Added building Ubuntu 20.04 template

packer/linux/ubuntu-24.04-x64/conf.pkrvars.hcl

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 vcenter_datacenter = "DC01"
 vcenter_cluster    = "Cluster01"
 vcenter_host       = "esxi8-01.lab.loc"
-vcenter_folder     = "VLAN-0221"
+vcenter_folder     = "z-Templates"
 vcenter_datastore  = "Cluster01-LUN02"
 
 //vm_name             = "z-ubuntu-packer-vm"

packer/linux/ubuntu-24.04-x64/data/prep-script.sh

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ sudo echo "#!/bin/sh -e
 #
 # By default this script does nothing.
 
+
 exit 0
 " > /etc/rc.local
 

packer/linux/ubuntu-24.04-x64/http/user-data

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ autoinstall:
   identity:
     hostname: ubuntu-24-04-auto-tmpl
     username: ansb-srv-it
-    password: '$6$R789K/T7lS27KICW$2i5f/sP6nXniEMbjnTyswKMdStGVQdbz8jqIyrXxrhYxJLD0JrWTZjnlFpWkEOlJ2Oa9WvEcANu9iLY3mg5mw.'
+    password: '$6$5nLO9zRvoiQP7DdR$DYRibWnOQncB0qR9ugRSqAxWwVCPMfeRUBDdTuYxjh2FSZyRKtf57CG8ybGbFjVCAzJdcQg9qtJYhI.LhWhhe1'
   storage:
     config:
     - {ptable: gpt, path: /dev/sda, wipe: superblock, preserve: false, name: '', grub_device: true, type: disk, id: disk-sda}
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ autoinstall:
   updates: all
   packages:
     - open-vm-tools
+    - ifupdown
+    - perl-modules-*
+    - net-tools
+    - util-linux-extra
     - sudo
   late-commands:
     - echo 'ansb-srv-it ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL' > /target/etc/sudoers.d/ansb-srv-it

packer/linux/ubuntu-24.04-x64/ubuntu-24.04-x64.pkr.hcl

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ source "vsphere-iso" "ubuntu-24-04-x64" {
   host                    = var.vcenter_host
   datastore               = var.vcenter_datastore
   folder                  = var.vcenter_folder
-# convert_to_template     = true
+ convert_to_template     = true
 // ****************
   vm_name                 = var.vm_name
   CPUs                    = var.vm_num_cpu
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ build {
     ]
   }
 
-//  provisioner "shell-local" {
-//    inline = [
-//      "ansible-playbook ~/ansible/playbooks/os-linux-prep-default.yml -l packer-templ -e hosts_target=packer-templ -e ansible_host=${build.Host}  -e connection_username=${var.connection_username} -e connection_ssh_private_key_file=${var.connection_ssh_private_key_file}"
-//    ]
-//  }
+  provisioner "shell-local" {
+    inline = [
+      "ansible-playbook ~/ansible/playbooks/os-linux-prep-templ.yml -l packer-templ-ubuntu-24-04-x64 -e hosts_target=packer-templ-ubuntu-24-04-x64 -e ansible_host=${build.Host}  -e connection_username=${var.connection_username} -e connection_ssh_private_key_file=${var.connection_ssh_private_key_file}"
+    ]
+  }
 
 }