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/usr/bin/image-factory

Tooling for building Talos Linux boot assets, disk images, and other machine-ready artifacts.

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Usage:
  image-factory [flags]              Run the factory.

Flags:
      --config configs    Configuration source(s). Can be specified multiple times or as a comma-separated list.
                          Supported forms:
                            env=[PREFIX]        Load configuration from environment variables (optional prefix).
                            FILE                Load configuration from a file; format is inferred from extension.
                            file=FILE           Explicit file source (same as FILE).

                          Supported file extensions:
                            .json               JSON
                            .yaml, .yml         YAML
                            .env                dotenv

                          Sources are applied in the order provided; later values override earlier ones.
                          A default is always applied, regardless of whether --config is specified. (default env=IF_)
      --log-level level   Log level [debug info warn error dpanic panic fatal] (default info)
Options (2)
OptionDescriptionSource
--config configsConfiguration source(s).help
--log-level levelLog level [debug info warn error dpanic panic fatal] (default info)help

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