Update Ubuntu version in workflows and Makefile to 24.04

- Changed the Ubuntu version from 22.04 to 24.04 in various GitHub Actions workflows: release.yml, verify-build.yml, and vulnerability-scan.yml.
- Updated the default Ubuntu version in the Makefile to 24.04.
- Adjusted the matrix for job runners to use the new Ubuntu version ensuring consistency across builds.

Signed-off-by: Artem Barger <artem@bargr.net>

Author: C0rWin

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ on:
       - v3.*
 
 env:
-  UBUNTU_VER: 22.04
+  UBUNTU_VER: 24.04
   FABRIC_VER: ${{ github.ref_name }}
 
 permissions:
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
-          - image: ubuntu-22.04
+          - image: ubuntu-24.04
             target: linux
             arch: amd64
-          - image: ubuntu-22.04
+          - image: ubuntu-24.04
             target: linux
             arch: arm64
           - image: macos-11
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
           - image: fabric-windows-latest
             target: windows
             arch: amd64
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Fabric Code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
           # <path> of the artifact may include multiple files.
           path: release/${{ matrix.target }}-${{ matrix.arch }}/*.tar.gz
 
-  # build native images using a different runner for each architecture (faster and more reliable than using qemu to build multi-architecture images on ubuntu-22.04)
+  # build native images using a different runner for each architecture (faster and more reliable than using qemu to build multi-architecture images on ubuntu-24.04)
   build-and-push-native-docker-images:
     name: Build and Push native images
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         runner:
-          - ubuntu-22.04 # creates linux-amd64 images
-          - ubuntu-22.04-arm # creates linux-arm64 images
+          - ubuntu-24.04 # creates linux-amd64 images
+          - ubuntu-24.04-arm # creates linux-arm64 images
 
         # Dynamic matrix
         # If owner is 'hyperledger' run job for Docker Hub and ghcr, otherwise for personal forks just run job for ghcr
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ jobs:
   # and creates a multi-architecture image manifest with user-friendly tags
   merge-and-push-multi-arch-image:
     name: Merge and Push multi-arch image
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     needs:
       - build-and-push-native-docker-images
 
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ jobs:
     needs:
       - build-binaries
       - merge-and-push-multi-arch-image
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     permissions:
       contents: write
     steps:

.github/workflows/verify-build.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   basic-checks:
     name: Basic Checks
-    runs-on: ${{ github.repository == 'hyperledger/fabric' && 'fabric-ubuntu-22.04' || 'ubuntu-22.04' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ github.repository == 'hyperledger/fabric' && 'fabric-ubuntu-24.04' || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         name: Checkout Fabric Code
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
   unit-tests:
     name: Unit Tests
     needs: basic-checks
-    runs-on: ${{ github.repository == 'hyperledger/fabric' && 'fabric-ubuntu-22.04' || 'ubuntu-22.04' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ github.repository == 'hyperledger/fabric' && 'fabric-ubuntu-24.04' || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
           - discovery gossip devmode pluggable
           - gateway idemix pkcs11 configtx configtxlator
           - sbe nwo msp
-    runs-on: ${{ github.repository == 'hyperledger/fabric' && 'fabric-ubuntu-22.04' || 'ubuntu-22.04' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ github.repository == 'hyperledger/fabric' && 'fabric-ubuntu-24.04' || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         name: Checkout Fabric Code

.github/workflows/vulnerability-scan.yml

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
   get-latest-releases:
     # Only run the scheduled job in hyperledger/fabric repository, not on personal forks
     if: github.event_name != 'schedule' || (github.event_name == 'schedule' && github.repository == 'hyperledger/fabric')
-    runs-on: ${{ github.repository == 'hyperledger/fabric' && 'fabric-ubuntu-22.04' || 'ubuntu-22.04' }}
+    runs-on: ${{ github.repository == 'hyperledger/fabric' && 'fabric-ubuntu-24.04' || 'ubuntu-24.04' }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:

Makefile

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 #   - unit-test - runs the go-test based unit tests
 #   - verify - runs unit tests for only the changed package tree
 
-UBUNTU_VER ?= 22.04
+UBUNTU_VER ?= 24.04
 FABRIC_VER ?= 3.1.0
 
 # 3rd party image version