46 Troubleshooting Edge Image Builder (EIB) #

Wrong SCC code: Ensure the SCC code used in the EIB definition file matches the SL Micro version and architecture.

Missing dependencies: Ensure there are no missing packages or tools within the build environment.

Incorrect image size: For raw images, the diskSize parameter is required and it depends heavily on the images, RPMs, and other artifacts being included in the image.

Permissions: If storing a script on the custom/files directory, ensure it has executable permissions as those files are just available at combustion time but no changes are performed by EIB.

Operating system group dependencies: When creating an image with custom users and groups, the groups being set as “primaryGroup” should be explicitly created.

Operating system user’s sshkeys requires a home folder: When creating an image with users with sshkeys, the home folder needs to be created as well with createHomeDir=true.

Combustion issues: EIB relies on combustion for the customization of the OS and deployment of all the other SUSE Edge components. This also includes custom scripts being placed in the custom/scripts folder. Note that the combustion process is being executed at initrd time, so the system is not completely booted when the scripts are executed.

Podman machine size: As explained in the EIB Tips and Tricks section (Part IV, “Tips and Tricks”), verify the podman machine has enough CPU/memory to run the EIB container on non-Linux operating systems.

EIB output: The console output of the eib build command is crucial.

Build container logs: Check the logs of the build container. The logs are generated in the directory that was used to store the artifacts. Check docker logs or podman logs for the necessary information as well.

Note

For more information, see Debugging.

Temporary build directories: EIB creates temporary directories during the build process. Check these for intermediate logs or artifacts if the main output is insufficient.

Combustion logs: If the image being built with EIB does not boot for any reason, a root shell is available. Connect to the host console (either physically, via BMC, etc.) and check combustion logs with journalctl -u combustion and in general all the operating system logs with journalctl to find the root cause of the failure.