Please note: This repository is not maintained by Northern Tech anymore.

However, it is under active development!

It is recommended you use this repository for the latest mender packagess if you plan on using Mender with your Buildroot system, as the maintainers of Buildroot are slow to respond to pull requests that bump the Mender package versions. Sometimes up to 4+ months.

Buildroot community board integrations for Mender

Mender is an open source over-the-air (OTA) software updater for embedded Linux devices. Mender comprises a client running at the embedded device, as well as a server that manages deployments across many devices.

This repository contains Buildroot board integrations for various boards.

Please check out https://hub.mender.io for more information on supported boards and detailed instructions on how to setup the build environment to create images.

Getting started

Prerequisites:

• A computer running Linux
• Docker
• docker-compose

To start using Mender, we recommend that you begin with the Getting started section in the Mender documentation.

Quick setup

• Clone this repository:
  • git clone https://github.com/mendersoftware/buildroot-mender -b 2023.11.x
• Build the docker container:
  • make build
• choose the board you want to build by looking in the docker/ directory for .json files. IE: docker/x86_64.json
• Start the docker container. The build will start automatically. IE:
  • ENV_FILES=x86_64.json make up
• Images are found in buildroot-external-mender/output/${config_name}/images

Currently tested boards:

• x86_64

Other notes:

• See docker/env.json.readme for env file options.
• See make help for make file options.
• make shell will skip building and put you into the docker shell. Navigate to buildroot-external-mender/output/${config_name} to build manually.
• Board files are found in buildroot-external-mender/board
• Config files are found in buildroot-external-mender/configs
• Buildroot patches are found in buildroot-external-mender/patches/builldroot
• After building x86_64_mender_defconfig run make x64-run to start the virtual image. Console is found on the serial port.
• All defconfigs build.

Contributing

Please raise an issue if a board does not build or boot!

We welcome and ask for your contribution. If you would like to contribute to Mender, please read our guide on how to best get started contributing code or documentation.

License

All files in this repository are licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0, unless indicated otherwise. LICENSE for the full license text.

Connect with us

• Join the Mender Hub discussion forum
• Follow us on Twitter. Please feel free to tweet us questions.
• Fork us on Github
• Create an issue in the bugtracker
• Email us at contact@mender.io
• Connect to the #mender IRC channel on Libera

Authors

Mender was created by the team at Northern.tech AS, with many contributions from the community. Thanks everyone!

Mender is sponsored by Northern.tech AS.