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rpm-ostree Overview

rpm-ostree is a hybrid image/package system. It uses OSTree as a base image format, and supports RPM on both the client and server side using libhif.

For more information, see the online manual: Read The Docs (rpm-ostree)

Features:

  • Atomic upgrades and rollback for host system updates
  • A server side tool to consume RPMs and commit them to an OSTree repository
  • A system daemon to consume OSTree commits as updates

Projects using rpm-ostree

Project Atomic uses rpm-ostree to provide a minimal host for Docker formatted Linux containers. Replicating a base immutable OS, then using Docker for applications.

Manual

For more information, see the online manual: Read The Docs (rpm-ostree)