Updating the documentation to reflect the new build process

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@ -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
@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ 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 +214,8 @@ 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 +234,46 @@ 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 +304,7 @@ 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