Add Packer configuration to build a minimal Alpine 3.23 UEFI VM for XCP-ng tests

[glehmann]

The image is built with the vatesfr/packer-plugin-xenserver plugin targeting a
local XCP-ng host. It produces a zstd-compressed XVA with:

• Alpine Linux 3.23.4 (x86_64), UEFI boot (grub + GPT)
• 1 vCPU, 256 MiB RAM, 512 MiB disk, no swap
• xe-guest-utilities installed from the Alpine community repo
• XCP-ng CI public SSH keys authorised for root
• Post-processed by xva_bridge.py to set bridge=xenbr0 and zstd compression

Signed-off-by: Gaëtan Lehmann gaetan.lehmann@vates.tech

This PR is part of a tree containing 19 PRs:

1. master
2. storage: avoid removing the xva/vdi before going in the debugger #436 → master
3. storage: test large volumes #437 → storage: avoid removing the xva/vdi before going in the debugger #436
4. host: include mdadm RAID devices in disk detection #447 → storage: test large volumes #437
5. Update randstream to 0.5.0 #446 → host: include mdadm RAID devices in disk detection #447
6. storage: Avoid writing the whole device in coalesce tests #449 → Update randstream to 0.5.0 #446
7. storage: avoid writing the whole device in migration tests #450 → storage: Avoid writing the whole device in coalesce tests #449
8. xva/vdi: only write a small data amount in large volumes for faster tests #452 → storage: avoid writing the whole device in migration tests #450
9. storage: test full device write #453 → xva/vdi: only write a small data amount in large volumes for faster tests #452
10. storage: test that we can't create a vdi over its max allowed size #454 → storage: test full device write #453
11. storage: add jobs for large volume tests #461 → storage: test that we can't create a vdi over its max allowed size #454
12. skip large volume tests for zvol and nfsv4 #464 → storage: add jobs for large volume tests #461
13. storage: add comprehensive tests for lvmohba storage repositories #470 → skip large volume tests for zvol and nfsv4 #464
14. storage: free space for XVA import by destroying source VM first #471 → storage: add comprehensive tests for lvmohba storage repositories #470
15. storage: limit data written per VDI with --write-volume-cap #481 → storage: free space for XVA import by destroying source VM first #471
16. "Add Packer configuration to build a minimal Alpine 3.23 UEFI VM for XCP-ng tests" (this PR) → storage: limit data written per VDI with --write-volume-cap #481
17. migration: create a xfs sr on the second host for intra/cross-pool migration #497 → storage: limit data written per VDI with --write-volume-cap #481
18. Enhance block device management #498 → migration: create a xfs sr on the second host for intra/cross-pool migration #497
19. Add VHD_MAX and QCOW2_MAX symbolic size constants #500 → Enhance block device management #498
20. partially_populate_device: align span positions to block size for better performance #509 → Add VHD_MAX and QCOW2_MAX symbolic size constants #500

[olivierh-pro]

The value of -f flag should be generic, isn't it?

What do you think of using an hcl variable to enable configuration here?

[olivierh-pro]

Those commands look similar to what I can see in cleanup.sh. Is it normal?

Btw, I don't see any occurrence of calling the cleanup script. Is there an implicit mechanism of Packer?