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Ansible on bootc Images: Build-time Automation, First-Boot Config, and Day-2 Ops

October 19, 2025
Posted by Luca Berton
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Ansible on bootc Images: build-time automation, first-boot config, and day-2 ops Image mode for RHEL (aka bootc) lets you build and manage an entire OS as a container image, then deploy it as a bootable system.