Configure 'needrestart' package

.drone.yml

@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ steps:
 - name: Debugging information
   image: bv11-cr01.bessems.eu/library/packer-extended
   commands:
+  - yamllint --version
+  - packer --version
   - ansible --version
   - ovftool --version
-  - packer --version
-  - yamllint --version
-- name: Kubernetes Bootstrap Appliance
+- name: Ubuntu Server 22.04
   image: bv11-cr01.bessems.eu/library/packer-extended
   pull: always
   commands:
@@ -30,16 +30,13 @@ steps:
       ansible \
       packer/preseed/UbuntuServer22.04/user-data \
       scripts
-  - |
-    ansible-galaxy install \
-      -r ansible/requirements.yml
   - |
     packer init -upgrade \
       ./packer
   - |
     packer validate \
       -var vm_name=$DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER-${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA:0:10} \
-      -var vm_guestos=k8sbootstrap \
+      -var vm_guestos=ubuntuserver22.04 \
       -var repo_username=$${REPO_USERNAME} \
       -var repo_password=$${REPO_PASSWORD} \
       -var vsphere_password=$${VSPHERE_PASSWORD} \
@@ -49,7 +46,7 @@ steps:
     packer build \
       -on-error=cleanup -timestamp-ui \
       -var vm_name=$DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER-${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA:0:10} \
-      -var vm_guestos=k8sbootstrap \
+      -var vm_guestos=ubuntuserver22.04 \
       -var repo_username=$${REPO_USERNAME} \
       -var repo_password=$${REPO_PASSWORD} \
       -var vsphere_password=$${VSPHERE_PASSWORD} \

README.md

@@ -1 +1 @@
-# 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)
+# 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)

ansible/playbook.yml

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

ansible/requirements.yml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-collections:
-  - ansible.utils
-  - community.general
-  - kubernetes.core

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

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
----
-- 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) }}"
-
-- 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/appliance/tasks/dependencies.yml

@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-# - name: Create folder structure(s)
-#  ansible.builtin.file:
-#    path: "{{ item }}"
-#    state: directory
-#  loop:
-#    - /foo
-
-- name: Download & install static binaries
-  ansible.builtin.get_url:
-    url: "{{ item.url }}"
-    dest: /usr/local/bin/{{ item.filename }}
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-    mode: 0755
-  loop: "{{ dependencies.static_binaries | selectattr('archive', 'undefined') }}"
-  loop_control:
-    label: "{{ item.filename }}"
-
-- 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 }}
-  loop: "{{ dependencies.ansible_galaxy_collections }}"
-
-- name: Install distro packages
-  ansible.builtin.apt:
-    pkg: "{{ dependencies.packages }}"
-    state: latest
-    update_cache: yes
-    install_recommends: no
-
-- name: Upgrade all packages
-  ansible.builtin.apt:
-    name: '*'
-    state: latest
-    update_cache: yes
-
-- name: Cleanup apt cache
-  ansible.builtin.apt:
-    autoremove: yes
-    purge: yes

ansible/roles/appliance/tasks/main.yml

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-- name: Install & configure dependencies
-  import_tasks: dependencies.yml

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

@@ -7,6 +7,4 @@
     - vapp
     - network
     - users
-    - disks
-    - metacluster
     - cleanup

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

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-- 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: Create filesystem
-  community.general.filesystem:
-    dev: /dev/mapper/longhorn_vg-longhorn_lv
-    fstype: ext4
-
-- 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/roles/metacluster/tasks/main.yml

@@ -1,154 +0,0 @@
-- 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 --disable local-storage'
-
-- name: Install kubectl tab-completion
-  ansible.builtin.shell:
-    cmd: kubectl completion bash | tee /etc/bash_completion.d/kubectl
-
-- name: Ensure API availability
-  ansible.utils.cli_parse:
-    command: curl -k https://{{ vapp['guestinfo.ipaddress'] }}:6443/livez?verbose
-    parser:
-      name: ansible.utils.json
-    set_fact: api_readycheck
-  ignore_errors: yes
-  until: api_readycheck.apiVersion is defined
-  retries: 3
-  delay: 30
-
-- block:
-
-    - 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
-
-- block:
-
-    - name: Extract container images
-      ansible.builtin.unarchive:
-        src: /opt/metacluster/container-images/image-tarballs.tgz
-        dest: /opt/metacluster/container-images
-        list_files: yes
-      register: imagetarballs
-
-    - name: Import container images
-      ansible.builtin.command:
-        cmd: k3s ctr image import {{ item }}
-        chdir: /opt/metacluster/container-images
-      loop: "{{ imagetarballs.files }}"
-
-- name: Install longhorn chart
-  kubernetes.core.helm:
-    name: longhorn
-    chart_ref: /opt/metacluster/helm-charts/longhorn
-    release_namespace: longhorn-system
-    create_namespace: yes
-    wait: yes
-    kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
-    values:
-      defaultSettings:
-        defaultDataPath: /mnt/blockstorage
-        defaultReplicaCount: 1
-      ingress:
-        enabled: true
-        host: storage.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}
-      persistence:
-        defaultClassReplicaCount: 1
-
-- name: Install harbor chart
-  kubernetes.core.helm:
-    name: harbor
-    chart_ref: /opt/metacluster/helm-charts/harbor
-    release_namespace: harbor
-    create_namespace: yes
-    wait: yes
-    kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
-    values:
-      expose:
-        ingress:
-          hosts:
-            core: registry.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}
-      externalURL: https://registry.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}
-      harborAdminPassword: "{{ vapp['guestinfo.rootpw'] }}"
-      notary:
-        enabled: false
-
-- name: Push images to registry
-  ansible.builtin.shell:
-    cmd: >-
-      skopeo copy \
-        --dest-tls-verify=false \
-        --dest-creds admin:{{ vapp['guestinfo.rootpw'] }} \
-        docker-archive:./{{ item }} \
-        docker://registry.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}/library/$( \
-          k3s ctr run \
-            --rm \
-            --mount type=bind,src=$PWD,dst=/data,options=rbind:ro \
-            quay.io/skopeo/stable:v1.8.0 skopeo \
-            skopeo list-tags docker-archive:/data/{{ item }} | \
-          jq -r '.Tags[0]')
-    chdir: /opt/metacluster/container-images/
-  register: results
-#  ignore_errors: yes
-  loop: "{{ imagetarballs.files }}"
-
-- ansible.builtin.debug:
-    var: results
-
-- name: Delete container image tarballs/archives
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: /opt/metacluster/container-images
-    state: absent
-
-- name: Configure K3s node for private registry
-  ansible.builtin.template:
-    dest: /etc/rancher/k3s/registries.yaml
-    src: registries.j2
-
-- name: Install gitea chart
-  kubernetes.core.helm:
-    name: gitea
-    chart_ref: /opt/metacluster/helm-charts/gitea
-    release_namespace: gitea
-    create_namespace: yes
-    wait: yes
-    kubeconfig: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
-    values:
-      gitea:
-        admin:
-          username: administrator
-          password: "{{ vapp['guestinfo.rootpw'] }}"
-          email: admin@{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}
-      image:
-        pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-      ingress:
-        enabled: true
-        hosts:
-          - host: git.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}
-            paths:
-              - path: /
-                pathType: Prefix
-
-- name: Cleanup tempfile
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "{{ kubeconfig.path }}"
-    state: absent
-  when: kubeconfig.path is defined

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

@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 - name: Set hostname
   ansible.builtin.hostname:
-    name: "{{ vapp['guestinfo.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

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ network:
   ethernets:
     ens192:
       addresses:
-      - {{ vapp['guestinfo.ipaddress'] }}/{{ vapp['guestinfo.prefixlength'] }}
-      gateway4: {{ vapp['guestinfo.gateway'] }}
+      - {{ ovfproperties['guestinfo.ipaddress'] }}/{{ ovfproperties['guestinfo.prefixlength'] }}
+      gateway4: {{ ovfproperties['guestinfo.gateway'] }}
       nameservers:
         addresses:
-        - {{ vapp['guestinfo.dnsserver'] }}
+        - {{ ovfproperties['guestinfo.dnsserver'] }}

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

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 - name: Set root password
   ansible.builtin.user:
     name: root
-    password: "{{ vapp['guestinfo.rootpw'] | password_hash('sha512', 65534 | random(seed=vapp['guestinfo.hostname']) | string) }}"
+    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: "{{ vapp['guestinfo.rootsshkey'] }}"
+    line: "{{ ovfproperties['guestinfo.rootsshkey'] }}"
 - name: Disable SSH password authentication
   ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
     path: /etc/ssh/sshd_config

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

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   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 }}"
@@ -11,11 +10,10 @@
     xpath: /ns:Environment/ns:PropertySection/ns:Property
     content: attribute
   register: ovfenv
-
 - name: Assign vApp properties to dictionary
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
-    vapp: >-
-      {{ vapp | default({}) |
+    ovfproperties: >-
+      {{ ovfproperties | default({}) |
       combine({((item.values() | list)[0].values() | list)[0]:
       ((item.values() | list)[0].values() | list)[1]})
       }}

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

@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-mirrors:
-  docker.io:
-    endpoint:
-      - https://registry.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}
-    rewrite:
-      "(.*)": "library/docker.io/$1"
-  ghcr.io:
-    endpoint:
-      - https://registry.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}
-    rewrite:
-      "(.*)": "library/ghcr.io/$1"
-  quay.io:
-    endpoint:
-      - https://registry.{{ vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] }}
-    rewrite:
-      "(.*)": "library/quay.io/$1"

ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/vars/metacluster.yml

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#jinja2:variable_start_string:'[%' , variable_end_string:'%]'
-
-components:

ansible/roles/firstboot/tasks/main.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   ansible.builtin.file:
     path: /opt/firstboot
     state: directory
-
 - name: Create firstboot script file
   ansible.builtin.template:
     src: firstboot.j2
@@ -10,13 +9,11 @@
     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 >/dev/tty1 2>&1"
-
+    job: "/opt/firstboot/firstboot.sh"
 - name: Copy payload folder
   ansible.builtin.copy:
     src: ansible_payload/
@@ -24,3 +21,6 @@
     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 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # Apply firstboot configuration w/ ansible
-/usr/local/bin/ansible-playbook /opt/firstboot/ansible/playbook.yml | tee -a /var/log/firstboot.log > /dev/tty1 2>&1
+/usr/local/bin/ansible-playbook /opt/firstboot/ansible/playbook.yml | tee -a /var/log/firstboot.log > /dev/tty1

ansible/roles/metacluster/tasks/cleanup.yml

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-- name: Zero-out disk
-  ansible.builtin.shell:
-    cmd: dd bs=1M count=$(df -m . | awk '/[0-9]%/{print $(NF-2)}') if=/dev/zero of=./zero; sync; sync; rm -f ./zero
-    chdir: /opt/metacluster

ansible/roles/metacluster/tasks/components.yml

@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-- name: Create folder structure(s)
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "{{ item }}"
-    state: directory
-  loop:
-    - /opt/metacluster/helm-charts
-    - /opt/metacluster/container-images
-
-
-- name: Add helm repositories
-  kubernetes.core.helm_repository:
-    name: "{{ item.name }}"
-    repo_url: "{{ item.url }}"
-    state: present
-  loop: "{{ platform.helm_repositories }}"
-
-- name: Fetch helm charts
-  ansible.builtin.command:
-    cmd: helm fetch {{ item.value.helm.chart }} --untar --version {{ item.value.helm.version }}
-    chdir: /opt/metacluster/helm-charts
-  loop: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.dict', components) }}"
-  loop_control:
-    label: "{{ item.key }}"
-
-- name: Inject chart values into ansible var files
-  ansible.builtin.blockinfile:
-    path: /opt/firstboot/ansible/vars/metacluster.yml
-    block: |2
-      {{ item.key }}:
-        {{ item.value.chart_values | default('~') }}
-    marker: "# {mark} ANSIBLE MANAGED BLOCK -- {{ item.key }}"
-  loop: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.dict', components) }}"
-  loop_control:
-    label: "{{ item.key }}"
-
-- name: Parse helm charts for container images
-  ansible.builtin.shell:
-    cmd: "{{ item.value.helm.parse_logic }}"
-    chdir: /opt/metacluster/helm-charts/{{ item.key }}
-  register: containerimages
-  loop: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.dict', components) }}"
-  loop_control:
-    label: "{{ item.key }}"
-
-- name: Pull and store containerimages
-  ansible.builtin.command:
-    cmd: skopeo copy docker://{{ item }} docker-archive:./{{ ( item | regex_findall('[^/:]+'))[-2] }}.tar:{{ item }}
-    chdir: /opt/metacluster/container-images
-  register: imagedownload
-  until: imagedownload is succeeded
-  retries: 5
-  loop: "{{ containerimages.results | map(attribute='stdout_lines') | flatten + dependencies.container_images }}"
-
-- name: Compress tarballs
-  community.general.archive:
-    dest: /opt/metacluster/container-images/image-tarballs.tgz
-    path: /opt/metacluster/container-images/*
-    format: gz
-    remove: yes

ansible/roles/metacluster/tasks/k3s.yml

@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-- name: Create folder structure(s)
-  ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "{{ item }}"
-    state: directory
-  loop:
-    - /var/lib/rancher/k3s/agent/images
-    - /opt/metacluster/k3s
-
-- 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
-
-- 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
-
-- name: Download K3s install script
-  ansible.builtin.get_url:
-    url: https://get.k3s.io
-    dest: /opt/metacluster/k3s/install.sh
-    owner: root
-    group: root
-    mode: 0755

ansible/roles/metacluster/tasks/main.yml

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-- name: Pre-stage K3s components
-  import_tasks: k3s.yml
-- name: Pre-stage meta components
-  import_tasks: components.yml
-- name: Cleanup
-  import_tasks: cleanup.yml

ansible/roles/os/tasks/packages.yml

@@ -1,13 +1,24 @@
+- 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;"
+
 - name: Install additional packages
   ansible.builtin.apt:
-    pkg: "{{ packages }}"
+    name: "{{ item }}"
     state: latest
     update_cache: yes
-    install_recommends: no
+  loop: "{{ packages }}"
 
 - name: Upgrade all packages
   ansible.builtin.apt:
-    name: '*'
+    name: "*"
     state: latest
     update_cache: yes
 

ansible/vars/metacluster.yml

@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-platform:
-
-  k3s:
-    version: v1.24.1+k3s1
-
-  helm_repositories:
-    - name: longhorn
-      url: https://charts.longhorn.io
-    - name: harbor
-      url: https://helm.goharbor.io
-    - name: gitea-charts
-      url: https://dl.gitea.io/charts/
-    - name: argo
-      url: https://argoproj.github.io/argo-helm
-
-components:
-
-  longhorn:
-    helm:
-      version: 1.3.0
-      chart: longhorn/longhorn
-      parse_logic: cat values.yaml | yq eval '.. | select(has("repository")) | .repository + ":" + .tag'
-      chart_values: >-
-        defaultSettings:
-          defaultDataPath: /mnt/blockstorage
-          defaultReplicaCount: 1
-        ingress:
-          enabled: true
-          host: storage.[% vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] %]
-        persistence:
-          defaultClassReplicaCount: 1
-
-  harbor:
-    helm:
-      version: 1.9.1  # (= Harbor v2.5.1)
-      chart: harbor/harbor
-      parse_logic: helm template . | yq --no-doc eval '.. | .image? | select(.)' | sort -u | awk '!/ /'
-      chart_values: >-
-        expose:
-          ingress:
-            hosts:
-              core: registry.[% vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] %]
-        externalURL: https://registry.[% vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] %]
-        harborAdminPassword: "[% vapp['guestinfo.rootpw'] %]"
-        notary:
-          enabled: false
-
-  gitea:
-    helm:
-      version: v5.0.9 # (= Gitea v1.16.8)
-      chart: gitea-charts/gitea
-      parse_logic: helm template . | yq --no-doc eval '.. | .image? | select(.)' | sort -u | sed '/:/!s/$/:latest/'
-      chart_values: >-
-        gitea:
-          admin:
-            username: administrator
-            password: "[% vapp['guestinfo.rootpw'] %]"
-            email: admin@[% vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] %]
-        image:
-          pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-        ingress:
-          enabled: true
-          hosts:
-            - host: git.[% vapp['metacluster.fqdn'] %]
-              paths:
-                - path: /
-                  pathType: Prefix
-
-  argo-cd:
-    helm:
-      version: 4.9.7  # (= ArgoCD v2.4.2)
-      chart: argo/argo-cd
-      parse_logic: helm template . | yq --no-doc eval '.. | .image? | select(.)' | sort -u | awk '!/ /'
-
-dependencies:
-
-  ansible_galaxy_collections:
-    - ansible.posix
-    - ansible.utils
-    - community.general
-    - kubernetes.core
-
-  container_images:
-    - quay.io/skopeo/stable:v1.8.0
-
-  static_binaries:
-    - filename: tea
-      url: https://dl.gitea.io/tea/0.8.0/tea-0.8.0-linux-amd64
-    - filename: helm
-      url: https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.9.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
-      archive: compressed
-      extra_opts: --strip-components=1
-    - filename: yq
-      url: http://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/download/v4.25.3/yq_linux_amd64
-
-  packages:
-    - lvm2
-    - skopeo

packer/ubuntuserver22.04.pkr.hcl

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ packer {
   }
 }
 
-source "vsphere-iso" "k8sbootstrap" {
+source "vsphere-iso" "ubuntuserver" {
   vcenter_server          = var.vcenter_server
   username                = var.vsphere_username
   password                = var.vsphere_password
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ source "vsphere-iso" "k8sbootstrap" {
     network_card          = "vmxnet3"
   }
   storage {
-    disk_size             = 51200
+    disk_size             = 20480
     disk_thin_provisioned = true
   }
   disk_controller_type    = ["pvscsi"]
@@ -60,18 +60,18 @@ source "vsphere-iso" "k8sbootstrap" {
 
   export {
     images                = false
-    output_directory      = "/scratch/k8sbootstrap"
+    output_directory      = "/scratch/ubuntuserver"
   }
   remove_cdrom            = true
 }
 
 build {
   sources = [
-    "source.vsphere-iso.k8sbootstrap"
+    "source.vsphere-iso.ubuntuserver"
   ]
 
   provisioner "ansible" {
-    pause_before     = "2m30s"
+    only             = ["vsphere-iso.ubuntuserver"]
 
     playbook_file    = "ansible/playbook.yml"
     user             = "ubuntu"
@@ -85,15 +85,16 @@ build {
   }
 
   post-processor "shell-local" {
+    only   = ["vsphere-iso.ubuntuserver"]
     inline = [
       "pwsh -command \"& scripts/Update-OvfConfiguration.ps1 \\",
-      " -OVFFile '/scratch/k8sbootstrap/${var.vm_guestos}-${var.vm_name}.ovf' \\",
+      " -OVFFile '/scratch/ubuntuserver/${var.vm_guestos}-${var.vm_name}.ovf' \\",
       " -Parameter @{'appliance.name'='${var.vm_guestos}';'appliance.version'='${var.vm_name}'}\"",
       "pwsh -file scripts/Update-Manifest.ps1 \\",
-      " -ManifestFileName '/scratch/k8sbootstrap/${var.vm_guestos}-${var.vm_name}.mf'",
+      " -ManifestFileName '/scratch/ubuntuserver/${var.vm_guestos}-${var.vm_name}.mf'",
       "ovftool --acceptAllEulas --allowExtraConfig --overwrite \\",
-      " '/scratch/k8sbootstrap/${var.vm_guestos}-${var.vm_name}.ovf' \\",
-      " /output/Kubernetes.Bootstrap.Appliance.ova"
+      " '/scratch/ubuntuserver/${var.vm_guestos}-${var.vm_name}.ovf' \\",
+      " /output/Ubuntu-Server-22.04.ova"
     ]
   }
 }

packer/vsphere.auto.pkrvars.hcl

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 vcenter_server         = "bv11-vc.bessems.lan"
 vsphere_username       = "administrator@vsphere.local"
 vsphere_datacenter     = "DeSchakel"
-vsphere_cluster        = "Cluster.01"
-vsphere_host           = "bv11-esx02.bessems.lan"
-vsphere_datastore      = "NAS01.RAID5"
+vsphere_cluster        = "Cluster.Legacy"
+vsphere_host           = "bv11-esx.bessems.lan"
+vsphere_datastore      = "ESX00.SSD01"
 vsphere_folder         = "/Packer"
 vsphere_templatefolder = "/Templates"
-vsphere_network        = "LAN"
+vsphere_network        = "LAN"

scripts/Update-OvfConfiguration.yml

@@ -1,51 +1,28 @@
 DeploymentConfigurations:
-
 - Id: small
-  Label: 'Ubuntu Server 22.04 [SMALL: 1 vCPU/2GB RAM]'
-  Description: Ubuntu Server 22.04.x
+  Label: 'Ubuntu Server 20.04 [SMALL: 1 vCPU/2GB RAM]'
+  Description: Ubuntu Server 20.04.x
   Size:
     CPU: 1
     Memory: 2048
-
-- Id: medium
-  Label: 'Ubuntu Server 22.04 [MEDIUM: 2 vCPU/4GB RAM]'
-  Description: Ubuntu Server 22.04.x
+- Id: large
+  Label: 'Ubuntu Server 20.04 [LARGE: 4 vCPU/8GB RAM]'
+  Description: Ubuntu Server 20.04.x
   Size:
-    CPU: 2
-    Memory: 4096
-
-DynamicDisks:
-
-- Description: Longhorn persistent storage
-  UnitSize: GB
-  Constraints:
-    Minimum: 100
-    Maximum: ''
-
+    CPU: 4
+    Memory: 8192
+DynamicDisks: []
 PropertyCategories:
-
 # - Name: 0) Deployment information
 #   ProductProperties:
 #   - Key: deployment.type
 #     Type: string
 #     Value:
 #     - small
-#     - medium
+#     - large
 #     UserConfigurable: false
-
-- Name: 1) Kubernetes
+- Name: 1) Operating System
   ProductProperties:
-  - Key: metacluster.fqdn
-    Type: string(1..)
-    Label: Appliance FQDN*
-    Description: 'Respective subdomains will be available for each component (e.g. storage.example.org); this address should already be configured as a wildcard record within your DNS zone.'
-    DefaultValue: 'example.org'
-    Configurations: '*'
-    UserConfigurable: true
-
-- Name: 2) Operating System
-  ProductProperties:
-
   - Key: guestinfo.hostname
     Type: string(1..15)
     Label: Hostname*
@@ -53,7 +30,6 @@ PropertyCategories:
     DefaultValue: ''
     Configurations: '*'
     UserConfigurable: true
-
   - Key: guestinfo.rootpw
     Type: password(7..)
     Label: Local root password*
@@ -61,7 +37,6 @@ PropertyCategories:
     DefaultValue: ''
     Configurations: '*'
     UserConfigurable: true
-
   - Key: guestinfo.rootsshkey
     Type: password(1..)
     Label: Local root SSH public key*
@@ -69,42 +44,6 @@ PropertyCategories:
     DefaultValue: ''
     Configurations: '*'
     UserConfigurable: true
-
-- Name: 3) Networking
-  ProductProperties:
-
-  - Key: guestinfo.ipaddress
-    Type: ip
-    Label: IP Address*
-    Description: ''
-    DefaultValue: ''
-    Configurations: '*'
-    UserConfigurable: true
-
-  - Key: guestinfo.prefixlength
-    Type: int(8..32)
-    Label: Subnet prefix length*
-    Description: ''
-    DefaultValue: '24'
-    Configurations: '*'
-    UserConfigurable: true
-
-  - Key: guestinfo.dnsserver
-    Type: ip
-    Label: DNS server*
-    Description: ''
-    DefaultValue: ''
-    Configurations: '*'
-    UserConfigurable: true
-
-  - Key: guestinfo.gateway
-    Type: ip
-    Label: Gateway*
-    Description: ''
-    DefaultValue: ''
-    Configurations: '*'
-    UserConfigurable: true
-
   - Key: guestinfo.ntpserver
     Type: string(1..)
     Label: Time server*
@@ -112,7 +51,36 @@ PropertyCategories:
     DefaultValue: 0.pool.ntp.org,1.pool.ntp.org,2.pool.ntp.org
     Configurations: '*'
     UserConfigurable: true
-
+- Name: 2) Networking
+  ProductProperties:
+  - Key: guestinfo.ipaddress
+    Type: ip
+    Label: IP Address*
+    Description: ''
+    DefaultValue: ''
+    Configurations: '*'
+    UserConfigurable: true
+  - Key: guestinfo.prefixlength
+    Type: int(8..32)
+    Label: Subnet prefix length*
+    Description: ''
+    DefaultValue: '24'
+    Configurations: '*'
+    UserConfigurable: true
+  - Key: guestinfo.dnsserver
+    Type: ip
+    Label: DNS server*
+    Description: ''
+    DefaultValue: ''
+    Configurations: '*'
+    UserConfigurable: true
+  - Key: guestinfo.gateway
+    Type: ip
+    Label: Gateway*
+    Description: ''
+    DefaultValue: ''
+    Configurations: '*'
+    UserConfigurable: true
 AdvancedOptions:
 - Key: appliance.name
   Value: "{{ appliance.name }}"