vmware-samples/packer-examples-for-vsphere v21.11

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Release v21.11

Release Date: 2021-11-09

• Adds support for cloud-init and the [VMware] data source introduced in cloud-init v21.3 to:

  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

  Important Note: Uncomment these lines in the script for Ubuntu 20.04 and guest customization will be performed by VMware Tools vs. cloud-init.

  # Uncomment below if guest customization will be performed by VMware Tools.
  # touch /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/99.disable-network-config.cfg
  # echo "network: {config: disabled}" >> /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/99.disable-network-config.cfg

• Adds custom disk partitioning to:

  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

• Updates Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to efi-secure.

• Updates all certificates to the PEM-encoded .cer format.

• Adds example Terraform plans for deployment testing.

• Adds an Ansible playbook example to create a custom role in vSphere for Packer.