Fix slow package pulls by adding country code to terraform and cloud-init

terraform/orchestrator/cloud-inits/cloud_config.tftpl

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #cloud-config
 
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Intel Corporation
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Intel Corporation
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ ntp:
     - ${ntp_server}
 %{ endif ~}
 apt:
+%{ if apt_mirror_country != "" ~}
+  primary:
+    - arches: [amd64, i386]
+      uri: http://${apt_mirror_country}.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
+  security:
+    - arches: [amd64, i386]
+      uri: http://${apt_mirror_country}.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
+%{ endif ~}
 %{ if http_proxy != "" ~}
   http_proxy: ${http_proxy}
 %{ endif ~}

terraform/orchestrator/main.tf

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Intel Corporation
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Intel Corporation
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ resource "local_file" "cloud_init_user_data_file" {
       no_proxy            = var.no_proxy,
       ca_certs            = [for ca_cert_paths in var.ca_certificates : indent(6, file(ca_cert_paths))], // Read CA certs into a list
       enable_auto_install = var.enable_auto_install,
+      apt_mirror_country  = var.apt_mirror_country,
     },
   )
   filename = "${path.module}/files/user_data.cfg"

terraform/orchestrator/variables.tf

@@ -140,6 +140,12 @@ variable "ca_certificates" {
   default     = []
 }
 
+variable "apt_mirror_country" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "Country code for Ubuntu apt mirrors (e.g., 'us', 'de', 'uk'). Uses country-specific mirrors for faster package downloads."
+  default     = "us"
+}
+
 variable "install_docker" {
   type        = bool
   description = "Whether to install Docker on the VM."