Improve performance, add additional ram, improve Ubuntu user-data (and fix 22.04)

.drone.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ steps:
   - name: ubuntu
     commands:
       - packer build ubuntu/ubuntu-20.04-amd64.json
-      - wget -O mc https://dl.min.io/client/mc/release/linux-amd64/mc && chmod +x mc
+      - wget -qO mc https://dl.min.io/client/mc/release/linux-amd64/mc && chmod +x mc
       - ./mc mirror --overwrite builds/ STORAGE/$MC_BUCKET/ubuntu
       - rm -f mc
     environment:
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ steps:
   - name: ubuntu
     commands:
       - packer build ubuntu/ubuntu-22.04-amd64.json
-      - wget -O mc https://dl.min.io/client/mc/release/linux-amd64/mc && chmod +x mc
+      - wget -qO mc https://dl.min.io/client/mc/release/linux-amd64/mc && chmod +x mc
       - ./mc mirror --overwrite builds/ STORAGE/$MC_BUCKET/ubuntu
       - rm -f mc
     environment:
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ steps:
   - name: debian
     commands:
       - packer build debian/debian-11-amd64.json
-      - wget -O mc https://dl.min.io/client/mc/release/linux-amd64/mc && chmod +x mc
+      - wget -qO mc https://dl.min.io/client/mc/release/linux-amd64/mc && chmod +x mc
       - ./mc mirror --overwrite builds/ STORAGE/$MC_BUCKET/debian
       - rm -f mc
     environment:

debian/debian-11-amd64.json

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
       "type": "qemu",
       "vm_name": "{{ user `template` }}",
       "qemuargs": [
+        [ "-cpu", "host" ],
         [ "-m", "{{ user `memory` }}" ],
         [ "-display", "{{ user `qemu_display` }}" ]
       ]
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@
     "https_proxy": "{{env `https_proxy`}}",
     "iso_checksum": "eb3f96fd607e4b67e80f4fc15670feb7d9db5be50f4ca8d0bf07008cb025766b",
     "iso_name": "debian-11.7.0-amd64-netinst.iso",
-    "memory": "1024",
+    "memory": "4096",
     "mirror": "http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release",
     "mirror_directory": "11.7.0/amd64/iso-cd",
     "name": "debian-11",

ubuntu/http/user-data

@@ -11,3 +11,21 @@ autoinstall:
   ssh:
     install-server: true
     allow-pw: yes
+  late-commands:
+      - |
+        curtin in-target --target=/target -- /bin/bash -c ' \
+            sed -ie "s/^[#\s]*UseDNS.*$/UseDNS no/g" /etc/ssh/sshd_config; \
+            ssh-keygen -A; \
+            systemctl enable ssh.service; \
+            sed -ie "s/^GRUB_DEFAULT=.*/GRUB_DEFAULT=\"0\"/g" /etc/default/grub; \
+            sed -ie "s/^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=.*/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=\"net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0 systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=0\"/g" /etc/default/grub; \
+            sed -ie "s/^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=.*/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=\"net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0 systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=0\"/g" /etc/default/grub; \
+            update-grub; \
+            update-initramfs -c -k all; \
+            apt-get -y purge snapd; \
+            systemctl disable apt-daily.service; \
+            systemctl disable apt-daily.timer; \
+            systemctl disable apt-daily-upgrade.service; \
+            systemctl disable apt-daily-upgrade.timer; \
+            exit 0 \
+        '

ubuntu/ubuntu-20.04-amd64.json

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
             "vm_name": "{{ user `template` }}",
 			"vnc_bind_address": "{{ user `vnc_bind_address` }}",
             "qemuargs": [
+              [ "-cpu", "host" ],
               [ "-m", "{{ user `memory` }}" ],
               [ "-display", "{{ user `qemu_display` }}" ]
             ]
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@
         "https_proxy": "{{env `https_proxy`}}",
         "iso_checksum": "b8f31413336b9393ad5d8ef0282717b2ab19f007df2e9ed5196c13d8f9153c8b",
         "iso_name": "ubuntu-20.04.6-live-server-amd64.iso",
-        "memory": "2048",
+        "memory": "4096",
         "mirror": "http://releases.ubuntu.com",
         "mirror_directory": "focal",
         "name": "ubuntu-20.04-amd64",

ubuntu/ubuntu-22.04-amd64.json

@@ -34,12 +34,14 @@
             "shutdown_command": "echo 'ubuntu' | sudo -S shutdown -P now",
             "ssh_password": "ubuntu",
             "ssh_port": 22,
+            "ssh_read_write_timeout": "600s",
             "ssh_timeout": "10000s",
             "ssh_username": "ubuntu",
             "type": "qemu",
             "vm_name": "{{ user `template` }}",
 			"vnc_bind_address": "{{ user `vnc_bind_address` }}",
             "qemuargs": [
+              [ "-cpu", "host" ],
               [ "-m", "{{ user `memory` }}" ],
               [ "-display", "{{ user `qemu_display` }}" ]
             ]
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@
         "https_proxy": "{{env `https_proxy`}}",
         "iso_checksum": "5e38b55d57d94ff029719342357325ed3bda38fa80054f9330dc789cd2d43931",
         "iso_name": "ubuntu-22.04.2-live-server-amd64.iso",
-        "memory": "2048",
+        "memory": "4096",
         "mirror": "http://releases.ubuntu.com",
         "mirror_directory": "22.04.2",
         "name": "ubuntu-22.04-amd64",