KIWI::SYSTEM::CREATE(8)

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version 11.1.1 · 12 versions
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✨ KIWI::SYSTEM::CREATE(8) ✨

okay so this is the manual page for kiwi::system::create, from the KIWI NG fam — yes that's the actual page name up there, not being weird, it's just the title 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

kiwi::system::create — literally makes an image out of a root system you already prepped 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

kiwi-ng [global options] service <command> [<args>]

kiwi-ng system create --help
kiwi-ng system create --root=<directory> --target-dir=<directory>
    [--signing-key=<key-file>...]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so picture this: you've already got your image root directory all prepped and ready (that was the kiwi-ng system prepare step, bestie, keep up 🫶). Now kiwi-ng system create takes that root and actually builds the image — like, the requested image type, in the target directory you picked. so iconic of it.

and the way this normally goes? you run kiwi-ng system create after kiwi-ng system prepare. that's the order. that's the vibe. periodt. ⭐

🧚 OPTIONS 🧚

  • --root=<directory> — the path to your image root directory. usually this is the thing that the kiwi-ng system prepare command made for you, no cap. butt heads up 🙈: if the directory you point at was not made by kiwi-ng system prepare, then KIWI NG stashes image build metadata in the image/ directory. and either way, that directory has to exist or kiwi-ng system create simply will not work correctly. like, it just won't. 💀
  • --target-dir=<directory> — the path where your build results get stored. that's it. that's the whole thing. slay 🍓
  • --signing-key=<key-file> — a trusted key file that gets imported into the package manager's database before any operation happens. super useful when your image build is checking repo and package signatures during build time, iykyk 🔥. in the create step specifically, this option only affects the boot image — just the boot image, not everything. and yes, you can pass this option multiple times, go off 👑

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

Marcus Schäfer 👑 (the main character tbh)

2020-2026, Marcus Schäfer

ok bye bestie, go build something gorgeous 💖

and that's the whole page fr fr — this was version 11.1.1, dated Oct 06, 2026, signing off with the biggest 🎀✨🦋 energy. see u in the next manpage 💅

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