Lifecycle

A reference implementation of the Cloud Native Buildpacks specification.

Supported APIs

Lifecycle Version	Platform APIs	Buildpack APIs
0.17.x*	0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 0.10, 0.11, 0.12	0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 0.10
0.16.x	0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 0.10, 0.11	0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9
0.15.x	0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 0.10	0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9
0.14.x	0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9	0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8
0.13.x	0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8	0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7
0.12.x	0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7	0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6
0.11.x	0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6	0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6
0.10.x	0.3, 0.4, 0.5	0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5
0.9.x	0.3, 0.4	0.2, 0.3, 0.4
0.8.x	0.3	0.2
0.7.x	0.2	0.2
0.6.x	0.2	0.2

* denotes unreleased version

Usage

Build

Either:

• analyzer - Reads metadata from the previous image and ensures registry access.
• detector - Chooses buildpacks (via /bin/detect) and produces a build plan.
• restorer - Restores layer metadata from the previous image and from the cache, and restores cached layers.
• builder - Executes buildpacks (via /bin/build).
• exporter - Creates an image and caches layers.

Or:

• creator - Runs the five phases listed above in order.

Run

• launcher - Invokes a chosen process.

Rebase

• rebaser - Creates an image from a previous image with updated base layers.

Contributing

• CONTRIBUTING - Information on how to contribute and grow your understanding of the lifecycle.
• DEVELOPMENT - Further detail to help you during the development process.
• RELEASE - Further details about our release process.