Pin OVN to 24.03 on Ubuntu Noble

Author: Alex-Welsh

etc/kayobe/apt.yml

@@ -76,12 +76,7 @@ apt_repositories: "{{ stackhpc_apt_repositories | selectattr('required') | list
 # * filename: name of a file in /etc/apt/preferences.d/ in which to write
 #   the configuration
 # Default is an empty list.
-apt_preferences:
-  - content: |
-      Package: openvswitch-switch openvswitch-common openvswitch-common-dpdk
-      Pin: version 3.3.*
-      Pin-Priority: 1001
-    filename: stackhpc-openvswitch-lts-pin
+#apt_preferences:
 
 # Whether to disable repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list. This may be used
 # when replacing the distribution repositories via apt_repositories.

etc/kayobe/environments/ci-builder/builder-apt-preferences

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Custom APT preferences for Ubuntu-based kolla container image builds
+# Pin openvswitch packages to 3.3 (latest LTS release)
+Package: openvswitch-* python3-openvswitch
+Pin: version 3.3.*
+Pin-Priority: 1001
+
+# Pin OVN packages to 24.03 (latest LTS release)
+Package: ovn-*
+Pin: version 24.03.*
+Pin-Priority: 1001

etc/kayobe/kolla/kolla-build.conf

@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 {# This tag should be updated when Ubuntu package repo snapshot versions are changed. #}
 {% if kolla_base_distro == 'ubuntu' %}
 base_tag = noble-20241118.1
-apt_preferences = /home/runner/_work/stackhpc-kayobe-config/stackhpc-kayobe-config/stackhpc-apt-preferences
+apt_preferences = /home/runner/_work/stackhpc-kayobe-config/stackhpc-kayobe-config/etc/kayobe/environments/ci-builder/builder-apt-preferences
 {# Similarly pinning to Rocky 9 minor version used in our repos #}
 {% elif kolla_base_distro == 'rocky' %}
 base_tag = 9.{{ stackhpc_pulp_repo_rocky_9_minor_version }}
+# NOTE(Alex-Welsh): rpm_setup_config is intentionally left blank to override defaults
 rpm_setup_config = 
 {% endif %}
 build_args = {{ (kolla_build_args | default({})).items() | map('join', ':') | join(',') }}

releasenotes/notes/ubuntu-ovn-pin-24.03-62ec80fe8cced318.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    OVN has been pinned to the latest LTS release (24.03) in Ubuntu
+    Noble container images.