The plugin can create an https://github.com/opencontainers/image-spec[OCI image] from an executable jar file using https://buildpacks.io/[Cloud Native Buildpacks] (CNB).
The plugin can create an https://github.com/opencontainers/image-spec[OCI image] from a jar or war file using https://buildpacks.io/[Cloud Native Buildpacks] (CNB).
Images can be built using the `build-image` goal.
NOTE: For security reasons, images build and run as non-root users.
See the {buildpacks-reference}/reference/spec/platform-api/#users[CNB specification] for more details.
NOTE: The `build-image` goal is not supported with projects using <<repackage, war packaging>>.
The easiest way to get started is to invoke `mvn spring-boot:build-image` on a project.
It is possible to automate the creation of an image whenever the `package` phase is invoked, as shown in the following example: