diff --git a/modules/labs_common_variables/variables.tf b/modules/labs_common_variables/variables.tf
index e1dfdf0..10f2d27 100644
--- a/modules/labs_common_variables/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/labs_common_variables/variables.tf
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ variable "ubuntu_2204" {
   }
 }
 
+variable "ubuntu_2404" {
+  type = map(string)
+  default = {
+    name           = "Ubuntu-Noble-24.04.img"
+    uuid           = "fc3f705d-3cf5-4866-8ef6-ff6e2cdd4075"
+    user_data_file = "../../s2i2s_openstack_vm_data_scripts/ubuntu2404.sh"
+  }
+}
+
 variable "centos_7" {
   type = map(string)
   default = {
diff --git a/s2i2s_openstack_vm_data_scripts/ubuntu2404.sh b/s2i2s_openstack_vm_data_scripts/ubuntu2404.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d30d69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/s2i2s_openstack_vm_data_scripts/ubuntu2404.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+/usr/sbin/adduser --system --home /srv/ansible --shell /bin/bash --gecos "Used for the Ansible provisioning tasks" --group ansible
+
+# SSH keys of users authorized to execute ansible playbooks.
+# The ones in the example belong to Andrea Dell'Amico and Tommaso Piccioli.
+# Feel free to add yours if you are entitled to run the ansible provisioning on that server
+
+mkdir /srv/ansible/.ssh
+echo "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEAzcHuDU7PgJwz34AsVG0E2+ZRx17ZKW1uDEGABNk3Z60/c9LTwWKPj6kcIRy6RzFJI5X+IgPJnYouXVmJsIWjVL8IRk8fP1ffJC6Fyf6H7+fCxu/Wwed5OoOCvKeZ0bEmJ1tlXFM6+EnxKqLCvz3fsNy8e4WKMnpS1hT8K6YB7PMjt60S3wOaxds1Lv4NmmgnfGM5uZFYrZCx1/GJCzNSh7AEEEUIVQ1B8xmXbet7whNiwDmiOnXSlt38dkIYT8kNMuRCj/r9wPr7FmoUCOFzUVXTcnuYagKyURrZ8QDyHbK6XQLYXgvCz/lWoErGFbDqpmBHHyvKSeLPxYfJpWJ70w== tom@tom" > /srv/ansible/.ssh/authorized_keys
+echo "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDZ9n6B+J5S7NPnwjejPC2WrvcRzC07WPnAoQ7ZHZ0Mv9JakyWItswzI3Drz/zI0mCamyuye+9dWz9v/ZRwUfBobVyXuptRaZIwxlMC/KsTZofpp3RHOBTteZ4/VM0VhEeiOHu+GuzNE0fRB2gsusWeMMae2cq4TjVAOMcQmJX496L703Smc14gFrP8y/P9jbC5HquuVnPR29PsW4mHidPmjdKkO7QmDfFAj44pEUGeInYOJe708C03NCpsjHw8AVdAJ6Pf16EOdDH+z8D6CByVO3s8UT0HJ85BRoIy6254/hmYLzyd/eRnCXHS/dke+ivrlA3XxG4+DmqjuJR/Jpfx adellam@semovente" >> /srv/ansible/.ssh/authorized_keys
+echo "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAQEAjmoNSXtyx1TKOr8eJDfO1mRdX0JxQmf5N9OnMrqtF3DpJCWslws5NIDQBEsERPhdHlljUM9Y6lXpt5CWiBHH+DiSo1tE4FQ74l41tkwVqW9tGrFinWEaGRfb84KYJc0vmW5lPdGGKY+KKlhKDF1TFcTGQfkh6ZD4BXU1Uc11nR11XD3OAAcltNfuw9biN1kUQjMCRztytJEOW1nfLtEufaZMGoE8+RMS8PVWlPcjTe/ACkEixvimwGEiyZEi2uiWIqocja/wyKCJikgrWB6Zg24bouM564V4n+0JUomNgVSjFT8TXv5hecNt8k3HRMGMyLaeaGiafbsNgicG3s3beQ== g.panichi@isti.cnr.it" >> /srv/ansible/.ssh/authorized_keys
+/bin/chown -R ansible:ansible /srv/ansible
+/bin/chmod 700 /srv/ansible/.ssh
+mkdir -p /etc/sudoers.d
+echo "ansible ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" > /etc/sudoers.d/ansible-user
+/bin/chmod 600 /etc/sudoers.d/ansible-user
+