rBuilder 4.0.2 User Guide

4.0.2-2008-06-06


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Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Projects
3. Create an Account
4. Watch a Project
5. Join a Project
6. Member Roles
6.1. Project Owner Role
6.2. Developer Role
7. Create a Project
7.1. Plan the Project Configuration
7.1.1. Project Domain Name
7.1.2. Release Stages
7.2. Set Up the Project
8. Manage Project Members
8.1. Add and Remove Members
8.2. Handle Member Requests
8.3. Promote and Demote Members
9. Resign A Project
10. Orphans and Adopting
11. Repository Browser
11.1. Repository Browser Index
11.2. Package Information
11.3. Group Information
11.4. Source Component Information
11.5. Compare Revisions
12. Repository Permissions
13. Appliance Development with rBuilder
13.1. Overview of the Development Process
13.2. Simplifying Repository Maps
13.3. Preparing the Binary Group
13.3.1. Building for Architectures
13.3.2. Building for Virtual Machines and Other Image Types
14. Image Builds
14.1. Generate an Image
14.2. Regenerate and Delete Images
15. Image Build Types
15.1. Appliance ISO Image
15.2. Compressed Tar File
15.3. Demo CD/DVD (Live CD/DVD)
15.4. Installable ISO
15.5. Microsoft® VHD Virtual Appliance
15.6. Raw Filesystem Image
15.7. Raw Hard Disk
15.8. Update CD/DVD Image
15.9. Virtual Iron Appliance
15.10. VMware® Virtual Appliance
15.11. VMware® ESX Server Virtual Appliance
16. Releases
17. rBuilder Client
17.1. Installing and Configuring the rBuilder Client
17.2. Client Commands and Options
17.2.1. rbuilder config
17.2.2. rbuilder image-create
17.2.3. rbuilder image-url
17.2.4. rbuilder build-wait
17.2.5. rbuilder user-create
17.2.6. rbuilder project-add
17.2.7. Cross-command Options