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# Running Yocto Builds

Last updated on Mar 08, 2023

You can accelerate all of your Yocto builds using Incredibuild Linux. We have certified every version up to 3.4. This article assumes that you have already have Yocto builds up and running.

## Configure Incredibuild to work with Yocto

1. Configure Yocto parallelization:

   1. Create a text file called **bitbake.ib.conf** in your Yocto environment. This file will be used to define Yocto parallelization and it's path will be referenced in each of your builds.

   2. The contents of the file should be:

      ```
      PARALLEL_MAKE="-j 200"BB_NUMBER_THREADS="16"
      ```

      Where:

      * PARALLEL\_MAKE should be 1.5 times the number of cores in the Incredibuild grid

      * BB\_NUMBER\_THREADS should be 1.2 times the number of cores on your Initiating machine

## Running Yocto Builds

You run Yocto builds using the `ib_console` command. For details, see [Executing Your Builds](/linux/3.2.0/execute-builds-linux).

For example: `ib_console --avoid-user bitbake core-image-sato -r /<path>/bitbake.ib.conf`

We strongly recommend using the `--avoid-user` or `--avoid-shared` flags to achieve optimal build times. For details about how to use these flags, see [Build Avoidance](/linux/3.2.0/build-avoidance).