ironcore-image contains a library to simplify interaction with an OCI-comptabile registry, and it holds the specification as well as a simple command-line client for the ironcore-image.
IronCore images are used for machine / volume pool implementors (see ironcore) to prepare and bootstrap machines and machine disks.
They are custom OCI images, meaning they can be published in any OCI compatible registry. They consist of 4 layers:
Config
layer, containing additional information how to manage a machine / volume with the image.RootFS
layer, containing the root file system for the image.InitRAMFS
layer, containing the initramfs / initrd for the image.Kernel
layer, containing the kernel for the image.
To install the command tool, make sure you have a working go installation
and GOBIN
set up correctly. Then simply run
make build
This will install the tool available under $GOBIN/ironcore-image
.
The library behind ironcore-image
can be fetched by running
go get github.com/ironcore-dev/ironcore-image@latest
For the docs, check out the ironcore-image pkg.go.dev documentation.
For getting basic help, you can simply run
ironcore-image help
This will print the available commands.
To build an ironcore-image, you'll need the rootfs, initramfs and kernel of your desired operating system. Once you have them on disk, simply run
ironcore-image build \
--rootfs-file <path to rootfs file> \
--initramfs-file <path to initramfs> \
--kernel-file <path to kernel file>
This will build the image, put it into your local OCI store (usually at ~/.ironcore
)
and print out the id of the built image.
To tag the image with a more fluent name, run
ironcore-image tag <id> my-image:latest
This will tag the image with the name my-image
and the tag latest.
To push an image to a remote registry, make sure you authenticated your local docker client with that registry. Consult your registry provider's documentation for instructions.
Once authenticated, tag your image, so it points towards that registry, e.g.
ironcore-image tag <id> ghcr.io/ironcore-dev/ironcore-image/my-image:latest
To push the image to the registry, run
ironcore-image push ghcr.io/ironcore-dev/ironcore-image/my-image:latest
:danger: This currently doesn't do any output, wait a while for it to be done.
To pull the pushed image, run
ironcore-image pull ghcr.io/ironcore-dev/ironcore-image/my-image:latest
We'd love to get feedback from you. Please report bugs, suggestions or post questions by opening a GitHub issue.