SUSE Linux BCI 16 Base Container Image

Description

SUSE Linux Base Container Images provide open, flexible, and secure container images. The images include container environments based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and are available at no cost, may be freely redistributed under the BCI EULA, and are supported across a large variety of environments.

This image serves as a foundation for many SUSE Linux BCIs. It is designed to be extended for additional use cases, such as development or testing environments.

Usage

The container image includes the zypper package manager , the free SLE_BCI repository and the container-suseconnect utility. This enables access to the full SUSE Linux Enterprise Server repositories with a valid subscription. The image is intended to be extended by installing packages required for your specific use case.

To build a custom image that includes the skopeo utility, use the following Containerfile:

FROM registry.suse.com/bci/bci-base:16.0
RUN set -euo pipefail; \
    zypper -n ref; \
    zypper -n install skopeo; \
    zypper -n clean -a ; \
    rm -rf /var/log/{lastlog,tallylog,zypper.log,zypp/history,YaST2}

Then build the container using buildah:

buildah bud -t bci-skopeo .

You can also use the image interactively to create a container with skopeo installed:

$ podman run -ti --rm registry.suse.com/bci/bci-base:16.0
# zypper -n install skopeo
...
# skopeo inspect -f "{{ .Name }}" docker://registry.suse.com/bci/bci-base:16.0
registry.suse.com/bci/bci-base

The SLE_BCI repository

The container image includes the free SLE_BCI repository, which provides the latest versions of a subset of packages from SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. These packages are available at no cost and may be freely redistributed.

Getting access to the SUSE Linux repositories

The container-suseconnect utility in the image can automatically add the full repositories into the running container if you have a valid SUSE Linux Enterprise Server subscription.

Find more information about container-suseconnect in the container-suseconnect section in the container guide or in the tutorial How to use container-suseconnect.

Licensing

SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT

This documentation and the build recipe are licensed as MIT. The container itself contains various software components under various open source licenses listed in the associated Software Bill of Materials (SBOM).

This image is based on SLE BCI, a stable and redistributable foundation for software innovation. SLE BCI is enterprise-ready, and it comes with an option for support.

See the SLE BCI EULA for further information.