kiwi-ng
command-line tool for building Linux operating system images
TLDR
Build image from description
$ sudo kiwi-ng system build --description [path] --target-dir [output]
Create image with custom repo$ sudo kiwi-ng system build --description [path] --set-repo [repo-url] --target-dir [output]
List available image types$ kiwi-ng image list
Prepare image root$ sudo kiwi-ng system prepare --description [path] --root [rootdir]
SYNOPSIS
kiwi-ng [options] command [args...]
DESCRIPTION
kiwi-ng is a command-line tool for building Linux operating system images. Supports various output formats including ISOs, virtual machine images, containers, and cloud images. Uses XML-based descriptions to define image configuration.
PARAMETERS
system build
Build complete image from description.system prepare
Prepare image root filesystem.--description path
Path to image description.--target-dir path
Output directory for images.--set-repo url
Set repository URL.--profile name
Build specific profile.