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diff --git a/docs/contributing/build-vyos.rst b/docs/contributing/build-vyos.rst
index c2350ba1..afb1c27c 100644
--- a/docs/contributing/build-vyos.rst
+++ b/docs/contributing/build-vyos.rst
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ yourusername``.
Build Container
---------------
-The container can be built by hand or by fetching the pre-built one from
-DockerHub. Using the pre-built containers from the `VyOS DockerHub
-organisation`_ will ensure that the container is always up-to-date. A rebuild
-is triggered once the container changes (please note this will take 2-3 hours
+The container can be built by hand or by fetching the pre-built one from
+DockerHub. Using the pre-built containers from the `VyOS DockerHub
+organisation`_ will ensure that the container is always up-to-date. A rebuild
+is triggered once the container changes (please note this will take 2-3 hours
after pushing to the vyos-build repository).
.. note: If you are using the pre-built container, it will be automatically
@@ -132,9 +132,10 @@ your development containers in your current working directory.
.. note:: Some VyOS packages (namely vyos-1x) come with build-time tests which
verify some of the internal library calls that they work as expected. Those
tests are carried out through the Python Unittest module. If you want to
- build the ``vyos-1x`` package (which is our main development package) you need
- to start your Docker container using the following argument:
- ``--sysctl net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6=0``, otherwise those tests will fail.
+ build the ``vyos-1x`` package (which is our main development package) you
+ need to start your Docker container using the following argument:
+ ``--sysctl net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6=0``, otherwise those tests will
+ fail.
.. _build_native:
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ To start, clone the repository to your local machine:
$ git clone -b current --single-branch https://github.com/vyos/vyos-build
For the packages required, you can refer to the ``docker/Dockerfile`` file
-in the repository_. The ``./configure`` script will also warn you if any
+in the repository_. The ``./build-vyos-image`` script will also warn you if any
dependencies are missing.
Once you have the required dependencies installed, you may proceed with the
@@ -214,8 +215,8 @@ Start the build:
.. code-block:: none
- vyos_bld@d4220bb519a0:/vyos# ./configure --architecture amd64 --build-by "j.randomhacker@vyos.io"
- vyos_bld@d4220bb519a0:/vyos# sudo make iso
+ vyos_bld@8153428c7e1f:/vyos$ sudo make clean
+ vyos_bld@8153428c7e1f:/vyos$ sudo ./build-vyos-image iso --architecture amd64 --build-by "j.randomhacker@vyos.io"
When the build is successful, the resulting iso can be found inside the
``build`` directory as ``live-image-[architecture].hybrid.iso``.
@@ -234,46 +235,52 @@ Customize
=========
This ISO can be customized with the following list of configure options.
-The full and current list can be generated with ``./configure --help``:
+The full and current list can be generated with ``./build-vyos-image --help``:
.. code-block:: none
- $ ./configure --help
- usage: configure [-h] [--architecture ARCHITECTURE] [--build-by BUILD_BY]
- [--debian-mirror DEBIAN_MIRROR]
- [--debian-security-mirror DEBIAN_SECURITY_MIRROR]
- [--pbuilder-debian-mirror PBUILDER_DEBIAN_MIRROR]
- [--vyos-mirror VYOS_MIRROR] [--build-type BUILD_TYPE]
- [--version VERSION] [--build-comment BUILD_COMMENT] [--debug]
- [--custom-apt-entry CUSTOM_APT_ENTRY]
- [--custom-apt-key CUSTOM_APT_KEY]
- [--custom-package CUSTOM_PACKAGE]
+ $ vyos_bld@8153428c7e1f:/vyos$ sudo ./build-vyos-image --help
+ I: Checking if packages required for VyOS image build are installed
+ usage: build-vyos-image [-h] [--architecture ARCHITECTURE]
+ [--build-by BUILD_BY] [--debian-mirror DEBIAN_MIRROR]
+ [--debian-security-mirror DEBIAN_SECURITY_MIRROR]
+ [--pbuilder-debian-mirror PBUILDER_DEBIAN_MIRROR]
+ [--vyos-mirror VYOS_MIRROR] [--build-type BUILD_TYPE]
+ [--version VERSION] [--build-comment BUILD_COMMENT] [--debug] [--dry-run]
+ [--custom-apt-entry CUSTOM_APT_ENTRY] [--custom-apt-key CUSTOM_APT_KEY]
+ [--custom-package CUSTOM_PACKAGE]
+ [build_flavor]
- optional arguments:
+ positional arguments:
+ build_flavor Build flavor
+
+ optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--architecture ARCHITECTURE
- Image target architecture (amd64 or i386 or armhf)
+ Image target architecture (amd64 or arm64)
--build-by BUILD_BY Builder identifier (e.g. jrandomhacker@example.net)
--debian-mirror DEBIAN_MIRROR
- Debian repository mirror for ISO build
+ Debian repository mirror
--debian-security-mirror DEBIAN_SECURITY_MIRROR
- Debian security updates mirror
+ Debian security updates mirror
--pbuilder-debian-mirror PBUILDER_DEBIAN_MIRROR
- Debian repository mirror for pbuilder env bootstrap
+ Debian repository mirror for pbuilder env bootstrap
--vyos-mirror VYOS_MIRROR
- VyOS package mirror
+ VyOS package mirror
--build-type BUILD_TYPE
- Build type, release or development
+ Build type, release or development
--version VERSION Version number (release builds only)
--build-comment BUILD_COMMENT
- Optional build comment
+ Optional build comment
--debug Enable debug output
+ --dry-run Check build configuration and exit
--custom-apt-entry CUSTOM_APT_ENTRY
- Custom APT entry
+ Custom APT entry
--custom-apt-key CUSTOM_APT_KEY
- Custom APT key file
+ Custom APT key file
--custom-package CUSTOM_PACKAGE
- Custom package to install from repositories
+ Custom package to install from repositories
+
.. _iso_build_issues:
@@ -304,7 +311,7 @@ more or less similar looking error message:
(10:13) vyos_bld ece068908a5b:/vyos [current] #
To debug the build process and gain additional information of what could be the
-root cause, you need to use `chroot` to change into the build directry. This is
+root cause, you need to use `chroot` to change into the build directry. This is
explained in the following step by step procedure:
.. code-block:: none