diff --git a/ignition/.config/Makefile.em b/ignition/.config/Makefile.em
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+++ b/ignition/.config/Makefile.em
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+all: help
+
+help:
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "-- Help Menu"
+	@echo ""
+	@echo "   1. make build            - build all images"
+	@echo "   2. make pull             - pull all images"
+	@echo "   3. make clean            - remove all images"
+	@echo ""
+
+build:
+	@docker build --tag=ignition:$release_name-$os_code_name	ignition/.
+
+pull:
+	@docker pull ignition:$release_name-$os_code_name
+
+clean:
+	@docker rmi -f ignition:$release_name-$os_code_name
diff --git a/ignition/.config/images.yaml.em b/ignition/.config/images.yaml.em
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index 000000000..7b71ae3ae
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+++ b/ignition/.config/images.yaml.em
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+%YAML 1.1
+# Ignition Dockerfile database
+---
+images:
+    ignition:
+        base_image: @(os_name):@(os_code_name)
+        maintainer_name: @(maintainer_name)
+        template_name: docker_images/create_ignition_image.Dockerfile.em
+        # entrypoint_name: docker_images/no_entrypoint.sh
+        template_packages:
+            - docker_templates
+        ignition_packages:
+            - ignition-@(ignition_version)
diff --git a/ignition/.config/platform.yaml.em b/ignition/.config/platform.yaml.em
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index 000000000..fbd684623
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+++ b/ignition/.config/platform.yaml.em
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+%YAML 1.1
+# Ignition Dockerfile database
+---
+platform:
+    os_name: $os_name
+    os_code_name: $os_code_name
+    ignition_version: $release_name
+    user_name: ignition
+    maintainer_name:
+    arch: amd64
+    type: distribution
+    version:
+    release: stable
diff --git a/ignition/create_dockerfiles.py b/ignition/create_dockerfiles.py
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/ignition/create_dockerfiles.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import os
+import sys
+import yaml
+
+try:
+    from cStringIO import StringIO
+except ImportError:
+    from io import StringIO
+from em import Interpreter
+
+from docker_templates.argparse import DockerfileArgParser
+from docker_templates.create import create_files
+from docker_templates.collections import OrderedLoad
+from docker_templates.packages import expandPackages
+
+def main(argv=sys.argv[1:]):
+    """Create Dockerfiles for images from platform and image yaml data"""
+
+    # Create the top-level parser
+    parser = DockerfileArgParser(
+        description="Generate the 'Dockerfile's for the base docker images")
+    parser.set()
+    args = parser.parse(argv)
+
+    # Read platform params
+    with open(args.platform, 'r') as f:
+        # use safe_load instead load
+        platform = yaml.safe_load(f)['platform']
+
+    # Read image params using platform params
+    images_yaml = StringIO()
+    try:
+        interpreter = Interpreter(output=images_yaml)
+        interpreter.file(open(args.images, 'r'), locals=platform)
+        images_yaml = images_yaml.getvalue()
+    except Exception as e:
+        print("Error processing %s" % args.images)
+        raise
+    finally:
+        interpreter.shutdown()
+        interpreter = None
+    # Use ordered dict
+    images = OrderedLoad(images_yaml, yaml.SafeLoader)['images']
+
+    # For each image tag
+    for image in images:
+
+        # Get data for image
+        data = dict(images[image])
+        data['tag_name'] = image
+
+        # Add platform params
+        data.update(platform)
+
+        # Apply package distro/version formatting
+        expandPackages(data)
+
+        # Get path to save Docker file
+        dockerfile_dir = os.path.join(args.output, image)
+        if not os.path.exists(dockerfile_dir):
+            os.makedirs(dockerfile_dir)
+        data['dockerfile_dir'] = dockerfile_dir
+
+        # generate Dockerfile
+        create_files(data)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/ignition/create_dockerfolders.py b/ignition/create_dockerfolders.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ecd255b8f
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+++ b/ignition/create_dockerfolders.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import sys
+import yaml
+
+import create_dockerfiles
+
+from docker_templates.argparse import DockerfolderArgParser
+from docker_templates.collections import OrderedLoad
+from docker_templates.folders import populate_paths
+
+
+def main(argv=sys.argv[1:]):
+    """Create Dockerfolders for images from manifest yaml data"""
+
+    # Create the top-level parser
+    parser = DockerfolderArgParser(
+        description="Generate the Dockerfolders for the base docker images")
+    parser.set()
+    args = parser.parse(argv)
+
+    # Read manifest params
+    with open(args.manifest, 'r') as f:
+        manifest = OrderedLoad(f, yaml.SafeLoader)
+
+    # Populate all paths from the manifest
+    populate_paths(manifest, args, create_dockerfiles)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/ignition/create_dockerlibrary.py b/ignition/create_dockerlibrary.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..52305ae69
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+++ b/ignition/create_dockerlibrary.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import git
+import os
+import sys
+import yaml
+
+import ros_buildfarm.templates
+
+from docker_templates.argparse import DockerlibraryArgParser
+from docker_templates.collections import OrderedLoad
+from docker_templates.create import expand_template_prefix_path, create_dockerlibrary
+from docker_templates.library import parse_manifest
+
+default_template_prefix_path = ros_buildfarm.templates.template_prefix_path
+PWD = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+
+def main(argv=sys.argv[1:]):
+    """Create Dockerlibrary for images from manifest yaml data"""
+
+    # Create the top-level parser
+    parser = DockerlibraryArgParser(
+        description="Generate the 'Dockerlibrary for the base docker images")
+    parser.set()
+    args = parser.parse(argv)
+
+    # Read manifest params
+    with open(args.manifest, 'r') as f:
+        manifest = OrderedLoad(f, yaml.SafeLoader)
+
+    # Create a git diff for the current repo
+    repo = git.Repo(os.path.join(PWD, '..'))  # , odbt=git.GitCmdObjectDB)
+
+    # Parse the manifest
+    repo_name = os.path.basename(PWD)
+    manifest = parse_manifest(manifest, repo, repo_name)
+
+    # Flattin manifest data
+    data = {**manifest, **manifest['meta']}
+
+    # Create Docker Library
+    template_name = data['template_name']
+    template_packages = data['template_packages']
+    expand_template_prefix_path(template_packages)
+    create_dockerlibrary(template_name, data, args.output)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()