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rBuilder Appliance Administration Guide Watch a project Create an account User roles Project owners Developers Join a project Create a project Add and remove members Handle member requests Promote and demote members Manage permissions Create and manage releases Resign a project Adopt or orphan a project Browse project repositories Appliance development rPath Appliance Platform Linux Service Image Builds Create a Build Build types Create and manage releases rBuilder Client (command line access for scripting) FAQ

rBuilder is the first and only development tool that simplifies and automates the creation of software appliances and virtual appliances. rBuilder combines powerful features with innovative packaging techniques to yield a repeatable appliance creation process. Appliance development makes use of rBuilder's project structure to organize appliances and their software, and it employs rBuilder to generate appliance images and to release complete appliance products.

Two rBuilder Environments

rPath provides two rBuilder entities:

rBuilder Online (rBO) (available at www.rpath.com/rbuilder) is an rPath website where users can find, develop, and share appliances and associated Conary packages in a collaborative environment. Project contents on rBO are considered public and available for anyone to access and use:

rBuilder Online user guide | rBuilder Online Appliance-Building Tutorial

rBuilder Appliance (rBA) is rPath's licensed rBuilder product that can be installed and run on a customer's internal network, behind a firewall. rBA provides appliance-building features while protecting licensed software and other sensitive information. The rBA web interface is similar to rBO and includes many of the same features. rBA also provides command-line interface (CLI) tools to help with further automating tasks:

Use the links at the left to step through the rBuilder user guide

rBuilder Appliance Administration Guide | rBuilder Appliance Release Notes

Appliance Development with rBuilder

rPath recommends developing appliances with rBuilder and rMake together. rMake is a command-line tool used to build software consistently across varied developers' environments. Application to Appliance: A Hands-on Guide introduces the products and steps through rPath's recommended appliance development process.