Get Packer to start building the AMI in AWS

.gitignore

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 # Ignore dynamic template
 images/*/*-temp.json
+
+# Ignore packer output
+software-report.json

README.md

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-
 # GitHub Actions Runner Images
 
 **Table of Contents**
@@ -21,8 +20,8 @@ To build a VM machine from this repo's source, see the [instructions](docs/creat
 
 | Image | YAML Label | Included Software | Rollout Status of Latest Image Release |
 | --------------------|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
-| Ubuntu 24.04 | `ubuntu-24.04` | [ubuntu-24.04] | ![Endpoint Badge](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.githubusercontent.com%2Fsubir0071%2F385e39188f4280878bada99250e99db7%2Fraw%2Fubuntu24.json) |
-| Ubuntu 22.04 | `ubuntu-latest` or `ubuntu-22.04` | [ubuntu-22.04] | ![Endpoint Badge](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.githubusercontent.com%2Fsubir0071%2F385e39188f4280878bada99250e99db7%2Fraw%2Fubuntu22.json) |
+| Ubuntu 24.04 | `ubuntu-latest` or `ubuntu-24.04` | [ubuntu-24.04] | ![Endpoint Badge](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.githubusercontent.com%2Fsubir0071%2F385e39188f4280878bada99250e99db7%2Fraw%2Fubuntu24.json) |
+| Ubuntu 22.04 | `ubuntu-22.04` | [ubuntu-22.04] | ![Endpoint Badge](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.githubusercontent.com%2Fsubir0071%2F385e39188f4280878bada99250e99db7%2Fraw%2Fubuntu22.json) |
 | Ubuntu 20.04 | `ubuntu-20.04` | [ubuntu-20.04] | ![Endpoint Badge](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.githubusercontent.com%2Fsubir0071%2F385e39188f4280878bada99250e99db7%2Fraw%2Fubuntu20.json) |
 | macOS 15 <sup>beta</sup> | `macos-15-large`| [macOS-15] | ![Endpoint Badge](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.githubusercontent.com%2Fsubir0071%2F385e39188f4280878bada99250e99db7%2Fraw%2Fmacos-15.json) |
 | macOS 15 Arm64 <sup>beta</sup> | `macos-15` or `macos-15-xlarge` | [macOS-15-arm64] | ![Endpoint Badge](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.githubusercontent.com%2Fsubir0071%2F385e39188f4280878bada99250e99db7%2Fraw%2Fmacos-15-arm64.json) |
@@ -121,15 +120,16 @@ The `-latest` migration process is gradual and happens over 1-2 months in order
 | Go        | 3 latest minor versions |
 | Python <br/> Ruby | 5 most popular `major.minor` versions |
 | PyPy      | 3 most popular `major.minor` versions |
-| .NET Core | 2 latest LTS versions and 1 latest version. For each feature version only latest patch is installed |
+| .NET Core | 2 latest LTS versions and 1 latest version. For each feature version only latest patch is installed. Note for [Ubuntu images see details.](./docs/dotnet-ubuntu.md) |
 | GCC <br/> GNU Fortran <br/> Clang <br/> GNU C++ | 3 latest major versions |
 | Android NDK | 1 latest non-LTS, 2 latest LTS versions |
 | Xcode     | - only one major version of Xcode will be supported per macOS version <br/> - all minor versions of the supported major version will be available <br/> - beta and RC versions will be provided "as-is" in the latest available macOS image only no matter of beta/GA status of the image <br/> - when a new patch version is released, the previous patch version will be replaced |
 
 ### Package managers usage
 
 We use third-party package managers to install software during the image generation process. The table below lists the package managers and the software installed.
-> **Note**: third-party repositories are re-evaluated every year to identify if they are still useful and secure.
+> [!NOTE]
+> Third-party repositories are re-evaluated every year to identify if they are still useful and secure.
 
 | Operating system | Package manager                       | Third-party repos and packages |
 | :---             |        :---:                          |                           ---: |

docs/dotnet-ubuntu.md

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+# Ubuntu .NET Core Versions
+
+.NET has changed the recommended install methods for Ubuntu from 2404.
+
+This document gives an overview of these change and the impact this has on the `runner-images`.
+
+## .NET Core for Ubuntu 2004 and 2204
+
+2004 and 2204 use the [Microsoft Package repository](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/linux-ubuntu-install?tabs=dotnet8&pivots=os-linux-ubuntu-2004) to install .NET deb files built and published by the .NET team.
+
+## .NET Core Versions from Ubuntu 2404
+
+The .NET Core team have worked with Canonical and Ubuntu now provides its own .NET packages.
+
+These are the recommended install path and, as-such what is installed on the image.
+
+> The release of Ubuntu 24.04 is just around the corner. Canonical-produced .NET 6, 7, and 8 packages will be available on day one, for "Noble Numbat". Microsoft will not be publishing .NET packages to the 24.04 feed at packages.microsoft.com.
+
+You can read the [full announcement from .NET team here](https://github.com/dotnet/core/discussions/9258). We'll briefly summarize how this change may impact users of the image.
+
+### [`Feature Bands`](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/porting/versioning-sdk-msbuild-vs)
+
+Going forward only the `1xx` feature band will be present in the image as Ubuntu only build and publish this band.
+
+> Most distros, including Ubuntu, stick to the .1xx feature band for the lifetime of a major .NET version. They make this choice because .1xx is (effectively) the "compatibility band". Higher bands can have breaking changes.
+> This means there will no longer be packages available for .2xx and later feature bands. Such packages have been exclusively available from Microsoft. If users see an incompatibility between .1xx and higher feature bands, we ask that you please report it in the dotnet/sdk repo. [link: dotnet/core discussion](https://github.com/dotnet/core/discussions/9258)
+
+If you need a higher feature band for your Actions the recommendation is to use the [`setup-dotnet`](https://github.com/actions/setup-dotnet) action to install the desired version.
+
+### .NET MAUI
+
+.NET MAUI is [not included](https://github.com/dotnet/core/discussions/9258#discussioncomment-9548857) in the Ubuntu .NET package. There is work [ongoing to fix.](https://github.com/dotnet/core/discussions/9258#discussioncomment-9548857)
+
+You should be able to resolve this by using the [`setup-dotnet`](https://github.com/actions/setup-dotnet) action to install the desired version.

images.CI/linux-and-win/build-image.ps1

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ param(
     [String] [Parameter (Mandatory=$false)] $VirtualNetworkName,
     [String] [Parameter (Mandatory=$false)] $VirtualNetworkRG,
     [String] [Parameter (Mandatory=$false)] $VirtualNetworkSubnet,
-    [String] [Parameter (Mandatory=$false)] $AllowedInboundIpAddresses = "[]"
+    [String] [Parameter (Mandatory=$false)] $AllowedInboundIpAddresses = "[]",
+    [hashtable] [Parameter (Mandatory=$False)] $Tags = @{}
 )
 
 if (-not (Test-Path $TemplatePath))
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ $SensitiveData = @(
     ':  ->'
 )
 
+$azure_tags = $Tags.GetEnumerator() | ForEach-Object { "{0}={1}" -f $_.Key, $_.Value } | Join-String -Separator ","
+
 Write-Host "Show Packer Version"
 packer --version
 
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ packer build    -var "client_id=$ClientId" `
                 -var "virtual_network_resource_group_name=$VirtualNetworkRG" `
                 -var "virtual_network_subnet_name=$VirtualNetworkSubnet" `
                 -var "allowed_inbound_ip_addresses=$($AllowedInboundIpAddresses)" `
+                -var "azure_tags={$azure_tags}" `
                 -color=false `
                 $TemplatePath `
         | Where-Object {

images/macos/macos-13-Readme.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # macOS 13
 - OS Version: macOS 13.7.2 (22H313)
 - Kernel Version: Darwin 22.6.0
-- Image Version: 20241216.479
+- Image Version: 20250106.546
 
 ## Installed Software
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 - Mono 6.12.0.188
 - Node.js 20.18.1
 - Perl 5.40.0
-- PHP 8.4.1
+- PHP 8.4.2
 - Python3 3.13.1
 - Ruby 3.0.7p220
 
@@ -35,19 +35,19 @@
 - Carthage 0.40.0
 - CocoaPods 1.16.2
 - Composer 2.8.4
-- Homebrew 4.4.11
+- Homebrew 4.4.14
 - NPM 10.8.2
 - NuGet 6.3.1.1
 - Pip3 24.3.1 (python 3.13)
 - Pipx 1.7.1
 - RubyGems 3.5.23
-- Vcpkg 2024 (build from commit b545373a9)
+- Vcpkg 2024 (build from commit 65be70199)
 - Yarn 1.22.22
 
 ### Project Management
 - Apache Ant 1.10.15
 - Apache Maven 3.9.9
-- Gradle 8.11.1
+- Gradle 8.12
 
 ### Utilities
 - 7-Zip 17.05
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@
 - Curl 8.11.1
 - Git 2.47.1
 - Git LFS 3.6.0
-- GitHub CLI 2.63.2
+- GitHub CLI 2.64.0
 - GNU Tar 1.35 - available by 'gtar' alias
 - GNU Wget 1.25.0
-- gpg (GnuPG) 2.4.6
+- gpg (GnuPG) 2.4.7
 - jq 1.7.1
 - OpenSSL 1.1.1w  11 Sep 2023
 - Packer 1.11.2
@@ -72,17 +72,17 @@
 - zstd 1.5.6
 
 ### Tools
-- AWS CLI 2.22.17
+- AWS CLI 2.22.28
 - AWS SAM CLI 1.132.0
 - AWS Session Manager CLI 1.2.694.0
 - Azure CLI 2.67.0
 - Azure CLI (azure-devops) 1.0.1
 - Bicep CLI 0.32.4
-- Cmake 3.31.2
+- Cmake 3.31.3
 - CodeQL Action Bundle 2.20.0
 - Fastlane 2.226.0
-- SwiftFormat 0.55.3
-- Xcbeautify 2.16.0
+- SwiftFormat 0.55.4
+- Xcbeautify 2.17.0
 - Xcode Command Line Tools 14.3.1.0.1.1683849156
 - Xcodes 1.6.0
 
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@
 ### Browsers
 - Safari 18.2 (18620.1.16.111.6)
 - SafariDriver 18.2 (18620.1.16.111.6)
-- Google Chrome 131.0.6778.140
-- Google Chrome for Testing 131.0.6778.108
-- ChromeDriver 131.0.6778.108
-- Microsoft Edge 131.0.2903.99
-- Microsoft Edge WebDriver 131.0.2903.87
+- Google Chrome 131.0.6778.205
+- Google Chrome for Testing 131.0.6778.204
+- ChromeDriver 131.0.6778.204
+- Microsoft Edge 131.0.2903.112
+- Microsoft Edge WebDriver 131.0.2903.112
 - Mozilla Firefox 133.0.3
 - geckodriver 0.35.0
 - Selenium server 4.27.0
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@
 
 #### Python
 - 3.8.18
-- 3.9.20
-- 3.10.15
+- 3.9.21
+- 3.10.16
 - 3.11.9
 - 3.12.8
 - 3.13.1
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@
 | Simulator - visionOS 1.0                                | xrsimulator1.0                                | 15.2          |
 | visionOS 1.0                                            | xros1.0                                       | 15.2          |
 | Asset Runtime SDK for macOS hosts targeting watchOS 9.4 | assetruntime.host.macosx.target.watchos9.4    | 14.3.1        |
-| Asset Runtime SDK for macOS hosts targeting iOS 16.4    | assetruntime.host.macosx.target.iphoneos16.4  | 14.3.1        |
 | Asset Runtime SDK for macOS hosts targeting tvOS 16.4   | assetruntime.host.macosx.target.appletvos16.4 | 14.3.1        |
+| Asset Runtime SDK for macOS hosts targeting iOS 16.4    | assetruntime.host.macosx.target.iphoneos16.4  | 14.3.1        |
 | DriverKit 22.1                                          | driverkit22.1                                 | 14.1          |
 | DriverKit 22.2                                          | driverkit22.2                                 | 14.2          |
 | DriverKit 22.4                                          | driverkit22.4                                 | 14.3.1        |
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
 | Android Command Line Tools | 11.0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
 | Android Emulator           | 35.2.10                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
 | Android SDK Build-tools    | 35.0.0<br>34.0.0<br>33.0.2 33.0.3                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
-| Android SDK Platforms      | android-35-ext14 (rev 1)<br>android-35 (rev 1)<br>android-34-ext8 (rev 1)<br>android-34-ext12 (rev 1)<br>android-34-ext11 (rev 1)<br>android-34-ext10 (rev 1)<br>android-34 (rev 3)<br>android-33-ext5 (rev 1)<br>android-33-ext4 (rev 1)<br>android-33 (rev 3) |
+| Android SDK Platforms      | android-35-ext14 (rev 1)<br>android-35 (rev 2)<br>android-34-ext8 (rev 1)<br>android-34-ext12 (rev 1)<br>android-34-ext11 (rev 1)<br>android-34-ext10 (rev 1)<br>android-34 (rev 3)<br>android-33-ext5 (rev 1)<br>android-33-ext4 (rev 1)<br>android-33 (rev 3) |
 | Android SDK Platform-Tools | 35.0.2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
 | Android Support Repository | 47.0.0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
 | CMake                      | 3.31.0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
 #### Environment variables
 | Name              | Value                                                                                     |
 | ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| PARALLELS_DMG_URL | https://download.parallels.com/desktop/v20/20.1.2-55742/ParallelsDesktop-20.1.2-55742.dmg |
+| PARALLELS_DMG_URL | https://download.parallels.com/desktop/v20/20.1.3-55743/ParallelsDesktop-20.1.3-55743.dmg |
 
 ##### Notes
 ```