Is Ubuntu 22.04 supported with any version of Foreman yet?

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#1

Problem:
I want to know if we can install Ubuntu 22.04 with any version of Foreman yet (its in beta). If yes, which version supports it? My Foreman is version 2.5.2 but it wont install Ubuntu 22.04.

Expected outcome:
Ubuntu 22.04 should be installable using internet repositories (Index of /ubuntu/dists/jammy)

Foreman and Proxy versions:
I have Foreman version 2.5 but can upgrade if Ubuntu 22.04 is supported in newer release.

Foreman and Proxy plugin versions:

Distribution and version:

Other relevant data:

Kernel Ubuntu 22.4 probably not found after creating OS via Foreman
Kernel Ubuntu 22.4 probably not found after creating OS via Foreman
#2

Hey! Due to some major changes in the provisioning from Ubuntu 20.04.3 on, you’re currently not able to deploy hosts with newer versions (20.10, 22.04) as usual. We’re working on implementing the new so-called Ubuntu autoinstall which replaces the existing debian-installer. This takes some time and requires re-writing of the existing provisioning templates.
Some people got the provisioning working already even though you have to perform a couple of manual steps to get the hosts deployed - see here.

I hope this helps/answers your question.

#3

Any news on this?

I can see in the proxy.log the following request:
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/jammy/main/installer-amd64/current/legacy-images/netboot/ubuntu-installer/amd64/initrd.gz

But if you try to access the directory via a browser you get:
‘The Legacy Ubuntu Server Installer is no longer available.’
So I guess that is what you meant with ‘replaces the existing debian-installer’?

#4

Hi @LeperMessiah
as far as I can tell, this is still being worked on. See PR9101. I also know @bastian-src is working on this. I will give you an update once there is a working solution in Foreman.

#5

@maximilian sounds good :slight_smile: Thanks.

#6

@maximilian ,

As you might have reading, I worked out a working solution in order to pxe-install ubuntu 20.04 on systems. Probably not the best solution, but at least I provided the solution to the community to implement it in foreman as it should be.

Today I was trying to apply this solution as well to pxe-boot a server with ubuntu 22.04.
The autoinstall using the cloudinit method works.
But when installing the subsciption-manager it ends in an error.
The repo provided by atix, https://apt.atix.de/, is only available for ubuntu 20.04.
So I tried to install this version, but results in the following error:

root@test-ubuntu:/etc/apt# apt-get install -y python3-subscription-manager apt-transport-katello subscription-manager
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 python3-subscription-manager : Depends: python3 (< 3.9) but 3.10.4-0ubuntu2 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Any idea when a new version for ubuntu 22.04 will be available?
Otherwise, if possible, configuring the dependency version to ‘=> 3.9’ if this might be the fastest solution.

Thanks in advance for your feedback.

#7

Hi @langesmalle
We are working on providing a built subscription-manager on apt.atix.de. I will keep you up to date.

Maybe something like --ignore-depends helps for now. source: serverfault.com

#8

Hi @maximilian ,
Thanks for your feedback, I will give it a try later on today and will keep you informed.

#9

Hi @maximilian ,

I was able to install it with --ingnore-depends, however, when trying to subscribe my test-server it fails:

root@test-ubuntu:/tmp# subscription-manager register --name="test-ubuntu.cumuli.be" --org='DIDM' --activationkey='Key_Test_Ubuntu' --force
Unable to find Subscription Manager module.
Error: No module named 'iniparse'

And when trying to install the required iniparse package it complains again for the dependency of the python vision for the package python3-subscription-manager:

root@test-ubuntu:/tmp# apt install -y python3-iniparse
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 python3-subscription-manager : Depends: python3 (< 3.9) but 3.10.4-0ubuntu2 is to be installed
                                Depends: python3-dateutil but it is not going to be installed
                                Depends: python3-ethtool but it is not going to be installed
                                Depends: python3-rpm but it is not going to be installed
                                Depends: virt-what but it is not going to be installed
                                Depends: python3-decorator but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

So, I’ll have to wait till the new repo is available, so thanks in advance to keep me up to date.