KIWI Appliance Builder (kiwi) container image

Description

KIWI NG is a command-line utility for building Linux system appliances. An appliance is a ready to use image of an operating system that includes a pre-configured application for a specific use case. The appliance is provided as an image file and needs to be deployed to or activated in the target system or service.

KIWI NG can create different types of appliances. In addition to the standard installation ISOs and images for virtual machines, KIWI NG can also build images that boot via PXE or Vagrant boxes.

Usage

To build a system image, you need to create a KIWI image description and mount it into your container. The KIWI image description is a collection of human-readable files stored in a directory. Provide at least one XML file named config.xml or *.kiwi. There can be other files like scripts or configuration files.

To build a KIWI NG appliance, launch the container in privileged mode:

$ podman run --privileged -v /path/to/kiwi/descr:/image:Z registry.suse.com/bci/kiwi:9

For more information about KIWI NG, see the KIWI NG documentation, specifically the Getting Started Guide.

Licensing

SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later

This documentation and the build recipe are licensed as GPL-3.0-or-later. The container itself contains various software components under various open source licenses listed in the associated Software Bill of Materials (SBOM).

This image is a tech preview. Do not use it for production. Your feedback is welcome. Please report any issues to the SUSE Bugzilla.