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Re: bootc-image-builder: Build your entire OS from a Containerfile

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Post by eraser215 » Mon, Jun 30, 2025, 12:56 PM UTC

tmaier wrote: post #15

Universal Blue (Bluefin etc.) has a reusable GitHub template. https://github.com/ublue-os/image-template

... and it works fabulously. I have been running Bluefin (same folks as Bazzite) from one of these templates for about 6 months and it has been a near on flawless experience. I have moved from Fedora 40->41->42 without having to touch a traditional "upgrade".

https://projectbluefin.io/

Re: bootc-image-builder: Build your entire OS from a Containerfile

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Post by eraser215 » Mon, Jun 30, 2025, 12:58 PM UTC

indigodaddy wrote: post #6

Huh, this is kinda wild. So for esxi images, this would seem to beat/potentially be simpler than the traditional Packer + interacting with an ISO on esxi infra, yes?

Arguably yes. I think the big improvement is that an upgrade is really just switching from image A to image B, rather than dozens to hundreds of individual package transactions. Furthermore parts of the system are fully mutable (e.g. /etc) allowing you to run automation against a system post install for more customisation.

Re: bootc-image-builder: Build your entire OS from a Containerfile

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Post by eraser215 » Mon, Jun 30, 2025, 12:59 PM UTC

franga2000 wrote: post #18

I'd love to have something like this for embedded system images, like for Raspberry Pi deployments.

Totally. Appliances are perfect candidates for this tech.

Re: bootc-image-builder: Build your entire OS from a Containerfile

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Post by eraser215 » Mon, Jun 30, 2025, 1:00 PM UTC

yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #4

> A container for deploying bootable container images. ...as long as the images are in the Red Hat family (Fedora, CentOS Stream, RHEL).

bootc is a CNCF project now, so anybody can get on board.