RHEL installation tools and concepts
To successfully construct and deploy a custom MicroShift image, you must understand the core RHEL components involved in the deployment process.
Review the following resources to familiarize yourself with the required image building components:
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A Kickstart file, which contains the configuration and instructions used during the installation of your specific operating system. For more information, see the following link:
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RHEL image builder is a tool for creating deployment-ready customized system images. RHEL image builder uses a blueprint that you create to make the ISO. RHEL image builder is best installed on a RHEL VM and is built with the
composer-clitool. To set up these tools and review the workflow, see the following RHEL documentation links: -
A blueprint file directs RHEL image builder to the items to include in the ISO. An image blueprint provides a persistent definition of image customizations. You can create multiple builds from a single blueprint. You can also edit an existing blueprint to build a new ISO as requirements change. See the following link for more information:
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An ISO, which is the bootable operating system on which MicroShift runs. See the following links for more information: