diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/common.py b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/common.py
index bf081ab..e445caf 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/common.py
+++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/common.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import glob
 import rpm
 import yaml
 import logging
+import hashlib
 
 # These are a bunch of colors we may use in terminal output
 class Color:
@@ -20,6 +21,47 @@ class Color:
     BOLD = '\033[1m'
     END = '\033[0m'
 
+class Utils:
+    """
+    Quick utilities that may be commonly used
+    """
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_checksum(path, hashtype, logger):
+        """
+        Generates a checksum from the provided path by doing things in chunks.
+        This way we don't do it in memory.
+        """
+        try:
+            checksum = hashlib.new(hashtype)
+        except ValueError:
+            logger.error("Invalid hash type: %s" % hashtype)
+            return False
+
+        try:
+            input_file = open(path, "rb")
+        except IOError as e:
+            logger.error("Could not open file %s: %s" % (path, e))
+            return False
+
+        while True:
+            chunk = input_file.read(8192)
+            if not chunk:
+                break
+            checksum.update(chunk)
+
+        input_file.close()
+        stat = os.stat(path)
+        base = os.path.basename(path)
+        # This emulates our current syncing scripts that runs stat and
+        # sha256sum and what not with a very specific output.
+        return "%s: %s bytes\n%s (%s) = %s" % (
+                base,
+                stat.st_size,
+                hashtype.upper(),
+                base,
+                checksum.hexdigest()
+        )
+
 # vars and additional checks
 rldict = {}
 sigdict = {}
diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el9-beta.yaml b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el9-beta.yaml
index 6de4bbe..0ca78a8 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el9-beta.yaml
+++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el9-beta.yaml
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
         - 'isomd5sum'
         - 'lorax-templates-rhel'
         - 'lorax-templates-generic'
+        - 'xorriso'
   repoclosure_map:
     arches:
       x86_64: '--forcearch=x86_64 --arch=x86_64 --arch=athlon --arch=i686 --arch=i586 --arch=i486 --arch=i386 --arch=noarch'
diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el9.yaml b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el9.yaml
index b71a1ef..1918b68 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el9.yaml
+++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el9.yaml
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
         - 'isomd5sum'
         - 'lorax-templates-rhel'
         - 'lorax-templates-generic'
+        - 'xorriso'
   repoclosure_map:
     arches:
       x86_64: '--forcearch=x86_64 --arch=x86_64 --arch=athlon --arch=i686 --arch=i586 --arch=i486 --arch=i386 --arch=noarch'
diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el9lh.yaml b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el9lh.yaml
index 621e758..78de775 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el9lh.yaml
+++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el9lh.yaml
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
         - 'isomd5sum'
         - 'lorax-templates-rhel'
         - 'lorax-templates-generic'
+        - 'xorriso'
   repoclosure_map:
     arches:
       x86_64: '--forcearch=x86_64 --arch=x86_64 --arch=athlon --arch=i686 --arch=i586 --arch=i486 --arch=i386 --arch=noarch'
diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/rln.yaml b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/rln.yaml
index 1bd52d6..c36fcb1 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/rln.yaml
+++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/rln.yaml
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
         - 'libreport-rhel-anaconda-bugzilla'
       required_pkgs:
         - 'lorax'
-        - 'genisoimage'
         - 'isomd5sum'
         - 'lorax-templates-rhel'
         - 'lorax-templates-generic'
diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/templates/buildImage.tmpl.sh b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/templates/buildImage.tmpl.sh
index d7b7708..a17c853 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/templates/buildImage.tmpl.sh
+++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/templates/buildImage.tmpl.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,18 @@ fi
 
 # If we didn't fail, let's pack up everything!
 cd "${MOCKBLD}"
+
+# Get ISO manifest
+if [ -f "/usr/bin/xorriso" ]; then
+    /usr/bin/xorriso -dev lorax/images/boot.iso --find |
+      tail -n+2 |
+      tr -d "'" |
+      cut -c2- sort >> lorax/images/boot.iso.manifest
+elif [ -f "/usr/bin/isoinfo" ]; then
+    /usr/bin/isoinfo -R -f -i lorax/images/boot.iso |
+      grep -v '/TRANS.TBL$' | sort >> lorax/images/boot.iso.manifest
+fi
+
 tar czf "${LORAX_TAR}" lorax "${LOGFILE}"
 
 tar_ret_val=$?
diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/templates/extraisobuild.tmpl.sh b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/templates/extraisobuild.tmpl.sh
index 7dc6584..892c5c9 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/templates/extraisobuild.tmpl.sh
+++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/templates/extraisobuild.tmpl.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ mock_ret_val=$?
 if [ $mock_ret_val -eq 0 ]; then
   # Copy resulting data to /var/lib/mock/{{ shortname|lower }}-{{ major }}-{{ arch }}/result
   mkdir -p "${MOCK_RESL}"
-  cp "${MOCK_CHRO}${BUILDDIR}/${IMAGE_ISO}" "${MOCK_RESL}"
+  cp "${MOCK_CHRO}${BUILDDIR}/${IMAGE_ISO}*" "${MOCK_RESL}"
 else
   echo "!! EXTRA ISO RUN FAILED !!"
   exit 1
diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/util/iso_utils.py b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/util/iso_utils.py
index 2784e77..23c06ad 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/util/iso_utils.py
+++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/util/iso_utils.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import productmd.treeinfo
 
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
 
-from empanadas.common import Color, _rootdir
+from empanadas.common import Color, _rootdir, Utils
 
 class IsoBuild:
     """
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ class IsoBuild:
 
         self.extra_files = rlvars['extra_files']
 
+        self.container = config['container']
+        if 'container' in rlvars and len(rlvars['container']) > 0:
+            self.container = rlvars['container']
+
         self.staging_dir = os.path.join(
                     config['staging_root'],
                     config['category_stub'],
@@ -416,6 +420,8 @@ class IsoBuild:
             for variant in self.iso_map['images']:
                 self._copy_lorax_to_variant(self.force_unpack, arch, variant)
 
+            self._copy_boot_to_work(self.force_unpack, arch)
+
         self.log.info(
                 '[' + Color.BOLD + Color.GREEN + 'INFO' + Color.END + '] ' +
                 'Image variant phase completed'
@@ -595,25 +601,6 @@ class IsoBuild:
                 )
                 return
 
-        self.log.info('Copying %s boot iso to work directory...' % arch)
-        os.makedirs(iso_to_go, exist_ok=True)
-
-        rclevel = ''
-        if self.release_candidate:
-            rclevel = '-' + self.rclvl
-
-        isobootpath = '{}/{}-{}.{}{}-{}-{}.iso'.format(
-                iso_to_go,
-                self.shortname,
-                self.major_version,
-                self.minor_version,
-                rclevel,
-                arch,
-                image
-        )
-
-        shutil.copy2(src_to_image + '/images/boot.iso', isobootpath)
-
         self.log.info('Copying base lorax to %s directory...' % image)
         try:
             shutil.copytree(src_to_image, path_to_image, copy_function=shutil.copy2, dirs_exist_ok=True)
@@ -630,6 +617,73 @@ class IsoBuild:
                             'Cannot remove boot.iso'
                 )
 
+    def _copy_boot_to_work(self, force_unpack, arch):
+        src_to_image = os.path.join(
+                self.lorax_work_dir,
+                arch,
+                'lorax'
+        )
+
+        iso_to_go = os.path.join(
+                self.iso_work_dir,
+                arch
+        )
+
+        path_to_src_image = '{}/{}'.format(
+                src_to_image,
+                '/images/boot.iso'
+        )
+
+        rclevel = ''
+        if self.release_candidate:
+            rclevel = '-' + self.rclvl
+
+        discname = '{}-{}.{}{}-{}-{}.iso'.format(
+                self.shortname,
+                self.major_version,
+                self.minor_version,
+                rclevel,
+                arch,
+                'boot'
+        )
+
+        isobootpath = '{}/{}'.format(
+                iso_to_go,
+                discname
+        )
+
+        manifest = '{}.{}'.format(
+                isobootpath,
+                'manifest'
+        )
+
+        if not force_unpack:
+            file_check = isobootpath
+            if os.path.exists(file_check):
+                self.log.warn(
+                        '[' + Color.BOLD + Color.YELLOW + 'WARN' + Color.END + '] ' +
+                        'Boot image (' + discname + ') already exists'
+                )
+                return
+
+        self.log.info('Copying %s boot iso to work directory...' % arch)
+        os.makedirs(iso_to_go, exist_ok=True)
+        shutil.copy2(path_to_src_image, isobootpath)
+        if os.path.exists(path_to_src_image + '.manifest'):
+            shutil.copy2(path_to_src_image + '.manifest', manifest)
+
+        self.log.info('Creating checksum for %s boot iso...' % arch)
+        checksum = Utils.get_checksum(isobootpath, self.checksum, self.log)
+        if not checksum:
+            self.log.error(
+                    '[' + Color.BOLD + Color.RED + 'FAIL' + Color.END + '] ' +
+                    isobootpath + ' not found! Are you sure we copied it?'
+            )
+            return
+        with open(isobootpath + '.CHECKSUM', "w+") as c:
+            c.write(checksum)
+            c.close()
+
     def run_boot_sync(self):
         """
         This unpacks into BaseOS/$arch/os, assuming there's no data actually
@@ -866,9 +920,13 @@ class IsoBuild:
                     )
                     raise SystemExit()
 
+        if self.extra_iso_mode == 'podman':
+            self._extra_iso_podman_run(arches_to_build, images_to_build, work_root)
+
     def _extra_iso_local_config(self, arch, image, grafts, work_root):
         """
-        Local ISO build mode - this should build in mock
+        Local ISO build configuration - This generates the configuration for
+        both mock and podman entries
         """
         self.log.info('Generating Extra ISO configuration and script')
 
@@ -997,6 +1055,114 @@ class IsoBuild:
         """
         Runs the actual local process using mock
         """
+        entries_dir = os.path.join(work_root, "entries")
+        extra_iso_cmd = '/bin/bash {}/extraisobuild-{}-{}.sh'.format(entries_dir, arch, image)
+        self.log.info('Starting mock build...')
+        p = subprocess.call(shlex.split(extra_iso_cmd))
+        if p != 0:
+            self.log.error('An error occured during execution.')
+            self.log.error('See the logs for more information.')
+            raise SystemExit()
+        # Copy it if the compose dir is here?
+
+    def _extra_iso_podman_run(self, arches, images, work_root):
+        """
+        Does all the image building in podman containers to parallelize the
+        builds. This is a case where you can call this instead of looping mock,
+        or not run it in peridot. This gives the Release Engineer a little more
+        flexibility if they care enough.
+
+        This honestly assumes you are running this on a machine that has access
+        to the compose directories. It's the same as if you were doing a
+        reposync of the repositories.
+        """
+        cmd = self.podman_cmd()
+        entries_dir = os.path.join(work_root, "entries")
+        for i in images:
+            entry_name_list = []
+            image_name = i
+            arch_sync = arches.copy()
+
+            for a in arch_sync:
+                entry_name = 'buildExtraImage-{}-{}.sh'.format(a, i)
+                entry_name_list.append(entry_name)
+
+            for pod in entry_name_list:
+                podman_cmd_entry = '{} run -d -it -v "{}:{}" -v "{}:{}" --name {} --entrypoint {}/{} {}'.format(
+                        cmd,
+                        self.compose_root,
+                        self.compose_root,
+                        entries_dir,
+                        entries_dir,
+                        pod,
+                        entries_dir,
+                        pod,
+                        self.container
+                )
+
+                process = subprocess.call(
+                        shlex.split(podman_cmd_entry),
+                        stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+                        stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL
+                )
+
+            join_all_pods = ' '.join(entry_name_list)
+            time.sleep(3)
+            self.log.info(
+                    '[' + Color.BOLD + Color.GREEN + 'INFO' + Color.END + '] ' +
+                    'Building ' + i + ' ...'
+            )
+            pod_watcher = '{} wait {}'.format(
+                    cmd,
+                    join_all_pods
+            )
+
+            watch_man = subprocess.call(
+                    shlex.split(pod_watcher),
+                    stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+                    stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL
+            )
+
+            # After the above is done, we'll check each pod process for an exit
+            # code.
+            pattern = "Exited (0)"
+            for pod in entry_name_list:
+                checkcmd = '{} ps -f status=exited -f name={}'.format(
+                        cmd,
+                        pod
+                )
+                podcheck = subprocess.Popen(
+                        checkcmd,
+                        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                        stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+                        shell=True
+                )
+
+                output, errors = podcheck.communicate()
+                if 'Exited (0)' not in output.decode():
+                    self.log.error(
+                            '[' + Color.BOLD + Color.RED + 'FAIL' + Color.END + '] ' + pod
+                    )
+                    bad_exit_list.append(pod)
+
+            rmcmd = '{} rm {}'.format(
+                    cmd,
+                    join_all_pods
+            )
+
+            rmpod = subprocess.Popen(
+                    rmcmd,
+                    stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+                    stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+                    shell=True
+            )
+
+            entry_name_list.clear()
+            self.log.info(
+                    '[' + Color.BOLD + Color.GREEN + 'INFO' + Color.END + '] ' +
+                    'Building ' + i + ' completed'
+            )
+
 
     def _generate_graft_points(
             self,
@@ -1471,6 +1637,23 @@ class IsoBuild:
         returned_cmd = ' '.join(cmd)
         return returned_cmd
 
+    def podman_cmd(self) -> str:
+        """
+        This generates the podman run command. This is in the case that we want
+        to do reposyncs in parallel as we cannot reasonably run multiple
+        instances of dnf reposync on a single system.
+        """
+        cmd = None
+        if os.path.exists("/usr/bin/podman"):
+            cmd = "/usr/bin/podman"
+        else:
+            self.log.error('/usr/bin/podman was not found. Good bye.')
+            raise SystemExit("\n\n/usr/bin/podman was not found.\n\nPlease "
+                    " ensure that you have installed the necessary packages on "
+                    " this system. " + Color.BOLD + "Note that docker is not "
+                    "supported." + Color.END
+            )
+        return cmd
 
 class LiveBuild:
     """