Building Images with Profiles

KIWI NG supports so-called profiles inside the XML image description. Profiles act as namespaces for additional settings to be applied on top of the defaults. For further details, see Image Profiles.

Local Builds

To execute local KIWI NG builds with a specific, selected profile, add the command line flag --profile=$PROFILE_NAME:

$ sudo kiwi-ng --type oem --profile libvirt system build \
      --description kiwi/build-tests/x86/leap/test-image-vagrant \
      --set-repo obs://openSUSE:Leap:15.5/standard \
      --target-dir /tmp/myimage

Consult the manual page of kiwi for further details: SYNOPSIS.

Building with the Open Build Service

The Open Build Service (OBS) support profiles via the multibuild feature.

To enable and use the profiles, follow these steps:

Add the following XML comment to your config.xml:

<!-- OBS-Profiles: @BUILD_FLAVOR@ -->

It must be added before the opening <image> element and after the <?xml?> element, e.g.:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- OBS-Profiles: @BUILD_FLAVOR@ -->
<image schemaversion="8.0" name="kiwi-test-image-vagrant">
  <!-- snip -->
</image>

Add a file _multibuild into your package’s repository with the following contents:
```
<multibuild>
  <flavor>profile_1</flavor>
  <flavor>profile_2</flavor>
</multibuild>
```
Add a line <flavor>$PROFILE</flavor> for each profile that you want OBS to build.

Note, by default, OBS excludes the build without any profile enabled.

Running a build of a multibuild enabled repository via osc can be achieved via the -M $PROFILE flag:

$ osc build -M $PROFILE