Building bootc images with GitHub Actions instead of manually

Description

Instead of manually building bootc images locally you push your container file changes to a Git repository and let GitHub Actions build them automatically. Update the base image tag in your container file, commit the change, and GitHub's CI/CD infrastructure runs the build job for you in about 5 minutes using their free tier. The container file lives in a Git repo which means you can create pull requests for teammates to review changes before they hit production, same workflow developers use for code. This is different from old school build automation with Kickstart plus Puppet or Ansible that ran after installation. You're building the entire OS image using the same tools and workflows that already exist for building application containers. GitHub Actions uses containers inside containers to run the build, handles Red Hat subscriptions, and publishes the result to a registry. You write the automation once then just make changes and trigger builds instead of manually typing build commands every time. This is how people build containers if building containers is part of your daily life, now applied to full RHEL installations. Watch the full episode: https://youtube.com/live/Zu2wq7w7-_0 Red Hat Online Labs: https://lab.redhat.com Example CI/CD for image mode repo: https://gitlab.com/redhat/cop/rhel/rhel-image-mode-cicd - - - - - Critical Administration Skills for Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Whether you are new to Linux or new to RHEL, join our hosts for a hands-on look into the commands and processes, ask questions, and grow your knowledge. Get Started with Red Hat Enterprise Linux: https://developers.redhat.com/register Try it for yourself: https://redhat.com/interactive-labs Join our Discord: https://red.ht/rhel-discord