Ubuntu VM: check for a snippets storage before building a static-IP VM

Ubuntu 26.04 needs the MAC-matched network snippet, and without a storage for snippets the run failed only after the VM was created. It now stops before downloading the image.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -581,6 +581,12 @@ Exercise vigilance regarding copycat or coat-tailing sites that seek to exploit
 
     - MatterJS-Server: Add time sync [@tomfrenzel](https://github.com/tomfrenzel) ([#18330](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/18330))
 
+### 💾 Core
+
+  - feat: add setup_java_memory: size Java services from the CT's RAM on Proxmox [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#181](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/181))
+- analytics: name the Proxmox tasks when a container stops mid-install [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#184](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/184))
+- PVE: do not abort when the spinner PID file cannot be written [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([core#183](https://github.com/community-scripts/core/pull/183))
+
 ### 📂 Github
 
   - Drop the legacy engine copies from misc/ [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([#18294](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/18294))

vm/ubuntu-vm.sh

@@ -130,6 +130,12 @@ vm_prompt_cloud_init "ubuntu"
 if [ "$USE_CLOUD_INIT" != "yes" ]; then
   msg_warn "Without Cloud-Init this Ubuntu image gets no network configuration or credentials; configure them in the guest yourself."
 fi
+if [[ "$USE_CLOUD_INIT" == "yes" && "${CLOUDINIT_NETWORK_MODE:-dhcp}" == "static" && -z "${CLOUDINIT_SNIPPET_STORAGE:-}" ]] &&
+  ! pvesm status -content snippets 2>/dev/null | awk 'NR > 1 && $3 == "active" {found = 1} END {exit !found}'; then
+  msg_error "A static IP needs a storage with 'snippets' content, and none is active"
+  msg_warn "Enable Snippets under Datacenter > Storage on a directory storage, or choose DHCP"
+  exit 1
+fi
 post_to_api_vm
 vm_select_storage "$HN"
 vm_define_disk_references 2