2.1.5 Enable SSH Access for the root User on the Virtual Machine.2.1.4 Add the Static IP to the File hosts on the Host Machine.2.1.3 Set a Static IP for the Ubuntu Virtual Machine.2.1.2.2 Configure the Host-only Adapter for the Virtual Machine.2.1.1.2 Configure the NAT Adapter for the Virtual Machine.2.1 Configure the Network on 2 Adapters: NAT Adapter + Host-only Adapter.Create an Ubuntu 22.04 (or 20.04) Virtual Machine

If Ubuntu’s autoinstall would leave the networking configuration in place after reboot, I would be able to shave off 5 tasks and more than 10 minutes from this deployment. The deployment kicks off and will take about 15 minutes depending on your environment:Īnd the result is a shiny new Ubuntu Server 20.04 VM: Now run the Playbook with: ansible-playbook DeployUbuntu.yml Modify DeployUbuntu.yml so that the values of the variables match your environment and requirements: Besides that it’s pretty much good to go. You will change some of the values of the variables defined under vars: so that they match your environment. I’ve also tried to use descriptive names for each task to help you understand what is happening. Most of the tasks here are pretty self-explanatory. name: Delete working directory on Ansible Controller name: Appply the network configuration on ubuntu VM Workingdir: '/00-installer-config.yaml /etc/netplan/00-installer-config.yaml' This together with the supporting files is actually better viewed and cloned on Github. Access to your VMware vSphere environmentīelow are the contents of the Ansible Playbook for reference.

ansible-galaxy collection install –upgrade -r ~/git/ubuntu-autoinstall/requirements.yml.

pip3 install –upgrade -r ~/git/ubuntu-autoinstall/pip_requirements.txt.

sudo apt update & sudo apt install python3 python3-pip git xorriso.

An Ubuntu 20.04 machine with the following:.

To run this Playbook you will need the following: I hope this will be fixed in a future release. Step 5 is required because for some reason Ubuntu’s autoinstall reverts the network configuration to DHCP after rebooting the server.

Configure static IP on the Ubuntu Server.

Create a VM and install Ubuntu Server 20.04 using the modified ISO.

Upload the modified ISO to a vSphere datastore.

Modify ISO contents to enable unattended installation.

The Playbook I’m showcasing in this article will carry out the following operations: Utilizing Ubuntu’s new autoinstall method together with some Ansible code I managed to get something up and running. Recently, while working on a project, I had to come up with a way to automate Ubuntu Server 20.04 VM installations on vSphere.

Virtualbox ubuntu server 20.04