Understanding The Kiwi Configuration - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE 11 - SUBSCRIPTION MANAGEMENT TOOL GUIDE 10-02-2009 Manual

TIP: Using SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service Image Templates
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service provides several templates that may be
used to create new images. All the delivered templates are stored below /usr/
share/kiwi/image/SLEPOS/. When using these templates, copy contents
of the directory that contains the respective configuration to a new subdirec-
tory below /var/lib/SLEPOS/system/.
13.1 Understanding the KIWI
KIWI configurations as used in SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service should always
reside under /var/lib/SLEPOS/system/image_name. The main configuration
file that contains the most important aspects of the image description is called config
.xml and resides under /var/lib/SLEPOS/system/image_name/config
.xml. A typical image configuration directory for SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of
Service can include the following items:
config.xml
This file is used to define the image type, base name, repositories used to build the
image, profiles, options, and the package/pattern list. For a more detailed example
of a typical SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service config.xml, refer to Exam-
ple 13.1, "An Example config.xml Image Description" (page 176).
config.sh
config.sh is an optional image configuration script. It is executed at the end of
the installation of the image after the chroot command is used to switch to the
image. It can be used to configure the image system by activating or deactivating
services.
images.sh
images.sh is an optional clean up script that runs before the image creation
process is started and the logical extend is created. It removes files that are only
needed while the physical extend exists.
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