Reduce bootc system update size

206 · Red Hat · Nov. 3, 2025, 8:36 a.m.
Summary
This blog post discusses how to reduce bandwidth usage during system updates by using the rpm-ostree build-chunked-oci tool. It explains how to create separate image layers for individual files, which helps avoid redownloading large components, such as AI models, and demonstrates this process through a test environment setup and example code. The author illustrates the improved efficiency achieved in updates after implementing these changes.