Chapter 2. Building a RHEL image with custom repositories

Procedure

1. Access Red Hat Hybrid Cloud Console platform and log in.
2. From the console dashboard, navigate to Red Hat Insights > RHEL > Inventory > Images. The Insights image builder environment opens.
3. In the image builder application, click the Immutable (OSTree) tab.

4. Click Create new image.

   On the Create image wizard, follow the steps:

5. On the Details page, enter an image name and click Next.

6. On the Options page, select the following details:

   1. Select the image base release for your image.
   2. Select the option RHEL for Edge Installer (.iso).
   3. Click Next.

7. On the System registration page, follow the steps:

   1. Enter a username. This is the username to log in to your system after it is created.
   2. Enter a public SSH key to create a user for your image.
   3. Click Next.

8. On the Activation Keys page, follow the steps:

   1. From the dropdown menu, choose an activation key to use for the image. See the Creating an activation key documentation for more details.

      You can manage the activation key that you chose by accessing Activation keys in the Console.

   2. Click Next.

9. On the Content page:

   1. On the Additional Red Hat packages page, add any core RHEL package, for example, emacs.

      1. In the Available packages search field, enter emacs and click the search icon.
      2. Select emacs from the search results.
      3. Click the Add Selected or Add all arrow button to add emacs to the list.
   2. Click Next.

10. On the Custom repositories page:

    1. Select the custom repository you added.
    2. Click Next.

11. On the Review page:

    1. Check the data is correct and click Create image.