From 940a2faf42fa84ba17235620dbba382575b1abda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roger Sikorski <roger.sikorski@zweiloewen.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2026 14:19:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] feature/allow-older-ubuntu-lts-versions

---
 ubuntu-lts.sh | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ubuntu-lts.sh b/ubuntu-lts.sh
index ad37473..f51a2b9 100755
--- a/ubuntu-lts.sh
+++ b/ubuntu-lts.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,51 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-CURL_LAST_LTS_RELEASE=$(curl -s https://changelogs.ubuntu.com/meta-release-lts | grep Dist: | tail -n1)
-LAST_LTS_RELEASE=${CURL_LAST_LTS_RELEASE:6}
 DIR=$(
   cd "$(dirname "$0")" || exit 1
   pwd
 )
 
+mapfile -t LTS_RELEASES < <(curl -s https://changelogs.ubuntu.com/meta-release-lts | grep "^Dist:" | awk '{print $2}')
+
+if [ ${#LTS_RELEASES[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "Error: Could not fetch LTS release list from Ubuntu"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+LAST_LTS_RELEASE="${LTS_RELEASES[-1]}"
+
+if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+  SELECTED_RELEASE="$1"
+  VALID=0
+  for r in "${LTS_RELEASES[@]}"; do
+    [ "$r" = "$SELECTED_RELEASE" ] && VALID=1 && break
+  done
+  if [ "$VALID" -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Error: '$SELECTED_RELEASE' is not a valid LTS release."
+    echo "Available: ${LTS_RELEASES[*]}"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+else
+  echo ""
+  echo "Available Ubuntu LTS versions:"
+  for i in "${!LTS_RELEASES[@]}"; do
+    if [ "${LTS_RELEASES[$i]}" = "$SELECTED_RELEASE" ]; then
+      echo "  $((i+1))) ${LTS_RELEASES[$i]} (latest)"
+    else
+      echo "  $((i+1))) ${LTS_RELEASES[$i]}"
+    fi
+  done
+  echo ""
+  read -rp "Select version [1-${#LTS_RELEASES[@]}, default: ${#LTS_RELEASES[@]}]: " SELECTION
+  SELECTION="${SELECTION:-${#LTS_RELEASES[@]}}"
+  if ! [[ "$SELECTION" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || [ "$SELECTION" -lt 1 ] || [ "$SELECTION" -gt "${#LTS_RELEASES[@]}" ]; then
+    echo "Error: Invalid selection"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  SELECTED_RELEASE="${LTS_RELEASES[$((SELECTION-1))]}"
+fi
+
 echo ""
-echo "This script will download and setup an vm with the newest Ubuntu LTS Version ($LAST_LTS_RELEASE)"
+echo "This script will download and setup a VM with Ubuntu LTS: $SELECTED_RELEASE"
 echo ""
 
 if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]; then
@@ -21,8 +59,8 @@ if [ ! -f "$DIR/ssh-keys.pub" ]; then
   exit
 fi
 
-echo "Check and re-download Image $LAST_LTS_RELEASE-server-cloudimg-amd64.img if there is a newer img file"
-wget -N "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/$LAST_LTS_RELEASE/current/$LAST_LTS_RELEASE-server-cloudimg-amd64.img" -P /tmp/
+echo "Check and re-download Image $SELECTED_RELEASE-server-cloudimg-amd64.img if there is a newer img file"
+wget -N "https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/$SELECTED_RELEASE/current/$SELECTED_RELEASE-server-cloudimg-amd64.img" -P /tmp/
 
 echo "Enter VM ID"
 read -r VM_ID
@@ -32,15 +70,15 @@ read -r VM_NAME
 echo "Ensure libguestfs-tools is installed"
 apt install libguestfs-tools -y
 
-echo "Create copy of $LAST_LTS_RELEASE-server-cloudimg-amd64 for image modification"
-cp -r "/tmp/$LAST_LTS_RELEASE-server-cloudimg-amd64.img" "/tmp/$LAST_LTS_RELEASE-server-cloudimg-amd64.modified.img"
+echo "Create copy of $SELECTED_RELEASE-server-cloudimg-amd64 for image modification"
+cp -r "/tmp/$SELECTED_RELEASE-server-cloudimg-amd64.img" "/tmp/$SELECTED_RELEASE-server-cloudimg-amd64.modified.img"
 
 echo "Install qemu-guest-agent on Ubuntu image"
-virt-customize -a "/tmp/$LAST_LTS_RELEASE-server-cloudimg-amd64.modified.img" --install qemu-guest-agent
+virt-customize -a "/tmp/$SELECTED_RELEASE-server-cloudimg-amd64.modified.img" --install qemu-guest-agent
 
 echo "Create Proxmox VM image from Ubuntu Cloud Image"
 qm create "$VM_ID" --memory 1024 --balloon 0 --cores 2 --net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0 --scsihw virtio-scsi-pci
-qm set "$VM_ID" --scsi0 local-lvm:0,import-from="/tmp/$LAST_LTS_RELEASE-server-cloudimg-amd64.modified.img"
+qm set "$VM_ID" --scsi0 local-lvm:0,import-from="/tmp/$SELECTED_RELEASE-server-cloudimg-amd64.modified.img"
 qm set "$VM_ID" --agent enabled=1,fstrim_cloned_disks=1
 
 echo "Create Cloud-Init Disk and configure boot"
@@ -56,4 +94,4 @@ qm set "$VM_ID" \
   --ipconfig0 "ip=dhcp,ip6=dhcp"
 
 echo "Cleanup: delete modified cloudimg"
-rm -f "/tmp/$LAST_LTS_RELEASE-server-cloudimg-amd64.modified.img"
+rm -f "/tmp/$SELECTED_RELEASE-server-cloudimg-amd64.modified.img"

From 1060a60e4d2b1a3af12ab8f13c6d57e418de9f7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roger Sikorski <roger.sikorski@zweiloewen.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2026 14:22:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] sort changed and show only 4 lts versions

---
 ubuntu-lts.sh | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ubuntu-lts.sh b/ubuntu-lts.sh
index f51a2b9..1333874 100755
--- a/ubuntu-lts.sh
+++ b/ubuntu-lts.sh
@@ -4,13 +4,25 @@ DIR=$(
   pwd
 )
 
-mapfile -t LTS_RELEASES < <(curl -s https://changelogs.ubuntu.com/meta-release-lts | grep "^Dist:" | awk '{print $2}')
+mapfile -t LTS_ENTRIES < <(
+  curl -s https://changelogs.ubuntu.com/meta-release-lts | awk '
+    /^Dist:/    { dist=$2 }
+    /^Version:/ { ver=$2; print dist " " ver }
+  ' | tail -4 | tac
+)
 
-if [ ${#LTS_RELEASES[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
+if [ ${#LTS_ENTRIES[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
   echo "Error: Could not fetch LTS release list from Ubuntu"
   exit 1
 fi
 
+LTS_RELEASES=()
+LTS_VERSIONS=()
+for entry in "${LTS_ENTRIES[@]}"; do
+  LTS_RELEASES+=("${entry%% *}")
+  LTS_VERSIONS+=("${entry##* }")
+done
+
 LAST_LTS_RELEASE="${LTS_RELEASES[-1]}"
 
 if [ -n "$1" ]; then
@@ -21,22 +33,26 @@ if [ -n "$1" ]; then
   done
   if [ "$VALID" -eq 0 ]; then
     echo "Error: '$SELECTED_RELEASE' is not a valid LTS release."
-    echo "Available: ${LTS_RELEASES[*]}"
+    printf "Available: "
+    for i in "${!LTS_RELEASES[@]}"; do
+      printf "%s (%s)  " "${LTS_RELEASES[$i]}" "${LTS_VERSIONS[$i]}"
+    done
+    echo ""
     exit 1
   fi
 else
   echo ""
   echo "Available Ubuntu LTS versions:"
   for i in "${!LTS_RELEASES[@]}"; do
-    if [ "${LTS_RELEASES[$i]}" = "$SELECTED_RELEASE" ]; then
-      echo "  $((i+1))) ${LTS_RELEASES[$i]} (latest)"
+    if [ "${LTS_RELEASES[$i]}" = "$LAST_LTS_RELEASE" ]; then
+      echo "  $((i+1))) ${LTS_VERSIONS[$i]} (${LTS_RELEASES[$i]}) (latest)"
     else
-      echo "  $((i+1))) ${LTS_RELEASES[$i]}"
+      echo "  $((i+1))) ${LTS_VERSIONS[$i]} (${LTS_RELEASES[$i]})"
     fi
   done
   echo ""
-  read -rp "Select version [1-${#LTS_RELEASES[@]}, default: ${#LTS_RELEASES[@]}]: " SELECTION
-  SELECTION="${SELECTION:-${#LTS_RELEASES[@]}}"
+  read -rp "Select version [1-${#LTS_RELEASES[@]}, default: 1]: " SELECTION
+  SELECTION="${SELECTION:-1}"
   if ! [[ "$SELECTION" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || [ "$SELECTION" -lt 1 ] || [ "$SELECTION" -gt "${#LTS_RELEASES[@]}" ]; then
     echo "Error: Invalid selection"
     exit 1