Creating appliances with KIWI
KIWI provides a mechanism to create images of SUSE Linux Enterprise Servers. These can be installation DVD images, live images that can run without deployment to disk, preloaded operating systems, or readily configured appliances.
KIWI is closer to cloning an existing system, while AutoYaST is an automated installation. However, unlike cloning, KIWI uses configuration files and repositories and the actual imaging process does not need any further manual interaction. One important difference from cloning is that it ...

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