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CHANGELOG

v22.next

Release Date: Unreleased

💫 Enhancement:

  • Adds an option to generate a custom build script. (GH-188)

🐞 Bugfix:

  • Updates the Python interpreter for Ansible on AlmaLinux to use /usr/libexec/platform-python. (GH-182)
  • Adds the use of build_password to the Linux distributions to ensure use of set-envvars.sh works as expected. (GH-197)

🧹 Chore:

  • Updates the Windows Server 2022 .iso to February 2022 release. (GH-192)
  • Updates the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS .iso to v20.04.4. (GH-184)

v22.03

Release Date: 2022-03-17

  • Updates required_versions for packer to >= v1.8.0.
  • Updates required_versons for terraform to >= v1.1.7.
  • Updates required_versons for hashicorp/vsphere to >= v2.1.1.

v22.02

Release Date: 2022-02-22

  • Updates the configuration of Linux machine images to use the Ansible roles instead of shell scripts.
  • Updates required_versions for packer to >= v1.7.10.
  • Updates required_versons for terraform to >= v1.1.5.

v22.01

Release Date: 2022-01-21

  • Updates the structure of the subdirectories in builds/.
  • Updates required_versions for packer to >= v1.7.9.
  • Updates required_plugins for packer-plugin-vsphere to >= v1.0.3.
  • Updates required_versons for terraform to >= v1.1.4.
  • Updates Microsoft Windows 11 Professional to use virtual trusted platform module (vTPM) and removes experimental project support. vTPM is now supported by packer-plugin-vsphere to >= v1.0.3.
  • Updates VMware Photon OS 4.0 to Revision 2.
  • Adds configurable data source provisioning for VMware Photon OS 4.0. Revision 2 adds support for secondary devices with kickstart. Edit the common_data_source in common.pkvars.hcl from http to disk. The build will attach an on-demand .iso as the secondary CD-ROM for the kickstart. This is useful for environments that can not use HTTP-based kickstart.
  • Updates the notes to automatically include the Packer version and a build_version.
  • Updates the naming for the machine image output and includes a build_version (e.g., linux-photon-4-v22.01).
  • Updates all Microsoft Windows Server machine image builds to a default of 4096 MB of memory to increase performance during operating system patching.
  • Adds a GitHub Action on pull requests to check code quality using linters.
  • Updates all of project code to address issues found by the linter(s).

v21.11

Release Date: 2021-11-09

  • Adds support for cloud-init and the [VMware] data source introduced in cloud-init v21.3 for Ubuntu Server 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 for Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu Server 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.

v21.10.01

Release Date: 2021-10-20

  • Updates LICENSE and NOTICE to BSD-2.
  • Updates required_versions for packer to >= v1.7.7.
  • Updates required_plugins for packer-plugin-vsphere to >= v1.0.2.
  • Updates Linux distributions to generate new host keys on first-boot.
  • Adds option to usefloppy_content included in packer-plugin-vsphere releasev1.0.2. Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS will toggle to use floppy_content from http_content when common_data_source = "disk" is enabled.
  • Updates VMware Photon OS 4.0 to Revision 1.
  • Adds Microsoft Windows 11 Professional as experimental until vsphere-iso supports vTPM.
  • Adds support for skip_import Adds to packer-plugin-vsphere in v1.0.2. When set to true the virtual machine will not be imported into the content library. This is useful for testing / debugging. Defaults to false.

v21.10

Release Date: 2021-10-11

  • Adds the config.sh to create config/*.prkvars.hcl (default) files from the examples in builds/.

  • Adds the option for create >1 set of configuration set by passing an argument to config.sh (e.g. config.sh config/us-west-1) and the pass the configuration set to build.sh (e.g. build.sh config/us-west-1).

  • Use of the content library is now optional by updating the config/common.pkvars.hcl settings to the following:

    common_template_conversion     = true
common_content_library_name    = null
common_content_library_ovf     = false
common_content_library_destroy = false

  • Adds support for a SOCKS proxy by editing config/proxy.pkvars.hcl.

  • Adds the ability to set the IP address to bind the HTTP server by editing the common_http_ip in config/common.pkvars.hcl from null to an IP address on the Packer host:

    common_http_ip = "172.16.11.100"

  • Add configurable data source provisioning for Linux images. By default, HTTP is used for the kickstart. By editing the common_data_source in config/common.pkvars.hcl from http to disk the build will use a disk-based method, such as a .iso as the secondary CD-ROM. This is useful for environments that can not communicate back to the Packer host's HTTP server.

    common_data_source = "disk"

  • Renames all certificates to *.ctr.example and *.pb7.example. Please add your own custom certificates to the directories per the README.md.

  • Adds the ability for Packer to be run from any directory by including the use of $(path.cwd)/.

  • Adds the ansible provisioner to Linux builds for base configuration using roles. More updates to follow.

  • Adds information on least privilege service account using a custom role in vSphere.

  • Adds a Terraform example for creation of the custom role in vSphere.

  • Updates manifests to use manifests/ and a JSON output based on the timestamp.

  • Updates manifests to use include relevant data in the JSON output for the build.

  • Adds RHEL 7 and CentoOS 7 back to the builds per requests.

  • Refactors RHEL and RHEL derivative kickstarts templates.

  • Adds Windows 10 Professional.

  • Updates PhotonOS to efi-secure.

  • Updates Ubuntu 20.04 LTS to efi-secure.

  • Adds vendor provided filename and checksums to the build examples.

  • Updates CONTRIBUTING.md with the contributor workflow.

  • Adds headers to various scripts and files, as needed.

  • Add public keys and specific Terraform files to .gitignore.

  • Updates issue templates to use forms.

  • Various bugfixes and code cleanliness.

  • Bumped Packer to >= 1.7.6.

  • Thanks to the new contributors: @sestegra, @metabsdm, and @gcblack!

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.

v21.09

Release Date: 2021-09-07

  • Adds support for Microsoft Windows Server 2022 machine image builds.
  • Refactors configuration files to be generated using templates. Reduces the number of files and passes variables into the .pkrtpl.hcl content.
  • Refactors builds for Linux distributions to use http_content instead of http_directory and http_file.
  • Refactors builds for Microsoft Windows to use cd_content instead of floppy_files, which allows for use generated configuration files. A Packer compatible .iso command-line tool is required and noted in the README.md.
  • Adds disclaimers and Updates descriptions in script files.
  • Adds NOTICE.
  • Updates the packer init commands run in build.sh.
  • Updates MAINTAINERS.md.
  • Updates CONTRIBUTING.md.
  • Updates README.md.

v21.08

Release Date: 2021-08-18

  • Moves vsphere.pkrvars.hcl and rhsm.pkrvars.hcl to the builds directory.
  • Isolates variables to simplify updates to common settings with builds/common.pkrvars.hcl.
  • Refactors all build definitions to use variables and reduce any hard-coded settings.
  • All machine image build definitions use the the recommended firmware based on the guest operating system and the minimum vSphere release supported by the repository. EFI Secure Boot is enabled for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, CentoOS Linux/Stream 8, AlmaLinux 8, and Microsoft Windows Server 2019/2016. BIOS is enabled Rocky Linux 8.
  • Adds the manifest post-provisioner to machine image build definitions.
  • Moves public keys to variables.
  • Adds a user for Ansible to Linux machine images with authorized_keys. Uses builds/ansible.pkrvars.hcl. Password is randomized.
  • Updates the Packer block to all builds with required_versions >= "1.7.4" for Packer.
  • Adds the required_plugins to the Packer block for all builds to use the vsphere plugin version = ">= v1.0.1".
  • Updates the Packer block for Windows builds with required_plugins and version = "0.14.0" for the Windows-Update plugin.
  • All builds automatically run packer init to initialize required plugins before running a build with build.sh.
  • Updates Microsoft Windows autounattend.xml files to use the attached VMware Tools .iso for PVSCSI driver.
  • Simplified and reduced the script files used by provisioners.
  • Patches the script for VNware Photon OS 4 due to an issue performing updates with tdnf.
  • Patches the script for Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS to remove cloud-init and remove all netplan configurations before GuestOS customization.
  • Removes support for VMware Photon OS 3 machine image builds.
  • Removes support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 machine image builds.
  • Removes support for CentOS Linux 7 machine image builds.
  • Deprecates CentOS Linux 8. Removing in a future update. The CentOS Project has shifted focus from CentOS Linux to CentOS Stream. CentOS Linux 8 EOL: 2021-12-31.
  • Deprecating Microsoft Windows Server 2016. Removing in a future update. Microsoft Windows Server 2016 EOL: 2022-01-22.
  • Adds MAINTAINERS.md.
  • Updates README.md.

v21.07

Release Date: 2021-07-21

Release v20.11

Release Date: 2020-11-26

  • Initial release.