CLI Tooling#

The cekit CLI tool supports the following common options:

--descriptor

The path to the image descriptor file. It defaults to image.yaml. If - is passed in it will read from standard input.

-v --verbose

Enable verbose logging

--nocolor

Disable color output. This is also implicitly activated when the environment variable NO_COLOR is set.

--work-dir PATH

Location of the working directory. Defaults to $HOME/.cekit.

--config PATH

Path to the configuration file. See Configuration file

--redhat

Enables options for Red Hat infrastructure. See Red Hat environment

--target PATH

Path to directory where files should be generated. Defaults to target

--version

Outputs CEKit version and exits

--help

Outputs help information and exits