--- title: Build bootable image mode for Red Hat Enterprise Linux... description: Red Hat image builder, available locally on RHEL 9/10 or via the hosted Hybrid Cloud Console service, lets developers assemble bootable RHEL images using image... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/build-bootable-image-mode-for-red-hat-enterprise-linux-with-image-builder-gvgdbtynb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Build bootable image mode for Red Hat Enterprise Linux with image builder | daily.dev og:description: Red Hat image builder, available locally on RHEL 9/10 or via the hosted Hybrid Cloud Console service, lets developers assemble bootable RHEL images using image... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/build-bootable-image-mode-for-red-hat-enterprise-linux-with-image-builder-gvgdbtynb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gVGdBTynb.png og:image:alt: Build bootable image mode for Red Hat Enterprise Linux with image builder og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Build bootable image mode for Red Hat Enterprise Linux with image builder **[Red Hat Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/rhdev)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Red Hat image builder, available locally on RHEL 9/10 or via the hosted Hybrid Cloud Console service, lets developers assemble bootable RHEL images using image mode and bootable containers (bootc). The hosted service offers a wizard for creating image blueprints, storage for blueprints, and access to optimized RHEL bootc base images without needing a build host. The walkthrough covers creating a blueprint, choosing a target environment (public cloud or virtualization platforms like libvirt or OpenShift Virtualization), configuring users/groups/filesystem partitioning, building the image, and later switching to a custom bootc container image pushed to a registry for full image-based management. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I create a bootable RHEL image using image mode with Red Hat image builder? Use the hosted Red Hat image builder service on Hybrid Cloud Console: create an image blueprint by naming it, selecting Image mode, choosing a target environment such as public cloud, libvirt, or OpenShift Virtualization, then configure users, groups, and filesystem partitioning since most other configuration lives in the container image itself. Build the blueprint to produce a downloadable bootable image. _daily.dev surfaces walkthroughs like this for teams standardizing RHEL deployments with image mode._ ### What is the difference between package mode and image mode when configuring a RHEL image blueprint? Package mode allows customizing blueprints with packages, security settings, and broad system configurations, while image mode moves most configuration into the container image itself, limiting the blueprint wizard to users, groups, and filesystem partitioning. At minimum, a user must be created in image mode so systems deployed from the image can be logged into. _Developers weighing RHEL deployment approaches track these tradeoffs on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Bootable containers: Reduce friction with Red Hat Enterprise Linux image mode](https://daily.dev/posts/bootable-containers-reduce-friction-with-red-hat-enterprise-linux-image-mode-dueimhtuz) · Red Hat Developer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Provisioning image mode for Red Hat Enterprise Linux using Red Hat Satellite](https://daily.dev/posts/provisioning-image-mode-for-red-hat-enterprise-linux-using-red-hat-satellite-akltlmbtu) · Red Hat Developer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Building Red Hat MCP-ready images with image mode for Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://daily.dev/posts/building-red-hat-mcp-ready-images-with-image-mode-for-red-hat-enterprise-linux-otywpa31i) · Red Hat Developer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Red Hat Enterprise Linux runner images are now in public preview](https://daily.dev/posts/red-hat-enterprise-linux-runner-images-are-now-in-public-preview-hgi2n7w4j) · GitHub Changelog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - 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