1*4882a593Smuzhiyunconfig BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_MENDER_ARTIFACT 2*4882a593Smuzhiyun bool "host mender-artifact" 3*4882a593Smuzhiyun depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GO_HOST_ARCH_SUPPORTS 4*4882a593Smuzhiyun help 5*4882a593Smuzhiyun The mender-artifact tool is a CLI implementation of the 6*4882a593Smuzhiyun Mender artifacts library. 7*4882a593Smuzhiyun 8*4882a593Smuzhiyun A Mender artifact can be recognized by its .mender suffix. 9*4882a593Smuzhiyun Mender artifacts can contain binaries, metadata, checksums, 10*4882a593Smuzhiyun signatures and scripts that are used during a deployment. 11*4882a593Smuzhiyun The artifact format acts as a wrapper, and uses the tar 12*4882a593Smuzhiyun format to bundle several files into one. 13*4882a593Smuzhiyun 14*4882a593Smuzhiyun In its simplest form, an artifact contains just a rootfs 15*4882a593Smuzhiyun image, along with its checksum, id and device type 16*4882a593Smuzhiyun compatibility. 17*4882a593Smuzhiyun 18*4882a593Smuzhiyun https://github.com/mendersoftware/mender-artifact 19