4.5. Basic RHEL image builder command-line commands

The RHEL image builder command-line interface offers these basic commands for the image-builder.

List all available images

# image-builder list

Filter images by name

# image-builder list-images --filter "rhel"

Filter by distribution and architecture

# image-builder list-images --filter "distro:rhel-10 arch:s390x"

Change output format

# image-builder list-images --filter "distro:rhel-10" --format=json | jq

# image-builder list-images --filter "distro:rhel-10" --format=shell

Building images

# image-builder build <image-type>

<image-type> is the image type supported for RHEL image builder, such as qcow2, wsl, between others.

Specify a distribution

# image-builder build <image-type> --distro <distro>

Show the progress of the image creation and detailed steps

# image-builder build <image-type> --distro <distro> --with-buildlog

Cross-architecture build

# image-builder build <image-type> --arch=riscv64

Add a custom repository to the build

# image-builder build <image-type> --add-repo=<file:///path/to/my/repo>