Lifecycle

A reference implementation of the Cloud Native Buildpacks specification.

Supported APIs

Lifecycle Version	Platform APIs	Buildpack APIs
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:

• detector - Chooses buildpacks (via /bin/detect) and produces a build plan.
• analyzer - Restores layer metadata from the previous image and from the cache.
• restorer - 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.