Abstract
The YaST Product Creator is a unified graphical front-end for KIWI and Add-on Creator. It was developed to provide image creation functionality in one place. All tools integrated in the YaST Product Creator are also available as separate YaST modules or applications.
Before you can create images with the YaST Product Creator, make sure you meet the following prerequisites:
Install the package
yast2-product-creator
from
the SDK. This package needs other packages. Make sure you fullfill all
dependencies. The SDK is available for download from
http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/SUSE_LINUX_SDK.
Free sufficient disk space for this operation.
The Product Creator uses KIWI to create an image of a product. In case you are interested in manually developing such images, refer to Chapter 17, KIWI.
To create an image, proceed as follows:
If you are starting the Product Creator for the first time, enter the configuration name and choose the method for adding packages to the ISO image.
If you have used the Product Creator already, select
to create a new product definition and enter the configuration name and choose the method.Select or deselect package sources. To select a source, select it from the table and click Chapter 18, Creating Add-On Products With Add-on Creator for more information. To add a different source, add the source in the YaST module first then run the Product Creator again. After source selection, click .
. With execute the Add-on Creator, see![]() | Unsupported Target Architectures |
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Do not change the target architecture. KIWI does not presently support the building of different architectures. |
Enter the path in which to create the skeleton directory. Choose whether to
or . Use the other options to insert metadata. Click .
Edit the content of the isolinux.cfg
file, if it
is a part of the configuration. In most cases you can leave it as it
is. If the file is not part of the configuration, add it now with
. Click .
Select your software. All package dependencies are solved automatically after
is clicked.Sign your product with
, if needed. Provide a key for your product configuration. Signing your product with your GPG key provides evidence of the origin of your product. After key configuration, click .Review the summary. To change any option, use
. To confirm your new product configuration, click .Your product definition is now completed. The Product Creator allows you to choose from the following actions:
. Creates an ISO image of the selected product. If there is something missing, the process will be aborted. Correct the error and repeat the configuration.
Use the pull-down menu to choose from different target formats, such as Live media or Xen images.
Find more information about creating system images and related topics in the following documents:
http://en.opensuse.org/KIWI—The KIWI project
/usr/share/doc/packages/kiwi/kiwi.pdf—KIWI documentation