mount options.</para>
<para>A read-only OverlayFS will be set up on top of <filename>/usr/</filename> and
- <filename>/opt/</filename> hierarchies. The order in which the images are listed will determine the
+ <filename>/opt/</filename> hierarchies for sysext images and <filename>/etc/</filename>
+ hierarchy for confext images. The order in which the images are listed will determine the
order in which the overlay is laid down: images specified first to last will result in overlayfs
layers bottom to top.</para>
paths. If the empty string is assigned, the entire list of mount paths defined prior to this is
reset.</para>
- <para>Each image must carry a <filename>/usr/lib/extension-release.d/extension-release.IMAGE</filename>
+ <para>Each sysext image must carry a <filename>/usr/lib/extension-release.d/extension-release.IMAGE</filename>
+ file while each confext image must carry a <filename>/etc/extension-release.d/extension-release.IMAGE</filename>
file, with the appropriate metadata which matches <varname>RootImage=</varname>/<varname>RootDirectory=</varname>
or the host. See:
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>os-release</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
up. This option expects a whitespace separated list of source directories.</para>
<para>A read-only OverlayFS will be set up on top of <filename>/usr/</filename> and
- <filename>/opt/</filename> hierarchies. The order in which the directories are listed will determine
+ <filename>/opt/</filename> hierarchies for sysext images and <filename>/etc/</filename>
+ hierarchy for confext images. The order in which the directories are listed will determine
the order in which the overlay is laid down: directories specified first to last will result in overlayfs
layers bottom to top.</para>
paths. If the empty string is assigned, the entire list of mount paths defined prior to this is
reset.</para>
- <para>Each directory must contain a <filename>/usr/lib/extension-release.d/extension-release.IMAGE</filename>
+ <para>Each sysext directory must contain a <filename>/usr/lib/extension-release.d/extension-release.IMAGE</filename>
+ file while each confext directory must carry a <filename>/etc/extension-release.d/extension-release.IMAGE</filename>
file, with the appropriate metadata which matches <varname>RootImage=</varname>/<varname>RootDirectory=</varname>
or the host. See:
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>os-release</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>