mkosi Command Examples

Build modern, legacy-free Linux images. Part of systemd. More information: https://manned.org/mkosi.

• Show current build configuration to verify what would be built:

mkosi summary

• Build an image with default settings (if no distribution is selected, the distribution of the host system is used):

mkosi build --distribution {{fedora|debian|ubuntu|arch|opensuse|...}}

• Build an image and run an interactive shell in a systemd-nspawn container of the image:

mkosi shell

• Boot an image in a virtual machine using QEMU (only supported for disk images or CPIO images when a kernel is provided):

mkosi qemu

• Display help:

mkosi help