feat: support minimal image variant for LTS templates#5156
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Probably we should just have separate |
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I suggested to have separate But |
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Please keep the commit message descriptive |
| - Same as `default` but comment lines are omitted from the YAML | ||
| - [`ubuntu-22.04-minimal`](./ubuntu-22.04-minimal.yaml): Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Minimal (Jammy Jellyfish) [amd64 only] | ||
| - [`ubuntu-24.04-minimal`](./ubuntu-24.04-minimal.yaml): Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Minimal (Noble Numbat) | ||
| - [`ubuntu-26.04-minimal`](./ubuntu-26.04-minimal.yaml), `ubuntu-minimal`, `ubuntu-lts-minimal`: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Minimal (Resolute Raccoon) |
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Bikeshedding: ubuntu-VERSION-minimal or ubuntu-minimal-VERSION.
cc @lima-vm/committers
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imo ubuntu-VERSION-minimal would be better for grouping and consistency. It also aligns with the upstream Ubuntu image naming convention.
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Please use name-version-variant, like in:
debian-13-genericcloud-amd64-daily.qcow2
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Now it became separate a separate distribution, like almalinux-kitten or the others This "works", but it was the thing that I wanted to avoid when I created the #5153 |
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As we have found other use cases of variants, shall we close this PR in favor of: |
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Summary
Add support for Ubuntu minimal cloud images without increasing the number of templates. This change introduces a variant-based image selection mechanism that allows users to opt into Ubuntu minimal images while continuing to use the existing Ubuntu templates. The default behavior remains unchanged. The minimal images provide a smaller download and guest footprint compared to the regular Ubuntu images, while still working with the standard Lima provisioning flow.
The change also includes updates to template generation and test coverage to ensure both standard and minimal Ubuntu images continue to work correctly.
Manual Verification
Users can opt into the minimal image variant by overriding imageOpts.variant during creation:
limactl create template:ubuntu --set ".imageOpts.variant=\"minimal\"" limactl start ubuntufixes #5153