Description
rhel-bootc is the base image for RHEL image mode. While most container images aim to provide only what's necessary for an application or service, this image is designed to provide the necessary components for a bootable operating system. This image includes components not typically found in other base images such as the kernel, firmware, bootloader, etc and uses standard container toolings and registries to build, deploy, and update systems using image mode. This base image is part of RHEL and subject to the terms of the Developer and Enterprise Agreement. This image is maintained by Red Hat and updated regularly.
Documentation
Using image mode for RHEL to build, deploy, and manage operating systems
Products using this container
Use the following instructions to get images from a Red Hat container registry using registry service account tokens. You will need to create a registry service account to use prior to completing any of the following tasks.
Using OpenShift secrets
First, you will need to add a reference to the appropriate secret and repository to your Kubernetes pod configuration via an imagePullSecrets field.
Then, use the following from the command line or from the OpenShift Dashboard GUI interface.
Using podman login
Use the following command(s) from a system with podman installed
Using docker login
Use the following command(s) from a system with docker service installed and running
Use the following instructions to get images from a Red Hat container registry using your Red Hat login.
Using OpenShift
For best practices, it is recommended to use registry tokens when pulling content for OpenShift deployments.
Using podman login
Use the following command(s) from a system with podman installed
Using docker login
Use the following command(s) from a system with docker service installed and running
Getting source containers
Source code is available for all Red Hat UBI-based images in the form of downloadable containers. Here are a few things you should know about Red Hat source containers.
- Although they are packaged as containers, source containers cannot be run. So instead of using podman pull to get them to your system, use the skopeo command.
- Source containers are named based on the binary containers they represent. So, for example, to get the source container for a particular standard RHEL UBI 8 container (registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi8.1-397) you simply append -source to get the source code container for that image (registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi8.1-397-source).
- The skopeo command is recommended for getting source containers. With skopeo, you copy a source container to a directory on your local system for you to examine.
- Once a source container is copied to a local directory, you can use a combination of tar,gzip, and rpm commands to work with that content.
Step one
Use skopeo to copy the source image to a local directory
Step two
Inspect the image
Step three
Untar the contents
Step four
Begin examining and using the content.
