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Buildah : Install2023/06/21

 
Install Buildah that supports to create Container images.
It's possible to create OCI (Open Container Initiative) format image without specific Service Daemon.
[1] Install Buildah.
root@dlp:~#
apt -y install buildah
[2] This is the basic usage for Buildah.
Create a working container from an image.
# create a working container from [debian] image

root@dlp:~#
buildah from debian

debian-working-container

# show container list

root@dlp:~#
buildah containers

CONTAINER ID  BUILDER  IMAGE ID     IMAGE NAME                       CONTAINER NAME
4dfd63c8deb2     *     49081a1edb0b docker.io/library/debian:latest  debian-working-container

# show container image list

root@dlp:~#
buildah images

REPOSITORY                   TAG       IMAGE ID       CREATED             SIZE
docker.io/library/debian     latest    49081a1edb0b   8 days ago          121 MB

# possible to use images on podman

root@dlp:~#
podman images

REPOSITORY                  TAG         IMAGE ID      CREATED            SIZE
docker.io/library/debian    latest      49081a1edb0b  8 days ago         121 MB
[3] Operate Working Container.
# set shell variable

root@dlp:~#
container=$(buildah from debian)

root@dlp:~#
echo $container

debian-working-container-1
# possible to run commands

root@dlp:~#
buildah run $container echo "Hello Buildah World"

Hello Buildah World
root@dlp:~#
buildah run $container bash

root@7279b5cfbac1:/#
apt-get update; apt-get -y install python3

root@7279b5cfbac1:/#
root@dlp:~#
buildah run $container whereis python3

python3: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/lib/python3 /etc/python3 /usr/share/python3 /usr/share/man/man1/python3.1.gz
[4] Copy files into Working Container.
root@dlp:~#
echo "buildah test" > buildah.txt

root@dlp:~#
buildah copy $container buildah.txt /tmp/buildah.txt

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root@dlp:~#
buildah run $container cat /tmp/buildah.txt

buildah test
[5] Mount filesystem of Working Container.
root@dlp:~#
buildah mount $container

/var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/d11149f7b92f8a4f3d1e0db104083af59501d1e855d7d852b685a7c1f46f0db2/merged
root@dlp:~#
ll /var/lib/containers/storage/overlay/d11149f7b92f8a4f3d1e0db104083af59501d1e855d7d852b685a7c1f46f0db2/merged

total 68
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    7 Jun 11 19:00 bin -> usr/bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar  2 07:55 boot
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 11 19:00 dev
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Jun 20 20:50 etc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar  2 07:55 home
.....
.....

root@dlp:~#
buildah umount $container

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[6] Create a container image from Working Container.
root@dlp:~#
buildah commit $container my-debian:latest

Getting image source signatures
Copying blob 332b199f36eb skipped: already exists
Copying blob ffd7719f171d done
Copying config aeae402034 done
Writing manifest to image destination
Storing signatures
aeae4020349c3265841cf148894a2dfd96a11159f896563098a8f121da642330

root@dlp:~#
buildah images

REPOSITORY                   TAG       IMAGE ID       CREATED             SIZE
localhost/my-debian          latest    aeae4020349c   20 seconds ago      191 MB
docker.io/library/debian     latest    49081a1edb0b   8 days ago          121 MB

# possible to use container images on podman

root@dlp:~#
podman run localhost/my-debian hostname

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[7] Push a container image to specified Registry.
root@dlp:~#
buildah images

REPOSITORY                   TAG       IMAGE ID       CREATED             SIZE
localhost/my-debian          latest    aeae4020349c   20 seconds ago      191 MB
docker.io/library/debian     latest    49081a1edb0b   8 days ago          121 MB

# push [localhost/my-debian] image to [node01.srv.world:5000] registry
# if target registry is not on SSL/TLS, need [--tls-verify=false] option

root@dlp:~#
buildah push --tls-verify=false localhost/my-debian node01.srv.world:5000/my-debian
root@dlp:~#
curl node01.srv.world:5000/v2/_catalog

{"repositories":["my-debian"]}
# possible to Pull from other nodes

root@node01:~#
podman pull --tls-verify=false node01.srv.world:5000/my-debian

root@node01:~#
podman images

REPOSITORY                       TAG         IMAGE ID      CREATED        SIZE
node01.srv.world:5000/my-debian  latest      aeae4020349c  7 minutes ago  147 MB
docker.io/library/registry       2           3a0f7b0a13ef  3 weeks ago    24.7 MB
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