Bootable Containers - bootc

Redhat have introduced, as a preview, using image mode for RHEL to build, deploy, and manage operating systems. This "image mode" is based on bootable containers.

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/using_image_mode_for_rhel_to_build_deploy_and_manage_operating_systems/managing-rhel-bootable-images_using-image-mode-for-rhel-to-build-deploy-and-manage-operating-systems#switching-the-container-image-reference_managing-rhel-bootable-images

This repo is my notes whilst experimenting with bootc for managing my Linux fleet with a cloud native workflow.

Ideas I am interested in:

• Can I use a Containerfile (Dockerfile) as the source of truth for all image types - containers, local VMs, bare metal, AWS ami's etc ?
• Does this mean no more Packer ?
• cloud native development workflow and tooling for managing a fleet of Linux machines (bare metal, VMs or containers)
• Air gapped updates
• Over the air updates
• easy Roll backs
• supply chain security for bare metal, VMs and containers

Docs

I am collecting a bunch of notes in the docs directory.
There is a collection of tasks being collected using Just.
Just is a task runner similar to make, but designed to run project-specific commands, it is not a build system.
Intro to Just if you need some more info.

Links

Links collected during research and experimentation.

SERVERS:

• Watch First Look at Image Mode for RHEL
• https://osbuild.org/docs/bootc/
• https://github.com/containers/bootc
• https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/bootc/auto-updates/
• https://containers.github.io/bootable/what-needs-work.html
• https://github.com/osbuild/bootc-image-builder/tree/main
• https://gitlab.com/redhat/centos-stream/containers/bootc/-/tree/main?ref_type=heads
• https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/bootc/podman-bootc-cli/
• https://centos.github.io/centos-bootc/usage/
• https://github.com/containers/podman-bootc
• https://gitlab.com/fedora/bootc/examples/-/tree/main?ref_type=heads
• https://github.com/UntouchedWagons/Ubuntu-CloudInit-Docs/blob/main/samples/ubuntu/ubuntu-noble-cloudinit.sh

WORKSTATIONS:

• HeliumOS - proper bootc based desktop OS based on CentOS !
• Roadmap for Fedora 41
• Roadmap to Fedora Bootable Containers
• Issue tracking the overal readiness of bootc for Atomic Desktops
• https://github.com/rsturla/fedora-bootc-base
• https://github.com/ublue-os/main-bootc
• https://gitlab.com/Siosm/bootc-base-images-experimental/-/tree/fedora-kinoite