Ubuntu 20 Deprecation changes (#11748)

* Ubuntu 20 Deprecation updates

* Updating .md files

* Update announcement.yml

* Update bug-report.yml

* Update tool-request.yml

* Updating merge conflicts

* Updating .md files

* Updating merge conflicts

* Resolved merge conflicts

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Co-authored-by: Prabhat kumar <prabhatkumar59@Prabhats-Laptop.local>

Author: Prabhatkumar59

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/announcement.yml

@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ body:
     attributes:
       label: Runner images affected
       options:
-        - label: Ubuntu 20.04
         - label: Ubuntu 22.04
         - label: Ubuntu 24.04
         - label: macOS 13

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug-report.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ body:
     attributes:
       label: Runner images affected
       options:
-        - label: Ubuntu 20.04
         - label: Ubuntu 22.04
         - label: Ubuntu 24.04
         - label: macOS 13

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/tool-request.yml

@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ body:
     attributes:
       label: Runner images where you need the tool
       options:
-        - label: Ubuntu 20.04
         - label: Ubuntu 22.04
         - label: Ubuntu 24.04
         - label: macOS 13

.github/workflows/ubuntu2004.yml

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Add `Invoke-PesterTests -TestFile <testFileName> [-TestName <describeName>]` at
 Use existing scripts such as [github-cli.sh](images/ubuntu/scripts/build/github-cli.sh) as a starting point.
   - Use [helpers](images/ubuntu/scripts/helpers/install.sh) to simplify the installation process.
   - The validation part should `exit 1` if there is any issue with the installation.
-- Add changes to the software report generator `images/ubuntu/scripts/docs-gen/Generate-SoftwareReport.ps1`. The software report generator is used to generate an image's README file, e.g. [Ubuntu2004-Readme.md](images/ubuntu/Ubuntu2004-README.md) and it uses [MarkdownPS](https://github.com/Sarafian/MarkdownPS).
+- Add changes to the software report generator `images/ubuntu/scripts/docs-gen/Generate-SoftwareReport.ps1`. The software report generator is used to generate an image's README file, e.g. [Ubuntu2204-Readme.md](images/ubuntu/Ubuntu2204-Readme.md)   and it uses [MarkdownPS](https://github.com/Sarafian/MarkdownPS).
 
 ### macOS
 

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -22,9 +22,12 @@ To build a VM machine from this repo's source, see the [instructions](docs/creat
 | --------------------|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
 | Ubuntu 24.04 | `ubuntu-latest` or `ubuntu-24.04` | [ubuntu-24.04] | ![Endpoint Badge](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.githubusercontent.com%2Fsubir0071%2F385e39188f4280878bada99250e99db7%2Fraw%2Fubuntu24.json) |
 | Ubuntu 22.04 | `ubuntu-22.04` | [ubuntu-22.04] | ![Endpoint Badge](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.githubusercontent.com%2Fsubir0071%2F385e39188f4280878bada99250e99db7%2Fraw%2Fubuntu22.json) |
-| Ubuntu 20.04 <sup>deprecated</sup> | `ubuntu-20.04` | [ubuntu-20.04] | ![Endpoint Badge](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.githubusercontent.com%2Fsubir0071%2F385e39188f4280878bada99250e99db7%2Fraw%2Fubuntu20.json) |
+| macOS 15 <sup>beta</sup> | `macos-15-large`| [macOS-15] | ![Endpoint Badge](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.githubusercontent.com%2Fsubir0071%2F385e39188f4280878bada99250e99db7%2Fraw%2Fmacos-15.json) |
+| macOS 15 Arm64 <sup>beta</sup> | `macos-15` or `macos-15-xlarge` | [macOS-15-arm64] | ![Endpoint Badge](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.githubusercontent.com%2Fsubir0071%2F385e39188f4280878bada99250e99db7%2Fraw%2Fmacos-15-arm64.json) |
 | macOS 15 | `macos-15-large`| [macOS-15] | ![Endpoint Badge](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.githubusercontent.com%2Fsubir0071%2F385e39188f4280878bada99250e99db7%2Fraw%2Fmacos-15.json) |
 | macOS 15 Arm64 | `macos-15` or `macos-15-xlarge` | [macOS-15-arm64] | ![Endpoint Badge](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.githubusercontent.com%2Fsubir0071%2F385e39188f4280878bada99250e99db7%2Fraw%2Fmacos-15-arm64.json) |
+| macOS 15 <sup>beta</sup> | `macos-15-large`| [macOS-15] | ![Endpoint Badge](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.githubusercontent.com%2Fsubir0071%2F385e39188f4280878bada99250e99db7%2Fraw%2Fmacos-15.json) |
+| macOS 15 Arm64 <sup>beta</sup> | `macos-15` or `macos-15-xlarge` | [macOS-15-arm64] | ![Endpoint Badge](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.githubusercontent.com%2Fsubir0071%2F385e39188f4280878bada99250e99db7%2Fraw%2Fmacos-15-arm64.json) |
 | macOS 14 | `macos-latest-large` or `macos-14-large`| [macOS-14] | ![Endpoint Badge](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.githubusercontent.com%2Fsubir0071%2F385e39188f4280878bada99250e99db7%2Fraw%2Fmacos-14.json) |
 | macOS 14 Arm64 |`macos-latest`, `macos-14`, `macos-latest-xlarge` or `macos-14-xlarge`| [macOS-14-arm64] | ![Endpoint Badge](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.githubusercontent.com%2Fsubir0071%2F385e39188f4280878bada99250e99db7%2Fraw%2Fmacos-14-arm64.json) |
 | macOS 13 | `macos-13` or `macos-13-large` | [macOS-13] | ![Endpoint Badge](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.githubusercontent.com%2Fsubir0071%2F385e39188f4280878bada99250e99db7%2Fraw%2Fmacos-13.json) |
@@ -40,7 +43,6 @@ To build a VM machine from this repo's source, see the [instructions](docs/creat
 
 [ubuntu-24.04]: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/ubuntu/Ubuntu2404-Readme.md
 [ubuntu-22.04]: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/ubuntu/Ubuntu2204-Readme.md
-[ubuntu-20.04]: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/ubuntu/Ubuntu2004-Readme.md
 [windows-2025]: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/windows/Windows2025-Readme.md
 [windows-2022]: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/windows/Windows2022-Readme.md
 [windows-2019]: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/windows/Windows2019-Readme.md
@@ -131,7 +133,10 @@ We use third-party package managers to install software during the image generat
 
 | Operating system | Package manager                       | Third-party repos and packages |
 | :---             |        :---:                          |                           ---: |
+| Ubuntu           | [APT](https://wiki.debian.org/Apt)    | [Eclipse-Temurin (Adoptium)](https://packages.adoptium.net/artifactory/deb/) <br/> [Erlang](https://packages.erlang-solutions.com/ubuntu) <br/> [Firefox](http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/ppa/ubuntu) <br/> [git-lfs](https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/github/git-lfs) <br/> [git](https://launchpad.net/~git-core/+archive/ubuntu/ppa) <br/> [Google Cloud CLI](https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt) <br/> [Heroku](https://cli-assets.heroku.com/channels/stable/apt) <br/> [HHvm](https://dl.hhvm.com/ubuntu) <br/> [MongoDB](https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu) <br/> [Mono](https://download.mono-project.com/repo/ubuntu) <br/> [MS Edge](https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge) <br/> [PostgreSQL](https://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/) <br/> [R](https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu)                                      |
 | Ubuntu           | [APT](https://wiki.debian.org/Apt)    | [containers](https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/stable) (Ubuntu 20 only) <br/> [docker](https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu) (Ubuntu20 0nly) <br/> [Eclipse-Temurin (Adoptium)](https://packages.adoptium.net/artifactory/deb/) <br/> [Erlang](https://packages.erlang-solutions.com/ubuntu) <br/> [Firefox](https://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/ppa/ubuntu) <br/> [git-lfs](https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/github/git-lfs) <br/> [git](https://launchpad.net/~git-core/+archive/ubuntu/ppa) <br/> [Google Cloud CLI](https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt) <br/> [Heroku](https://cli-assets.heroku.com/channels/stable/apt) <br/> [HHvm](https://dl.hhvm.com/ubuntu) <br/> [MongoDB](https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu) <br/> [Mono](https://download.mono-project.com/repo/ubuntu) <br/> [MS Edge](https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge) <br/> [PostgreSQL](https://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/) <br/> [R](https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu)                                      |
+| Ubuntu           | [APT](https://wiki.debian.org/Apt)    | [Eclipse-Temurin (Adoptium)](https://packages.adoptium.net/artifactory/deb/) <br/> [Erlang](https://packages.erlang-solutions.com/ubuntu) <br/> [Firefox](http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/ppa/ubuntu) <br/> [git-lfs](https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/github/git-lfs) <br/> [git](https://launchpad.net/~git-core/+archive/ubuntu/ppa) <br/> [Google Cloud CLI](https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt) <br/> [Heroku](https://cli-assets.heroku.com/channels/stable/apt) <br/> [HHvm](https://dl.hhvm.com/ubuntu) <br/> [MongoDB](https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu) <br/> [Mono](https://download.mono-project.com/repo/ubuntu) <br/> [MS Edge](https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge) <br/> [PostgreSQL](https://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/) <br/> [R](https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu)                                      |
+| Ubuntu           | [APT](https://wiki.debian.org/Apt)    | [Eclipse-Temurin (Adoptium)](https://packages.adoptium.net/artifactory/deb/) <br/> [Erlang](https://packages.erlang-solutions.com/ubuntu) <br/> [Firefox](http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/ppa/ubuntu) <br/> [git-lfs](https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/github/git-lfs) <br/> [git](https://launchpad.net/~git-core/+archive/ubuntu/ppa) <br/> [Google Cloud CLI](https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt) <br/> [Heroku](https://cli-assets.heroku.com/channels/stable/apt) <br/> [HHvm](https://dl.hhvm.com/ubuntu) <br/> [MongoDB](https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu) <br/> [Mono](https://download.mono-project.com/repo/ubuntu) <br/> [MS Edge](https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge) <br/> [PostgreSQL](https://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/) <br/> [R](https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu)                                      |
 |                  | [pipx](https://pypa.github.io/pipx)   | ansible-core <br/>yamllint     |
 | Windows          | [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org)  | No third-party repos installed |
 | macOS            | [Homebrew](https://brew.sh)           | [aws-cli v2](https://github.com/aws/homebrew-tap) </br> [azure/bicep](https://github.com/Azure/homebrew-bicep) </br> [mongodb/brew](https://github.com/mongodb/homebrew-brew)                                                  |

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # GitHub Actions Runner Images
 
-The runner-images project uses [Packer](https://www.packer.io/) to generate disk images for Windows 2019/2022 and Ubuntu 20.04/22.04.
+The runner-images project uses [Packer](https://www.packer.io/) to generate disk images for Windows 2019/2022 and Ubuntu 22.04/24.04.
 
 Each image is configured by a HCL2 Packer template that specifies where to build the image (Azure, in this case),
 and what steps to run to install software and prepare the disk.
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Finally, run the `GenerateResourcesAndImage` function, setting the mandatory arg
 - `ResourceGroupName` - the name of the resource group that will store the resulting artifact (e.g., "imagegen-test").
     The resource group must already exist in your Azure subscription;
 - `AzureLocation` - the location where resources will be created (e.g., "East US");
-- `ImageType` - the type of image to build (we suggest choosing "UbuntuMinimal" here; other valid options are "Windows2019", "Windows2022", "Windows2025", "Ubuntu2004", "Ubuntu2204", "Ubuntu2404").
+- `ImageType` - the type of image to build (we suggest choosing "UbuntuMinimal" here; other valid options are "Windows2019", "Windows2022", "Windows2025", "Ubuntu2204", "Ubuntu2404").
 
 This function automatically creates all required Azure resources and initiates the Packer image generation for the selected image type.
 

docs/create-image-and-azure-resources.md

@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ enum ImageType {
     Windows2019   = 1
     Windows2022   = 2
     Windows2025   = 3
-    Ubuntu2004    = 4
-    Ubuntu2204    = 5
-    Ubuntu2404    = 6
-    UbuntuMinimal = 7
+    Ubuntu2204    = 4
+    Ubuntu2404    = 5
+    UbuntuMinimal = 6
 }
 
 Function Get-PackerTemplatePath {
@@ -29,9 +28,6 @@ Function Get-PackerTemplatePath {
         ([ImageType]::Windows2025) {
             $relativeTemplatePath = Join-Path (Join-Path "windows" "templates") "windows-2025.pkr.hcl"
         }
-        ([ImageType]::Ubuntu2004) {
-            $relativeTemplatePath = Join-Path (Join-Path "ubuntu" "templates") "ubuntu-20.04.pkr.hcl"
-        }
         ([ImageType]::Ubuntu2204) {
             $relativeTemplatePath = Join-Path (Join-Path "ubuntu" "templates") "ubuntu-22.04.pkr.hcl"
         }
@@ -85,7 +81,7 @@ Function GenerateResourcesAndImage {
         .PARAMETER ResourceGroupName
             The name of the resource group to store the resulting artifact. Resource group must already exist.
         .PARAMETER ImageType
-            The type of image to generate. Valid values are: Windows2019, Windows2022, Windows2025, Ubuntu2004, Ubuntu2204, Ubuntu2404, UbuntuMinimal.
+            The type of image to generate. Valid values are: Windows2019, Windows2022, Windows2025, Ubuntu2204, Ubuntu2404, UbuntuMinimal.
         .PARAMETER ManagedImageName
             The name of the managed image to create. The default is "Runner-Image-{{ImageType}}".
         .PARAMETER AzureLocation
@@ -116,7 +112,7 @@ Function GenerateResourcesAndImage {
         .PARAMETER PluginVersion
             Specify the version of the packer Azure plugin to use. The default is "2.2.1".
         .EXAMPLE
-            GenerateResourcesAndImage -SubscriptionId {YourSubscriptionId} -ResourceGroupName "shsamytest1" -ImageGenerationRepositoryRoot "C:\runner-images" -ImageType Ubuntu2004 -AzureLocation "East US"
+            GenerateResourcesAndImage -SubscriptionId {YourSubscriptionId} -ResourceGroupName "shsamytest1" -ImageGenerationRepositoryRoot "C:\runner-images" -ImageType Ubuntu2204 -AzureLocation "East US"
     #>
     param (
         [Parameter(Mandatory = $True)]

helpers/GenerateResourcesAndImage.ps1

@@ -10,23 +10,14 @@ source $HELPER_SCRIPTS/os.sh
 source $HELPER_SCRIPTS/install.sh
 
 # Install Alibaba Cloud CLI
-# Pin tool version on ubuntu20 due to issues with GLIBC_2.32 not available
-if is_ubuntu20; then
-    toolset_version=$(get_toolset_value '.aliyunCli.version')
-    download_url="https://github.com/aliyun/aliyun-cli/releases/download/v$toolset_version/aliyun-cli-linux-$toolset_version-amd64.tgz"
-else
-    download_url=$(resolve_github_release_asset_url "aliyun/aliyun-cli" "contains(\"aliyun-cli-linux\") and endswith(\"amd64.tgz\")" "latest")
-    hash_url="https://github.com/aliyun/aliyun-cli/releases/latest/download/SHASUMS256.txt"
-fi
+
+download_url=$(resolve_github_release_asset_url "aliyun/aliyun-cli" "contains(\"aliyun-cli-linux\") and endswith(\"amd64.tgz\")" "latest")
+hash_url="https://github.com/aliyun/aliyun-cli/releases/latest/download/SHASUMS256.txt"
 
 archive_path=$(download_with_retry "$download_url")
 
 # Supply chain security - Alibaba Cloud CLI
-if is_ubuntu20; then
-    external_hash=$(get_toolset_value '.aliyunCli.sha256')
-else
-    external_hash=$(get_checksum_from_url "$hash_url" "aliyun-cli-linux.*amd64.tgz" "SHA256")
-fi
+external_hash=$(get_checksum_from_url "$hash_url" "aliyun-cli-linux.*amd64.tgz" "SHA256")
 
 use_checksum_comparison "$archive_path" "$external_hash"