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# Air-Gapped Environments

lynkctl can generate SBOMs without network access. The only component that normally needs the network is the OSS-index database used for vendored open-source identification. Pre-fetch it on a connected machine, then point lynkctl at the local copy.

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## Step 1 — Fetch the Database on a Connected Machine

```bash
lynkctl db download
```

Find where it was stored:

```bash
lynkctl db path
```

## Step 2 — Transfer the Database

Copy the `oss-index.db` file to the air-gapped environment by whatever transfer mechanism you use — removable media, an internal artifact store, a base container image:

```bash
DB=$(lynkctl db path)
cp "$DB" /transfer/oss-index.db
```

## Step 3 — Run lynkctl Against the Local Database

Pass the database path explicitly with `--oss-index-db`:

```bash
lynkctl generate . --oss-index-db /opt/oss-index.db -o sbom.cdx.json
```

## Verifying the Database

`db info` inspects a cached database without touching the network — format version, build date, sha256, size, and index statistics:

```bash
lynkctl db info
```

## Generating Without Vendored Identification

If you do not need vendored open-source identification at all, skip the database entirely with `--no-oss-index`:

```bash
lynkctl generate . --no-oss-index -o sbom.cdx.json
```

This drops the OSS-index enrichment step; build-system analysis and other enrichment still run.

## Related

* [OSS-Index Database](/lynkctl/database.md) — full `db` subcommand reference
* [Running in CI/CD](/lynkctl/how-to-guides/ci-cd.md) — air-gapped runners


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