Release v22.07
Release Date: 2022-07-26
๐ซ Enhancement:
- Adds Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
- Adds CentOS 9 Stream.
- Adds Rocky Linux 9.
- Adds AlmaLinux OS 9.
- Adds SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15.
Contributed by @gcblack in GH-227. ๐ - Adds option for setting the number of video displays and the size for the video memory for both Windows 11 and 10, which is useful for virtual desktop use cases (e.g., Horizon). The ability to set the number of displays was added in
v1.0.6
ofpacker-plugin-vsphere
. - Adds a common option to export machine image artifacts (
.ovf
,.vmdk
, and.mf
) to an output path. - Removes the default requirement for a trusted root authority certificate to be imported and trusted by each machine image build. This will allow project users to get started more quickly without a pre-requisite.
๐ ๏ธ Refactor:
- Refactors builds to use local variables for virtual machine image names and descriptions.
- Refactors builds to use local variables for ISO paths and checksums.
- Refactors builds to use local variables for manifest data and output path.
๐งน Chore:
- Updates vSphere to version 7.0.3D (vCenter Server and ESXi) or higher to address a known issue with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 with EFI firmware.
- Updates
required_plugins
forpacker-plugin-vsphere
to>= v1.0.6
. - Updates
required_versions
forterraform
to>= v1.2.5
. - Updates Rocky Linux 8 to use
other4xLinuxGuest64
. - Updates Almalinux 8 to use
other4xLinuxGuest64
. - Removes the deprecated CentOS 8 option; end-of-life as of December 31, 2021.
- Removes the deprecated Windows Server 2016 option; end-of-life as of January 11, 2022.
Note
- Supports 15.3 / 15 Service Pack 3. 15.4 planned.
- HTTP-based deployment only. Disk-based deployment planned.