ansible: introduce Ubuntu 24.04 test runners (#4145)

Start with a single vm from DigitalOcean to test it.

Refs: #4144

Author: targos

ansible/inventory.yml

@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ hosts:
         ubuntu1804-x64-1: {ip: 178.128.181.213}
         ubuntu2204-x64-1: {ip: 138.197.4.1, swap_file_size_mb: 2048}
         ubuntu2204-x64-2: {ip: 167.99.124.188, swap_file_size_mb: 2048}
+        ubuntu2404-x64-1: {ip: 165.227.180.106, swap_file_size_mb: 2048}
 
     - ibm:
         aix72-ppc64_be-1:

ansible/roles/baselayout/vars/main.yml

@@ -132,4 +132,9 @@ packages: {
   ubuntu2204: [
     'gcc,g++,gcc-12,g++-12,python3,python-is-python3',
   ],
+
+  # Default gcc/g++ package is 13.
+  ubuntu2404: [
+    'clang-19,gcc,g++,python3,python3-pip,python-is-python3,python3-venv',
+  ],
 }

ansible/roles/jenkins-worker/tasks/partials/tap2junit/ubuntu2404.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+
+#
+# install tap2junit ubuntu2404
+#
+
+- name: install tap2junit
+  pip:
+    name: tap2junit=={{ tap2junit_version }}
+    virtualenv: /home/{{ server_user }}/venv
+    virtualenv_command: python3 -m venv

ansible/roles/jenkins-worker/vars/main.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ init: {
   freebsd: 'freebsd',
   ibmi: 'ibmi74',
   macos: 'macos',
-  systemd: ['debian', 'fedora', 'rhel7', 'rhel8', 'rhel9', 'ubuntu1604', 'ubuntu1804','ubuntu2204'],
+  systemd: ['debian', 'fedora', 'rhel7', 'rhel8', 'rhel9', 'ubuntu'],
   svc: 'smartos',
   zos_start: 'zos'
   }

jenkins/scripts/select-compiler.sh

@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ if [ "$NODEJS_MAJOR_VERSION" -ge "25" ]; then
       echo "Compiler set to Clang" `${CXX} -dumpversion`
       return
       ;;
+    *ubuntu2404*)
+      echo "Using Clang for Node.js $NODEJS_MAJOR_VERSION"
+      export CC="ccache clang-19"
+      export CXX="ccache clang++-19"
+      echo "Compiler set to Clang" `${CXX} -dumpversion`
+      return
+      ;;
   esac
 fi