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Capítulo 2. Installing Image Builder

Before using Image Builder, you must install Image Builder in a virtual machine.

2.1. Installing Image Builder in a virtual machine

To install Image Builder on a dedicated virtual machine, follow these steps:

Prerequisites

  • Connect to the virtual machine.
  • The virtual machine for Image Builder must be installed, subscribed, and running.

Procedure

  1. Install the Image Builder and other necessary packages on the virtual machine:

    • osbuild-composer
    • composer-cli
    • cockpit-composer
    • bash-completion 
    # yum install osbuild-composer composer-cli cockpit-composer bash-completion

    The web console is installed as a dependency of the cockpit-composer package.

  2. Enable Image Builder to start after each reboot: 

    # systemctl enable --now osbuild-composer.socket
# systemctl enable cockpit.socket

    The osbuild-composer and cockpit services start automatically on first access.

  3. Configure the system firewall to allow access to the web console: 

    # firewall-cmd --add-service=cockpit && firewall-cmd --add-service=cockpit --permanent

  4. Load the shell configuration script so that the autocomplete feature for the composer-cli command starts working immediately without reboot: 

    $ source  /etc/bash_completion.d/composer-cli
Importante

The osbuild-composer is the new backend engine that will be the preferred default and focus of all new functionality beginning with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 and later. The previous backend lorax-composer is considered deprecated, will only receive select fixes for the remainder of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 life cycle and will be omitted from future major releases. It is recommended to uninstall lorax-composer in favor of osbuild-composer.