KIWI is an application for making a wide variety of image sets for Linux supported hardware platforms as well as virtualization systems including QEMU, Xen and VMware.
| Developer(s) | openSUSE Project |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 9.20.9
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| Repository | |
| Written in | Python |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Platform | Unix |
| License | GPL-3.0 license |
| Website | osinside |
It is developed by the openSUSE Project and used to create openSUSE Linux distribution, but can also be employed to build a variety of other Linux distributions.
Usage and documentation
editKIWI has a large amount of documentation available, organized in 'cook books' which guide new users through the process of creating increasingly complicated KIWI images.
Basic usage requires the installation of a number of tools besides KIWI, most notably for virtualization.[1] KIWI is a command line tool and has no graphical user interface.
KIWI in use
editKIWI is used by a variety of organizations in a variety of places. Besides SUSE Linux and the openSUSE Project, IBM has a product using KIWI[2] and Dell employs it as well.[3]
SUSE Studio
editSUSE Studio is a web interface (Ruby on Rails) to KIWI and the Open Build Service. It allows users to graphically put together a custom Linux OS and generate output including a large variety of virtual machine and disk images.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Getting started with KIWI".
- ^ "IBM system using KIWI". Archived from the original on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
- ^ "Dell using KIWI".