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zroc/zroc-ova
Justin 8b146bc340 ova: fix packer build — correct password hash, boot command, overlay copy
- Fix user-data password hash to match ssh_password (zroc-setup-temp)
- Increase boot_wait to 10s and escape semicolon in autoinstall boot command
- Add mkdir provisioner before file upload to ensure /tmp/overlays exists
- Build tested successfully: 1.4G OVA + 2.9G qcow2 in 15 minutes

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-12 21:44:46 -04:00
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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

  1. Import the OVA into vSphere
  2. Allocate: 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 100 GB thin datastore
  3. Power on — setup wizard launches automatically
  4. Follow the 6-step wizard
  5. 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