Ubuntu 24.04 LTS + Fixes for cloud-init and UEFI boot compatibility

What's Changed

Tested with:

• packer: v1.10.3
• cloud-init: 24.1
• make: 4.4.1

New Ubuntu Distro

• Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat) LTS 🎊

Fixes

• With Ubuntu 24.04 LTS the UEFI Boot Sequence provides incompatible output that caused builds to break (see #17).
  Now each Distro's cloud-init configuration is in its separate directory to maintain compatibility with older LTS versions
• Fix for wrong cloud-init parameter plain_text_passwd

Full Changelog: v0.4.5...v0.5.0

v0.4.5

What's Changed

Fixes for Docker

• previously wrong Docker Compose configurations were used. This release fixes the configuration (see #13 )
• Update packer docker image v1.8 -> v1.10
• Add PACKER_CONFIG_DIR value in the Dockerfile

Refactoring

• adapt the Makefile to handle packer template validation before building an Image

Update

• update Ubuntu Jammy base ISO image: 22.04.2 -> 22.04.4

Full Changelog: v0.4.4...v0.4.5

Cloud-Init Plain-Text Password fix

Release Notes

• Fix cloud-init plain-text password key (see #11 )

Initialize QEMU plugin as required

CHANGELOG

• fix(packer): add required_plugins for QEMU (closes #10)

Full Changelog: v0.4.2...v0.4.3

Bootloader Logic in Cloud-Init + OVMF directory generalization

Release Notes

• fixes #7 based on suggestion from @shivaji17 introduce efibootmgr based on conditional check for UEFI in Cloud-Init
• Use host_distro variable in order to make the ubuntu.pkr.hcl template general to resolve the OVMF path for EFI settings (see #9)

Full Changelog: v0.4.1...v0.4.2

Ubuntu Live-Server Version Bump

v0.4.1 Release Notes

• Bump Focal Fossa: 20.04.5 to 20.04.6
• Bump Jammy Jellyfish: 22.04.1 to 22.04.2
• Remove qemu-guest-agent package from user-data

Full Changelog: v0.2.0...v0.4.1