The specified version of containerd.io cannot be found during installation on Ubuntu.

[lubing2019]

What happened?

When attempting to install the specified version of the containerd.io package on Ubuntu 24.04, the system fails to locate the package automatically. This appears to be an issue with Kubespray on Ubuntu.

What did you expect to happen?

The installation and deployment of containerd.io completed successfully.

How can we reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible)?

It is necessary to append the version suffix to the containerd.io parameter in the file roles/container-engine/docker/vars/ubuntu.yml.
Example:
Original configuration:
containerd_versioned_pkg:
'1.7.27': "{{ containerd_package }}=1.7.27-1"
containerd_versioned_pkg:
'1.7.27': "{{ containerd_package }}=1.7.27-1ubuntu.{{ ansible_distribution_version }}{{ ansible_distribution_release | lower }}"

OS

Ubuntu 24

Version of Ansible

ansible --version
ansible [core 2.17.14]
config file = None
configured module search path = ['/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
ansible python module location = /usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/ansible
ansible collection location = /root/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible
python version = 3.12.3 (main, Mar 23 2026, 19:04:32) [GCC 13.3.0] (/usr/bin/python)
jinja version = 3.1.6
libyaml = True

Version of Python

3.12.3

Version of Kubespray (commit)

1.34.2

Network plugin used

calico

Full inventory with variables

...

Command used to invoke ansible

ansible-playbook -i inventory/mycluster/hosts.ini --become --become-user=root cluster.yml

Output of ansible run

026-05-27 05:39:28,072 p=13848 u=root n=ansible | ok: [localhost] => (item=/home/deploy-script/common/cluster_init/roles/container-engine/vars/ubuntu.yml)
2026-05-27 05:39:50,898 p=13848 u=root n=ansible | TASK [container-engine : ensure docker-ce packages are installed for ubuntu] **********************************************************************************************************
2026-05-27 05:39:50,900 p=13848 u=root n=ansible | fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"attempts": 4, "changed": false, "msg": "No package matching 'containerd.io' is available"}

Anything else we need to know

No response