Debian uefi build

TODO.md

@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
-# Short Term
+# Remaining Tasks
+
+## Short Term
+
+* vagrant cloud publish philnewm/debian12-gnome 0.1.1 virtualbox Debian.. --version-description "Fix non-opening terminal" --release
 * Move reboots to handlers for one reboot at the end
+* Fix broken gnome-terminal on debian
+* Update debian12 + Ubuntu22.04 to use efi boot by default
 * Add zstd to debian12 box for slightly faster package install process
-* fix bidirectional clipboard for Ubuntu22.04 an debian12 box
 * check for virtualbox guest additions version using `VBoxControl --version`
 * Research [packer CI/CD integration](https://developer.hashicorp.com/packer/guides/packer-on-cicd/build-virtualbox-image)
 
+## Long Term
 
-# Long Term
-* research how to manage static ip adresses for pre-made images
-* research resonable defaults kickstart information for vbox dev VMs/libvirt VMs
-
-
-# infos
-*checksum (sha256sum): f7ea0469a4ff0fbfc4be7d013431fe839c3fdca3dc969dd7086c98d757e92389
+* research how to manage static ip addresses for pre-made images
+* research reasonable defaults kickstart information for vbox dev VMs/libvirt VMs

centosstream9-vagrant.pkr.hcl

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ source "virtualbox-iso" "centosstream-9" {
   cpus                 = var.cpus
   memory               = var.memory
   headless             = var.headless
+  gfx_efi_resolution   = "1280x720"
   hard_drive_interface = "sata"
   iso_interface        = "sata"
   output_directory     = "output_vbox"

debian12-vagrant.pkr.hcl

@@ -43,11 +43,13 @@ source "virtualbox-iso" "debian-12" {
   ssh_timeout          = var.ssh_timeout
   boot_command         = local.debian_vagrant_boot_command_12_x86_64
   boot_wait            = var.boot_wait
+  firmware             = "efi"
   disk_size            = var.vagrant_disk_size
   guest_os_type        = "Debian_64"
   cpus                 = var.cpus
   memory               = var.memory
   headless             = var.headless
+  gfx_efi_resolution   = "1280x720"
   hard_drive_interface = "sata"
   iso_interface        = "sata"
   output_directory     = "output_vbox"

http/debian-12-vagrant-x86_64.preseed

@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note
 # This is fairly safe to set, it makes grub install automatically to the MBR
 # if no other operating system is detected on the machine.
 d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true
-d-i grub-installer/bootdev string /dev/sda
+d-i grub-installer/bootdev string default
+d-i grub-installer/efi/secure_boot boolean false
+d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean true
 
 # This one makes grub-installer install to the MBR if it also finds some other
 # OS, which is less safe as it might not be able to boot that other OS.
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
 d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
 d-i partman/confirm boolean true
 d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
+d-i partman-efi/non_efi_system boolean true
 
 ### Account setup
 d-i passwd/user-fullname string vagrant
@@ -69,7 +72,7 @@ popularity-contest popularity-contest/participate boolean false
 apt-cdrom-setup apt-setup/cdrom/set-first boolean false
 d-i pkgsel/run_tasksel boolean false
 d-i pkgsel/install-recommends boolean false
-d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server build-essential python3
+d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server build-essential python3 locales-all
 d-i pkgsel/install-language-support boolean false
 d-i pkgsel/upgrade select full-upgrade
 

http/user-data

@@ -1,44 +1,52 @@
-#cloud-config 
-# https://gist.github.com/craig-m/eb4a0840fa03a82398423769676ef426
-# preserve_hostname: false
+#cloud-config
 autoinstall:
+  # Hi there! If you are like me, and the ugly comment on line 1 is triggering your OCD, you might be wondering why
+  # it has not been removed. Well, let me indulge you. It needs to be there, or this entire autoinstall file will not
+  # be picked up it all. This is all very nicely documented by Ubuntu (NOT), so this took me an hour to find out,
+  # making me add this little comment do you don't have to!
+  # https://gist.github.com/craig-m/eb4a0840fa03a82398423769676ef426
   version: 1
+  early-commands:
+    # We need to disable ssh during the autoinstall phase, or Packer will try to connect.
+    # After autoinstall, the VM will reboot, ssh will start up, and then Packer can continue.
+    - "systemctl stop sshd"
+  codecs:
+    install: false
+  drivers:
+    install: false
   identity:
     hostname: ubuntu2204
     username: vagrant
-    realname: vagrant
+    # This password is "vagrant", use the command `openssl passwd -6` to generate a new hash if needed.
+    # This needs to match the "ssh_password" field in packer.json
     password: "$6$CG/3wG6U6vagDFjC$WjSNjZaL/CqK/8SwMO0ARqvY614BG2LceS9ZEGr6K9PQhIDnNmlZVEG6z2LmoDYK0XYtP7emnR5Pte4j7DUoA0"
-  ssh:
-    allow-pw: true
-    install-server: true
+    realname: vagrant
   kernel:
     package: linux-generic
+  package_update: true
+  package_upgrade: true
   keyboard:
     layout: "us"
     toggle: null
+  locale: "en_US.UTF-8"
+  ssh:
+    install-server: true
+    allow-pw: true
   storage:
     layout:
       name: direct
   packages:
+    - bzip2
+    - tar
     - python3
-    - python3-pip
-    - curl
-    - vim
-    - git
-  user-data:
-    users:
-      - name: vagrant
-        gecos: Vagrant User
-        primary_group: sudo
-        groups: [sudo, adm]
-        lock_passwd: false
-        passwd: "$6$CG/3wG6U6vagDFjC$WjSNjZaL/CqK/8SwMO0ARqvY614BG2LceS9ZEGr6K9PQhIDnNmlZVEG6z2LmoDYK0XYtP7emnR5Pte4j7DUoA0"
-    package_update: true
-    package_upgrade: true
-    runcmd:
-      - echo 'vagrant ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL' >> /etc/sudoers.d/vagrant
-      # - sudo systemd-machine-id-setup
-      # - sudo systemctl restart systemd-networkd
+    - grub-pc
+    - open-vm-tools
+  runcmd:
+    - tasksel install server
+    - apt-get -y remove biosdevname dnf-plugin-spacewalk dracut-config-rescue iprutils
+    - apt-get -y remove '*-firmware' '*langpack-*' plymouth rh*
+    - apt-get -y autoremove
+    - update-initramfs -u
   late-commands:
     - "curtin in-target --target=/target -- rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists"
     - "curtin in-target --target=/target -- apt-get update"
@@ -49,5 +57,8 @@ autoinstall:
     - "curtin in-target --target=/target -- apt-get clean"
     - "curtin in-target --target=/target -- rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*"
     - "rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*"
+    - "echo 'Defaults:vagrant !requiretty' > /target/etc/sudoers.d/vagrant"
+    - "echo 'vagrant ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL' >> /target/etc/sudoers.d/vagrant"
+    - "chmod 440 /target/etc/sudoers.d/vagrant"
   power_state:
-    mode: reboot
+    mode: reboot

http/user-data_ref

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#cloud-config 
+# https://gist.github.com/craig-m/eb4a0840fa03a82398423769676ef426
+# preserve_hostname: false
+autoinstall:
+  version: 1
+  identity:
+    hostname: ubuntu2204
+    username: vagrant
+    realname: vagrant
+    password: "$6$CG/3wG6U6vagDFjC$WjSNjZaL/CqK/8SwMO0ARqvY614BG2LceS9ZEGr6K9PQhIDnNmlZVEG6z2LmoDYK0XYtP7emnR5Pte4j7DUoA0"
+  ssh:
+    allow-pw: true
+    install-server: true
+  kernel:
+    package: linux-generic
+  keyboard:
+    layout: "us"
+    toggle: null
+  storage:
+    layout:
+      name: direct
+  packages:
+    - python3
+    - python3-pip
+    - curl
+    - vim
+    - git
+  user-data:
+    users:
+      - name: vagrant
+        gecos: Vagrant User
+        primary_group: sudo
+        groups: [sudo, adm]
+        lock_passwd: false
+        passwd: "$6$CG/3wG6U6vagDFjC$WjSNjZaL/CqK/8SwMO0ARqvY614BG2LceS9ZEGr6K9PQhIDnNmlZVEG6z2LmoDYK0XYtP7emnR5Pte4j7DUoA0"
+    package_update: true
+    package_upgrade: true
+    runcmd:
+      - echo 'vagrant ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL' >> /etc/sudoers.d/vagrant
+      # - sudo systemd-machine-id-setup
+      # - sudo systemctl restart systemd-networkd
+  late-commands:
+    - "curtin in-target --target=/target -- rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists"
+    - "curtin in-target --target=/target -- apt-get update"
+    - "curtin in-target --target=/target -- apt-get -y upgrade"
+    - "curtin in-target --target=/target -- apt-get -y dist-upgrade"
+    - "curtin in-target --target=/target -- apt-get -y autoremove"
+    - "curtin in-target --target=/target -- apt-get autoclean"
+    - "curtin in-target --target=/target -- apt-get clean"
+    - "curtin in-target --target=/target -- rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*"
+    - "rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*"
+  power_state:
+    mode: reboot

packer_test.sh

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 rm Vagrantfile || true
 rm -R .vagrant || true
-vagrant box remove ubuntu || true
+vagrant box remove debian12 || true
 
 # Build vbox image
 packer init .
-packer build -on-error=ask -only=virtualbox-iso.ubuntu-2204 .
-vagrant box add --name ubuntu Ubuntu-2204-Vagrant-virtualbox.x86_64.box
-vagrant init ubuntu
+packer build -on-error=ask -only=virtualbox-iso.debian-12 .
+vagrant box add --name ubuntu Debian-12-Vagrant-virtualbox.x86_64.box
+vagrant init debian12
 vagrant up

ubuntu2204-vagrant.pkr.hcl

@@ -43,11 +43,13 @@ source "virtualbox-iso" "ubuntu-2204" {
   ssh_timeout          = var.ssh_timeout
   boot_command         = local.ubuntu_vagrant_boot_command_2204_x86_64
   boot_wait            = var.boot_wait
+  firmware             = "efi"
   disk_size            = var.vagrant_disk_size
   guest_os_type        = "Ubuntu_64"
   cpus                 = var.cpus
   memory               = var.memory
   headless             = var.headless
+  gfx_efi_resolution   = "1280x720"
   hard_drive_interface = "sata"
   iso_interface        = "sata"
   vboxmanage           = [["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--nat-localhostreachable1", "on"]]

variables.pkr.hcl

@@ -233,17 +233,19 @@ local "ubuntu_vagrant_boot_command_2204_x86_64" {
   ]
 }
 
+# https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=110897
 local "debian_vagrant_boot_command_12_x86_64" {
   expression = [
-    "<wait><wait><wait><esc><wait><wait><wait>",
-    "/install.amd/vmlinuz ",
-    "initrd=/install.amd/initrd.gz ",
+    "<wait>c<wait>",
+    "linux /install.amd/vmlinuz ",
     "auto=true ",
     "url=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/debian-12-vagrant-x86_64.preseed ",
     "hostname=debian12 ",
     "domain='' ",
     "interface=auto ",
-    "vga=788 noprompt quiet --<enter>"
+    "vga=788 noprompt fb=false quiet --<enter>",
+    "initrd /install.amd/initrd.gz<enter>",
+    "boot<enter>"
   ]
 }