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Buildah is a powerful tool for building container images without the need for a container daemon like Docker. It is a lightweight alternative to Docker, and it does not require a daemon to run. It’s a lightweight, open-source project that provides a secure and flexible way to create container images on Ubuntu 24.04.

Buildah helps the developers to create container images for containers created for Docker/Kubernetes environments using their source code. The images created by Buildah even can be used for other container services such as Podman. One advantage of Buildah is that creating images does not incur overhead. Buildah facilitates building Open Container Initiative (OCI) container images that continue to advance the possibilities of containers. Hence, it is therefore important to comply with the standards set by the OCI. This allows the tools to be shared, even if they have been programmed by different developers.

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Creating an App using the Control Panel

Click the Deploy to DigitalOcean button to create a Droplet based on this 1-Click App. If you aren’t logged in, this link will prompt you to log in with your DigitalOcean account.

Creating an App using the API

In addition to creating a Droplet from the Buildah on Ubuntu24.04 1-Click App using the control panel, you can also use the DigitalOcean API. As an example, to create a 4GB Buildah on Ubuntu24.04 Droplet in the SFO2 region, you can use the following curl command. You need to either save your API access token to an environment variable or substitute it in the command below.

curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
         -H 'Authorization: Bearer '$TOKEN'' -d \
        '{"name":"choose_a_name","region":"sfo2","size":"s-2vcpu-4gb","image":"apps4rent-buildahonubuntu2"}' \
        "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets"

Getting Started After Deploying Buildah on Ubuntu24.04

Once the Buildah on Ubuntu 24.04 image is deployed, you can log into your instance as root (or your configured user). Make sure to substitute the public IPv4 address with your instance’s actual IP:

ssh root@your_instance_public_ipv4

Buildah is pre-installed and ready to use immediately. You can begin building container images right away without needing a background daemon.

To verify that Buildah has been installed and is ready to use, run the following commands:

1. To verify the installed version of Buildah:

buildah --version

2. To check the installation path location of the Buildah binary:

which buildah