Commands

Commands#

The OU Container Builder provides the following command-line commands:

  • ocb version

  • ocb generate

  • ocb build

  • ocb clean

Version#

Outputs the version of the OU Container Builder:

$ ocb version
3.0.0

Generate#

Generates the the Dockerfile and all auxiliary files needed for building a VCE image, but does not actually run the build process. The generate command is used to run this process and must be run in the directory containing the ContainerConfig.yaml.

$ ocb generate

Build#

Generates the the Dockerfile and all auxiliary files needed for building a VCE image, and then runs the build process. For this to work Buildah needs to be installed. The build command is used to run this process and must be run in the directory containing the ContainerConfig.yaml.

The build command supports the --tag TAG parameter, which can be specified multiple times. The tags are passed through to Buildah and are used to tag the resulting images.

$ ocb build --tag module:latest

Clean#

Cleans any generated Dockerfile and all auxiliary files generated by the generate command. The clean command is used to run this process and must be run in the directory containing the ContainerConfig.yaml.

$ ocb clean
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