drop support for virtualbox

Makefile

@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ SHELL=bash
 VERSION=22.04
 
 help:
-	@echo type make build-libvirt, make build-uefi-libvirt, make build-virtualbox, make build-hyperv or make build-vsphere
+	@echo type make build-libvirt, make build-uefi-libvirt, make build-hyperv or make build-vsphere
 
 build-libvirt: ubuntu-${VERSION}-amd64-libvirt.box
 build-uefi-libvirt: ubuntu-${VERSION}-uefi-amd64-libvirt.box
-build-virtualbox: ubuntu-${VERSION}-amd64-virtualbox.box
 build-hyperv: ubuntu-${VERSION}-amd64-hyperv.box
 build-vsphere: ubuntu-${VERSION}-amd64-vsphere.box
 
@@ -32,14 +31,6 @@ tmp/libvirt-uefi-autoinstall-cloud-init-data/user-data: autoinstall-cloud-init-d
 	mkdir -p $(shell dirname $@)
 	sed -E 's,\*storage-config-msdos,*storage-config-gpt,g' $< >$@
 
-ubuntu-${VERSION}-amd64-virtualbox.box: autoinstall-cloud-init-data/* provision.sh ubuntu.pkr.hcl Vagrantfile.template
-	rm -f $@
-	CHECKPOINT_DISABLE=1 PACKER_LOG=1 PACKER_LOG_PATH=$@.init.log \
-		packer init ubuntu.pkr.hcl
-	CHECKPOINT_DISABLE=1 PACKER_LOG=1 PACKER_LOG_PATH=$@.log PKR_VAR_vagrant_box=$@ \
-		packer build -only=virtualbox-iso.ubuntu-amd64 -on-error=abort -timestamp-ui ubuntu.pkr.hcl
-	@./box-metadata.sh virtualbox ubuntu-${VERSION}-amd64 $@
-
 ubuntu-${VERSION}-amd64-hyperv.box: tmp/hyperv-autoinstall-cloud-init-data/user-data autoinstall-cloud-init-data/* provision.sh ubuntu.pkr.hcl Vagrantfile.template
 	rm -f $@
 	CHECKPOINT_DISABLE=1 PACKER_LOG=1 PACKER_LOG_PATH=$@.init.log \
@@ -74,4 +65,4 @@ tmp/vsphere-autoinstall-cloud-init-data/user-data: autoinstall-cloud-init-data/u
 	mkdir -p $(shell dirname $@)
 	sed -E 's,((.+)- openssh-server.*),\1\n\2- open-vm-tools,g' $< >$@
 
-.PHONY: help build-libvirt build-uefi-libvirt build-virtualbox build-hyperv build-vsphere
+.PHONY: help build-libvirt build-uefi-libvirt build-hyperv build-vsphere

README.md

@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@ For more information see the [Vagrant NFS documentation](https://www.vagrantup.c
 On a Windows host, install [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/install), then execute the following PowerShell commands in a Administrator PowerShell window:
 
 ```powershell
-# NB if you want to use Hyper-V see the Hyper-V section in this document
-#    and do not install virtualbox at all.
-choco install -y virtualbox --params "/NoDesktopShortcut /ExtensionPack"
+# NB if you want to use Hyper-V see the Hyper-V section in this document.
 choco install -y packer vagrant jq msys2
 ```
 
@@ -80,22 +78,6 @@ exit
 vagrant destroy -f
 ```
 
-## VirtualBox usage
-
-Install [VirtuaBox](https://www.virtualbox.org/).
-
-Type `make build-virtualbox` and follow the instructions.
-
-Try the example guest:
-
-```bash
-cd example
-vagrant up --provider=virtualbox --no-destroy-on-error --no-tty
-vagrant ssh
-exit
-vagrant destroy -f
-```
-
 ## Hyper-V usage
 
 Install [Hyper-V](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/quick-start/enable-hyper-v)

Vagrantfile-uefi.template

@@ -9,7 +9,4 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
     lv.channel :type => 'unix', :target_name => 'org.qemu.guest_agent.0', :target_type => 'virtio'
     lv.channel :type => 'spicevmc', :target_name => 'com.redhat.spice.0', :target_type => 'virtio'
   end
-  config.vm.provider 'virtualbox' do |vb|
-    vb.customize ['modifyvm', :id, '--firmware', 'efi']
-  end
 end

example/Vagrantfile

@@ -129,19 +129,6 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
     config.vm.synced_folder '.', '/vagrant', type: 'nfs', nfs_version: '4.2', nfs_udp: false
   end
 
-  config.vm.provider 'virtualbox' do |vb, config|
-    vb.linked_clone = true
-    vb.memory = $vm_memory
-    vb.cpus = $vm_cpus
-    vb.customize [
-      'storageattach', :id,
-      '--storagectl', 'SATA Controller',
-      '--device', 0,
-      '--port', 1,
-      '--type', 'dvddrive',
-      '--medium', create_cloud_init_iso_trigger(config, nil, cloud_init_user_data, cloud_init_network_config)]
-  end
-
   config.vm.provider 'hyperv' do |hv, config|
     hv.vmname = "#{File.basename(File.dirname(File.dirname(__FILE__)))}-example"
     hv.linked_clone = true

provision-guest-additions.sh

@@ -5,26 +5,7 @@ set -euxo pipefail
 cloud-init status --long --wait
 
 # install the Guest Additions.
-if [ -n "$(lspci | grep VirtualBox)" ]; then
-# install the VirtualBox Guest Additions.
-# this will be installed at /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-VERSION.
-# NB You can unpack the VBoxLinuxAdditions.run file contents with:
-#       VBoxLinuxAdditions.run --target /tmp/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run.contents --noexec
-# NB REMOVE_INSTALLATION_DIR=0 is to fix a bug in VBoxLinuxAdditions.run.
-#    See http://stackoverflow.com/a/25943638.
-apt-get -y -q install gcc dkms
-mkdir -p /mnt
-mount /dev/sr1 /mnt
-while [ ! -f /mnt/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run ]; do sleep 1; done
-# NB we ignore exit code 2 (cannot find vboxguest module) because of what
-#    seems to be a bug in VirtualBox 5.1.20. there isn't actually a problem
-#    loading the module.
-REMOVE_INSTALLATION_DIR=0 /mnt/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run --target /tmp/VBoxGuestAdditions || [ $? -eq 2 ]
-rm -rf /tmp/VBoxGuestAdditions
-umount /mnt
-eject /dev/sr1
-modinfo vboxguest
-elif [ -n "$(lspci | grep 'Red Hat' | head -1)" ]; then
+if [ -n "$(lspci | grep 'Red Hat' | head -1)" ]; then
 # install the qemu-kvm Guest Additions.
 apt-get install -y qemu-guest-agent spice-vdagent
 elif [ -n "$(lspci | grep VMware | head -1)" ]; then

ubuntu.pkr.hcl

@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@ packer {
       version = ">= 1.1.3"
       source  = "github.com/hashicorp/hyperv"
     }
-    # see https://github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-virtualbox
-    virtualbox = {
-      version = ">= 1.0.5"
-      source  = "github.com/hashicorp/virtualbox"
-    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -150,48 +145,11 @@ source "qemu" "ubuntu-uefi-amd64" {
   shutdown_command = "sudo -S poweroff"
 }
 
-source "virtualbox-iso" "ubuntu-amd64" {
-  cd_label = "cidata"
-  cd_files = [
-    "autoinstall-cloud-init-data/user-data",
-    "autoinstall-cloud-init-data/meta-data",
-  ]
-  boot_command         = local.boot_command
-  boot_wait            = "5s"
-  disk_size            = var.disk_size
-  guest_additions_mode = "attach"
-  guest_os_type        = "Ubuntu_64"
-  hard_drive_discard   = true
-  hard_drive_interface = "sata"
-  headless             = true
-  iso_checksum         = var.iso_checksum
-  iso_url              = var.iso_url
-  vboxmanage = [
-    ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--memory", "2048"],
-    ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--cpus", "2"],
-    ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--vram", "16"],
-    ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--audio", "none"],
-    ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--nictype1", "82540EM"],
-    ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--nictype2", "82540EM"],
-    ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--nictype3", "82540EM"],
-    ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--nictype4", "82540EM"],
-  ]
-  vboxmanage_post = [
-    ["storagectl", "{{.Name}}", "--name", "IDE Controller", "--remove"],
-  ]
-  ssh_username        = "vagrant"
-  ssh_password        = "vagrant"
-  ssh_timeout         = "60m"
-  shutdown_command    = "sudo -S poweroff"
-  post_shutdown_delay = "2m"
-}
-
 build {
   sources = [
     "source.hyperv-iso.ubuntu-amd64",
     "source.qemu.ubuntu-amd64",
     "source.qemu.ubuntu-uefi-amd64",
-    "source.virtualbox-iso.ubuntu-amd64",
   ]
 
   provisioner "shell" {
@@ -245,7 +203,6 @@ build {
   post-processor "vagrant" {
     only = [
       "qemu.ubuntu-amd64",
-      "virtualbox-iso.ubuntu-amd64",
       "hyperv-iso.ubuntu-amd64",
     ]
     output               = var.vagrant_box