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World Congress 2025 • Aug 20, 2025 • Session details

Enterprise Linux as Container Images

Goetz Rieger

Eliminate environment drift by managing your operating system exactly like an application. Discover how container-native Enterprise Linux unlocks true GitOps and immutable infrastructure deployments.

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Addressing challenges in traditional operating system management

Current system administration suffers from configuration sprawl and persistent drift between deployed applications and underlying hosts.

#2 about 2 min

Applying standard container workflows to physical infrastructure

Packaging Linux environments inside container files unifies the build process for continuous delivery pipelines and infrastructure provisioning.

#3 about 2 min

Managing host environments through native image mode deployments

The standard image mode capability bridges isolated application processes with fully functional generic host deployments.

#4 about 2 min

Creating bootable operating systems with the bootc project

Bootable containers embed a required kernel and bootloader within minimal application images to initialize hardware directly.

#5 about 2 min

Building custom operating systems via standard containerfile configurations

Layering custom host configurations atop reliable base images natively leverages familiar container building commands and pipelines.

#6 about 3 min

Deploying containerized operating systems across diverse target platforms

Converting registry artifacts into runnable disk formats or virtual environments requires specialized system building utilities.

#7 about 2 min

Executing image-based updates and safe system rollbacks

A dedicated host utility tracks discrete registry changes to provide seamless updates and safe offline local rollbacks.

#8 about 1 min

Embedding decoupled applications within logically bound container images

Bundling independent monitoring and operational service configurations securely alongside underlying hosts ensures cohesive environment deployments.

#9 about 3 min

Managing entire infrastructure fleets via automated gitops pipelines

Synchronizing definition files through a target versioned workflow enables automated updates seamlessly propagated across independent fleets.

#10 about 3 min

Adopting image mode for enterprise edge and hardware workloads

Coupling primary environment operations natively simplifies scheduled software maintenance loops across deeply restricted physical platforms.

Matching moments

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Evolving from application containers to bootable systems

Cedric Clyburn Cedric Clyburn +1 · WWC 2025

2:06 min

Managing operating systems as containers with bootc

Ben Breard Ben Breard · WWC 2025

5:33 min

Building and updating system images with Bootc

Cedric Clyburn Cedric Clyburn +1 · WWC 2025

2:01 min

Building native Linux systems using standard container files

Christian Koep Christian Koep · WWC 2025

2:55 min

Enterprise container migration and historical technology evolution

Federico Fregosi · WWC 2022

1:42 min

Essential Linux kernel features for running containers

Oliver Seitz Oliver Seitz · WWC 2024

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