vmware-samples/packer-examples-for-vsphere v21.09.1

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Release v21.09.1

Release Date: 2021-09-16

• Refactors issue templates to use GitHub custom issue forms.
• Refactors all builds to pass the language, keyboard, and timezone to the configuration files.
• Updates the Rocky Linux build to use UEFI; however without secure boot.
• Updates the defaults in common.pkvars.hcl to use hardware version 19, which provides the best performance and latest features available in ESXi 7.0 U2. Refer to the VMware vSphere 7.0 product documentation if using a previous release
• Refactors all builds with input variable definitions separated into variables.pkr.hcl.
• Refactors all builds to use <build>.auto.pkvars.hcl for input variables the and <build>.pkr.hcl for the template configurations, with simplified names for <build>.
• Refactors all builds to use ${path.cwd}/output/ as the path for the manifest post-processor.
• Adds disclaimers and Updates descriptions in script files.
• Updates README.md.