add essential almalinux packages

README.md

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Inventory variables are defined for individual hosts or VMs in the inventory fil
 | `cis` (optional)        | Adjusts the installation to be CIS level 3 conformant.                            | `true`, `false`                                    |
 | `filesystem`            | Filesystem type for the VM's primary storage.                                     | `btrfs`, `ext4`, `xfs`                             |
 | `hostname`              | The hostname assigned to the virtual machine or system.                           | `vm01`                                             |
-| `os`                    | Operating system to be installed on the VM.                                       | `archlinux`, `almalinux`, `debian11`, `debian12`, `fedora` |
+| `os`                    | Operating system to be installed on the VM.                                       | `archlinux`, `almalinux`, `debian11`, `debian12`, `fedora`, `rocky` |
 | `root_password`         | Root password for the VM or system, used for initial setup or secure access.      | `SecurePass123`                                    |
 | `user_name`             | Username for a user account within the VM, often used with cloud-init.            | `adminuser`                                        |
 | `user_password`         | Password for the user account within the VM.                                      | `UserPass123`                                      |

roles/bootstrap/tasks/main.yml

@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@
         - echo "nameserver 1.0.0.1" > /mnt/etc/resolv.conf
         - arch-chroot /mnt dnf --releasever=9 --setopt=install_weak_deps=False install -y {{ role_packages.almalinux | join(' ') }}
 
-    - name: Bootstrap Fedora 39
+    - name: Bootstrap Fedora 40
       when: os | lower == 'fedora'
       shell: "{{ item }}"
       with_items:
-        - dnf --releasever=39 --best --repo=fedora --repo=fedora-updates --installroot=/mnt --setopt=install_weak_deps=False groupinstall -y critical-path-base core
+        - dnf --releasever=40 --best --repo=fedora --repo=fedora-updates --installroot=/mnt --setopt=install_weak_deps=False groupinstall -y critical-path-base core
-        - arch-chroot /mnt dnf --releasever=39 --setopt=install_weak_deps=False install -y {{ role_packages.fedora | join(' ') }}
+        - arch-chroot /mnt dnf --releasever=40 --setopt=install_weak_deps=False install -y {{ role_packages.fedora | join(' ') }}
         - arch-chroot /mnt dnf reinstall -y grub2-efi-x64 kernel
 
     - name: Bootstrap RockyLinux 9

roles/bootstrap/vars/packages.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,24 @@
 ---
+almalinux:
+  - bind-utils
+  - cloud-init
+  - dhcp-client
+  - efibootmgr
+  - glibc-langpack-en
+  - glibc-langpack-de
+  - grub2
+  - grub2-efi
+  - lrzsz
+  - nc
+  - nfs-utils
+  - nfsv4-client-utils
+  - open-vm-tools
+  - shim
+  - telnet
+  - vim
+  - wget
+  - zstd
+
 archlinux:
   - base
   - btrfs-progs
@@ -126,20 +146,6 @@ fedora:
   - vim-default-editor
   - zstd
 
-almalinux:
-  - cloud-init
-  - dhcp-client
-  - efibootmgr
-  - grub2
-  - grub2-efi-x64-modules
-  - lrzsz
-  - nfs-utils
-  - open-vm-tools
-  - shim
-  - telnet
-  - vim
-  - zstd
-
 rhel8:
   - cloud-init
   - dhcp-client

roles/configuration/tasks/main.yml

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     - name: Setup locales
       block:
         - name: Configure locale.gen
-          when: os | lower != "rocky"
+          when: os | lower not in ['almalinux', 'fedora', 'rhel8', 'rhel9', 'rocky']
           lineinfile:
             dest: /mnt/etc/locale.gen
             regexp: '{{ item.regex }}'
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
             - {regex: en_US\.UTF-8 UTF-8, line: en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8}
 
         - name: Generate locales\
-          when: os | lower != "rocky"
+          when: os | lower not in ['almalinux', 'fedora', 'rhel8', 'rhel9', 'rocky']
           command: arch-chroot /mnt /usr/sbin/locale-gen
 
         - name: Set hostname

roles/environment/tasks/main.yml

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         state: latest
       loop:
         - { name: 'glibc' }
-        - { name: 'dnf', os: ['almalinux', 'rhel9', 'rhel8', 'rocky'] }
+        - { name: 'dnf', os: ['almalinux', 'fedora', 'rhel9', 'rhel8', 'rocky'] }
         - { name: 'debootstrap', os: ['debian11', 'debian12'] }
         - { name: 'debian-archive-keyring', os: ['debian11', 'debian12'] }
       when: "'os' not in item or os in item.os"