LiveContent S1000D -- Modifying the cdimage.tar file for IETP/IETM deliveries

If there are modified files or patches that must be delivered with the IETP/IETM, the cdimage.tar file must be extracted and re-created.

***Use extreme care when recreating the cdimage.tar file.

The cdimage.tar is extracted and used when building an IETP/IETM. If there are modified files or patches that you need to ensure are delivered with the IETP/IETM, this cdimage.tar file must be extracted and re-created.

To do this, you need to do the following:

1. Back up the original cdimage.tar file to a new name, cdimage.tar_back for example.
2. Extract the contents of the LiveContent/cdimage.tar file from the Publish server into a temporary directory.
3. Modify the contents of the cdimage in the temporary directory.
   • For example: modify the launch.conf file or put a new patch file in place of the existing one.
4. Create a new cdimage.tar file:
   • change directory to the cdimage directory you created during step 2
   • execute the command 'tar -cvf * cdimage.tar'
     • this command will create the updated tar file containing the contents of the cdimage directory, not the directory itself
5. Copy or Move the updated cdimage.tar in place in the LiveContent directory.
6. Publish an IETP/IETM
7. Test your changes.

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