Chapter 2. Installing Image Builder
Chapter 2. Installing Image Builder Before using Image Builder, you must install Image Builder in a virtual machine. 2.1. Installing Image Builder in a virtual machine To install Image Builder on a dedicated virtual machine, follow these steps: Prerequisites Connect to the virtual machine. The virtual machine for Image Builder must be installed, subscribed, and running. Procedure 1. Install the Image Builder and other necessary packages on the virtual machine: lorax-composer composer-cli cockpit-composer bash-completion 2. Enable Image Builder to start after each reboot: The lorax-composer and cockpit services start automatically on first access. 3. Configure the system firewall to allow access to the web console: 4. Load the shell configuration script so that the auto-complete feature for the composer-cli tool starts working immediately without reboot:
yum install lorax-composer composer-cli cockpit-composer bash-completion systemctl enable lorax-composer.socket systemctl enable cockpit.socket firewall-cmd --add-service=cockpit && firewall-cmd --add-service=cockpit --permanent source /etc/bash_completion.d/composer-cli