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zroc-ova — zROC Appliance Builder
Packer build definitions and provisioner scripts for the zROC Ubuntu 24.04 LTS OVA appliance.
What you get
A 100 GB thin-provisioned VMware OVA containing:
- Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS
- Docker Engine + Compose plugin
- Full zROC stack (cloned from recklessop/zroc)
- Interactive first-boot setup wizard (
zroc-setup) - UFW firewall pre-configured (22, 80, 443, 3000)
- VMware guest tools (
open-vm-tools) - Automatic security patches (
unattended-upgrades)
Build
git clone https://github.com/recklessop/zroc-ova.git
cd zroc-ova
make init
make validate
make build VERSION=1.0.0
make package VERSION=1.0.0
make checksum VERSION=1.0.0
Deploy
- Import the OVA into vSphere
- Allocate: 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB thin datastore
- Power on — setup wizard launches automatically
- Follow the 6-step wizard
- Access:
https://<appliance-ip>
VM Requirements
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| vCPU | 2 | 4 |
| RAM | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| Disk | 100 GB thin | 100 GB thin |
| vSphere | 7.0+ | 8.x |
License
Apache 2.0