Automate the building process for FreeBSD images in the Azure Marketplace

Contacts:

  • Microsoft FreeBSD Integration Services Team: bsdic@microsoft.com
  • The FreeBSD Azure Release Engineering Team: releng-azure@FreeBSD.org
  • Wei Hu: whu@FreeBSD.org
  • Souradeep Chakrabarti: schakrabarti@microsoft.com
  • Li-Wen Hsu: lwhsu@FreeBSD.org

In Q1, the team successfully resolved all blocking issues and published the FreeBSD 13.3-RELEASE on the Azure Marketplace, making it readily available for users in the cloud environment.

Work in Progress:

The team is currently focused on several key tasks:

  • Automating the Image Building and Publishing Process: Efforts are underway to automate the image building and publishing process to merge these improvements into the FreeBSD src/release/ repository.
  • Building and Publishing Snapshot Builds: Snapshot builds are being developed and published to the Azure community gallery, providing users with the latest developments and updates.