Add basic Ubuntu 24.04 auto-install

packer/http/autoinstall.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#cloud-config
+autoinstall:
+  version: 1
+  interactive-sections: []
+  locale: 'en_US.UTF-8'
+  refresh-installer:
+    update: true
+  keyboard:
+    layout: us
+  apt:
+    mirror-selection:
+      primary:
+        - arches: [i386, amd64]
+          uri: 'http://mirror.cs.jmu.edu/pub/ubuntu'
+        - arches: [arm64]
+          uri: 'http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports'
+      fallback: abort
+  packages:
+    - oem-config
+  storage:
+    layout:
+      name: direct
+  identity:
+    hostname: jmucs
+    realname: 'OEM User'
+    username: oem
+    password: $1$.WsfKhkz$G/3ZFe1ZGQrJJJ7GoJ.vY.
+  ssh:
+    install-server: true
+  codecs:
+    install: true
+  oem:
+    install: true
+  updates: all
+  shutdown: reboot

packer/main.pkr.hcl

@@ -39,19 +39,10 @@ source "virtualbox-iso" "base-build" {
     "c<wait><wait>",
     # Configure the kernel
     "linux /casper/vmlinuz",
-    " boot=casper",
-    " auto url=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/oem-preseed.cfg",
-    " automatic-ubiquity only-ubiquity",
-    " debug-ubiquity oem-config/enable=true",
-    " keymap=us fsck.mode=skip",
-    " noprompt splash --<enter><wait><wait>",
-    # Configure initrd & boot
-    # Different distributions name (and compress) the initrd differently. Fortunately,
-    # GRUB is mostly smart and if the file doesn't exist, it just won't apply that directive.
-    # So to prevent duplication, we specify both and let GRUB ignore the wrong one.
+    " autoinstall cloud-config-url=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/autoinstall.yaml",
+    " --<enter>",
     "initrd /casper/initrd<enter>",
-    "initrd /casper/initrd.lz<enter><wait>",
-    "<enter>boot<enter>"
+    "<wait><enter>boot<enter>"
   ]
   shutdown_command = "echo -e \"${var.ssh_pass}\\n\" | sudo -S poweroff"
 

packer/ubuntu-version.auto.pkrvars.hcl

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 ubuntu_version = {
-  version         = "jammy"
-  patched_version = "22.04.4"
+  version         = "noble"
+  patched_version = "24.04"
 }