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Platform engineering

Platform engineering for the Linux system layer

Turn an approved Linux baseline into versioned, bootable artifacts that teams can inspect and test before they reach a fleet. OpenFactory handles the complete system image, not a shell layered onto a developer laptop.

Pilot one imageInspect technical proof
Versioned image recipesISO and disk-image outputsReal VM validation

A paved road for machines, appliances, and fleets

Platform teams can standardize the operating system, services, users, packages, desktop behavior, and validation checks as one reviewable artifact. Teams consume the resulting image instead of rebuilding a workstation or edge node from a long runbook.

Approved starting points

Create reusable Linux variants and recipes for common roles while preserving an explicit path back to the source configuration.

Artifact-level validation

Boot the produced image and test its terminal, desktop, services, network behavior, or application UI against the running VM.

Organization boundaries

Keep projects, builds, variants, tests, and sharing scoped to the appropriate organization and role-aware workflows.

Portable outputs

Retain and download the built artifact. Customer-controlled delivery boundaries are assessed through the enterprise pilot.

From platform standard to tested artifact

The operating model stays simple: define the baseline, build the machine, prove the behavior, then promote the exact artifact.

  1. 01

    Define the baseline

    Capture packages, services, users, configuration, target format, and acceptance checks in a versioned recipe.

  2. 02

    Build and boot

    Produce the ISO or disk image and start the resulting artifact in an isolated VM.

  3. 03

    Review and promote

    Inspect results, record evidence, and move the approved artifact toward the target fleet or appliance workflow.

Platform engineering questions

Is this a local development environment manager?

No. OpenFactory builds and validates complete bootable Linux systems. It does not activate a package environment inside the host shell.

Can teams extend a baseline?

Yes. Teams can begin with an existing variant or recipe, fork it, and add the packages, services, or checks required for a specific machine role.

Can OpenFactory run in our cloud or on premises?

Those deployment boundaries are available as a scoped enterprise pilot. The pilot validates the workload and integrations before a production commitment.

Start with one image your team already maintains

A representative machine is enough to test recipe ownership, build behavior, artifact validation, and the evidence your platform process needs.

Scope the pilot