--- - name: check if usb drive device exists run_once: true stat: path: "{{ usb_install_path }}" register: usb_install_device - name: fail if usb drive path is not a device run_once: true assert: that: usb_install_device.stat.exists and usb_install_device.stat.isblk msg: the path to the usb drive does not exist or is not a block device - name: download installer run_once: true vars: ubuntu_installer_codename: "{{ install_codename }}" ubuntu_installer_arch: "{{ install_cooked.arch | default('amd64') }}" ubuntu_installer_variant: "{{ ubuntu_installer_usb_variant }}" import_role: role: installer/ubuntu/fetch - name: write ISO image to usb stick pause: prompt: | Please write the image to the USB drive using something like this: $ sudo ddrescue {{ (ubuntu_installer_target_dir, ubuntu_installer_filename) | path_join | realpath }} {{ usb_install_path }} -D --force This will NOT be done automatically. - block: - name: create temporary workdir run_once: true tempfile: prefix: "usb-install.{{ inventory_hostname }}." state: directory register: tmpdir - name: generate autoinstall files vars: ubuntu_autoinstall_tmpdir: "{{ tmpdir.path }}" import_role: name: installer/ubuntu/autoinstall - name: generate isolinux configuration for BIOS boot run_once: true template: src: isolinux.cfg.j2 dest: "{{ tmpdir.path }}/isolinux.cfg" - name: generate grub configuration for UEFI boot run_once: true template: src: grub.cfg.j2 dest: "{{ tmpdir.path }}/grub.cfg" - name: update iso9660 filesystem on installer usb drive run_once: true become: yes command: xorriso -dev "stdio:{{ usb_install_path }}" -pathspecs on -boot_image any replay -update isolinux.cfg /isolinux/isolinux.cfg -update grub.cfg /boot/grub/grub.cfg -find / -disk_name autoinstall -type d -exec rm_r -- -add /autoinstall=autoinstall args: chdir: "{{ tmpdir.path }}" always: - name: cleanup temporary workdir run_once: true when: tmpdir.path is defined file: path: "{{ tmpdir.path }}" state: absent