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Buildpacks Io Structure
On-disk and on-image structure of a v3 Cloud Native Buildpacks build. Describes the canonical artifacts a buildpack, builder, lifecycle, and produced OCI image carry, drawn directly from buildpacks/spec.
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Buildpacks Io Structure is a JSON Structure definition published by buildpacks-io.
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{
"structure": "Cloud Native Buildpacks v3",
"version": "Buildpack API 0.12 / Platform API 0.15 / Distribution API 0.3",
"description": "On-disk and on-image structure of a v3 Cloud Native Buildpacks build. Describes the canonical artifacts a buildpack, builder, lifecycle, and produced OCI image carry, drawn directly from buildpacks/spec.",
"filesystem": {
"buildpack_root": {
"buildpack.toml": "Buildpack descriptor — api, [buildpack], [[order]], [[targets]], [stacks] (deprecated), [metadata].",
"bin/detect": "Required executable invoked during the detect phase. Reads $CNB_PLATFORM_DIR and writes $CNB_BUILD_PLAN_PATH.",
"bin/build": "Required executable invoked during the build phase. Reads $CNB_BP_PLAN_PATH, writes layers under $CNB_LAYERS_DIR plus launch.toml/build.toml/store.toml."
},
"app_root": {
"project.toml": "Optional Project Descriptor — [_], [io.buildpacks], [[io.buildpacks.group]], [io.buildpacks.build.env]."
},
"layers_dir": {
"$CNB_LAYERS_DIR/launch.toml": "Processes, labels, slices emitted by the buildpack.",
"$CNB_LAYERS_DIR/build.toml": "Unmet requirements emitted by the buildpack.",
"$CNB_LAYERS_DIR/store.toml": "Persisted buildpack metadata carried across rebuilds.",
"$CNB_LAYERS_DIR/<layer>/": "Contributed layer directory.",
"$CNB_LAYERS_DIR/<layer>.toml": "Layer metadata — [types] (launch/build/cache), [metadata].",
"$CNB_LAYERS_DIR/<layer>.sbom.{cdx,spdx,syft}.json": "Per-layer SBOM in CycloneDX, SPDX, or Syft format."
},
"platform_dir": {
"$CNB_PLATFORM_DIR/env/": "User-provided environment variables (one file per var).",
"$CNB_PLATFORM_DIR/bindings/": "Optional service bindings exposed to detect and build."
}
},
"lifecycle_artifacts": {
"group.toml": "Selected buildpack/extension order group.",
"plan.toml": "Resolved build plan dependencies.",
"order.toml": "Builder-level order of buildpack groups.",
"stack.toml": "Run image stack metadata (legacy).",
"run.toml": "Run image references and mirrors (Platform API 0.12+).",
"builder.toml": "Builder configuration consumed by `pack builder create`.",
"metadata.toml": "Build metadata, process definitions.",
"report.toml": "Export results — image digests, tags.",
"analyzed.toml": "Analysis metadata from previous build.",
"project-metadata.toml": "Source and version info propagated to io.buildpacks.project.metadata."
},
"oci_labels": {
"io.buildpacks.build.metadata": "Buildpacks executed, processes declared, launcher info.",
"io.buildpacks.lifecycle.metadata": "Layer digests, run image, exec env.",
"io.buildpacks.project.metadata": "Source repo, version, project descriptor metadata.",
"io.buildpacks.base.maintainer": "Build/run image maintainer.",
"io.buildpacks.base.homepage": "Build/run image homepage.",
"io.buildpacks.base.distro.name": "Run image distribution name.",
"io.buildpacks.base.distro.version": "Run image distribution version.",
"io.buildpacks.rebasable": "true when the run image base is ABI-compatible with replacement bases."
},
"environment": {
"build_time": {
"CNB_BUILDPACK_DIR": "Buildpack root directory (detect, build).",
"CNB_PLATFORM_DIR": "Platform configuration directory (detect, build).",
"CNB_LAYERS_DIR": "Buildpack layers directory (build).",
"CNB_BUILD_PLAN_PATH": "Path written by detect.",
"CNB_BP_PLAN_PATH": "Resolved buildpack plan read at build.",
"CNB_EXEC_ENV": "production | test | development.",
"CNB_TARGET_OS": "Target OS.",
"CNB_TARGET_ARCH": "Target architecture.",
"CNB_TARGET_ARCH_VARIANT": "Target architecture variant.",
"CNB_TARGET_DISTRO_NAME": "Target distro name.",
"CNB_TARGET_DISTRO_VERSION": "Target distro version."
},
"user_prefixes": {
"BP_*": "Buildpack-consumed configuration variables.",
"BPL_*": "exec.d / launch-time configuration variables."
}
},
"lifecycle_binaries": [
"analyzer", "detector", "restorer", "extender", "builder", "exporter", "creator", "rebaser", "launcher"
]
}