Add Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

[fsimonis]

Describe the Enhancement

Add support for creating boxes for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.

Describe the Need

Newest release

Current Alternative

Latest supported release is 23.10

Can We Help You Implement This

I did some initial work on my fork: I added the necessary os_pkrvars for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (noble). The boot command seems to work fine.

Currently, autoinstall fails during the following late_command because /target/etc/netplan/ is empty:

https://github.com/chef/bento/blob/db7858d0d0a8d58bee5778851162a9560c9cb10a/packer_templates/http/ubuntu/user-data#L17

Removing the command results in a successful build.

Testing

I tested the build using qemu:

bundle exec bento build --cpus 20 --only qemu.vm --mem 4000 --gui os_pkrvars/ubuntu/ubuntu-24.04-x86_64.pkrvars.hcl

I was able to run the libvirt and the qemu version, login, and access the network:

$ cd builds
$ vagrant init ./ubuntu-24.04-x86_64.libvirt.box
$ vagrant up --provider=libvirt
$ vagrant ssh
Welcome to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (GNU/Linux 6.8.0-31-generic x86_64)

 * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com
 * Management:     https://landscape.canonical.com
 * Support:        https://ubuntu.com/pro

 System information as of Fri Apr 26 11:53:13 AM UTC 2024

  System load:  0.8                Processes:             111
  Usage of /:   16.1% of 30.34GB   Users logged in:       0
  Memory usage: 38%                IPv4 address for eth0: 192.168.121.117
  Swap usage:   0%

This system is built by the Bento project by Chef Software
More information can be found at https://github.com/chef/bento
vagrant@vagrant:~$ sudo apt install binutils
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  binutils-common binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu libbinutils libctf-nobfd0 libctf0 libgprofng0 libsframe1
Suggested packages:
  binutils-doc gprofng-gui
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  binutils binutils-common binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu libbinutils libctf-nobfd0 libctf0 libgprofng0 libsframe1
0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 4,356 kB of archives.
After this operation, 19.6 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]

Testing this on noble is a bit tricky as vagrant doesn't provide packages for noble yet and the virtualbox-dkms package for noble doesn't support the kernel.

[Stromweld]

I just released an update now that fixes the late-command. I tested and built new Ubuntu 24.04 boxes and uploaded them to vagrant cloud.

[fsimonis]

@Stromweld could you please also upload a libvirt box? :pray:

[Stromweld]

I just pushed libvirt builds for x86_64 if you want to give them a try.

[fsimonis]

Works fine! Thanks a lot!

[darensipes]

Would it be possible to also get arm64 versions also pushed out to vagrant cloud?

[Stromweld]

There are https://app.vagrantup.com/bento/boxes/ubuntu-24.04. You need to use vagrant 2.4.0+ to use the new arch setting. It defaults to the cpu arch of the workstation.