1config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_MENDER_ARTIFACT 2 bool "host mender-artifact" 3 depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GO_HOST_ARCH_SUPPORTS 4 help 5 The mender-artifact tool is a CLI implementation of the 6 Mender artifacts library. 7 8 A Mender artifact can be recognized by its .mender suffix. 9 Mender artifacts can contain binaries, metadata, checksums, 10 signatures and scripts that are used during a deployment. 11 The artifact format acts as a wrapper, and uses the tar 12 format to bundle several files into one. 13 14 In its simplest form, an artifact contains just a rootfs 15 image, along with its checksum, id and device type 16 compatibility. 17 18 https://github.com/mendersoftware/mender-artifact 19