fix(configuration): allow guest-exec RPCs for EL golden cloning

roles/cleanup/tasks/proxmox.yml

@@ -21,8 +21,15 @@
       failed_when: false
       no_log: true
 
-    - name: Start the VM
+    - name: Ensure the installer environment is powered off
       community.proxmox.proxmox_kvm:
         vmid: "{{ system_cfg.id }}"
-        state: restarted
+        state: stopped
+        force: true
+      no_log: true
+
+    - name: Boot the installed OS
+      community.proxmox.proxmox_kvm:
+        vmid: "{{ system_cfg.id }}"
+        state: started
       no_log: true

roles/configuration/tasks/satellite_register.yml

@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
     org_id: "{{ system_cfg.content.satellite.org }}"
     activationkey: "{{ system_cfg.content.satellite.activation_key }}"
     environment: "{{ system_cfg.content.satellite.environment | default(omit, true) }}"
-    auto_attach: true
     force_register: true
     server_proxy_hostname: "{{ (system_cfg.content.proxy | urlsplit('hostname')) | default(omit, true) }}"
     server_proxy_port: "{{ (system_cfg.content.proxy | urlsplit('port')) | default(omit, true) }}"

roles/configuration/tasks/services.yml

@@ -54,6 +54,18 @@
     and 'No such file or directory' not in (configuration_enable_service_result.stderr | default(''))
     and 'does not exist' not in (configuration_enable_service_result.stderr | default(''))
 
+- name: Check for the EL qemu-guest-agent RPC allow-list
+  ansible.builtin.stat:
+    path: /mnt/etc/sysconfig/qemu-ga
+  register: configuration_qga_sysconfig
+
+- name: Allow clone-stamping RPCs in the EL qemu-guest-agent allow-list
+  when: configuration_qga_sysconfig.stat.exists
+  ansible.builtin.replace:
+    path: /mnt/etc/sysconfig/qemu-ga
+    regexp: '^(FILTER_RPC_ARGS="--allow-rpcs=(?:(?!guest-exec)[^"])*)"'
+    replace: '\1,guest-exec,guest-exec-status,guest-file-open,guest-file-close,guest-file-read,guest-file-write"'
+
 - name: Enable display manager for selected desktop
   when:
     - _configuration_platform.init_system == 'systemd'

roles/environment/tasks/_prepare_installer.yml

@@ -73,28 +73,25 @@
         mode: "0755"
 
     - name: Detect RHEL ISO device
-      ansible.builtin.command: lsblk -rno NAME,TYPE
+      ansible.builtin.command: lsblk -rbno NAME,TYPE,SIZE
       register: environment_lsblk_result
       changed_when: false
 
     - name: Select RHEL ISO device
       vars:
-        _rom_devices: >-
+        _roms: >-
-          {{
+          {%- set out = [] -%}
-            environment_lsblk_result.stdout_lines
+          {%- for line in environment_lsblk_result.stdout_lines -%}
-            | map('split', ' ')
+          {%-   set p = line.split() -%}
-            | selectattr('1', 'equalto', 'rom')
+          {%-   if (p | length) >= 3 and p[1] == 'rom' -%}
-            | map('first')
+          {%-     set _ = out.append({'name': p[0], 'size': p[2] | int}) -%}
-            | map('regex_replace', '^', '/dev/')
+          {%-   endif -%}
-            | list
+          {%- endfor -%}
-          }}
+          {{ out }}
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
         environment_rhel_iso_device: >-
-          {{
+          {{ ('/dev/' ~ (_roms | sort(attribute='size') | last).name)
-            _rom_devices[-1]
+             if (_roms | length) > 0 else '/dev/sr1' }}
-            if _rom_devices | length > 1
-            else (_rom_devices[0] | default('/dev/sr1'))
-          }}
 
     - name: Mount RHEL ISO
       ansible.posix.mount: