user-data is now generated from a template

.gitignore

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /ansible/files/docker_persistent_data/*
 !/ansible/files/docker_persistent_data/.gitkeep
+cloud-init/user-data
 /ansible/group_vars/fragile
 /ansible/hosts
 .DS_Store

ansible/gen-user-data.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+- hosts: all
+  gather_facts: no
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Generate the user-data
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      template:
+        src: user-data.j2
+        dest: ../cloud-init/user-data

ansible/group_vars/all/vars.yml

@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ host: "{{ duckdns_domain }}.duckdns.org"
 
 ntp_timezone: "{{ timezone }}"
 
-username: notthebee
+locale: en-us.UTF-8
+
+keyboard_layout: us
 
-ssh_public_key: https://github.com/notthebee.keys
+username: notthebee
 
 guid: "1000"
 

ansible/templates/user-data.j2

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#cloud-config
+autoinstall:
+  version: 1
+  locale: {{ locale }}
+  keyboard:
+    layout: {{ keyboard_layout }}
+  identity:
+    hostname: {{ hostname }}
+    password: {{ password | password_hash('sha512') }}
+    username: {{ username }}
+  network:
+    network:
+      version: 2
+      ethernets:
+        enp1s0:
+          critical: true
+          dhcp-identifier: mac
+          dhcp4: true
+  ssh:
+    install-server: true
+    authorized-keys: [ {{ ssh_public_key }} ]
+  storage:
+    grub:
+      reorder_uefi: False
+    swap:
+      size: 0
+    config:
+    - {ptable: gpt, serial: {{ boot_drive_serial }}, preserve: false, name: '', grub_device: false, type: disk, id: bootdrive}
+
+    - {device: bootdrive, size: 536870912, wipe: superblock, flag: boot, number: 1, preserve: false, grub_device: true, type: partition, id: efipart}
+    - {fstype: fat32, volume: efipart, preserve: false, type: format, id: efi}
+
+    - {device: bootdrive, size: -1, wipe: superblock, flag: linux, number: 2, preserve: false, grub_device: false, type: partition, id: rootpart}
+    - {fstype: ext4, volume: rootpart, preserve: false, type: format, id: root}
+
+    - {device: root, path: /, type: mount, id: rootmount}
+    - {device: efi, path: /boot/efi, type: mount, id: efimount}

cloud-init/README.md

@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 A user-data configuration file for an unattended installation of Ubuntu Server 20.04 
 
 ## Usage:
+Generate the user-data file using Ansible (make sure to change the relevant variables) 
+```
+ansible-playbook ansible/gen-user-data.yml -l your-hostname
+```
+
 Clone the ubuntu-autoinstall-generator repository:
 ```
 git clone https://github.com/covertsh/ubuntu-autoinstall-generator
@@ -10,7 +15,7 @@ cd ubuntu-autoinstall-generator
 
 Install dependencies (macOS):
 ```
-brew install p7zip gpg xorriso
+brew install p7zip xorriso
 ```
 
 Replace `mkisofs` with `xorriso` (at least until [#19](https://github.com/covertsh/ubuntu-autoinstall-generator/pull/19) is merged)

cloud-init/user-data

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 #cloud-config
 autoinstall:
   version: 1
-  locale: en_us.UTF-8
+  locale: en-us.UTF-8
   keyboard:
     layout: us
   identity:
     hostname: fragile
-    password: "$1$xyz$7ujQcnF8S3A6JQDF2fcsc/"
+    password: $6$cOn46nlsDBIIErKf$J5ZUpmNC8fGwgkplxj8evLN5sIYTPWnuK5THBYkVBvzlfsH58uVbpwrBxfvvoU9CB1g4JpvWwRZW6P33I/jXB/
     username: notthebee
   network:
     network:
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ autoinstall:
           dhcp4: true
   ssh:
     install-server: true
-    authorized-keys: [ "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIKGUGMUo1dRl9xoDlMxQGb8dNSY+6xiEpbZWAu6FAbWw [email protected]" ]
+    authorized-keys: [ ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIKGUGMUo1dRl9xoDlMxQGb8dNSY+6xiEpbZWAu6FAbWw [email protected] ]
   storage:
     grub:
       reorder_uefi: False