Traditional OS management is complex due to configuration drift and security hardening, whereas container workflows offer a familiar and standardized model.
Image mode bridges the gap between package-based OS installation and application containers by using the same tooling and workflows for both.
The bootc technology allows you to define a complete, bootable operating system using a standard containerfile and a special base image like rel-bootc.
Use the bootc image builder tool to convert an OS container image from a registry into bootable formats for bare metal, cloud (AMI), or VMs (VMDK).
The bootc tool on a running system enables transactional, image-based updates by pulling new versions from a registry and maintaining the old version for easy rollbacks.
By managing the OS via containerfiles in version control, you can implement a full GitOps pipeline for automated builds, testing, and deployments across your fleet.
Image mode is generally available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS Stream, and Fedora, allowing you to easily try out this new OS management paradigm.
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Jobs that call for the skills explored in this talk.
Mittwald CM Service GmbH & Co. KG
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