How to export podman image distribution on Mac

[shrutscode]

I am trying to create a custom distribution to initialise a podman machine using the Fedora distribution.
(https://builds.coreos.fedoraproject.org/prod/streams/testing/builds/39.20240104.2.0/aarch64/fedora-coreos-39.20240104.2.0-qemu.aarch64.qcow2.xz)
podman machine init --image-path (path-to-above-image-download)
Post this I have to add some customisation to the image to make it work within my organisation, so basically adding certificates etc.
After customisation, I want to export the custom image to my local and then use this new distribution as the base.
How can I do export this image in Mac? (in Windows I was able to use wsl export command after customising the amd64 distribution)
I am an absolute beginner, I hope I have articulated the issue correctly.
Thanks.

[baude]

if you are an absolute beginner, this is not going to be trivial. You can use the podman-machine-os repo as a guide. The distributions, except for WSL, are generated using a Containerfile and based on Fedora CoreOS. As such, they also need ignition (like cloud-init) and other customizations needed. It is probably too much to explain here.

One shortcut you could make is to boot a machine. The create a Containerfile which has a FROM quay.io/podman/machine-os:TAG to start. Then using the Containerfile fro the podman-machine-os repo as an example, you can make modifications. Once that image is built, you can use podman machine os apply to lay it in.

Good luck!

[shrutscode]

Thanks for your response. Yes this is the right direction. I will take it up with my team.