Upgrading my Packer Templates for Ubuntu 24.04 on vSphere 8, with the help of AI

Back in 2023, I automated my home lab starting with vSphere templates. I used Packer to get the job done, a process I originally documented in this blog post . It took me a few weeks of &lsquo;after-hours&rsquo; tinkering to get everything right, and for a long time, that setup served me well. However, as Ubuntu 22.04 aged, my &lsquo;automated&rsquo; templates became obsolete. I found myself…