Chapter 6. Creating system images by using RHEL image builder web console interface

Procedure

1. On the host, open https://localhost:9090/ in a web browser.
2. Log in to the web console as the root user.

3. To display the RHEL image builder controls, click the Image Builder button, in the upper-left corner of the window.

   The RHEL image builder dashboard opens, listing existing blueprints, if any.

Procedure

1. Click Create Blueprint. On the Image output page, select Release version, Architecture, and target environment, then click Next.
2. Optional: On the File system configuration page, select Manually configure partitions to add mount points, such as /var, /home, /tmp and specify Minimum size partition. Click Next.
3. Optional: On the Additional packages page, search for packages, move them to Chosen packages, then click Next.
4. Optional: On the Users page, click Add user to enter a Username, a Password, an SSH key, and Administrator privileges. Click Next
5. Optional: On the Timezone page, enter a time zone, for example, "US/Eastern" and NTP servers. Click Next.
6. Optional: On the Locale page, enter the languages and keyboard identifier. For example: "us" and ["en_US.UTF-8"]. Click Next.
7. Optional: On the Hostname and Kernel pages, add a hostname, and kernel command-line arguments. Click Next after each page.
8. Optional: On the Firewall and Systemd services pages, configure port, firewall services, and systemd services to enable or disable. Click Next after each page.
9. On the Details page, enter the blueprint name and optional description, then click Next.
10. On the Review page, review the details and click Create blueprint or Create blueprint and build image(s).

Procedure

1. On the RHEL image builder dashboard, click Import blueprint. The Import blueprint wizard opens.
2. From the Upload field, either drag or upload an existing blueprint. This blueprint can be in either TOML or JSON format.
3. Click Import. The dashboard lists the blueprint you imported.

Procedure

1. On the image builder dashboard, select the blueprint you want to export.
2. Click Export blueprint. The Export blueprint wizard opens.

3. Click the Export button to download the blueprint as a file or click the Copy button to copy the blueprint to the clipboard.

   1. Optional: Click the Copy button to copy the blueprint.

Procedure

1. In the RHEL image builder dashboard, click the blueprint tab.
2. On the blueprint table, find the blueprint you want to build an image.
3. On the right side of the chosen blueprint, click Create Image. The Create image dialog wizard opens.

4. On the Image output page, complete the following steps:

   1. From the Select a blueprint list, select the image type you want.

   2. From the Image output type list, select the image output type you want.

      Depending on the image type you select, you need to add further details.

5. Click Next.

6. On the Review page, review the details about the image creation and click Create image.

   The image build starts and takes up to 20 minutes to complete.