Creating the Image in Image Builder

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Creating the Image in Image Builder

Learn how to create an image based on a blueprint.

You must have an existing blueprint to use to create an image.

The following task describes how to create a custom image based on a specified blueprint and how to download the resulting composer image.

Create the image with the blueprint specifications.
```
sudo composer-cli compose start myblueprint image-type
```
For a list of valid image types, see Image Types and Output Formats. Alternatively, type:
```
sudo composer-cli compose types
```
While the process is running in the background, the composer image's UUID is displayed.
Use the UUID to track the progress of the image building process with the following command:
```
sudo composer-cli compose info image-uuid
```
The image's status indicates FINISHED when Image Builder has completed the build process.
Tip:

The output of the sudo composer-cli compose info command is verbose. Pipe the output of the command to head to see only the current status:
```
sudo composer-cli compose info image-uuid | head -1
```

Download the image file.

sudo composer-cli compose image image-uuid

To download the image's metadata and logs, enter:

sudo composer-cli compose [metadata|logs] image-uuid