Ansible Galaxy collections
+#   depends_on:
+#   - Semantic Release (Dry-run)
+#   image: bv11-cr01.bessems.eu/library/packer-extended
+#   pull: always
+#   commands:
+#   - |
+#     ansible-galaxy collection install \
+#       -r ansible/requirements.yml \
+#       -p ./ansible/collections
+#   volumes:
+#   - name: scratch
+#     path: /scratch
+
+# - name: Kubernetes Bootstrap Appliance
+#   depends_on:
+#   - Install Ansible Galaxy collections
+#   image: bv11-cr01.bessems.eu/library/packer-extended
+#   pull: always
+#   commands:
+#   - |
+#     sed -i -e "s/<<img-password>>/$${SSH_PASSWORD}/g" \
+#       packer/preseed/UbuntuServer22.04/user-data
+#   - |
+#     export K8S_VERSION=$(yq '.components.clusterapi.workload.version.k8s' < ./ansible/vars/metacluster.yml)
+#   - |
+#     packer init -upgrade \
+#       ./packer
+#   - |
+#     packer validate \
+#       -only=vsphere-iso.bootstrap \
+#       -var vm_name=${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER}-${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA:0:10}-$(openssl rand -hex 3) \
+#       -var docker_username=$${DOCKER_USERNAME} \
+#       -var docker_password=$${DOCKER_PASSWORD} \
+#       -var repo_username=$${REPO_USERNAME} \
+#       -var repo_password=$${REPO_PASSWORD} \
+#       -var ssh_password=$${SSH_PASSWORD} \
+#       -var vsphere_password=$${VSPHERE_PASSWORD} \
+#       -var k8s_version=$K8S_VERSION \
+#       ./packer
+#   - |
+#     packer build \
+#       -on-error=cleanup -timestamp-ui \
+#       -only=vsphere-iso.bootstrap \
+#       -var vm_name=${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER}-${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA:0:10}-$(openssl rand -hex 3) \
+#       -var docker_username=$${DOCKER_USERNAME} \
+#       -var docker_password=$${DOCKER_PASSWORD} \
+#       -var repo_username=$${REPO_USERNAME} \
+#       -var repo_password=$${REPO_PASSWORD} \
+#       -var ssh_password=$${SSH_PASSWORD} \
+#       -var vsphere_password=$${VSPHERE_PASSWORD} \
+#       -var k8s_version=$K8S_VERSION \
+#       ./packer
+#   environment:
+#     DOCKER_USERNAME:
+#       from_secret: docker_username
+#     DOCKER_PASSWORD:
+#       from_secret: docker_password
+#     # PACKER_LOG: 1
+#     REPO_USERNAME:
+#       from_secret: repo_username
+#     REPO_PASSWORD:
+#       from_secret: repo_password
+#     SSH_PASSWORD:
+#       from_secret: ssh_password
+#     VSPHERE_PASSWORD:
+#       from_secret: vsphere_password
+#   volumes:
+#   - name: output
+#     path: /output
+#   - name: scratch
+#     path: /scratch
+
+# - name: Kubernetes Upgrade Appliance
+#   depends_on:
+#   - Install Ansible Galaxy collections
+#   image: bv11-cr01.bessems.eu/library/packer-extended
+#   pull: alwaysquery(
+#   commands:
+#   - |
+#     sed -i -e "s/<<img-password>>/$${SSH_PASSWORD}/g" \
+#       packer/preseed/UbuntuServer22.04/user-data
+#   - |
+#     export K8S_VERSION=$(yq '.components.clusterapi.workload.version.k8s' < ./ansible/vars/metacluster.yml)
+#   - |
+#     packer init -upgrade \
+#       ./packer
+#   - |
+#     packer validate \
+#       -only=vsphere-iso.upgrade \
+#       -var vm_name=${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER}-${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA:0:10}-$(openssl rand -hex 3) \
+#       -var docker_username=$${DOCKER_USERNAME} \
+#       -var docker_password=$${DOCKER_PASSWORD} \
+#       -var repo_username=$${REPO_USERNAME} \
+#       -var repo_password=$${REPO_PASSWORD} \
+#       -var ssh_password=$${SSH_PASSWORD} \
+#       -var vsphere_password=$${VSPHERE_PASSWORD} \
+#       -var k8s_version=$K8S_VERSION \
+#       ./packer
+#   - |
+#     packer build \
+#       -on-error=cleanup -timestamp-ui \
+#       -only=vsphere-iso.upgrade \
+#       -var vm_name=${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER}-${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA:0:10}-$(openssl rand -hex 3) \
+#       -var docker_username=$${DOCKER_USERNAME} \
+#       -var docker_password=$${DOCKER_PASSWORD} \
+#       -var repo_username=$${REPO_USERNAME} \
+#       -var repo_password=$${REPO_PASSWORD} \
+#       -var ssh_password=$${SSH_PASSWORD} \
+#       -var vsphere_password=$${VSPHERE_PASSWORD} \
+#       -var k8s_version=$K8S_VERSION \
+#       ./packer
+#   environment:
+#     DOCKER_USERNAME:
+#       from_secret: docker_username
+#     DOCKER_PASSWORD:
+#       from_secret: docker_password
+#     # PACKER_LOG: 1
+#     REPO_USERNAME:
+#       from_secret: repo_username
+#     REPO_PASSWORD:
+#       from_secret: repo_password
+#     SSH_PASSWORD:
+#       from_secret: ssh_password
+#     VSPHERE_PASSWORD:
+#       from_secret: vsphere_password
+#   volumes:
+#   - name: output
+#     path: /output
+#   - name: scratch
+#     path: /scratch
+
+# - name: Remove temporary resources
+#   depends_on:
+#   - Kubernetes Bootstrap Appliance
+#   - Kubernetes Upgrade Appliance
+#   image: bv11-cr01.bessems.eu/library/packer-extended
+#   commands:
+#   - |
+#     pwsh -file scripts/Remove-Resources.ps1 \
+#       -VMName $DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER-${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA:0:10} \
+#       -VSphereFQDN 'bv11-vc.bessems.lan' \
+#       -VSphereUsername 'administrator@vsphere.local' \
+#       -VSpherePassword $${VSPHERE_PASSWORD}
+#   environment:
+#     VSPHERE_PASSWORD:
+#       from_secret: vsphere_password
+#   volumes:
+#   - name: scratch
+#     path: /scratch
+#   when:
+#     status:
+#     - success
+#     - failure

README.md

@@ -1 +1 @@
-# Packer.Images [![Build Status](https://ci.spamasaurus.com/api/badges/djpbessems/Packer.Images/status.svg?ref=refs/heads/UbuntuServer22.04)](https://ci.spamasaurus.com/djpbessems/Packer.Images)
+# Packer.Images [![Build Status](https://ci.spamasaurus.com/api/badges/djpbessems/Packer.Images/status.svg?ref=refs/heads/Kubernetes.Bootstrap.Appliance)](https://ci.spamasaurus.com/djpbessems/Packer.Images)

ansible/playbook.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 ---
 - hosts: all
   gather_facts: false
+  vars_files:
+    - metacluster.yml
+    - workloadcluster.yml
   become: true
   roles:
     - os
     - firstboot
+    - assets

ansible/requirements.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+collections:
+  - name: https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix
+    type: git
+  - name: https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.utils
+    type: git
+  - name: https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general
+    type: git
+  - name: https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core
+    type: git

ansible/roles/assets/tasks/containerimages.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+- name: Parse manifests for container images
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    # This set of commands is necessary to deal with multi-line scalar values
+    # eg.:
+    #      key: |
+    #        multi-line
+    #        value
+    cmd: >-
+      cat {{ item.dest }} | yq --no-doc eval '.. | .image? | select(.)' | awk '!/ /';
+      cat {{ item.dest }} | yq eval '.data.data' | yq --no-doc eval '.. | .image? | select(.)';
+      cat {{ item.dest }} | yq --no-doc eval '.. | .files? | with_entries(select(.value.path == "*.yaml")).[0].content' | awk '!/null/' | yq eval '.. | .image? | select(.)'
+  register: parsedmanifests
+  loop: "{{ clusterapi_manifests.results }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.dest | basename }}"
+
+- name: Parse metacluster helm charts for container images
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: "{{ item.value.helm.parse_logic }}"
+    chdir: /opt/metacluster/helm-charts/{{ item.key }}
+  register: chartimages_metacluster
+  when: item.value.helm is defined
+  loop: "{{ query('ansible.builtin.dict', components) }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.key }}"
+
+- name: Parse workloadcluster helm charts for container images
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: "{{ item.value.parse_logic }}"
+    chdir: /opt/workloadcluster/helm-charts/{{ item.value.namespace }}/{{ item.key }}
+  register: chartimages_workloadcluster
+  loop: "{{ query('ansible.builtin.dict', downstream.helm_charts) }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.key }}"
+
+- name: Store container images in dicts
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    containerimages_{{ item.source }}: "{{ item.results }}"
+  loop:
+    - source: charts
+      results: "{{ (chartimages_metacluster | json_query('results[*].stdout_lines')) + (chartimages_workloadcluster | json_query('results[*].stdout_lines')) | select() | flatten | list }}"
+    - source: kubeadm
+      results: "{{ kubeadmimages.stdout_lines }}"
+    - source: manifests
+      results: "{{ parsedmanifests | json_query('results[*].stdout_lines') | select() | flatten | list }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.source }}"
+
+- name: Log in to container registry
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: >-
+      skopeo login \
+        docker.io \
+        --username={{ docker_username }} \
+        --password={{ docker_password }}
+  no_log: true
+
+- name: Pull and store containerimages
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: >-
+      skopeo copy \
+        --insecure-policy \
+        --retry-times=5 \
+        docker://{{ item }} \
+        docker-archive:./{{ ( item | regex_findall('[^/:]+'))[-2] }}_{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.password', '/dev/null length=5 chars=ascii_lowercase,digits seed={{ item }}') }}.tar:{{ item }}
+    chdir: /opt/metacluster/container-images
+  loop: "{{ (containerimages_charts + containerimages_kubeadm + containerimages_manifests + dependencies.container_images) | flatten | unique | sort }}"

ansible/roles/assets/tasks/dependencies.archive_compressed.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+- name: Initialize tempfolder
+  ansible.builtin.tempfile:
+    state: directory
+  register: archive
+
+- name: Download & extract archived static binary
+  ansible.builtin.unarchive:
+    src: "{{ item.url }}"
+    dest: "{{ archive.path }}"
+    remote_src: yes
+    extra_opts: "{{ item.extra_opts | default(omit) }}"
+  register: staticbinary_download
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 5
+  until: staticbinary_download is not failed
+
+- name: Install extracted binary
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: "{{ archive.path }}/{{ item.filename }}"
+    dest: /usr/local/bin/{{ item.filename }}
+    remote_src: yes
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0755
+
+- name: Cleanup tempfolder
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ archive.path }}"
+    state: absent
+  when: archive.path is defined

ansible/roles/assets/tasks/dependencies.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+- name: Download & install static binaries
+  ansible.builtin.get_url:
+    url: "{{ item.url }}"
+    url_username: "{{ item.username | default(omit) }}"
+    url_password: "{{ item.password | default(omit) }}"
+    dest: /usr/local/bin/{{ item.filename }}
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0755
+  register: staticbinary_download
+  loop: "{{ dependencies.static_binaries | selectattr('archive', 'undefined') }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.filename }}"
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 5
+  until: staticbinary_download is not failed
+
+- name: Download, extract & install archived static binaries
+  include_tasks: dependencies.archive_compressed.yml
+  loop: "{{ dependencies.static_binaries | rejectattr('archive', 'undefined') | selectattr('archive', 'equalto', 'compressed') }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.filename }}"
+
+- name: Install ansible-galaxy collections
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: ansible-galaxy collection install {{ item }}
+  register: collections
+  loop: "{{ dependencies.ansible_galaxy_collections }}"
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 5
+  until: collections is not failed
+
+- name: Install distro packages
+  ansible.builtin.apt:
+    pkg: "{{ dependencies.packages.apt }}"
+    state: latest
+    update_cache: yes
+    install_recommends: no
+
+- name: Upgrade all packages
+  ansible.builtin.apt:
+    name: '*'
+    state: latest
+    update_cache: yes
+
+- name: Install additional python packages
+  ansible.builtin.pip:
+    name: "{{ dependencies.packages.pip }}"
+    state: latest
+
+- name: Cleanup apt cache
+  ansible.builtin.apt:
+    autoremove: yes
+    purge: yes

ansible/roles/assets/tasks/helm.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+- name: Add helm repositories
+  kubernetes.core.helm_repository:
+    name: "{{ item.name }}"
+    repo_url: "{{ item.url }}"
+    state: present
+  loop: "{{ platform.helm_repositories + downstream.helm_repositories }}"
+
+- name: Fetch helm charts for metacluster
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    cmd: helm fetch {{ item.value.helm.chart }} --untar --version {{ item.value.helm.version }}
+    chdir: /opt/metacluster/helm-charts
+  when: item.value.helm is defined
+  register: helmcharts_metacluster
+  loop: "{{ query('ansible.builtin.dict', components) }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.key }}"
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 5
+  until: helmcharts_metacluster is not failed
+
+- name: Fetch helm charts for workloadcluster
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    cmd: helm fetch {{ item.value.chart }} --untardir ./{{ item.value.namespace }} --untar --version {{ item.value.version }}
+    chdir: /opt/workloadcluster/helm-charts
+  register: helmcharts_workloadcluster
+  loop: "{{ query('ansible.builtin.dict', downstream.helm_charts) }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.key }}"
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 5
+  until: helmcharts_workloadcluster is not failed

ansible/roles/assets/tasks/k3s.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+- name: Download & install K3s binary
+  ansible.builtin.get_url:
+    url: https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s/releases/download/{{ platform.k3s.version }}/k3s
+    dest: /usr/local/bin/k3s
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0755
+  register: download
+  until: download is not failed
+  retries: 3
+  delay: 10
+
+- name: Download K3s images tarball
+  ansible.builtin.get_url:
+    url: https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s/releases/download/{{ platform.k3s.version }}/k3s-airgap-images-amd64.tar.gz
+    dest: /var/lib/rancher/k3s/agent/images
+  register: download
+  until: download is not failed
+  retries: 3
+  delay: 10
+
+- name: Download K3s install script
+  ansible.builtin.get_url:
+    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/k3s-io/k3s/{{ platform.k3s.version | urlencode }}/install.sh
+    dest: /opt/metacluster/k3s/install.sh
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0755
+  register: download
+  until: download is not failed
+  retries: 3
+  delay: 10
+
+- name: Inject manifests
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: helmchartconfig.j2
+    dest: /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/{{ item.name }}-config.yaml
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0600
+  loop: "{{ platform.packaged_components }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.name }}"

ansible/roles/assets/tasks/kubeadm.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+- name: Initialize tempfile
+  ansible.builtin.tempfile:
+    state: directory
+  register: kubeadm
+
+- name: Download kubeadm binary
+  ansible.builtin.get_url:
+    url: https://dl.k8s.io/release/{{ components.clusterapi.workload.version.k8s }}/bin/linux/amd64/kubeadm
+    dest: "{{ kubeadm.path }}/kubeadm"
+    mode: u+x
+
+- name: Retrieve container images list
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: "{{ kubeadm.path }}/kubeadm config images list --kubernetes-version {{ components.clusterapi.workload.version.k8s }}"
+  register: kubeadmimages
+
+- name: Store list of container images for reference
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    dest: /opt/metacluster/cluster-api/imagelist
+    content: "{{ kubeadmimages.stdout }}"
+
+- name: Cleanup tempfile
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ kubeadm.path }}"
+    state: absent
+  when: kubeadm.path is defined

ansible/roles/assets/tasks/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+- name: Create folder structure(s)
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    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 }}
+    - /opt/metacluster/cluster-api/cni-calico/{{ components.clusterapi.workload.version.calico }}
+    - /opt/metacluster/cluster-api/control-plane-kubeadm/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.base }}
+    - /opt/metacluster/cluster-api/infrastructure-vsphere/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.infrastructure_vsphere }}
+    - /opt/metacluster/cluster-api/ipam-in-cluster/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.ipam_incluster }}
+    - /opt/metacluster/container-images
+    - /opt/metacluster/git-repositories
+    - /opt/metacluster/helm-charts
+    - /opt/metacluster/k3s
+    - /opt/metacluster/kube-vip
+    - /opt/workloadcluster/git-repositories/gitops/charts
+    - /opt/workloadcluster/git-repositories/gitops/values
+    - /opt/workloadcluster/helm-charts
+    - /opt/workloadcluster/node-templates
+    - /var/lib/rancher/k3s/agent/images
+    - /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests
+
+- import_tasks: dependencies.yml
+- import_tasks: k3s.yml
+- import_tasks: helm.yml
+# - import_tasks: git.yml
+- import_tasks: manifests.yml
+- import_tasks: kubeadm.yml
+- import_tasks: containerimages.yml
+- import_tasks: nodetemplates.yml

ansible/roles/assets/tasks/manifests.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+- block:
+
+    - name: Aggregate chart_values into dict
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        metacluster_chartvalues: "{{ metacluster_chartvalues | default({}) | combine({ item.key: { 'chart_values': (item.value.helm.chart_values | from_yaml) } }) }}"
+      when: item.value.helm.chart_values is defined
+      loop: "{{ query('ansible.builtin.dict', components) }}"
+      loop_control:
+        label: "{{ item.key }}"
+
+    - name: Write dict to vars_file
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        dest: /opt/firstboot/ansible/vars/metacluster.yml
+        content: >-
+          {{
+            { 'components': (
+              metacluster_chartvalues |
+              combine({ 'clusterapi': components.clusterapi }) |
+              combine({ 'kubevip'   : components.kubevip }) )
+            } | to_nice_yaml(indent=2, width=4096)
+          }}
+
+    - name: Aggregate chart_values into dict
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        workloadcluster_chartvalues: "{{ workloadcluster_chartvalues | default({}) | combine({ item.key: { 'chart_values': (item.value.chart_values | default('') | from_yaml) } }) }}"
+      # when: item.value.chart_values is defined
+      loop: "{{ query('ansible.builtin.dict', downstream.helm_charts) }}"
+      loop_control:
+        label: "{{ item.key }}"
+
+    - name: Write dict to vars_file
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        dest: /opt/firstboot/ansible/vars/workloadcluster.yml
+        content: >-
+          {{
+            { 'downstream_components': ( workloadcluster_chartvalues )
+            } | to_nice_yaml(indent=2, width=4096)
+          }}
+
+- name: Download ClusterAPI manifests
+  ansible.builtin.get_url:
+    url: "{{ item.url }}"
+    dest: /opt/metacluster/cluster-api/{{ item.dest }}
+  register: clusterapi_manifests
+  loop:
+    # This list is based on `clusterctl config repositories`
+    # Note: Each manifest also needs a `metadata.yaml` file stored in the respective folder
+    - url: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/releases/download/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.base }}/bootstrap-components.yaml
+      dest: bootstrap-kubeadm/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.base }}/bootstrap-components.yaml
+    - url: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/releases/download/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.base }}/core-components.yaml
+      dest: cluster-api/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.base }}/core-components.yaml
+    - url: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/releases/download/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.base }}/control-plane-components.yaml
+      dest: control-plane-kubeadm/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.base }}/control-plane-components.yaml
+    # This downloads the same `metadata.yaml` file to three separate folders
+    - url: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/releases/download/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.base }}/metadata.yaml
+      dest: bootstrap-kubeadm/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.base }}/metadata.yaml
+    - url: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/releases/download/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.base }}/metadata.yaml
+      dest: cluster-api/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.base }}/metadata.yaml
+    - url: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/releases/download/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.base }}/metadata.yaml
+      dest: control-plane-kubeadm/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.base }}/metadata.yaml
+    # The vsphere infrastructure provider requires multiple files (`cluster-template.yaml` and `metadata.yaml` on top of default files)
+    - url: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-vsphere/releases/download/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.infrastructure_vsphere }}/infrastructure-components.yaml
+      dest: infrastructure-vsphere/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.infrastructure_vsphere }}/infrastructure-components.yaml
+    - url: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-vsphere/releases/download/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.infrastructure_vsphere }}/cluster-template.yaml
+      dest: infrastructure-vsphere/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.infrastructure_vsphere }}/cluster-template.yaml
+    - url: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-vsphere/releases/download/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.infrastructure_vsphere }}/metadata.yaml
+      dest: infrastructure-vsphere/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.infrastructure_vsphere }}/metadata.yaml
+    # Additionally, cert-manager is a prerequisite
+    - url: https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/releases/download/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.cert_manager }}/cert-manager.yaml
+      dest: cert-manager/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.cert_manager }}/cert-manager.yaml
+    # Finally, workload clusters will need a CNI plugin
+    - url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/projectcalico/calico/{{ components.clusterapi.workload.version.calico }}/manifests/calico.yaml
+      dest: cni-calico/{{ components.clusterapi.workload.version.calico }}/calico.yaml
+    # IPAM in-cluster provider (w/ metadata.yaml)
+    - url: https://github.com/telekom/cluster-api-ipam-provider-in-cluster/releases/download/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.ipam_incluster }}/ipam-components.yaml
+      dest: ipam-in-cluster/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.ipam_incluster }}/ipam-components.yaml
+    - url: https://github.com/telekom/cluster-api-ipam-provider-in-cluster/releases/download/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.ipam_incluster }}/metadata.yaml
+      dest: ipam-in-cluster/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.ipam_incluster }}/metadata.yaml
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.url | basename }}"
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 5
+  until: clusterapi_manifests is not failed
+
+- name: Update cluster-template with image tags
+  ansible.builtin.replace:
+    dest: /opt/metacluster/cluster-api/infrastructure-vsphere/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.infrastructure_vsphere }}/cluster-template.yaml
+    regexp: ':\${CPI_IMAGE_K8S_VERSION}'
+    replace: ":{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.cpi_vsphere }}"
+
+- name: Download kube-vip RBAC manifest
+  ansible.builtin.get_url:
+    url: https://kube-vip.io/manifests/rbac.yaml
+    dest: /opt/metacluster/kube-vip/rbac.yaml
+  register: kubevip_manifest
+  retries: 5
+  delay: 5
+  until: kubevip_manifest is not failed
+
+# - name: Inject manifests
+#   ansible.builtin.template:
+#     src: "{{ item.type }}.j2"
+#     dest: /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/{{ item.name }}-manifest.yaml
+#     owner: root
+#     group: root
+#     mode: 0600
+#   loop: "{{ query('ansible.builtin.dict', components) | map(attribute='value.manifests') | list | select('defined') | flatten }}"
+#   loop_control:
+#     label: "{{ item.type ~ '/' ~ item.name }}"

ansible/roles/assets/tasks/nodetemplates.yml

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+- name: Download node-template image
+  ansible.builtin.uri:
+    url: "{{ components.clusterapi.workload.node_template.url }}"
+    dest: /opt/workloadcluster/node-templates/{{ components.clusterapi.workload.node_template.url | basename}}

ansible/roles/assets/templates/helmchartconfig.j2

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+apiVersion: helm.cattle.io/v1
+kind: HelmChartConfig
+metadata:
+  name: {{ item.name }}
+  namespace: {{ item.namespace }}
+spec:
+  valuesContent: |-
+{{ item.config }}

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/playbook.yml

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+---
+- hosts: 127.0.0.1
+  connection: local
+  gather_facts: true
+  vars_files:
+    - defaults.yml
+    - metacluster.yml
+    - workloadcluster.yml
+  # become: true
+  roles:
+    - vapp
+    - network
+    - preflight
+    - users
+    - disks
+    - metacluster
+    - workloadcluster
+    - tty
+    - cleanup
+  handlers:
+    - name: Apply manifests
+      kubernetes.core.k8s:
+        src: "{{ item }}"
+        state: present
+        kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
+      loop: "{{ query('ansible.builtin.fileglob', '/var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/*.yaml') | sort }}"
+      ignore_errors: yes

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/roles/metacluster/tasks/certauthority.yml

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+- block:
+
+    - name: Initialize tempfile
+      ansible.builtin.tempfile:
+        state: file
+      register: values_file
+
+    - name: Write chart values w/ password to tempfile
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        dest: "{{ values_file.path }}"
+        content: "{{ stepca_values.stdout | regex_replace('(ca_password|provisioner_password): ', '\\1: ' ~ (vapp['metacluster.password'] | b64encode)) }}"
+      no_log: true
+
+    - name: Install step-ca chart
+      kubernetes.core.helm:
+        name: step-certificates
+        chart_ref: /opt/metacluster/helm-charts/step-certificates
+        release_namespace: step-ca
+        create_namespace: true
+        # Unable to use REST api based readycheck due to lack of ingress
+        wait: true
+        kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
+        values_files:
+          - "{{ values_file.path }}"
+
+    - name: Cleanup tempfile
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        path: "{{ values_file.path }}"
+        state: absent
+      when: values_file.path is defined
+
+    - name: Retrieve configmap w/ root certificate
+      kubernetes.core.k8s_info:
+        kind: ConfigMap
+        name: step-certificates-certs
+        namespace: step-ca
+        kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
+      register: stepca_cm_certs
+
+    - name: Create target namespaces
+      kubernetes.core.k8s:
+        kind: Namespace
+        name: "{{ item }}"
+        state: present
+        kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
+      loop:
+        - argo-cd
+        # - kube-system
+
+    - name: Store root certificate in namespaced configmaps/secrets
+      kubernetes.core.k8s:
+        state: present
+        template: "{{ item.kind }}.j2"
+        kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
+      vars:
+        _template:
+          name: "{{ item.name }}"
+          namespace: "{{ item.namespace }}"
+          annotations: "{{ item.annotations | default('{}') | indent(width=4, first=True) }}"
+          labels: "{{ item.labels | default('{}') | indent(width=4, first=True) }}"
+          data: "{{ item.data }}"
+      loop:
+        - name: argocd-tls-certs-cm
+          namespace: argo-cd
+          kind: configmap
+          annotations: |
+            meta.helm.sh/release-name: argo-cd
+            meta.helm.sh/release-namespace: argo-cd
+          labels: |
+            app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
+            app.kubernetes.io/name: argocd-cm
+            app.kubernetes.io/part-of: argocd
+          data:
+            - key: git.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}
+              value: "{{ stepca_cm_certs.resources[0].data['root_ca.crt'] }}"
+        - name: step-certificates-certs
+          namespace: kube-system
+          kind: secret
+          data:
+            - key: root_ca.crt
+              value: "{{ stepca_cm_certs.resources[0].data['root_ca.crt'] | b64encode }}"
+      loop_control:
+        label: "{{ item.kind ~ '/' ~ item.name ~ ' (' ~ item.namespace ~ ')' }}"
+
+    - name: Configure step-ca passthrough ingress
+      ansible.builtin.template:
+        src: ingressroutetcp.j2
+        dest: /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/{{ _template.name }}-manifest.yaml
+        owner: root
+        group: root
+        mode: 0600
+      vars:
+        _template:
+          name: step-ca
+          namespace: step-ca
+          config: |2
+              entryPoints:
+                - websecure
+              routes:
+              - match: HostSNI(`ca.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}`)
+                services:
+                - name: step-certificates
+                  port: 443
+              tls:
+                passthrough: true
+      notify:
+        - Apply manifests
+
+    - name: Inject step-ca certificate into traefik container
+      ansible.builtin.blockinfile:
+        path: /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/traefik-config.yaml
+        block: |2
+              volumes:
+                - name: step-certificates-certs
+                  mountPath: /step-ca
+                  type: secret
+              env:
+                - name: LEGO_CA_CERTIFICATES
+                  value: /step-ca/root_ca.crt
+        marker: '    # {mark} ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK [rootca]'
+      notify:
+        - Apply manifests
+
+    - name: Trigger handlers
+      ansible.builtin.meta: flush_handlers
+
+    - name: Ensure step-ca API availability
+      ansible.builtin.uri:
+        url: https://ca.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/health
+        method: GET
+      register: api_readycheck
+      until:
+        - api_readycheck.json.status is defined
+        - api_readycheck.json.status == 'ok'
+      retries: "{{ playbook.retries }}"
+      delay: "{{ (storage_benchmark | int) * (playbook.delay.long | int) }}"
+
+  module_defaults:
+    ansible.builtin.uri:
+      validate_certs: no
+      status_code: [200, 201]
+      body_format: json

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/roles/metacluster/tasks/git.yml

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+- block:
+
+    - name: Install gitea chart
+      kubernetes.core.helm:
+        name: gitea
+        chart_ref: /opt/metacluster/helm-charts/gitea
+        release_namespace: gitea
+        create_namespace: true
+        wait: false
+        kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
+        values: "{{ components['gitea'].chart_values }}"
+
+    - name: Ensure gitea API availability
+      ansible.builtin.uri:
+        url: https://git.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/api/healthz
+        method: GET
+      register: api_readycheck
+      until:
+        - api_readycheck.json.status is defined
+        - api_readycheck.json.status == 'pass'
+      retries: "{{ playbook.retries }}"
+      delay: "{{ (storage_benchmark | int) * (playbook.delay.long | int) }}"
+
+    - name: Configure additional SSH ingress
+      ansible.builtin.template:
+        src: ingressroutetcp.j2
+        dest: /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/{{ _template.name }}-manifest.yaml
+        owner: root
+        group: root
+        mode: 0600
+      vars:
+        _template:
+          name: gitea-ssh
+          namespace: gitea
+          config: |2
+              entryPoints:
+                - ssh
+              routes:
+              - match: HostSNI(`*`)
+                services:
+                - name: gitea-ssh
+                  port: 22
+      notify:
+        - Apply manifests
+
+    - name: Trigger handlers
+      ansible.builtin.meta: flush_handlers
+
+    - name: Generate gitea API token
+      ansible.builtin.uri:
+        url: https://git.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/api/v1/users/administrator/tokens
+        method: POST
+        user: administrator
+        password: "{{ vapp['metacluster.password'] }}"
+        force_basic_auth: yes
+        body:
+          name: token_init_{{ lookup('password', '/dev/null length=5 chars=ascii_letters,digits') }}
+      register: gitea_api_token
+
+    - name: Retrieve existing gitea configuration
+      ansible.builtin.uri:
+        url: https://git.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/api/v1/repos/search
+        method: GET
+      register: gitea_existing_config
+
+    - block:
+
+        - name: Register SSH public key
+          ansible.builtin.uri:
+            url: https://git.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/api/v1/user/keys
+            method: POST
+            headers:
+              Authorization: token {{ gitea_api_token.json.sha1 }}
+            body:
+              key: "{{ gitops_sshkey.public_key }}"
+              read_only: false
+              title: GitOps
+
+        - name: Create organization(s)
+          ansible.builtin.uri:
+            url: https://git.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/api/v1/orgs
+            method: POST
+            headers:
+              Authorization: token {{ gitea_api_token.json.sha1 }}
+            body: "{{ item }}"
+          loop:
+            - full_name: Meta-cluster
+              description: Meta-cluster configuration items
+              username: mc
+              website: https://git.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/mc
+              location: '[...]'
+              visibility: public
+            - full_name: Workload-cluster
+              description: Workload-cluster configuration items
+              username: wl
+              website: https://git.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/wl
+              location: '[...]'
+              visibility: public
+          loop_control:
+            label: "{{ item.full_name }}"
+
+        - name: Create repositories
+          ansible.builtin.uri:
+            url: https://git.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/api/v1/orgs/{{ item.organization }}/repos
+            method: POST
+            headers:
+              Authorization: token {{ gitea_api_token.json.sha1 }}
+            body: "{{ item.body }}"
+          loop:
+            - organization: mc
+              body:
+                name: GitOps.ClusterAPI
+                # auto_init: true
+                # default_branch: main
+                description: ClusterAPI manifests
+            - organization: mc
+              body:
+                name: GitOps.Config
+                # auto_init: true
+                # default_branch: main
+                description: GitOps manifests
+            - organization: wl
+              body:
+                name: GitOps.Config
+                # auto_init: true
+                # default_branch: main
+                description: GitOps manifests
+            - organization: wl
+              body:
+                name: GitOps.HelmCharts
+                # auto_init: true
+                # default_branch: main
+                description: Helm charts
+          loop_control:
+            label: "{{ item.organization ~ '/' ~ item.body.name }}"
+
+        # - name: Rebase/Push source gitops repository
+        #   ansible.builtin.shell:
+        #     cmd: |
+        #       git config --local http.sslVerify false
+        #       git remote set-url origin https://administrator:{{ vapp['metacluster.password'] | urlencode }}@git.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/mc/GitOps.Config.git
+        #       git push
+        #     chdir: /opt/metacluster/git-repositories/gitops
+
+      when: (gitea_existing_config.json is undefined) or (gitea_existing_config.json.data | length == 0)
+
+  module_defaults:
+    ansible.builtin.uri:
+      validate_certs: no
+      status_code: [200, 201]
+      body_format: json

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/roles/metacluster/tasks/gitops.yml

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+- block:
+
+    - name: Install argo-cd chart
+      kubernetes.core.helm:
+        name: argo-cd
+        chart_ref: /opt/metacluster/helm-charts/argo-cd
+        release_namespace: argo-cd
+        create_namespace: true
+        wait: false
+        kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
+        values: "{{ components['argo-cd'].chart_values }}"
+
+    - name: Ensure argo-cd API availability
+      ansible.builtin.uri:
+        url: https://gitops.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/api/version
+        method: GET
+      register: api_readycheck
+      until:
+        - api_readycheck.json.Version is defined
+      retries: "{{ playbook.retries }}"
+      delay: "{{ (storage_benchmark | int) * (playbook.delay.long | int) }}"
+
+    - name: Generate argo-cd API token
+      ansible.builtin.uri:
+        url: https://gitops.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/api/v1/session
+        method: POST
+        force_basic_auth: yes
+        body:
+          username: admin
+          password: "{{ vapp['metacluster.password'] }}"
+      register: argocd_api_token
+
+    - name: Configure metacluster-gitops repository
+      ansible.builtin.template:
+        src: gitrepo.j2
+        dest: /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/{{ _template.name }}-manifest.yaml
+        owner: root
+        group: root
+        mode: 0600
+      vars:
+        _template:
+          name: gitrepo-mc-gitopsconfig
+          namespace: argo-cd
+          url: https://git.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/mc/GitOps.Config.git
+      notify:
+        - Apply manifests
+
+    - name: Create applicationset
+      ansible.builtin.template:
+        src: applicationset.j2
+        dest: /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/{{ _template.application.name }}-manifest.yaml
+        owner: root
+        group: root
+        mode: 0600
+      vars:
+        _template:
+          application:
+            name: applicationset-metacluster
+            namespace: argo-cd
+          cluster:
+            url: https://kubernetes.default.svc
+          repository:
+            url: https://git.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/mc/GitOps.Config.git
+            revision: main
+      notify:
+        - Apply manifests
+
+    - name: Trigger handlers
+      ansible.builtin.meta: flush_handlers
+
+  module_defaults:
+    ansible.builtin.uri:
+      validate_certs: no
+      status_code: [200, 201]
+      body_format: json

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/roles/metacluster/tasks/ingress.yml

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+- name: Reconfigure traefik container for persistence
+  ansible.builtin.blockinfile:
+    path: /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/traefik-config.yaml
+    block: |2
+          deployment:
+            initContainers:
+              - name: volume-permissions
+                image: busybox:1
+                command: ["sh", "-c", "touch /data/acme.json && chmod -Rv 600 /data/* && chown 65532:65532 /data/acme.json"]
+                volumeMounts:
+                  - name: data
+                    mountPath: /data
+          persistence:
+            enabled: true
+    marker: '    # {mark} ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK [persistence]'
+  notify:
+    - Apply manifests
+
+- name: Configure traefik dashboard ingress
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: ingressroute.j2
+    dest: /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/{{ _template.name }}-manifest.yaml
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0600
+  vars:
+    _template:
+      name: traefik-dashboard
+      namespace: kube-system
+      config: |2
+          entryPoints:
+          - web
+          - websecure
+          routes:
+          - kind: Rule
+            match: Host(`ingress.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}`)
+            services:
+            - kind: TraefikService
+              name: api@internal
+  notify:
+    - Apply manifests
+
+- name: Trigger handlers
+  ansible.builtin.meta: flush_handlers

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/roles/metacluster/tasks/init.yml

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+- name: Configure fallback name resolution
+  ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+    path: /etc/hosts
+    line: "{{ vapp['guestinfo.ipaddress'] }}  {{ item ~ '.' ~ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}"
+    state: present
+  loop:
+    # TODO: Make this list dynamic
+    - ca
+    - git
+    - gitops
+    - ingress
+    - registry
+    - storage
+
+- name: Initialize tempfile
+  ansible.builtin.tempfile:
+    state: file
+  register: stepca_password
+
+- name: Store password in tempfile
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    dest: "{{ stepca_password.path }}"
+    content: "{{ vapp['metacluster.password'] }}"
+  no_log: true
+
+- name: Generate step-ca helm chart values (including root CA certificate)
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: >-
+      step ca init \
+        --helm \
+        --deployment-type=standalone \
+        --name=ca.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }} \
+        --dns=ca.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }} \
+        --dns=step-certificates.step-ca.svc.cluster.local \
+        --dns=127.0.0.1 \
+        --address=:9000 \
+        --provisioner=admin \
+        --acme \
+        --password-file={{ stepca_password.path }}
+  register: stepca_values
+
+- name: Cleanup tempfile
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ stepca_password.path }}"
+    state: absent
+  when: stepca_password.path is defined
+
+- name: Store root CA certificate
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    dest: /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/root_ca.crt
+    content: "{{ (stepca_values.stdout | from_yaml).inject.certificates.root_ca }}"
+
+- name: Update certificate truststore
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    cmd: update-ca-certificates
+
+- name: Get all stored fully qualified container image names
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: >-
+      skopeo list-tags \
+        --insecure-policy \
+        docker-archive:./{{ item | basename }} | \
+      jq -r '.Tags[0]'
+    chdir: /opt/metacluster/container-images
+  register: registry_artifacts
+  loop: "{{ query('ansible.builtin.fileglob', '/opt/metacluster/container-images/*.tar') | sort }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item | basename }}"
+
+- name: Get source registries of all artifacts
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    source_registries: "{{ (source_registries | default([]) + [(item | split('/'))[0]]) | unique | sort }}"
+  loop: "{{ registry_artifacts | json_query('results[*].stdout') | select | sort }}"
+
+- name: Configure K3s node for private registry
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    dest: /etc/rancher/k3s/registries.yaml
+    src: registries.j2
+  vars:
+    _template:
+      registries: "{{ source_registries }}"
+      hv:
+        fqdn: "{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}"

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/roles/metacluster/tasks/k3s.yml

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+- name: Store custom configuration files
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    dest: "{{ item.filename }}"
+    content: "{{ item.content }}"
+  loop:
+    - filename: /etc/rancher/k3s/config.yaml
+      content: |
+        kubelet-arg:
+          - "config=/etc/rancher/k3s/kubelet.config"
+          - "image-gc-high-threshold=95"
+    - filename: /etc/rancher/k3s/kubelet.config
+      content: |
+        apiVersion: kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+        kind: KubeletConfiguration
+
+        shutdownGracePeriod: 180s
+        shtudownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 60s
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.filename }}"
+
+- name: Gather service facts
+  ansible.builtin.service_facts:
+    # Module requires no attributes
+
+- name: Install K3s
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    cmd: ./install.sh
+    chdir: /opt/metacluster/k3s
+  environment:
+    INSTALL_K3S_SKIP_DOWNLOAD: 'true'
+    INSTALL_K3S_EXEC: "server --cluster-init --token {{ vapp['metacluster.token'] | trim }} --tls-san {{ vapp['metacluster.vip'] }} --disable local-storage --config /etc/rancher/k3s/config.yaml"
+  when: ansible_facts.services['k3s.service'] is undefined
+
+- name: Ensure API availability
+  ansible.builtin.uri:
+    url: https://{{ vapp['guestinfo.ipaddress'] }}:6443/livez?verbose
+    method: GET
+    validate_certs: no
+    status_code: [200, 401]
+  register: api_readycheck
+  until: api_readycheck.json.apiVersion is defined
+  retries: "{{ playbook.retries }}"
+  delay: "{{ (storage_benchmark | int) * (playbook.delay.medium | int) }}"
+
+- name: Install kubectl tab-completion
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: kubectl completion bash | tee /etc/bash_completion.d/kubectl
+
+- name: Initialize tempfile
+  ansible.builtin.tempfile:
+    state: file
+  register: kubeconfig
+
+- name: Retrieve kubeconfig
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    cmd: kubectl config view --raw
+  register: kubectl_config
+
+- name: Store kubeconfig in tempfile
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    dest: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
+    content: "{{ kubectl_config.stdout }}"
+    mode: 0600
+  no_log: true
+
+- name: Add label to node object
+  kubernetes.core.k8s:
+    name: "{{ ansible_facts.nodename | lower }}"
+    kind: Node
+    state: patched
+    definition:
+      metadata:
+        labels:
+          ova.airgappedk8s/moref_id: "{{ moref_id }}"
+    kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
+  register: k8snode_patch
+  until:
+    - k8snode_patch.result.metadata.labels['ova.airgappedk8s/moref_id'] is defined
+  retries: "{{ playbook.retries }}"
+  delay: "{{ (storage_benchmark | int) * (playbook.delay.medium | int) }}"

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/roles/metacluster/tasks/kube-vip.yml

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+- name: Generate kube-vip manifest
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: >-
+      ctr run --rm --net-host ghcr.io/kube-vip/kube-vip:{{ components.kubevip.version }} vip \
+        /kube-vip manifest daemonset \
+          --interface eth0 \
+          --address {{ vapp['metacluster.vip'] }} \
+          --inCluster \
+          --taint \
+          --controlplane \
+          --services \
+          --arp \
+          --leaderElection
+  register: kubevip_manifest
+
+- name: Inject manifests
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    dest: /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/kubevip-manifest.yaml
+    content: |
+      {{ lookup('ansible.builtin.file', '/opt/metacluster/kube-vip/rbac.yaml') }}
+      ---
+      {{ kubevip_manifest.stdout | replace('imagePullPolicy: Always', 'imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent') }}
+  notify:
+    - Apply manifests
+
+- name: Trigger handlers
+  ansible.builtin.meta: flush_handlers

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/roles/metacluster/tasks/main.yml

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+- import_tasks: init.yml
+- import_tasks: k3s.yml
+- import_tasks: assets.yml
+- import_tasks: kube-vip.yml
+- import_tasks: storage.yml
+- import_tasks: ingress.yml
+- import_tasks: certauthority.yml
+- import_tasks: registry.yml
+- import_tasks: git.yml
+- import_tasks: gitops.yml

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/roles/metacluster/tasks/registry.yml

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+- block:
+
+    - name: Install harbor chart
+      kubernetes.core.helm:
+        name: harbor
+        chart_ref: /opt/metacluster/helm-charts/harbor
+        release_namespace: harbor
+        create_namespace: true
+        wait: false
+        kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
+        values: "{{ components['harbor'].chart_values }}"
+
+    - name: Ensure harbor API availability
+      ansible.builtin.uri:
+        url: https://registry.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/api/v2.0/health
+        method: GET
+      register: api_readycheck
+      until:
+        - api_readycheck.json.status is defined
+        - api_readycheck.json.status == 'healthy'
+      retries: "{{ playbook.retries }}"
+      delay: "{{ (storage_benchmark | int) * (playbook.delay.long | int) }}"
+
+    - name: Push images to registry
+      ansible.builtin.shell:
+        cmd: >-
+          skopeo copy \
+            --insecure-policy \
+            --dest-tls-verify=false \
+            --dest-creds admin:{{ vapp['metacluster.password'] }} \
+            docker-archive:./{{ item | basename }} \
+            docker://registry.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/library/$( \
+              skopeo list-tags \
+                --insecure-policy \
+                docker-archive:./{{ item | basename }} | \
+              jq -r '.Tags[0]')
+        chdir: /opt/metacluster/container-images/
+      register: push_result
+      loop: "{{ query('ansible.builtin.fileglob', '/opt/metacluster/container-images/*.tar') | sort }}"
+      loop_control:
+        label: "{{ item | basename }}"
+      retries: "{{ playbook.retries }}"
+      delay: "{{ ((storage_benchmark | float) * playbook.delay.short) | int }}"
+      until: push_result is not failed
+
+  module_defaults:
+    ansible.builtin.uri:
+      validate_certs: no
+      status_code: [200, 201, 401]
+      body_format: json

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/roles/metacluster/tasks/storage.yml

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+- block:
+    - name: Install longhorn chart
+      kubernetes.core.helm:
+        name: longhorn
+        chart_ref: /opt/metacluster/helm-charts/longhorn
+        release_namespace: longhorn-system
+        create_namespace: true
+        wait: false
+        kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
+        values: "{{ components['longhorn'].chart_values }}"
+
+    - name: Ensure longhorn API availability
+      ansible.builtin.uri:
+        url: https://storage.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/v1
+        method: GET
+      register: api_readycheck
+      until:
+        - api_readycheck is not failed
+      retries: "{{ playbook.retries }}"
+      delay: "{{ (storage_benchmark | int) * (playbook.delay.long | int) }}"
+
+  module_defaults:
+    ansible.builtin.uri:
+      validate_certs: no
+      status_code: [200, 201]
+      body_format: json

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/roles/preflight/tasks/vapp.yml

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+- name: Check for expected vApp properties
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - vapp[item] is defined
+      - (vapp[item] | length) > 0
+    quiet: true
+  loop:
+    - deployment.type
+    - guestinfo.dnsserver
+    - guestinfo.gateway
+    - guestinfo.hostname
+    - guestinfo.ipaddress
+    - guestinfo.prefixlength
+    - guestinfo.rootsshkey
+    - hv.fqdn
+    - hv.password
+    - hv.username
+    - ippool.endip
+    - ippool.startip
+    - metacluster.fqdn
+    - metacluster.password
+    - metacluster.token
+    - metacluster.vip
+    - workloadcluster.name
+    - workloadcluster.vip

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

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+- block:
+  # Below tasks circumvent usernames with `<domain>\<username>` format, which causes CAPV to
+  # incorrectly interpret the backslash (despite automatic escaping) as an escape sequence.
+  # `vcenter_session.user` will instead contain the username in `<username>@<domain>` format.
+
+    - name: Generate vCenter API token
+      ansible.builtin.uri:
+        url: https://{{ vapp['hv.fqdn'] }}/api/session
+        method: POST
+        headers:
+          Authorization: Basic {{ ( vapp['hv.username'] ~ ':' ~ vapp['hv.password'] ) | b64encode }}
+      register: vcenterapi_token
+
+    - name: Retrieve vCenter API session details
+      ansible.builtin.uri:
+        url: https://{{ vapp['hv.fqdn'] }}/api/session
+        method: GET
+        headers:
+          vmware-api-session-id: "{{ vcenterapi_token.json }}"
+      register: vcenter_session
+
+  module_defaults:
+    ansible.builtin.uri:
+      validate_certs: no
+      status_code: [200, 201]
+      body_format: json
+
+- name: Configure clusterctl
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: clusterctl.j2
+    dest: /opt/metacluster/cluster-api/clusterctl.yaml
+  vars:
+    _template:
+      version:
+        base: "{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.base }}"
+        cert_manager: "{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.cert_manager }}"
+        infrastructure_vsphere: "{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.infrastructure_vsphere }}"
+        ipam_incluster: "{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.ipam_incluster }}"
+      hv:
+        fqdn: "{{ vapp['hv.fqdn'] }}"
+        tlsthumbprint: "{{ tls_thumbprint.stdout }}"
+        username: "{{ vcenter_session.json.user }}"
+        password: "{{ vapp['hv.password'] }}"
+        datacenter: "{{ vcenter_info.datacenter }}"
+        datastore: "{{ vcenter_info.datastore }}"
+        network: "{{ vcenter_info.network }}"
+        resourcepool: "{{ vcenter_info.resourcepool }}"
+        folder: "{{ vcenter_info.folder }}"
+      cluster:
+        nodetemplate: "{{ nodetemplate_inventorypath }}"
+        publickey: "{{ vapp['guestinfo.rootsshkey'] }}"
+        version: "{{ components.clusterapi.workload.version.k8s }}"
+        vip: "{{ vapp['workloadcluster.vip'] }}"
+
+- name: Generate cluster-template kustomization manifest
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: kustomization.cluster-template.j2
+    dest: /opt/metacluster/cluster-api/infrastructure-vsphere/{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.infrastructure_vsphere }}/kustomization.yaml
+  vars:
+    _template:
+      network:
+        fqdn: "{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}"
+        dnsserver: "{{ vapp['guestinfo.dnsserver'] }}"
+      nodesize:
+        cpu: "{{ config.clusterapi.size_matrix[ vapp['workloadcluster.nodesize'] ].cpu }}"
+        memory: "{{ config.clusterapi.size_matrix[ vapp['workloadcluster.nodesize'] ].memory }}"
+      rootca: "{{ stepca_cm_certs.resources[0].data['root_ca.crt'] }}"
+      runcmds:
+        - update-ca-certificates
+      registries: "{{ source_registries }}"
+
+- name: Store custom cluster-template
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    dest: /opt/metacluster/cluster-api/custom-cluster-template.yaml
+    content: "{{ lookup('kubernetes.core.kustomize', dir='/opt/metacluster/cluster-api/infrastructure-vsphere/' ~ components.clusterapi.management.version.infrastructure_vsphere ) }}"
+
+- name: Initialize Cluster API management cluster
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: >-
+      clusterctl init \
+        -v5 \
+        --infrastructure vsphere:{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.infrastructure_vsphere }} \
+        --ipam in-cluster:{{ components.clusterapi.management.version.ipam_incluster }} \
+        --config ./clusterctl.yaml \
+        --kubeconfig {{ kubeconfig.path }}
+    chdir: /opt/metacluster/cluster-api
+
+- name: Ensure controller availability
+  kubernetes.core.k8s_info:
+    kind: Deployment
+    name: "{{ item.name }}"
+    namespace: "{{ item.namespace }}"
+    wait: true
+    kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
+  loop:
+    - name: caip-in-cluster-controller-manager
+      namespace: caip-in-cluster-system
+    - name: capi-controller-manager
+      namespace: capi-system
+    - name: capv-controller-manager
+      namespace: capv-system
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.name }}"
+
+- name: Parse vApp for workload cluster sizing
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    clustersize: >-
+      {{ {
+        'controlplane': vapp['deployment.type'] | regex_findall('^cp(\d)+') | first,
+        'worker': vapp['deployment.type'] | regex_findall('w(\d)+') | first,
+        'workerstorage': vapp['deployment.type'] | regex_findall('ws(\d)+$') | first
+      } }}
+
+- name: Generate workload cluster manifest
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: >-
+      clusterctl generate cluster \
+        {{ vapp['workloadcluster.name'] | lower }} \
+        --control-plane-machine-count {{ clustersize.controlplane }} \
+        --worker-machine-count {{ clustersize.worker }} \
+        --from ./custom-cluster-template.yaml \
+        --config ./clusterctl.yaml \
+        --kubeconfig {{ kubeconfig.path }}
+    chdir: /opt/metacluster/cluster-api
+  register: clusterctl_newcluster
+
+- name: Initialize tempfolder
+  ansible.builtin.tempfile:
+    state: directory
+  register: capi_clustermanifest
+
+- name: Save workload cluster manifest
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    dest: "{{ capi_clustermanifest.path }}/new-cluster.yaml"
+    content: "{{ clusterctl_newcluster.stdout }}"
+
+- name: Split manifest into separate files
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: >-
+      kubectl slice \
+        -f {{ capi_clustermanifest.path }}/new-cluster.yaml \
+        -o {{ capi_clustermanifest.path }}/manifests
+
+- name: Generate nodepool kustomization manifest
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: kustomization.nodepool.j2
+    dest: "{{ capi_clustermanifest.path }}/kustomization.yaml"
+  vars:
+    _template:
+      cluster:
+        name: "{{ vapp['workloadcluster.name'] }}"
+      nodepool:
+        size: "{{ clustersize.workerstorage }}"
+        additionaldisk: "{{ vapp['workloadcluster.additionaldisk'] }}"
+
+- name: Store nodepool manifest
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    dest: "{{ capi_clustermanifest.path }}/manifests/nodepool-worker-storage.yaml"
+    content: "{{ lookup('kubernetes.core.kustomize', dir=capi_clustermanifest.path) }}"
+
+- name: Create in-cluster IpPool
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: ippool.j2
+    dest: "{{ capi_clustermanifest.path }}/manifests/inclusterippool-{{ _template.cluster.name }}.yml"
+  vars:
+    _template:
+      cluster:
+        name: "{{ vapp['workloadcluster.name'] | lower }}"
+        namespace: default
+        network:
+          startip: "{{ vapp['ippool.startip'] }}"
+          endip: "{{ vapp['ippool.endip'] }}"
+          prefix: "{{ vapp['guestinfo.prefixlength'] }}"
+          gateway: "{{ vapp['guestinfo.gateway'] }}"
+
+- name: Initialize/Push git repository
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: |
+      git init
+      git config --global user.email "administrator@{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}"
+      git config --global user.name "administrator"
+      git checkout -b main
+      git add ./manifests
+      git commit -m "Upload manifests"
+      git remote add origin https://git.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/mc/GitOps.ClusterAPI.git
+      git push https://administrator:{{ vapp['metacluster.password'] | urlencode }}@git.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/mc/GitOps.ClusterAPI.git --all
+    chdir: "{{ capi_clustermanifest.path }}"
+
+- name: Cleanup tempfolder
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ capi_clustermanifest.path }}"
+    state: absent
+  when: capi_clustermanifest.path is defined
+
+- name: Configure Cluster API repository
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: gitrepo.j2
+    dest: /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/{{ _template.name }}-manifest.yaml
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0600
+  vars:
+    _template:
+      name: gitrepo-mc-gitopsclusterapi
+      namespace: argo-cd
+      url: https://git.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/mc/GitOps.ClusterAPI.git
+  notify:
+    - Apply manifests
+
+- name: WORKAROUND - Wait for ingress ACME requests to complete
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: >-
+      openssl s_client -connect registry.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}:443 -servername registry.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }} 2>/dev/null </dev/null | \
+        openssl x509 -noout -subject | \
+      grep 'subject=CN = registry.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}'
+  register: certificate_subject
+  until: certificate_subject is not failed
+  retries: "{{ playbook.retries }}"
+  delay: "{{ (storage_benchmark | int) * (playbook.delay.medium | int) }}"
+
+- name: Create application
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: application.j2
+    dest: /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/{{ _template.application.name }}-manifest.yaml
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0600
+  vars:
+    _template:
+      application:
+        name: application-clusterapi-workloadcluster
+        namespace: argo-cd
+      cluster:
+        name: https://kubernetes.default.svc
+        namespace: default
+      repository:
+        url: https://git.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/mc/GitOps.ClusterAPI.git
+        path: manifests
+        revision: main
+  notify:
+    - Apply manifests
+
+- name: Trigger handlers
+  ansible.builtin.meta: flush_handlers
+
+- name: Wait for cluster to be available
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: >-
+      kubectl wait clusters.cluster.x-k8s.io/{{ vapp['workloadcluster.name'] | lower }} \
+        --for=condition=Ready \
+        --timeout 0s
+  register: cluster_readycheck
+  until: cluster_readycheck is succeeded
+  retries: "{{ playbook.retries }}"
+  delay: "{{ (storage_benchmark | int) * (playbook.delay.long | int) }}"
+
+- name: Initialize tempfile
+  ansible.builtin.tempfile:
+    state: file
+  register: capi_kubeconfig
+
+- name: Retrieve kubeconfig
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: >-
+      clusterctl get kubeconfig \
+        {{ vapp['workloadcluster.name'] | lower }} \
+        --kubeconfig {{ kubeconfig.path }}
+  register: capi_kubectl_config
+
+- name: Store kubeconfig in tempfile
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    dest: "{{ capi_kubeconfig.path }}"
+    content: "{{ capi_kubectl_config.stdout }}"
+    mode: 0600
+  no_log: true
+
+# TODO: move to git repo
+- name: Apply cni plugin manifest
+  kubernetes.core.k8s:
+    src: /opt/metacluster/cluster-api/cni-calico/{{ components.clusterapi.workload.version.calico }}/calico.yaml
+    state: present
+    wait: true
+    kubeconfig: "{{ capi_kubeconfig.path }}"
+# TODO: move to git repo

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/roles/workloadcluster/tasks/gitops.yml

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+- name: Aggregate helm charts from filesystem
+  ansible.builtin.find:
+    path: /opt/workloadcluster/helm-charts
+    file_type: directory
+    recurse: false
+  register: helm_charts
+
+- name: Create hard-links to populate new git-repository
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: >-
+      cp -lr {{ item.path }}/ /opt/workloadcluster/git-repositories/gitops/charts
+  loop: "{{ helm_charts.files }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.path | basename }}"
+
+- name: Create subfolders
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: /opt/workloadcluster/git-repositories/gitops/values/{{ item.key }}
+    state: directory
+  loop: "{{ query('ansible.builtin.dict', downstream_components) }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.key }}"
+
+- name: Write chart values to file
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    dest: /opt/workloadcluster/git-repositories/gitops/values/{{ item.key }}/values.yaml
+    content: "{{ item.value.chart_values | default('# Empty') | to_nice_yaml(indent=2, width=4096) }}"
+  loop: "{{ query('ansible.builtin.dict', downstream_components) }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.key }}"
+
+- name: Initialize/Push git repository
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: |
+      git init
+      git config --global user.email "administrator@{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}"
+      git config --global user.name "administrator"
+      git checkout -b main
+      git add .
+      git commit -m "Upload charts"
+      git remote add origin https://git.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/wl/GitOps.Config.git
+      git push https://administrator:{{ vapp['metacluster.password'] | urlencode }}@git.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/wl/GitOps.Config.git --all
+    chdir: /opt/workloadcluster/git-repositories/gitops
+
+- name: Retrieve workload-cluster kubeconfig
+  kubernetes.core.k8s_info:
+    kind: Secret
+    name: "{{ vapp['workloadcluster.name'] }}-kubeconfig"
+    namespace: default
+    kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
+  register: secret_workloadcluster_kubeconfig
+
+- name: Register workload-cluster in argo-cd
+  kubernetes.core.k8s:
+    template: cluster.j2
+    state: present
+    kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
+  vars:
+    _template:
+      cluster:
+        name: "{{ vapp['workloadcluster.name'] | lower }}"
+        secret: argocd-cluster-{{ vapp['workloadcluster.name'] | lower }}
+        url: https://{{ vapp['workloadcluster.vip'] }}:6443
+      kubeconfig:
+        ca: "{{ (secret_workloadcluster_kubeconfig.resources[0].data.value | b64decode | from_yaml).clusters[0].cluster['certificate-authority-data'] }}"
+        certificate: "{{ (secret_workloadcluster_kubeconfig.resources[0].data.value | b64decode | from_yaml).users[0].user['client-certificate-data'] }}"
+        key: "{{ (secret_workloadcluster_kubeconfig.resources[0].data.value | b64decode | from_yaml).users[0].user['client-key-data'] }}"
+
+- name: Configure workload-cluster GitOps repository
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: gitrepo.j2
+    dest: /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/{{ _template.name }}-manifest.yaml
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0600
+  vars:
+    _template:
+      name: gitrepo-wl-gitopsconfig
+      namespace: argo-cd
+      url: https://git.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/wl/GitOps.Config.git
+  notify:
+    - Apply manifests
+
+- name: Create applicationset
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: applicationset.j2
+    dest: /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/{{ _template.application.name }}-manifest.yaml
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: 0600
+  vars:
+    _template:
+      application:
+        name: applicationset-workloadcluster
+        namespace: argo-cd
+      cluster:
+        url: https://{{ vapp['workloadcluster.vip'] }}:6443
+      repository:
+        url: https://git.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/wl/GitOps.Config.git
+        revision: main
+  notify:
+    - Apply manifests
+
+- name: Trigger handlers
+  ansible.builtin.meta: flush_handlers

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/roles/workloadcluster/tasks/hypervisor.yml

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+- name: Gather hypervisor details
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: govc ls -L {{ item.moref }} | awk -F/ '{print ${{ item.part }}}'
+  environment:
+    GOVC_INSECURE: '1'
+    GOVC_URL: "{{ vapp['hv.fqdn'] }}"
+    GOVC_USERNAME: "{{ vapp['hv.username'] }}"
+    GOVC_PASSWORD: "{{ vapp['hv.password'] }}"
+  register: govc_inventory
+  loop:
+    - attribute: cluster
+      moref: >-
+        $(govc object.collect -json VirtualMachine:{{ moref_id }} | \
+          jq -r '.[] | select(.Name == "runtime").Val.Host | .Type + ":" + .Value')
+      part: (NF-1)
+    - attribute: datacenter
+      moref: VirtualMachine:{{ moref_id }}
+      part: 2
+    - attribute: datastore
+      moref: >-
+        $(govc object.collect -json VirtualMachine:{{ moref_id }} | \
+          jq -r '.[] | select(.Name == "datastore").Val.ManagedObjectReference | .[].Type + ":" + .[].Value')
+      part: NF
+    - attribute: folder
+      moref: >-
+        $(govc object.collect -json VirtualMachine:{{ moref_id }} | \
+          jq -r '.[] | select(.Name == "parent").Val | .Type + ":" + .Value')
+      part: 0
+    # - attribute: host
+    #   moref: >-
+    #     $(govc object.collect -json VirtualMachine:{{ moref_id }} | \
+    #       jq -r '.[] | select(.Name == "runtime").Val.Host | .Type + ":" + .Value')
+    #   part: NF
+    - attribute: network
+      moref: >-
+        $(govc object.collect -json VirtualMachine:{{ moref_id }} | \
+          jq -r '.[] | select(.Name == "network").Val.ManagedObjectReference | .[].Type + ":" + .[].Value')
+      part: NF
+    - attribute: resourcepool
+      moref: >-
+        $(govc object.collect -json VirtualMachine:{{ moref_id }} | \
+          jq -r '.[] | select(.Name == "resourcePool").Val | .Type + ":" + .Value')
+      part: 0
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.attribute }}"
+
+- name: Retrieve hypervisor TLS thumbprint
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: openssl s_client -connect {{ vapp['hv.fqdn'] }}:443 < /dev/null 2>/dev/null | openssl x509 -fingerprint -noout -in /dev/stdin | awk -F'=' '{print $2}'
+  register: tls_thumbprint
+
+- name: Store hypervisor details in dictionary
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    vcenter_info: "{{ vcenter_info | default({}) | combine({ item.item.attribute : item.stdout }) }}"
+  loop: "{{ govc_inventory.results }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.item.attribute }}"

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/roles/workloadcluster/tasks/main.yml

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+- import_tasks: hypervisor.yml
+- import_tasks: registry.yml
+- import_tasks: nodetemplates.yml
+
+- block:
+
+    - import_tasks: clusterapi.yml
+    - import_tasks: gitops.yml
+
+  when:
+    - vapp['deployment.type'] != 'core'

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/roles/workloadcluster/tasks/nodetemplates.yml

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+- block:
+
+    - name: Check for existing template on hypervisor
+      community.vmware.vmware_guest_info:
+        name: "{{ (filename | basename | split('.'))[:-1] | join('.') }}"
+      register: existing_ova
+      ignore_errors: yes
+
+    - name: Store inventory path of existing template
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        nodetemplate_inventorypath: "{{ existing_ova.instance.hw_folder ~ '/' ~ existing_ova.instance.hw_name }}"
+      when: existing_ova is not failed
+
+    - block:
+
+        - name: Parse OVA file for network mappings
+          ansible.builtin.shell:
+            cmd: govc import.spec -json {{ filename }}
+          environment:
+            GOVC_INSECURE: '1'
+            GOVC_URL: "{{ vapp['hv.fqdn'] }}"
+            GOVC_USERNAME: "{{ vapp['hv.username'] }}"
+            GOVC_PASSWORD: "{{ vapp['hv.password'] }}"
+          register: ova_spec
+
+        - name: Deploy OVA template on hypervisor
+          community.vmware.vmware_deploy_ovf:
+            cluster: "{{ vcenter_info.cluster }}"
+            datastore: "{{ vcenter_info.datastore }}"
+            name: "{{ (filename | basename | split('.'))[:-1] | join('.') }}"
+            networks: "{u'{{ ova_spec.stdout | from_json | json_query('NetworkMapping[0].Name') }}':u'{{ vcenter_info.network }}'}"
+            allow_duplicates: no
+            power_on: false
+            ovf: "{{ filename }}"
+          register: ova_deploy
+
+        - name: Add additional placeholder disk
+          community.vmware.vmware_guest_disk:
+            name: "{{ ova_deploy.instance.hw_name }}"
+            disk:
+              - size: 1Mb
+                scsi_controller: 1
+                scsi_type: paravirtual
+                unit_number: 0
+
+        # Disabled to allow disks to be resized; at the cost of cloning speed
+        # - name: Create snapshot on deployed VM
+        #   community.vmware.vmware_guest_snapshot:
+        #     name: "{{ ova_deploy.instance.hw_name }}"
+        #     state: present
+        #     snapshot_name: "{{ ansible_date_time.iso8601_basic_short }}-base"
+
+        - name: Mark deployed VM as templates
+          community.vmware.vmware_guest:
+            name: "{{ ova_deploy.instance.hw_name }}"
+            is_template: yes
+
+        - name: Store inventory path of deployed template
+          ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+            nodetemplate_inventorypath: "{{ ova_deploy.instance.hw_folder ~ '/' ~ ova_deploy.instance.hw_name }}"
+
+      when: existing_ova is failed
+
+  vars:
+    filename: "{{ query('ansible.builtin.fileglob', '/opt/workloadcluster/node-templates/*.ova') | first }}"
+  module_defaults:
+    group/vmware:
+      hostname: "{{ vapp['hv.fqdn'] }}"
+      validate_certs: no
+      username: "{{ vapp['hv.username'] }}"
+      password: "{{ vapp['hv.password'] }}"
+      datacenter: "{{ vcenter_info.datacenter }}"
+      folder: "{{ vcenter_info.folder }}"

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/roles/workloadcluster/tasks/registry.yml

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+- block:
+
+  - name: Create dedicated kubeadm project within container registry
+    ansible.builtin.uri:
+      url: https://registry.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/api/v2.0/projects
+      method: POST
+      headers:
+        Authorization: "Basic {{ ('admin:' ~ vapp['metacluster.password']) | b64encode }}"
+      body:
+        project_name: kubeadm
+        public: true
+        storage_limit: 0
+        metadata:
+          enable_content_trust: 'false'
+          enable_content_trust_cosign: 'false'
+          auto_scan: 'true'
+          severity: none
+          prevent_vul: 'false'
+          public: 'true'
+          reuse_sys_cve_allowlist: 'true'
+
+  - name: Lookup kubeadm container images
+    ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+      kubeadm_images: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.file', '/opt/metacluster/cluster-api/imagelist').splitlines() }}"
+
+  - name: Copy kubeadm container images to dedicated project
+    ansible.builtin.uri:
+      url: https://registry.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/api/v2.0/projects/kubeadm/repositories/{{ ( item | regex_findall('([^:/]+)') )[-2] }}/artifacts?from=library/{{ item | replace('/', '%2F') | replace(':', '%3A') }}
+      method: POST
+      headers:
+        Authorization: "Basic {{ ('admin:' ~ vapp['metacluster.password']) | b64encode }}"
+      body:
+        from: "{{ item }}"
+    loop: "{{ kubeadm_images }}"
+
+  module_defaults:
+    ansible.builtin.uri:
+      validate_certs: no
+      status_code: [200, 201, 409]
+      body_format: json

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/templates/application.j2

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+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: {{ _template.application.name }}
+  namespace: {{ _template.application.namespace }}
+spec:
+  destination:
+    namespace: {{ _template.cluster.namespace }}
+    server: {{ _template.cluster.name }}
+  project: default
+  source:
+    repoURL: {{ _template.repository.url }}
+    path: {{ _template.repository.path }}
+    targetRevision: {{ _template.repository.revision }}
+  syncPolicy:
+    automated: {}

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/templates/applicationset.j2

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+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: ApplicationSet
+metadata:
+  name: {{ _template.application.name }}
+  namespace: {{ _template.application.namespace }}
+spec:
+  generators:
+  - git:
+      repoURL: {{ _template.repository.url }}
+      revision: {{ _template.repository.revision }}
+      directories:
+      - path: charts/*/*
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      name: application-{% raw %}{{ path.basename }}{% endraw +%}
+    spec:
+      project: default
+      syncPolicy:
+        automated:
+          prune: true
+          selfHeal: true
+        syncOptions:
+        - CreateNamespace=true
+      sources:
+      - repoURL: {{ _template.repository.url }}
+        targetRevision: {{ _template.repository.revision }}
+        path: {% raw %}'{{ path }}'{% endraw +%}
+        helm:
+          valueFiles:
+          - /values/{% raw %}{{ path.basename }}{% endraw %}/values.yaml
+      destination:
+        server: {{ _template.cluster.url }}
+        namespace: {% raw %}'{{ path[1] }}'{% endraw +%}

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/templates/cluster.j2

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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: {{ _template.cluster.secret }}
+  namespace: argo-cd
+  labels:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/secret-type: cluster
+type: Opaque
+stringData:
+  name: {{ _template.cluster.name }}
+  server: {{ _template.cluster.url }}
+  config: |
+    {
+      "tlsClientConfig": {
+        "insecure": false,
+        "caData": "{{ _template.kubeconfig.ca }}",
+        "certData": "{{ _template.kubeconfig.certificate }}",
+        "keyData": "{{ _template.kubeconfig.key }}"
+      }
+    }

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/templates/clusterctl.j2

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+providers:
+  - name: "kubeadm"
+    url: "/opt/metacluster/cluster-api/bootstrap-kubeadm/{{ _template.version.base }}/bootstrap-components.yaml"
+    type: "BootstrapProvider"
+  - name: "cluster-api"
+    url: "/opt/metacluster/cluster-api/cluster-api/{{ _template.version.base }}/core-components.yaml"
+    type: "CoreProvider"
+  - name: "kubeadm"
+    url: "/opt/metacluster/cluster-api/control-plane-kubeadm/{{ _template.version.base }}/control-plane-components.yaml"
+    type: "ControlPlaneProvider"
+  - name: "vsphere"
+    url: "/opt/metacluster/cluster-api/infrastructure-vsphere/{{ _template.version.infrastructure_vsphere }}/infrastructure-components.yaml"
+    type: "InfrastructureProvider"
+  - name: "in-cluster"
+    url: "/opt/metacluster/cluster-api/ipam-in-cluster/{{ _template.version.ipam_incluster }}/ipam-components.yaml"
+    type: "IPAMProvider"
+
+cert-manager:
+  url: "/opt/metacluster/cluster-api/cert-manager/{{ _template.version.cert_manager }}/cert-manager.yaml"
+  version: "{{ _template.version.cert_manager }}"
+
+## -- Controller settings -- ##
+VSPHERE_SERVER: "{{ _template.hv.fqdn }}"
+VSPHERE_TLS_THUMBPRINT: "{{ _template.hv.tlsthumbprint }}"
+VSPHERE_USERNAME: "{{ _template.hv.username }}"
+VSPHERE_PASSWORD: "{{ _template.hv.password }}"
+
+## -- Required workload cluster default settings -- ##
+VSPHERE_DATACENTER: "{{ _template.hv.datacenter }}"
+VSPHERE_DATASTORE: "{{ _template.hv.datastore }}"
+VSPHERE_STORAGE_POLICY: ""
+VSPHERE_NETWORK: "{{ _template.hv.network }}"
+VSPHERE_RESOURCE_POOL: "{{ _template.hv.resourcepool }}"
+VSPHERE_FOLDER: "{{ _template.hv.folder }}"
+
+VSPHERE_TEMPLATE: "{{ _template.cluster.nodetemplate }}"
+VSPHERE_SSH_AUTHORIZED_KEY: "{{ _template.cluster.publickey }}"
+
+KUBERNETES_VERSION: "{{ _template.cluster.version }}"
+CONTROL_PLANE_ENDPOINT_IP: "{{ _template.cluster.vip }}"
+VIP_NETWORK_INTERFACE: ""
+EXP_CLUSTER_RESOURCE_SET: "true"

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/templates/configmap.j2

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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: {{ _template.name }}
+  namespace: {{ _template.namespace }}
+  annotations:
+{{ _template.annotations }}
+  labels:
+{{ _template.labels }}
+data:
+{% for kv_pair in _template.data %}
+  "{{ kv_pair.key }}": |
+{{ kv_pair.value | indent(width=4, first=True) }}
+{% endfor %}

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/templates/gitrepo.j2

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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: {{ _template.name }}
+  namespace: {{ _template.namespace }}
+  labels:
+    argocd.argoproj.io/secret-type: repository
+stringData:
+  url: {{ _template.url }}

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/templates/ingressroute.j2

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+apiVersion: traefik.containo.us/v1alpha1
+kind: IngressRoute
+metadata:
+  name: {{ _template.name }}
+  namespace: {{ _template.namespace }}
+spec:
+{{ _template.config }}

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/templates/ingressroutetcp.j2

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+apiVersion: traefik.containo.us/v1alpha1
+kind: IngressRouteTCP
+metadata:
+  name: {{ _template.name }}
+  namespace: {{ _template.namespace }}
+spec:
+{{ _template.config }}

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/templates/ippool.j2

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+apiVersion: ipam.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1alpha1
+kind: InClusterIPPool
+metadata:
+  name: inclusterippool-{{ _template.cluster.name }}
+  namespace: {{ _template.cluster.namespace }}
+spec:
+  start: {{ _template.cluster.network.startip }}
+  end: {{ _template.cluster.network.endip }}
+  prefix: {{ _template.cluster.network.prefix }}
+  gateway: {{ _template.cluster.network.gateway }}

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/templates/kustomization.cluster-template.j2

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+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+resources:
+- cluster-template.yaml
+
+patchesStrategicMerge:
+  - |-
+    apiVersion: v1
+    kind: Secret
+    metadata:
+      name: csi-vsphere-config
+      namespace: '${NAMESPACE}'
+    stringData:
+      data: |
+        apiVersion: v1
+        kind: Secret
+        metadata:
+          name: csi-vsphere-config
+          namespace: kube-system
+        stringData:
+          csi-vsphere.conf: |+
+            [Global]
+            insecure-flag = true
+            thumbprint = "${VSPHERE_TLS_THUMBPRINT}"
+            cluster-id = "${NAMESPACE}/${CLUSTER_NAME}"
+
+            [VirtualCenter "${VSPHERE_SERVER}"]
+            user = "${VSPHERE_USERNAME}"
+            password = "${VSPHERE_PASSWORD}"
+            datacenters = "${VSPHERE_DATACENTER}"
+
+            [Network]
+            public-network = "${VSPHERE_NETWORK}"
+        type: Opaque
+  - |-
+    apiVersion: controlplane.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta1
+    kind: KubeadmControlPlane
+    metadata:
+      name: '${CLUSTER_NAME}'
+      namespace: '${NAMESPACE}'
+    spec:
+      kubeadmConfigSpec:
+        clusterConfiguration:
+          imageRepository: registry.{{ _template.network.fqdn }}/kubeadm
+  - |-
+    apiVersion: bootstrap.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta1
+    kind: KubeadmConfigTemplate
+    metadata:
+      name: '${CLUSTER_NAME}-md-0'
+      namespace: '${NAMESPACE}'
+    spec:
+      template:
+        spec:
+          clusterConfiguration:
+            imageRepository: registry.{{ _template.network.fqdn }}/kubeadm
+  - |-
+    apiVersion: bootstrap.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta1
+    kind: KubeadmConfigTemplate
+    metadata:
+      name: '${CLUSTER_NAME}-md-0'
+      namespace: '${NAMESPACE}'
+    spec:
+      template:
+        spec:
+          files:
+          - content: |
+                [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".registry]
+                  config_path = "/etc/containerd/certs.d"
+            append: true
+            path: /etc/containerd/config.toml
+{% for registry in _template.registries %}
+          - content: |
+              server = "https://{{ registry }}"
+
+              [host."https://registry.{{ _template.network.fqdn }}/v2/library/{{ registry }}"]
+                capabilities = ["pull", "resolve"]
+                override_path = true
+            owner: root:root
+            path: /etc/containerd/certs.d/{{ registry }}/hosts.toml
+{% endfor %}
+          - content: |
+              network: {config: disabled}
+            owner: root:root
+            path: /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/99-disable-network-config.cfg
+          - content: |
+              {{ _template.rootca | indent(width=14, first=False) | trim }}
+            owner: root:root
+            path: /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/root_ca.crt
+  - |-
+    apiVersion: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta1
+    kind: VSphereMachineTemplate
+    metadata:
+      name: ${CLUSTER_NAME}
+      namespace: '${NAMESPACE}'
+    spec:
+      template:
+        spec:
+          network:
+            devices:
+            - dhcp4: false
+              addressesFromPools:
+              - apiGroup: ipam.cluster.x-k8s.io
+                kind: InClusterIPPool
+                name: inclusterippool-${CLUSTER_NAME}
+              nameservers:
+              - {{ _template.network.dnsserver }}
+              networkName: '${VSPHERE_NETWORK}'
+  - |-
+    apiVersion: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta1
+    kind: VSphereMachineTemplate
+    metadata:
+      name: ${CLUSTER_NAME}-worker
+      namespace: '${NAMESPACE}'
+    spec:
+      template:
+        spec:
+          network:
+            devices:
+            - dhcp4: false
+              addressesFromPools:
+              - apiGroup: ipam.cluster.x-k8s.io
+                kind: InClusterIPPool
+                name: inclusterippool-${CLUSTER_NAME}
+              nameservers:
+              - {{ _template.network.dnsserver }}
+              networkName: '${VSPHERE_NETWORK}'
+
+patchesJson6902:
+  - target:
+      group: controlplane.cluster.x-k8s.io
+      version: v1beta1
+      kind: KubeadmControlPlane
+      name: .*
+    patch: |-
+      - op: add
+        path: /spec/kubeadmConfigSpec/files/-
+        value:
+          content: |
+              [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".registry]
+                config_path = "/etc/containerd/certs.d"
+          append: true
+          path: /etc/containerd/config.toml
+{% for registry in _template.registries %}
+      - op: add
+        path: /spec/kubeadmConfigSpec/files/-
+        value:
+          content: |
+            server = "https://{{ registry }}"
+
+            [host."https://registry.{{ _template.network.fqdn }}/v2/library/{{ registry }}"]
+              capabilities = ["pull", "resolve"]
+              override_path = true
+          owner: root:root
+          path: /etc/containerd/certs.d/{{ registry }}/hosts.toml
+{% endfor %}
+      - op: add
+        path: /spec/kubeadmConfigSpec/files/-
+        value:
+          content: |
+            network: {config: disabled}
+          owner: root:root
+          path: /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/99-disable-network-config.cfg
+      - op: add
+        path: /spec/kubeadmConfigSpec/files/-
+        value:
+          content: |
+            {{ _template.rootca | indent(width=12, first=False) | trim }}
+          owner: root:root
+          path: /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/root_ca.crt
+  - target:
+      group: bootstrap.cluster.x-k8s.io
+      version: v1beta1
+      kind: KubeadmConfigTemplate
+      name: .*
+    patch: |-
+{% for cmd in _template.runcmds %}
+      - op: add
+        path: /spec/template/spec/preKubeadmCommands/-
+        value: {{ cmd }}
+{% endfor %}
+  - target:
+      group: controlplane.cluster.x-k8s.io
+      version: v1beta1
+      kind: KubeadmControlPlane
+      name: .*
+    patch: |-
+{% for cmd in _template.runcmds %}
+      - op: add
+        path: /spec/kubeadmConfigSpec/preKubeadmCommands/-
+        value: {{ cmd }}
+{% endfor %}
+
+  - target:
+      group: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io
+      version: v1beta1
+      kind: VSphereMachineTemplate
+      name: \${CLUSTER_NAME}
+    patch: |-
+      - op: replace
+        path: /metadata/name
+        value: ${CLUSTER_NAME}-master
+  - target:
+      group: controlplane.cluster.x-k8s.io
+      version: v1beta1
+      kind: KubeadmControlPlane
+      name: \${CLUSTER_NAME}
+    patch: |-
+      - op: replace
+        path: /metadata/name
+        value: ${CLUSTER_NAME}-master
+      - op: replace
+        path: /spec/machineTemplate/infrastructureRef/name
+        value: ${CLUSTER_NAME}-master
+  - target:
+      group: cluster.x-k8s.io
+      version: v1beta1
+      kind: Cluster
+      name: \${CLUSTER_NAME}
+    patch: |-
+      - op: replace
+        path: /spec/controlPlaneRef/name
+        value: ${CLUSTER_NAME}-master
+
+  - target:
+      group: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io
+      version: v1beta1
+      kind: VSphereMachineTemplate
+      name: \${CLUSTER_NAME}-worker
+    patch: |-
+      - op: replace
+        path: /spec/template/spec/numCPUs
+        value: {{ _template.nodesize.cpu }}
+      - op: replace
+        path: /spec/template/spec/memoryMiB
+        value: {{ _template.nodesize.memory }}
+  - target:
+      group: cluster.x-k8s.io
+      version: v1beta1
+      kind: MachineDeployment
+      name: \${CLUSTER_NAME}-md-0
+    patch: |-
+      - op: replace
+        path: /metadata/name
+        value: ${CLUSTER_NAME}-worker
+      - op: replace
+        path: /spec/template/spec/bootstrap/configRef/name
+        value: ${CLUSTER_NAME}-worker
+  - target:
+      group: bootstrap.cluster.x-k8s.io
+      version: v1beta1
+      kind: KubeadmConfigTemplate
+      name: \${CLUSTER_NAME}-md-0
+    patch: |-
+      - op: replace
+        path: /metadata/name
+        value: ${CLUSTER_NAME}-worker

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/templates/kustomization.nodepool.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+resources:
+- manifests/kubeadmconfigtemplate-{{ _template.cluster.name }}-worker.yaml
+- manifests/machinedeployment-{{ _template.cluster.name }}-worker.yaml
+- manifests/vspheremachinetemplate-{{ _template.cluster.name }}-worker.yaml
+
+patchesStrategicMerge:
+  - |-
+    apiVersion: bootstrap.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta1
+    kind: KubeadmConfigTemplate
+    metadata:
+      name: {{ _template.cluster.name }}-worker
+      namespace: default
+    spec:
+      template:
+        spec:
+          diskSetup:
+            filesystems:
+            - device: /dev/sdb1
+              filesystem: ext4
+              label: blockstorage
+            partitions:
+            - device: /dev/sdb
+              layout: true
+              tableType: gpt
+          joinConfiguration:
+            nodeRegistration:
+              kubeletExtraArgs:
+                node-labels: "node.longhorn.io/create-default-disk=true"
+          mounts:
+          - - LABEL=blockstorage
+            - /mnt/blockstorage
+  - |-
+    apiVersion: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta1
+    kind: VSphereMachineTemplate
+    metadata:
+      name: {{ _template.cluster.name }}-worker
+      namespace: default
+    spec:
+      template:
+        spec:
+          additionalDisksGiB:
+          - {{ _template.nodepool.additionaldisk }}
+
+patchesJson6902:
+  - target:
+      group: bootstrap.cluster.x-k8s.io
+      version: v1beta1
+      kind: KubeadmConfigTemplate
+      name: {{ _template.cluster.name }}-worker
+    patch: |-
+      - op: replace
+        path: /metadata/name
+        value: {{ _template.cluster.name }}-worker-storage
+
+  - target:
+      group: cluster.x-k8s.io
+      version: v1beta1
+      kind: MachineDeployment
+      name: {{ _template.cluster.name }}-worker
+    patch: |-
+      - op: replace
+        path: /metadata/name
+        value: {{ _template.cluster.name }}-worker-storage
+      - op: replace
+        path: /spec/template/spec/bootstrap/configRef/name
+        value: {{ _template.cluster.name }}-worker-storage
+      - op: replace
+        path: /spec/template/spec/infrastructureRef/name
+        value: {{ _template.cluster.name }}-worker-storage
+      - op: replace
+        path: /spec/replicas
+        value: {{ _template.nodepool.size }}
+
+  - target:
+      group: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io
+      version: v1beta1
+      kind: VSphereMachineTemplate
+      name: {{ _template.cluster.name }}-worker
+    patch: |-
+      - op: replace
+        path: /metadata/name
+        value: {{ _template.cluster.name }}-worker-storage

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/templates/secret.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: {{ _template.name }}
+  namespace: {{ _template.namespace }}
+data:
+{% for kv_pair in _template.data %}
+  "{{ kv_pair.key }}": {{ kv_pair.value }}
+{% endfor %}

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/common/roles/cleanup/tasks/cron.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- name: Disable crontab job
+  ansible.builtin.cron:
+    name: firstboot
+    state: absent

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/common/roles/cleanup/tasks/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+- import_tasks: service.yml
+- import_tasks: cron.yml
+
+- name: Cleanup tempfile
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
+    state: absent
+  when: kubeconfig.path is defined
+
+# - name: Reboot host
+#   ansible.builtin.shell:
+#     cmd: systemctl reboot

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

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+- name: Create tarball compression service
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: "{{ item.src }}"
+    dest: "{{ item.dest }}"
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "{{ item.mode | default(omit) }}"
+  vars:
+    _template:
+      service:
+        name: compressTarballs
+        executable: /opt/firstboot/compresstarballs.sh
+        workingdir: /opt/metacluster/container-images/
+  loop:
+    - src: compresstarballs.j2
+      dest: "{{ _template.service.executable }}"
+      mode: o+x
+    - src: systemdunit.j2
+      dest: /etc/systemd/system/{{ _template.service.name }}.service
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.src }}"
+
+- name: Enable/Start services
+  ansible.builtin.systemd:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    enabled: yes
+    state: started
+  loop:
+    - compressTarballs
+    - ttyConsoleMessage

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/common/roles/disks/tasks/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+- name: Create volume group
+  community.general.lvg:
+    vg: longhorn_vg
+    pvs:
+      - /dev/sdb
+    pvresize: yes
+
+- name: Create logical volume
+  community.general.lvol:
+    vg: longhorn_vg
+    lv: longhorn_lv
+    size: 100%VG
+
+- name: Store begin timestamp
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    start_time: "{{ lookup('pipe', 'date +%s') }}"
+
+- name: Create filesystem
+  community.general.filesystem:
+    dev: /dev/mapper/longhorn_vg-longhorn_lv
+    fstype: ext4
+
+- name: Store end timestamp
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    end_time: "{{ lookup('pipe', 'date +%s') }}"
+
+- name: Calculate crude storage benchmark
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    storage_benchmark: "{{ [storage_benchmark, (end_time | int - start_time | int)] | max }}"
+
+- name: Log benchmark actual duration
+  ansible.builtin.debug:
+    msg: "Benchmark actual duration: {{ (end_time | int - start_time | int) }} second(s)"
+
+- name: Mount dynamic disk
+  ansible.posix.mount:
+    path: /mnt/blockstorage
+    src: /dev/mapper/longhorn_vg-longhorn_lv
+    fstype: ext4
+    state: mounted

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/common/roles/metacluster/tasks/assets.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+- name: Import container images
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    cmd: k3s ctr image import {{ item }} --digests
+    chdir: /opt/metacluster/container-images
+  register: import_result
+  loop: "{{ query('ansible.builtin.fileglob', '/opt/metacluster/container-images/*.tar') | sort }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item | basename }}"
+  # Probably should add a task before that ensures K3s node is fully initialized before starting imports; currently K3s goes away briefly during this loop
+  retries: "{{ playbook.retries }}"
+  delay: "{{ ((storage_benchmark | float) * playbook.delay.short) | int }}"
+  until: import_result is not failed

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/common/roles/network/tasks/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+- name: Set hostname
+  ansible.builtin.hostname:
+    name: "{{ vapp['guestinfo.hostname'] }}"
+
+- name: Create netplan configuration file
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: netplan.j2
+    dest: /etc/netplan/00-installer-config.yaml
+  vars:
+    _template:
+      macaddress: "{{ ansible_facts.default_ipv4.macaddress }}"
+      ipaddress: "{{ vapp['guestinfo.ipaddress'] }}"
+      prefixlength: "{{ vapp['guestinfo.prefixlength'] }}"
+      gateway: "{{ vapp['guestinfo.gateway'] }}"
+      dnsserver: "{{ vapp['guestinfo.dnsserver'] }}"
+
+- name: Apply netplan configuration
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: /usr/sbin/netplan apply

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/common/roles/network/templates/netplan.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+network:
+  version: 2
+  ethernets:
+    id0:
+      set-name: eth0
+      match:
+        macaddress: {{ _template.macaddress }}
+      addresses:
+      - {{ _template.ipaddress }}/{{ _template.prefixlength }}
+      gateway4: {{ _template.gateway }}
+      nameservers:
+        addresses:
+        - {{ _template.dnsserver }}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- import_tasks: vapp.yml
+- import_tasks: vcenter.yml

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/common/roles/preflight/tasks/vcenter.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+- block:
+
+    - name: Check for vCenter connectivity
+      community.vmware.vmware_vcenter_settings_info:
+        schema: vsphere
+      register: vcenter_info
+      retries: "{{ playbook.retries }}"
+      delay: "{{ ((storage_benchmark | float) * playbook.delay.short) | int }}"
+      until: vcenter_info is not failed
+
+  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/common/roles/tty/tasks/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+- name: Create folder structure(s)
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ item }}"
+    state: directory
+  loop:
+    - /opt/firstboot
+
+- name: Create tty console message service
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: "{{ item.src }}"
+    dest: "{{ item.dest }}"
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "{{ item.mode | default(omit) }}"
+  vars:
+    _template:
+      service:
+        name: ttyConsoleMessage
+        executable: /opt/firstboot/tty.sh
+        workingdir: /tmp/
+      metacluster:
+        components:
+          - name: ArgoCD
+            url: https://gitops.${FQDN}
+            healthcheck: https://gitops.${FQDN}
+          - name: Gitea
+            url: https://git.${FQDN}
+            healthcheck: https://git.${FQDN}
+          - name: Harbor
+            url: https://registry.${FQDN}
+            healthcheck: https://registry.${FQDN}
+          - name: Longhorn
+            url: https://storage.${FQDN}
+            healthcheck: https://storage.${FQDN}
+          - name: StepCA
+            url: ''
+            healthcheck: https://ca.${FQDN}/health
+          - name: Traefik
+            url: https://ingress.${FQDN}
+            healthcheck: https://ingress.${FQDN}
+        fqdn: "{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}"
+        vip: "{{ vapp['metacluster.vip'] }}"
+  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/common/roles/users/tasks/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+- name: Set root password
+  ansible.builtin.user:
+    name: root
+    password: "{{ vapp['metacluster.password'] | password_hash('sha512', 65534 | random(seed=vapp['guestinfo.hostname']) | string) }}"
+    generate_ssh_key: yes
+    ssh_key_bits: 2048
+    ssh_key_file: .ssh/id_rsa
+
+- name: Save root SSH publickey
+  ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+    path: /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
+    line: "{{ vapp['guestinfo.rootsshkey'] }}"
+
+- name: Disable SSH password authentication
+  ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+    path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+    regex: "{{ item.regex }}"
+    line: "{{ item.line }}"
+    state: "{{ item.state }}"
+  loop:
+  - regex: '^#PasswordAuthentication'
+    line: 'PasswordAuthentication no'
+    state: present
+  - regex: '^PasswordAuthentication yes'
+    line: 'PasswordAuthentication yes'
+    state: absent
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ '[' ~ item.regex ~ '] ' ~ item.state }}"
+
+- name: Create dedicated SSH keypair
+  community.crypto.openssh_keypair:
+    path: /root/.ssh/git_rsa_id
+  register: gitops_sshkey
+
+- name: Delete 'ubuntu' user
+  ansible.builtin.user:
+    name: ubuntu
+    state: absent
+    remove: yes

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/common/roles/vapp/tasks/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+- name: Store current ovfEnvironment
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: /usr/bin/vmtoolsd --cmd "info-get guestinfo.ovfEnv"
+  register: ovfenv
+
+- name: Parse XML for MoRef ID
+  community.general.xml:
+    xmlstring: "{{ ovfenv.stdout }}"
+    namespaces:
+      ns: http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/environment/1
+      ve: http://www.vmware.com/schema/ovfenv
+    xpath: /ns:Environment
+    content: attribute
+  register: environment_attribute
+
+- name: Store MoRef ID
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    moref_id: "{{ ((environment_attribute.matches[0].values() | list)[0].values() | list)[1] }}"
+
+- name: Parse XML for vApp properties
+  community.general.xml:
+    xmlstring: "{{ ovfenv.stdout }}"
+    namespaces:
+      ns: http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/environment/1
+    xpath: /ns:Environment/ns:PropertySection/ns:Property
+    content: attribute
+  register: property_section
+
+- name: Assign vApp properties to dictionary
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    vapp: >-
+      {{ vapp | default({}) | combine({
+        ((item.values() | list)[0].values() | list)[0]:
+        ((item.values() | list)[0].values() | list)[1]})
+      }}
+  loop: "{{ property_section.matches }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ ((item.values() | list)[0].values() | list)[0] }}"

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/common/templates/compresstarballs.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Change working directory
+pushd {{ _template.service.workingdir }}
+
+# Compress *.tar files
+if tar -czf image-tarballs.tgz *.tar --remove-files; then
+    # Disable systemd unit
+    systemctl disable {{ _template.service.name }}
+fi

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/common/templates/registries.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+mirrors:
+{% for registry in _template.registries %}
+  {{ registry }}:
+    endpoint:
+      - https://registry.{{ _template.hv.fqdn }}
+    rewrite:
+      "(.*)": "library/{{ registry }}/$1"
+{% endfor %}

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/common/templates/systemdunit.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[Unit]
+Description={{ _template.service.name }}
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart={{ _template.service.executable }}
+Nice=10
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target

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

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+export TERM=linux
+
+BGRN='\033[1;92m'
+BGRY='\033[1;30m'
+BBLU='\033[1;34m'
+BRED='\033[1;91m'
+BWHI='\033[1;97m'
+CBLA='\033[?16;0;30c' # Hide blinking cursor
+DFLT='\033[0m'        # Reset colour
+LCLR='\033[K'         # Clear to end of line
+PRST='\033[0;0H'      # Reset cursor position
+
+FQDN='{{ _template.metacluster.fqdn }}'
+IPADDRESS='{{ _template.metacluster.vip }}'
+
+declare -A COMPONENTS
+{% for component in _template.metacluster.components %}
+COMPONENTS["{{ component.name }}\t({{ component.url }})"]="{{ component.healthcheck }}"
+{% endfor %}
+
+I=0
+
+while /bin/true; do
+  if [[ $I -gt 59 ]]; then
+    clear > /dev/tty1
+    I=0
+  else
+    I=$(( $I + 1 ))
+  fi
+
+  echo -e "${PRST}" > /dev/tty1
+  echo -e "\n\n\t${DFLT}To manage this appliance, please connect to one of the following:${LCLR}\n" > /dev/tty1
+
+  for c in $( echo "${!COMPONENTS[@]}" | tr ' ' $'\n' | sort); do
+    STATUS=$(curl -kLs "${COMPONENTS[${c}]}" -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}')
+
+    if [[ "${STATUS}" -eq "200" ]]; then
+      echo -e "\t [${BGRN}+${DFLT}] ${BBLU}${c}${DFLT}${LCLR}" > /dev/tty1
+    else
+      echo -e "\t [${BRED}-${DFLT}] ${BBLU}${c}${DFLT}${LCLR}" > /dev/tty1
+    fi
+  done
+
+  echo -e "\n\t${BGRY}Note that your DNS zone ${DFLT}must have${BGRY} respective records defined,\n\teach pointing to: ${DFLT}${IPADDRESS}${LCLR}" > /dev/tty1
+
+  echo -e "${CBLA}" > /dev/tty1
+  sleep 1
+done

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/common/vars/defaults.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+playbook:
+  retries: 10
+  delay:
+    # These values are multiplied with the value of `storage_benchmark`
+    long: 2
+    medium: 1
+    short: 0.5
+
+# This default value is updated during the playbook, based on an I/O intensive operation
+storage_benchmark: 30
+
+config:
+  clusterapi:
+    size_matrix:
+      small:
+        cpu: 2
+        memory: 6144
+      medium:
+        cpu: 4
+        memory: 8192
+      large:
+        cpu: 8
+        memory: 16384

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/playbook.yml

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
----
-- hosts: 127.0.0.1
-  connection: local
-  gather_facts: false
-  # become: true
-  roles:
-    - vapp
-    - network
-    - users
-    - cleanup

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

@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-- name: Disable crontab job
-  ansible.builtin.cron:
-    name: firstboot
-    state: absent
-- name: Restore extra tty
-  ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
-    path: /etc/systemd/logind.conf
-    regexp: "{{ item.regexp }}"
-    line: "{{ item.line }}"
-  loop:
-  - { regexp: '^NAutoVTs=', line: '#NAutoVTs=6'}
-  - { regexp: '^ReserveVT=', line: '#ReserveVT=6'}
-- name: Unmask getty@tty1 service
-  ansible.builtin.systemd:
-    name: getty@tty1
-    enabled: yes
-    masked: no
-- name: Reboot host
-  ansible.builtin.shell:
-    cmd: /usr/sbin/reboot now

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

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-- name: Set hostname
-  ansible.builtin.hostname:
-    name: "{{ ovfproperties['guestinfo.hostname'] }}"
-- name: Create netplan configuration file
-  ansible.builtin.template:
-    src: netplan.j2
-    dest: /etc/netplan/00-installer-config.yaml
-- name: Apply netplan configuration
-  ansible.builtin.shell:
-    cmd: /usr/sbin/netplan apply

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/network/templates/netplan.j2

@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-network:
-  version: 2
-  ethernets:
-    ens192:
-      addresses:
-      - {{ ovfproperties['guestinfo.ipaddress'] }}/{{ ovfproperties['guestinfo.prefixlength'] }}
-      gateway4: {{ ovfproperties['guestinfo.gateway'] }}
-      nameservers:
-        addresses:
-        - {{ ovfproperties['guestinfo.dnsserver'] }}

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

@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-- name: Set root password
-  ansible.builtin.user:
-    name: root
-    password: "{{ ovfproperties['guestinfo.rootpw'] | password_hash('sha512', 65534 | random(seed=ovfproperties['guestinfo.hostname']) | string) }}"
-    generate_ssh_key: yes
-    ssh_key_bits: 2048
-    ssh_key_file: .ssh/id_rsa
-- name: Save root SSH publickey
-  ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
-    path: /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
-    line: "{{ ovfproperties['guestinfo.rootsshkey'] }}"
-- name: Disable SSH password authentication
-  ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
-    path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
-    regex: "{{ item.regex }}"
-    line: "{{ item.line }}"
-    state: "{{ item.state }}"
-  loop:
-  - { regex: '^#PasswordAuthentication', line: 'PasswordAuthentication no', state: present}
-  - { regex: '^PasswordAuthentication yes', line: 'PasswordAuthentication yes', state: absent}
-- name: Delete 'ubuntu' user
-  ansible.builtin.user:
-    name: ubuntu
-    state: absent
-    remove: yes

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

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-- name: Store current ovfEnvironment
-  ansible.builtin.shell:
-    cmd: /usr/bin/vmtoolsd --cmd "info-get guestinfo.ovfEnv"
-  register: ovfenv
-- name: Parse XML for vApp properties
-  community.general.xml:
-    xmlstring: "{{ ovfenv.stdout }}"
-    namespaces:
-      ns: http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/environment/1
-    xpath: /ns:Environment/ns:PropertySection/ns:Property
-    content: attribute
-  register: ovfenv
-- name: Assign vApp properties to dictionary
-  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-    ovfproperties: >-
-      {{ ovfproperties | default({}) |
-      combine({((item.values() | list)[0].values() | list)[0]:
-      ((item.values() | list)[0].values() | list)[1]})
-      }}
-  loop: "{{ ovfenv.matches }}"
-  no_log: true

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/upgrade/playbook.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+---
+- hosts: 127.0.0.1
+  connection: local
+  gather_facts: true
+  vars_files:
+    - defaults.yml
+    - metacluster.yml
+  # become: true
+  roles:
+    - vapp
+    - network
+    - preflight
+    - users
+    - disks
+    - metacluster
+    - workloadcluster
+    - decommission
+    - tty
+    - cleanup
+  handlers:
+    - name: Apply manifests
+      kubernetes.core.k8s:
+        src: "{{ item }}"
+        state: present
+        kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
+      loop: "{{ query('ansible.builtin.fileglob', '/var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/*.yaml') | sort }}"
+      ignore_errors: yes

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/upgrade/roles/decommission/tasks/k3s.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+- name: Cordon node
+  kubernetes.core.k8s_drain:
+    name: "{{ decom_nodename }}"
+    state: cordon
+    kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
+
+- name: Drain node
+# Currently does not work; returns with error "Failed to delete pod [...] due to: Too Many Requests"
+# See also: https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/474
+#   kubernetes.core.k8s_drain:
+#     name: "{{ decom_nodename }}"
+#     state: drain
+#     delete_options:
+#       ignore_daemonsets: true
+#       delete_emptydir_data: true
+#     kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: >-
+      kubectl drain {{ decom_nodename }} \
+        --delete-emptydir-data \
+        --ignore-daemonsets
+  register: nodedrain_results
+  until:
+    - nodedrain_results is not failed
+    - (nodedrain_results.stdout_lines | last) is match('node/.* drained')
+  retries: "{{ playbook.retries }}"
+  delay: "{{ ((storage_benchmark | float) * playbook.delay.short) | int }}"
+
+- name: Delete node
+  kubernetes.core.k8s:
+    name: "{{ decom_nodename }}"
+    kind: node
+    state: absent
+    wait: true
+    kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/upgrade/roles/decommission/tasks/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+- name: Lookup node name and moref-id for decommissioning
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    decom_nodename: >-
+      {{
+        lookup('kubernetes.core.k8s', kind='Node', kubeconfig=(kubeconfig.path)) |
+          json_query('[? metadata.name != `' ~ ansible_facts.nodename ~ '`].metadata.name') |
+          first
+      }}
+    decom_morefid: >-
+      {{
+        lookup('kubernetes.core.k8s', kind='Node', kubeconfig=(kubeconfig.path)) |
+          json_query('[? metadata.name != `' ~ ansible_facts.nodename ~ '`].metadata.labels."ova.airgappedk8s/moref_id"') |
+          first
+      }}
+
+- import_tasks: storage.yml
+- import_tasks: k3s.yml
+- import_tasks: virtualmachine.yml

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/upgrade/roles/decommission/tasks/storage.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+- name: Disable disk scheduling and evict replicas
+  kubernetes.core.k8s:
+    api_version: longhorn.io/v1beta2
+    kind: lhn
+    name: "{{ decom_nodename }}"
+    namespace: longhorn-system
+    state: patched
+    definition: |
+      spec:
+        allowScheduling: false
+        evictionRequested: true
+    kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
+
+- name: Reduce replica amount for each volume
+  kubernetes.core.k8s:
+    api_version: longhorn.io/v1beta2
+    kind: volume
+    name: "{{ item.metadata.name }}"
+    namespace: longhorn-system
+    state: patched
+    definition: |
+      spec:
+        numberOfReplicas: {{ (lookup('kubernetes.core.k8s', kind='node', kubeconfig=(kubeconfig.path)) | length | int) - 1 }}
+    kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
+  loop: "{{ query('kubernetes.core.k8s', api_version='longhorn.io/v1beta2', kind='volume', namespace='longhorn-system', kubeconfig=(kubeconfig.path)) }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.metadata.name }}"

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/upgrade/roles/decommission/tasks/virtualmachine.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+- block:
+
+    - name: Lookup VM name
+      community.vmware.vmware_guest_info:
+        moid: "{{ decom_morefid }}"
+      register: virtualmachine_details
+
+    - name: Power off VM
+      community.vmware.vmware_guest:
+        name: "{{ virtualmachine_details.instance.hw_name }}"
+        folder: "{{ virtualmachine_details.instance.hw_folder }}"
+        state: poweredoff
+
+    # - name: Delete VM
+    #   community.vmware.vmware_guest:
+    #     name: "{{ virtualmachine_details.hw_name }}"
+    #     folder: "{{ virtualmachine_details.hw_folder }}"
+    #     state: absent
+
+  module_defaults:
+    group/vmware:
+      hostname: "{{ vapp['hv.fqdn'] }}"
+      validate_certs: no
+      username: "{{ vapp['hv.username'] }}"
+      password: "{{ vapp['hv.password'] }}"
+      datacenter: "{{ vcenter_info.datacenter }}"

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/upgrade/roles/metacluster/tasks/certauthority.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+- block:
+
+    - name: Initialize tempfile
+      ansible.builtin.tempfile:
+        state: file
+      register: values_file
+
+    - name: Lookup current chart values
+      kubernetes.core.helm_info:
+        name: step-certificates
+        namespace: step-ca
+        kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
+      register: stepca_values
+
+    - name: Write chart values w/ password to tempfile
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        dest: "{{ values_file.path }}"
+        content: "{{ stepca_values.status | json_query('values') | to_yaml }}"
+      no_log: true
+
+    - name: Upgrade step-ca chart
+      kubernetes.core.helm:
+        name: step-certificates
+        chart_ref: /opt/metacluster/helm-charts/step-certificates
+        release_namespace: step-ca
+        wait: false
+        kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
+        values_files:
+          - "{{ values_file.path }}"
+
+    - name: Cleanup tempfile
+      ansible.builtin.file:
+        path: "{{ values_file.path }}"
+        state: absent
+      when: values_file.path is defined
+
+    - name: Ensure step-ca API availability
+      ansible.builtin.uri:
+        url: https://ca.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/health
+        method: GET
+      register: api_readycheck
+      until:
+        - api_readycheck.json.status is defined
+        - api_readycheck.json.status == 'ok'
+      retries: "{{ playbook.retries }}"
+      delay: "{{ (storage_benchmark | int) * (playbook.delay.long | int) }}"
+
+  module_defaults:
+    ansible.builtin.uri:
+      validate_certs: no
+      status_code: [200, 201]
+      body_format: json

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/upgrade/roles/metacluster/tasks/containerimages.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+- block:
+
+    - name: Push images to registry
+      ansible.builtin.shell:
+        cmd: >-
+          skopeo copy \
+            --insecure-policy \
+            --dest-tls-verify=false \
+            --dest-creds admin:{{ vapp['metacluster.password'] }} \
+            docker-archive:./{{ item | basename }} \
+            docker://registry.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/library/$( \
+              skopeo list-tags \
+                --insecure-policy \
+                docker-archive:./{{ item | basename }} | \
+              jq -r '.Tags[0]')
+        chdir: /opt/metacluster/container-images/
+      register: push_result
+      loop: "{{ query('ansible.builtin.fileglob', '/opt/metacluster/container-images/*.tar') | sort }}"
+      loop_control:
+        label: "{{ item | basename }}"
+      retries: "{{ playbook.retries }}"
+      delay: "{{ ((storage_benchmark | float) * playbook.delay.short) | int }}"
+      until: push_result is not failed
+
+    - name: Get all stored container images (=artifacts)
+      ansible.builtin.uri:
+        url: https://registry.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/api/v2.0/search?q=library
+        method: GET
+      register: registry_artifacts
+
+    - name: Get source registries of all artifacts
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        source_registries: "{{ (source_registries | default([]) + [(item | split('/'))[1]]) | unique | sort }}"
+      loop: "{{ registry_artifacts.json.repository | json_query('[*].repository_name') }}"
+
+    - name: Configure K3s node for private registry
+      ansible.builtin.template:
+        dest: /etc/rancher/k3s/registries.yaml
+        src: registries.j2
+      vars:
+        _template:
+          data: "{{ source_registries }}"
+          hv:
+            fqdn: "{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}"
+
+  module_defaults:
+    ansible.builtin.uri:
+      validate_certs: no
+      status_code: [200, 201, 401]
+      body_format: json

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/upgrade/roles/metacluster/tasks/git.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+- block:
+
+    - name: Upgrade gitea chart
+      kubernetes.core.helm:
+        name: gitea
+        chart_ref: /opt/metacluster/helm-charts/gitea
+        release_namespace: gitea
+        wait: false
+        kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
+        values: "{{ components['gitea'].chart_values }}"
+
+    - name: Ensure gitea API availability
+      ansible.builtin.uri:
+        url: https://git.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/api/healthz
+        method: GET
+      register: api_readycheck
+      until:
+        - api_readycheck.json.status is defined
+        - api_readycheck.json.status == 'pass'
+      retries: "{{ playbook.retries }}"
+      delay: "{{ (storage_benchmark | int) * (playbook.delay.long | int) }}"
+
+  module_defaults:
+    ansible.builtin.uri:
+      validate_certs: no
+      status_code: [200, 201]
+      body_format: json

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/upgrade/roles/metacluster/tasks/gitops.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+- block:
+
+    - name: Upgrade argo-cd chart
+      kubernetes.core.helm:
+        name: argo-cd
+        chart_ref: /opt/metacluster/helm-charts/argo-cd
+        release_namespace: argo-cd
+        wait: false
+        kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
+        values: "{{ components['argo-cd'].chart_values }}"
+
+    - name: Ensure argo-cd API availability
+      ansible.builtin.uri:
+        url: https://gitops.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/api/version
+        method: GET
+      register: api_readycheck
+      until:
+        - api_readycheck.json.Version is defined
+      retries: "{{ playbook.retries }}"
+      delay: "{{ (storage_benchmark | int) * (playbook.delay.long | int) }}"
+
+  module_defaults:
+    ansible.builtin.uri:
+      validate_certs: no
+      status_code: [200, 201]
+      body_format: json

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/upgrade/roles/metacluster/tasks/init.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+- name: Configure fallback name resolution
+  ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+    path: /etc/hosts
+    line: "{{ vapp['metacluster.vip'] }}  {{ item ~ '.' ~ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}"
+    state: present
+  loop:
+    # TODO: Make this list dynamic
+    - ca
+    - git
+    - gitops
+    - ingress
+    - registry
+    - storage
+
+- name: Retrieve root CA certificate
+  ansible.builtin.uri:
+    url: https://ca.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/roots
+    validate_certs: no
+    method: GET
+    status_code: [200, 201]
+  register: rootca_certificate
+
+- name: Store root CA certificate
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    dest: /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/root_ca.crt
+    content: "{{ rootca_certificate.json.crts | list | join('\n') }}"
+
+- name: Update certificate truststore
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    cmd: update-ca-certificates
+
+- name: Remove redundant files
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/traefik-config.yaml
+    state: absent

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/upgrade/roles/metacluster/tasks/k3s.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+- name: Store custom configuration files
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    dest: "{{ item.filename }}"
+    content: "{{ item.content }}"
+  loop:
+    - filename: /etc/rancher/k3s/config.yaml
+      content: |
+        kubelet-arg:
+          - "config=/etc/rancher/k3s/kubelet.config"
+    - filename: /etc/rancher/k3s/kubelet.config
+      content: |
+        apiVersion: kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+        kind: KubeletConfiguration
+
+        shutdownGracePeriod: 180s
+        shtudownGracePeriodCriticalPods: 60s
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.filename }}"
+
+- name: Gather service facts
+  ansible.builtin.service_facts:
+    # Module requires no attributes
+
+- name: Install K3s
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    cmd: ./install.sh
+    chdir: /opt/metacluster/k3s
+  environment:
+    INSTALL_K3S_SKIP_DOWNLOAD: 'true'
+    # To prevent from overwriting traefik's existing configuration, "disable" it on this new node
+    INSTALL_K3S_EXEC: "server --token {{ vapp['metacluster.token'] | trim }} --server https://{{ vapp['metacluster.vip'] }}:6443 --disable local-storage,traefik --config /etc/rancher/k3s/config.yaml"
+  when: ansible_facts.services['k3s.service'] is undefined
+
+- name: Ensure API availability
+  ansible.builtin.uri:
+    url: https://{{ vapp['guestinfo.ipaddress'] }}:6443/livez?verbose
+    method: GET
+    validate_certs: no
+    status_code: [200, 401]
+  register: api_readycheck
+  until: api_readycheck.json.apiVersion is defined
+  retries: "{{ playbook.retries }}"
+  delay: "{{ (storage_benchmark | int) * (playbook.delay.medium | int) }}"
+
+- name: Install kubectl tab-completion
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: kubectl completion bash | tee /etc/bash_completion.d/kubectl
+
+- name: Initialize tempfile
+  ansible.builtin.tempfile:
+    state: file
+  register: kubeconfig
+
+- name: Retrieve kubeconfig
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    cmd: kubectl config view --raw
+  register: kubectl_config
+
+- name: Store kubeconfig in tempfile
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    dest: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
+    content: "{{ kubectl_config.stdout }}"
+    mode: 0600
+  no_log: true
+
+- name: Add label to node object
+  kubernetes.core.k8s:
+    name: "{{ ansible_facts.nodename | lower }}"
+    kind: Node
+    state: patched
+    definition:
+      metadata:
+        labels:
+          ova.airgappedk8s/moref_id: "{{ moref_id }}"
+    kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
+  register: k8snode_patch
+  until:
+    - k8snode_patch.result.metadata.labels['ova.airgappedk8s/moref_id'] is defined
+  retries: "{{ playbook.retries }}"
+  delay: "{{ (storage_benchmark | int) * (playbook.delay.medium | int) }}"

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/upgrade/roles/metacluster/tasks/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+- import_tasks: init.yml
+- import_tasks: containerimages.yml
+- import_tasks: k3s.yml
+- import_tasks: assets.yml
+- import_tasks: storage.yml
+- import_tasks: registry.yml
+- import_tasks: certauthority.yml
+- import_tasks: git.yml
+- import_tasks: gitops.yml

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/upgrade/roles/metacluster/tasks/registry.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+- block:
+
+    - name: Upgrade harbor chart
+      kubernetes.core.helm:
+        name: harbor
+        chart_ref: /opt/metacluster/helm-charts/harbor
+        release_namespace: harbor
+        wait: false
+        kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
+        values: "{{ components['harbor'].chart_values }}"
+
+    - name: Ensure harbor API availability
+      ansible.builtin.uri:
+        url: https://registry.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/api/v2.0/health
+        method: GET
+      register: api_readycheck
+      until:
+        - api_readycheck.json.status is defined
+        - api_readycheck.json.status == 'healthy'
+      retries: "{{ playbook.retries }}"
+      delay: "{{ (storage_benchmark | int) * (playbook.delay.long | int) }}"
+
+  module_defaults:
+    ansible.builtin.uri:
+      validate_certs: no
+      status_code: [200, 201, 401]
+      body_format: json

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/upgrade/roles/metacluster/tasks/storage.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+- block:
+
+    - name: Increase replicas for each volume
+      kubernetes.core.k8s:
+        api_version: longhorn.io/v1beta2
+        kind: volume
+        name: "{{ item.metadata.name }}"
+        namespace: longhorn-system
+        state: patched
+        definition: |
+          spec:
+            numberOfReplicas: {{ lookup('kubernetes.core.k8s', kind='node', kubeconfig=(kubeconfig.path)) | length | int }}
+        kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
+      loop: "{{ query('kubernetes.core.k8s', api_version='longhorn.io/v1beta2', kind='volume', namespace='longhorn-system', kubeconfig=(kubeconfig.path)) }}"
+      loop_control:
+        label: "{{ item.metadata.name }}"
+
+    - name: Wait for replica rebuilds to complete
+      ansible.builtin.uri:
+        url: https://storage.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/v1/volumes
+        method: GET
+      register: volume_details
+      until:
+        - volume_details.json is defined
+        - (volume_details.json | json_query('data[? state==`attached`].robustness') | unique | length) == 1
+        - (volume_details.json | json_query('data[? state==`attached`].robustness') | first) == "healthy"
+      retries: "{{ ( playbook.retries * 2) | int }}"
+      delay: "{{ (storage_benchmark | int) * (playbook.delay.long | int) }}"
+
+    - name: Upgrade longhorn chart
+      kubernetes.core.helm:
+        name: longhorn
+        chart_ref: /opt/metacluster/helm-charts/longhorn
+        release_namespace: longhorn-system
+        wait: false
+        kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
+        values: "{{ components['longhorn'].chart_values }}"
+
+    - name: Ensure longhorn API availability
+      ansible.builtin.uri:
+        url: https://storage.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/v1
+        method: GET
+      register: api_readycheck
+      until:
+        - api_readycheck is not failed
+      retries: "{{ playbook.retries }}"
+      delay: "{{ (storage_benchmark | int) * (playbook.delay.long | int) }}"
+
+  module_defaults:
+    ansible.builtin.uri:
+      validate_certs: no
+      status_code: [200, 201]
+      body_format: json

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

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+- import_tasks: vapp.yml
+- import_tasks: vcenter.yml
+- import_tasks: metacluster.yml

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/upgrade/roles/preflight/tasks/metacluster.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+- name: Check for metacluster connectivity
+  ansible.builtin.uri:
+    url: https://{{ vapp['metacluster.vip'] }}:6443/livez?verbose
+    method: GET
+    validate_certs: no
+    status_code: [200, 401]
+  register: api_readycheck
+  until:
+    - api_readycheck.json.apiVersion is defined
+  retries: "{{ playbook.retries }}"
+  delay: "{{ (storage_benchmark | int) * (playbook.delay.medium | int) }}"

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/upgrade/roles/preflight/tasks/vapp.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+- name: Check for expected vApp properties
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - vapp[item] is defined
+      - (vapp[item] | length) > 0
+    quiet: true
+  loop:
+    - guestinfo.dnsserver
+    - guestinfo.gateway
+    - guestinfo.hostname
+    - guestinfo.ipaddress
+    - guestinfo.prefixlength
+    - guestinfo.rootsshkey
+    - hv.fqdn
+    - hv.password
+    - hv.username
+    - metacluster.fqdn
+    - metacluster.password
+    - metacluster.token
+    - metacluster.vip

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

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# ...

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/upgrade/roles/workloadcluster/tasks/hypervisor.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+- name: Gather hypervisor details
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: govc ls -L {{ item.moref }} | awk -F/ '{print ${{ item.part }}}'
+  environment:
+    GOVC_INSECURE: '1'
+    GOVC_URL: "{{ vapp['hv.fqdn'] }}"
+    GOVC_USERNAME: "{{ vapp['hv.username'] }}"
+    GOVC_PASSWORD: "{{ vapp['hv.password'] }}"
+  register: govc_inventory
+  loop:
+    - attribute: cluster
+      moref: >-
+        $(govc object.collect -json VirtualMachine:{{ moref_id }} | \
+          jq -r '.[] | select(.Name == "runtime").Val.Host | .Type + ":" + .Value')
+      part: (NF-1)
+    - attribute: datacenter
+      moref: VirtualMachine:{{ moref_id }}
+      part: 2
+    - attribute: datastore
+      moref: >-
+        $(govc object.collect -json VirtualMachine:{{ moref_id }} | \
+          jq -r '.[] | select(.Name == "datastore").Val.ManagedObjectReference | .[].Type + ":" + .[].Value')
+      part: NF
+    - attribute: folder
+      moref: >-
+        $(govc object.collect -json VirtualMachine:{{ moref_id }} | \
+          jq -r '.[] | select(.Name == "parent").Val | .Type + ":" + .Value')
+      part: 0
+    # - attribute: host
+    #   moref: >-
+    #     $(govc object.collect -json VirtualMachine:{{ moref_id }} | \
+    #       jq -r '.[] | select(.Name == "runtime").Val.Host | .Type + ":" + .Value')
+    #   part: NF
+    - attribute: network
+      moref: >-
+        $(govc object.collect -json VirtualMachine:{{ moref_id }} | \
+          jq -r '.[] | select(.Name == "network").Val.ManagedObjectReference | .[].Type + ":" + .[].Value')
+      part: NF
+    - attribute: resourcepool
+      moref: >-
+        $(govc object.collect -json VirtualMachine:{{ moref_id }} | \
+          jq -r '.[] | select(.Name == "resourcePool").Val | .Type + ":" + .Value')
+      part: 0
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.attribute }}"
+
+- name: Retrieve hypervisor TLS thumbprint
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: openssl s_client -connect {{ vapp['hv.fqdn'] }}:443 < /dev/null 2>/dev/null | openssl x509 -fingerprint -noout -in /dev/stdin | awk -F'=' '{print $2}'
+  register: tls_thumbprint
+
+- name: Store hypervisor details in dictionary
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    vcenter_info: "{{ vcenter_info | default({}) | combine({ item.item.attribute : item.stdout }) }}"
+  loop: "{{ govc_inventory.results }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.item.attribute }}"

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/upgrade/roles/workloadcluster/tasks/main.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- import_tasks: hypervisor.yml
+- import_tasks: registry.yml
+- import_tasks: nodetemplates.yml
+# - import_tasks: clusterapi.yml

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/upgrade/roles/workloadcluster/tasks/nodetemplates.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+- block:
+
+    - name: Check for existing template on hypervisor
+      community.vmware.vmware_guest_info:
+        name: "{{ (filename | basename | split('.'))[:-1] | join('.') }}"
+      register: existing_ova
+      ignore_errors: yes
+
+    - name: Store inventory path of existing template
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        nodetemplate_inventorypath: "{{ existing_ova.instance.hw_folder ~ '/' ~ existing_ova.instance.hw_name }}"
+      when: existing_ova is not failed
+
+    - block:
+
+        - name: Parse OVA file for network mappings
+          ansible.builtin.shell:
+            cmd: govc import.spec -json {{ filename }}
+          environment:
+            GOVC_INSECURE: '1'
+            GOVC_URL: "{{ vapp['hv.fqdn'] }}"
+            GOVC_USERNAME: "{{ vapp['hv.username'] }}"
+            GOVC_PASSWORD: "{{ vapp['hv.password'] }}"
+          register: ova_spec
+
+        - name: Deploy OVA template on hypervisor
+          community.vmware.vmware_deploy_ovf:
+            cluster: "{{ vcenter_info.cluster }}"
+            datastore: "{{ vcenter_info.datastore }}"
+            name: "{{ (filename | basename | split('.'))[:-1] | join('.') }}"
+            networks: "{u'{{ ova_spec.stdout | from_json | json_query('NetworkMapping[0].Name') }}':u'{{ vcenter_info.network }}'}"
+            allow_duplicates: no
+            power_on: false
+            ovf: "{{ filename }}"
+          register: ova_deploy
+
+        - name: Add additional placeholder disk
+          community.vmware.vmware_guest_disk:
+            name: "{{ ova_deploy.instance.hw_name }}"
+            disk:
+              - size: 1Gb
+                scsi_controller: 1
+                scsi_type: paravirtual
+                unit_number: 0
+
+        # Disabled to allow disks to be resized; at the cost of cloning speed
+        # - name: Create snapshot on deployed VM
+        #   community.vmware.vmware_guest_snapshot:
+        #     name: "{{ ova_deploy.instance.hw_name }}"
+        #     state: present
+        #     snapshot_name: "{{ ansible_date_time.iso8601_basic_short }}-base"
+
+        - name: Mark deployed VM as templates
+          community.vmware.vmware_guest:
+            name: "{{ ova_deploy.instance.hw_name }}"
+            is_template: yes
+
+        - name: Store inventory path of deployed template
+          ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+            nodetemplate_inventorypath: "{{ ova_deploy.instance.hw_folder ~ '/' ~ ova_deploy.instance.hw_name }}"
+
+      when: existing_ova is failed
+
+  vars:
+    filename: "{{ query('ansible.builtin.fileglob', '/opt/metacluster/node-templates/*.ova') | first }}"
+  module_defaults:
+    group/vmware:
+      hostname: "{{ vapp['hv.fqdn'] }}"
+      validate_certs: no
+      username: "{{ vapp['hv.username'] }}"
+      password: "{{ vapp['hv.password'] }}"
+      datacenter: "{{ vcenter_info.datacenter }}"
+      folder: "{{ vcenter_info.folder }}"

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/upgrade/roles/workloadcluster/tasks/registry.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+- block:
+
+  - name: Copy kubeadm container images to dedicated project
+    ansible.builtin.uri:
+      url: https://registry.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/api/v2.0/projects/kubeadm/repositories/{{ ( item | regex_findall('([^:/]+)') )[-2] }}/artifacts?from=library/{{ item | replace('/', '%2F') | replace(':', '%3A') }}
+      method: POST
+      headers:
+        Authorization: "Basic {{ ('admin:' ~ vapp['metacluster.password']) | b64encode }}"
+      body:
+        from: "{{ item }}"
+    loop: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.file', '/opt/metacluster/cluster-api/imagelist').splitlines() }}"
+
+  module_defaults:
+    ansible.builtin.uri:
+      validate_certs: no
+      status_code: [200, 201, 409]
+      body_format: json

ansible/roles/firstboot/tasks/main.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   ansible.builtin.file:
     path: /opt/firstboot
     state: directory
+
 - name: Create firstboot script file
   ansible.builtin.template:
     src: firstboot.j2
@@ -9,18 +10,25 @@
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: o+x
+
 - name: Create @reboot crontab job
   ansible.builtin.cron:
     name: firstboot
     special_time: reboot
-    job: "/opt/firstboot/firstboot.sh"
-- name: Copy payload folder
+    job: "/opt/firstboot/firstboot.sh >/dev/tty1 2>&1"
+
+- name: Copy payload folder (common)
   ansible.builtin.copy:
-    src: ansible_payload/
+    src: ansible_payload/common/
+    dest: /opt/firstboot/ansible/
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: '0644'
+
+- name: Copy payload folder (per appliancetype)
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: ansible_payload/{{ appliancetype }}/
     dest: /opt/firstboot/ansible/
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: '0644'
-- name: Install ansible-galaxy collection
-  ansible.builtin.shell:
-    cmd: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general

ansible/roles/firstboot/templates/firstboot.j2

@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# Workaround for ansible output regression
+export PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+
 # Apply firstboot configuration w/ ansible
-/usr/local/bin/ansible-playbook /opt/firstboot/ansible/playbook.yml | tee -a /var/log/firstboot.log > /dev/tty1
+/usr/local/bin/ansible-playbook /opt/firstboot/ansible/playbook.yml | tee -a /var/log/firstboot.log > /dev/tty1 2>&1
+
+# Cleanup console
+clear > /dev/tty1

ansible/roles/os/tasks/ansible.yml

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-- name: Install ansible (w/ dependencies)
-  ansible.builtin.pip:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
-    executable: pip3
-    state: latest
-  loop: "{{ pip_packages }}"

ansible/roles/os/tasks/cloud-init.yml

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     name: cloud-init
     state: absent
     purge: yes
+
 - name: Delete cloud-init files
   ansible.builtin.file:
     path: "{{ item }}"

ansible/roles/os/tasks/main.yml

@@ -1,20 +1,7 @@
-- name: Disable tty logins
-  import_tasks: tty.yml
-
-- name: Remove snapd
-  import_tasks: snapd.yml
-
-- name: Remove cloud-init
-  import_tasks: cloud-init.yml
-
-- name: Configure default logging
-  import_tasks: logging.yml
-
-- name: Configure services
-  import_tasks: services.yml
-
-- name: Install packages
-  import_tasks: packages.yml
-
-- name: Install ansible
-  import_tasks: ansible.yml
+- import_tasks: tty.yml
+- import_tasks: snapd.yml
+- import_tasks: cloud-init.yml
+- import_tasks: logging.yml
+- import_tasks: services.yml
+- import_tasks: packages.yml
+- import_tasks: sysctl.yml

ansible/roles/os/tasks/packages.yml

@@ -1,14 +1,46 @@
+- name: Configure 'needrestart' package
+  ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+    path: /etc/needrestart/needrestart.conf
+    regexp: "{{ item.regexp }}"
+    line: "{{ item.line }}"
+  loop:
+    - regexp: "^#\\$nrconf\\{restart\\} = 'i';"
+      line: "$nrconf{restart} = 'a';"
+    - regexp: "^#\\$nrconf\\{kernelhints\\} = -1;"
+      line: "$nrconf{kernelhints} = -1;"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.line }}"
+
 - name: Install additional packages
   ansible.builtin.apt:
-    name: "{{ item }}"
+    pkg: "{{ packages.apt }}"
     state: latest
     update_cache: yes
-  loop: "{{ packages }}"
+    install_recommends: no
+
 - name: Upgrade all packages
   ansible.builtin.apt:
-    name: "*"
+    name: '*'
     state: latest
     update_cache: yes
+
+- name: Install additional python packages
+  ansible.builtin.pip:
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+    executable: pip3
+    state: latest
+  loop: "{{ packages.pip }}"
+
+- name: Create folder
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: /etc/ansible
+    state: directory
+
+- name: Configure Ansible defaults
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: ansible.j2
+    dest: /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
+
 - name: Cleanup
   ansible.builtin.apt:
     autoremove: yes

ansible/roles/os/tasks/snapd.yml

@@ -3,14 +3,17 @@
     name: snapd
     state: absent
     purge: yes
+
 - name: Delete leftover files
   ansible.builtin.file:
     path: /root/snap
     state: absent
+
 - name: Hold snapd package
   ansible.builtin.dpkg_selections:
     name: snapd
     selection: hold
+
 - name: Reload systemd unit configurations
   ansible.builtin.systemd:
     daemon_reload: yes

ansible/roles/os/tasks/sysctl.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+- name: Configure inotify limits
+  ansible.posix.sysctl:
+    name: "{{ item.name }}"
+    value: "{{ item.value }}"
+  loop:
+    - name: fs.inotify.max_user_instances
+      value: '512'
+    - name: fs.inotify.max_user_watches
+      value: '524288'
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.name ~ '=' ~ item.value }}"

ansible/roles/os/tasks/tty.yml

@@ -4,8 +4,13 @@
     regexp: "{{ item.regexp }}"
     line: "{{ item.line }}"
   loop:
-  - { regexp: '^#NAutoVTs=', line: 'NAutoVTs=1'}
-  - { regexp: '^#ReserveVT=', line: 'ReserveVT=11'}
+  - regexp: '^#NAutoVTs='
+    line: 'NAutoVTs=1'
+  - regexp: '^#ReserveVT='
+    line: 'ReserveVT=11'
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.line }}"
+
 - name: Mask getty@tty1 service
   ansible.builtin.systemd:
     name: getty@tty1

ansible/roles/os/templates/ansible.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[defaults]
+callbacks_enabled = ansible.posix.profile_tasks

ansible/roles/os/vars/main.yml

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 packages:
-  - jq
-  # (python3-*) Dependency for installation of Ansible
-  - python3-pip
-  - python3-setuptools
-  - python3-wheel
-
-pip_packages:
-  - pip
-  - ansible-core
-  - lxml
+  apt:
+    - jq
+    - python3-pip
+  pip:
+    # - ansible-core<2.14.0
+    - ansible-core
+    - jinja2
+    - lxml
+    - markupsafe
+    - pip
+    - setuptools
+    - wheel