bootc(8)

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bootc - Deploy and transactionally in-place with bootable container images

SYNOPSIS

bootc [OPTIONS...] <SUBCOMMAND>

DESCRIPTION

Deploy and transactionally in-place with bootable container images.

The bootc project currently uses ostree-containers as a backend to support a model of bootable container images. Once installed, whether directly via bootc install (executed as part of a container) or via another mechanism such as an OS installer tool, further updates can be pulled and bootc upgrade. <!-- BEGIN GENERATED OPTIONS --><!-- END GENERATED OPTIONS -->

SUBCOMMANDS<!-- BEGIN GENERATED SUBCOMMANDS -->

Command Description
bootc upgrade Download and queue an updated container image to apply
bootc switch Target a new container image reference to boot
bootc rollback Change the bootloader entry ordering; the deployment under rollback will be queued for the next boot, and the current will become rollback. If there is a staged entry (an unapplied, queued upgrade) then it will be discarded
bootc edit Apply full changes to the host specification
bootc status Display status
bootc usr-overlay Add a transient overlayfs on /usr
bootc install Install the running container to a target
bootc container Operations which can be executed as part of a container build
bootc loader-entries Operations on Boot Loader Specification (BLS) entries
bootc composefs-finalize-staged

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VERSION

v1.16.4