• fosstodon Meta Instagram Twitter YouTube Chat Discourse RSS Feed Introducing the new bootc kickstart command in Anaconda Recent Posts Podman Test Days: Try the New Backend & Parallel Pulls Mrhbaan Syria! • Fedora now available in Syria Save the Date: Fedora Council Video Meeting on 2026 Strategy Summit Anaconda installer now supports installation of bootc based bootable container images using the newbootccommand. • It has supported several types of payload to populate the root file system during installation. • These includeRPM packages(likely the most widely used option),tarball imagesyou may know from Fedora Workstation,ostree, andrpm-ostree containers. • Thenewest additionto the family, from a couple of weeks ago, isbootc-based bootable containers. • The difference is under the hood We have added a newbootckickstart command to Anaconda to support the new feature.

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  • Anaconda has added a new bootc kickstart command that lets installers deploy bootable container images directly. The command works like the older ostreecontainer option but uses the bootc tool for both filesystem population and bootloader configuration, making the process more integrated. Bootc‑based images support a wider range of payloads-including RPMs, tarballs, ostree, rpm‑ostree, and bootc containers-and can be self‑installing from within a running container. A simple kickstart example shows how to install a Fedora Rawhide bootc image from an ISO or HTTP source, yielding an immutable system after reboot. The feature is not limited to Fedora images and can target other distributions.

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