diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/build-host.sh b/.gitlab/ci/build-host.sh
index 7a15010808a5a73e801e7c3d8133e744ffbae99d..3377ba76170c9d5c6939a8da72c58205f77eef00 100755
--- a/.gitlab/ci/build-host.sh
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/build-host.sh
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ function main() {
   expect "# " 120
 
   ## Start build and copy output to local disk
-  send "bash -x ./.gitlab/ci/build-inside-vm.sh ${PROFILE}\n "
+  send "bash -x ./.gitlab/ci/build-inside-vm.sh ${PROFILE} ${BUILDMODE}\n "
   expect "# " 2400 # mksquashfs can take a very long time
   send "cp -r --preserve=mode,timestamps -- output /mnt/project/tmp/$(basename "${tmpdir}")/\n"
   expect "# " 60
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/build-inside-vm.sh b/.gitlab/ci/build-inside-vm.sh
index a6ce79ebe08d510c63f5eb45e77b8cac8782bf27..ac4bf0b5e7356e1074704da4f181dd814e15e615 100755
--- a/.gitlab/ci/build-inside-vm.sh
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/build-inside-vm.sh
@@ -1,66 +1,156 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
-# This script is run within a virtual environment to build the available archiso profiles and create checksum files for
-# the resulting images.
+# This script is run within a virtual environment to build the available archiso profiles and their available build
+# modes and create checksum files for the resulting images.
 # The script needs to be run as root and assumes $PWD to be the root of the repository.
+#
+# Dependencies:
+# * all archiso dependencies
+# * zsync
+#
+# $1: profile
+# $2: buildmode
+
+set -euo pipefail
+shopt -s extglob
 
 readonly orig_pwd="${PWD}"
 readonly output="${orig_pwd}/output"
+readonly profile="${1}"
+readonly buildmode="${2}"
+readonly install_dir="arch"
+
 tmpdir=""
 tmpdir="$(mktemp --dry-run --directory --tmpdir="${orig_pwd}/tmp")"
 gnupg_homedir=""
+codesigning_dir=""
+codesigning_cert=""
+codesigning_key=""
 pgp_key_id=""
 
 cleanup() {
   # clean up temporary directories
+
+  # gitlab collapsable sections start
+  printf "\e[0Ksection_start:%(%s)T:cleanup\r\e[0KCleaning up temporary directory"
+
   if [ -n "${tmpdir:-}" ]; then
     rm -rf "${tmpdir}"
   fi
+
+  # gitlab collapsable sections end
+  printf "\e[0Ksection_end:%(%s)T:cleanup\r\e[0K"
 }
 
 create_checksums() {
-  # create checksums for a file
-  # $1: a file
-  sha256sum "${1}" >"${1}.sha256"
-  sha512sum "${1}" >"${1}.sha512"
-  b2sum "${1}" >"${1}.b2"
-  if [[ -n "${SUDO_UID:-}" ]] && [[ -n "${SUDO_GID:-}" ]]; then
-    chown "${SUDO_UID}:${SUDO_GID}" "${1}"{,.b2,.sha{256,512}}
-  fi
+  # create checksums for files
+  # $@: files
+  local _file
+
+  # gitlab collapsable sections start
+  printf "\e[0Ksection_start:%(%s)T:checksums\r\e[0KCreating checksums"
+
+  for _file in "$@"; do
+    md5sum "${_file}" >"${_file}.md5"
+    sha1sum "${_file}" >"${_file}.sha1"
+    sha256sum "${_file}" >"${_file}.sha256"
+    sha512sum "${_file}" >"${_file}.sha512"
+    b2sum "${_file}" >"${_file}.b2"
+
+    if [[ -n "${SUDO_UID:-}" ]] && [[ -n "${SUDO_GID:-}" ]]; then
+      chown "${SUDO_UID}:${SUDO_GID}" -- "${_file}"{,.b2,.sha{256,512}}
+    fi
+  done
+
+  # gitlab collapsable sections end
+  printf "\e[0Ksection_end:%(%s)T:checksums\r\e[0K"
 }
 
 create_zsync_delta() {
-  # create a zsync control file for a file
-  # $1: a file
-  zsyncmake -C -u "${1##*/}" -o "${1}".zsync "${1}"
-  if [[ -n "${SUDO_UID:-}" ]] && [[ -n "${SUDO_GID:-}" ]]; then
-    chown "${SUDO_UID}:${SUDO_GID}" "${1}".zsync
-  fi
+  # create zsync control files for files
+  # $@: files
+  local _file
+
+  # gitlab collapsable sections start
+  printf "\e[0Ksection_start:%(%s)T:zsync_delta\r\e[0KCreating zsync delta"
+  for _file in "$@"; do
+    if [[ "${buildmode}" == "bootstrap" ]]; then
+      # zsyncmake fails on 'too long between blocks' with default block size on bootstrap image
+      zsyncmake -b 512 -C -u "${_file##*/}" -o "${_file}".zsync "${_file}"
+    else
+      zsyncmake -C -u "${_file##*/}" -o "${_file}".zsync "${_file}"
+    fi
+    if [[ -n "${SUDO_UID:-}" ]] && [[ -n "${SUDO_GID:-}" ]]; then
+      chown "${SUDO_UID}:${SUDO_GID}" -- "${_file}"{,.zsync}
+    fi
+  done
+
+  # gitlab collapsable sections end
+  printf "\e[0Ksection_end:%(%s)T:zsync_delta\r\e[0K"
 }
 
 create_metrics() {
   # create metrics
+
+  # gitlab collapsable sections start
+  printf "\e[0Ksection_start:%(%s)T:metrics\r\e[0KCreating metrics"
+
   {
-    printf 'image_size_mebibytes{image="%s"} %s\n' "${1}" "$(du -m "${output}/${1}/"*.iso | cut -f1)"
-    printf 'package_count{image="%s"} %s\n' "${1}" "$(sort -u "${tmpdir}/${1}/iso/"*/pkglist.*.txt | wc -l)"
-    if [[ -e "${tmpdir}/${1}/efiboot.img" ]]; then
-      printf 'eltorito_efi_image_size_mebibytes{image="%s"} %s\n' \
-        "${1}" "$(du -m "${tmpdir}/${1}/efiboot.img" | cut -f1)"
-    fi
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2046
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2183
-    printf 'initramfs_size_mebibytes{image="%s",initramfs="%s"} %s\n' \
-      $(du -m "${tmpdir}/${1}/iso/"*/boot/**/initramfs*.img | awk -v profile="${1}" '
-        function basename(file) {
-          sub(".*/", "", file)
-          return file
-        }
-        { print profile, basename($2), $1 }')
-  } > "${output}/${1}/job-metrics"
+    # create metrics based on buildmode
+    case "${buildmode}" in
+      iso)
+        printf 'image_size_mebibytes{image="%s"} %s\n' \
+          "${profile}" \
+          "$(du -m -- "${output}/${profile}/"*.iso | cut -f1)"
+        printf 'package_count{image="%s"} %s\n' \
+          "${profile}" \
+          "$(sort -u -- "${tmpdir}/${profile}/iso/"*/pkglist.*.txt | wc -l)"
+        if [[ -e "${tmpdir}/${profile}/efiboot.img" ]]; then
+          printf 'eltorito_efi_image_size_mebibytes{image="%s"} %s\n' \
+            "${profile}" \
+            "$(du -m -- "${tmpdir}/${profile}/efiboot.img" | cut -f1)"
+        fi
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2046
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2183
+        printf 'initramfs_size_mebibytes{image="%s",initramfs="%s"} %s\n' \
+          $(du -m -- "${tmpdir}/${profile}/iso/"*/boot/**/initramfs*.img | \
+            awk -v profile="${profile}" \
+            'function basename(file) {
+              sub(".*/", "", file)
+              return file
+            }
+            { print profile, basename($2), $1 }'
+          )
+        ;;
+      netboot)
+        printf 'netboot_size_mebibytes{image="%s"} %s\n' \
+          "${profile}" \
+          "$(du -m -- "${output}/${profile}/${install_dir}/" | tail -n1 | cut -f1)"
+        printf 'netboot_package_count{image="%s"} %s\n' \
+          "${profile}" \
+          "$(sort -u -- "${tmpdir}/${profile}/iso/"*/pkglist.*.txt | wc -l)"
+        ;;
+      bootstrap)
+        printf 'bootstrap_size_mebibytes{image="%s"} %s\n' \
+          "${profile}" \
+          "$(du -m -- "${output}/${profile}/"*.tar*(.gz|.xz|.zst) | cut -f1)"
+        printf 'bootstrap_package_count{image="%s"} %s\n' \
+          "${profile}" \
+          "$(sort -u -- "${tmpdir}/${profile}/"*/bootstrap/root.*/pkglist.*.txt | wc -l)"
+        ;;
+    esac
+  } > "${output}/${profile}/job-metrics"
+
+  # gitlab collapsable sections end
+  printf "\e[0Ksection_end:%(%s)T:metrics\r\e[0K"
 }
 
-create_temp_pgp_key() {
+create_ephemeral_pgp_key() {
   # create an ephemeral PGP key for signing the rootfs image
+
+  # gitlab collapsable sections start
+  printf "\e[0Ksection_start:%(%s)T:ephemeral_pgp_key\r\e[0KCreating ephemeral PGP key"
+
   gnupg_homedir="$tmpdir/.gnupg"
   mkdir -p "${gnupg_homedir}"
   chmod 700 "${gnupg_homedir}"
@@ -96,24 +186,74 @@ EOF
         --with-colons \
         | awk -F':' '{if($1 ~ /sec/){ print $5 }}'
   )"
+
+  # gitlab collapsable sections end
+  printf "\e[0Ksection_end:%(%s)T:ephemeral_pgp_key\r\e[0K"
+}
+
+create_ephemeral_codesigning_key() {
+  # create ephemeral certificates used for codesigning
+
+  # gitlab collapsable sections start
+  printf "\e[0Ksection_start:%(%s)T:ephemeral_codesigning_key\r\e[0KCreating ephemeral codesigning key"
+
+  codesigning_dir="${tmpdir}/.codesigning/"
+  local codesigning_conf="${codesigning_dir}/openssl.cnf"
+  local codesigning_subj="/C=DE/ST=Berlin/L=Berlin/O=Arch Linux/OU=Release Engineering/CN=archlinux.org"
+  codesigning_cert="${codesigning_dir}/codesign.crt"
+  codesigning_key="${codesigning_dir}/codesign.key"
+  mkdir -p "${codesigning_dir}"
+  cp -- /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf "${codesigning_conf}"
+  printf "\n[codesigning]\nkeyUsage=digitalSignature\nextendedKeyUsage=codeSigning\n" >> "${codesigning_conf}"
+  openssl req \
+      -newkey rsa:4096 \
+      -keyout "${codesigning_key}" \
+      -nodes \
+      -sha256 \
+      -x509 \
+      -days 365 \
+      -out "${codesigning_cert}" \
+      -config "${codesigning_conf}" \
+      -subj "${codesigning_subj}" \
+      -extensions codesigning
+
+  # gitlab collapsable sections end
+  printf "\e[0Ksection_end:%(%s)T:ephemeral_codesigning_key\r\e[0K"
 }
 
 run_mkarchiso() {
   # run mkarchiso
-  # $1: template name
 
-  create_temp_pgp_key
-  mkdir -p "${output}/${1}" "${tmpdir}/${1}"
+  # gitlab collapsable sections start
+  printf "\e[0Ksection_start:%(%s)T:mkarchiso\r\e[0KRunning mkarchiso"
+
+  create_ephemeral_pgp_key
+  create_ephemeral_codesigning_key
+
+  mkdir -p "${output}/${profile}" "${tmpdir}/${profile}"
   GNUPGHOME="${gnupg_homedir}" ./archiso/mkarchiso \
+      -D "${install_dir}" \
+      -c "${codesigning_cert} ${codesigning_key}" \
       -g "${pgp_key_id}" \
-      -o "${output}/${1}" \
-      -w "${tmpdir}/${1}" \
-      -v "configs/${1}"
-  create_checksums "${output}/${1}/"*.iso
-  create_zsync_delta "${output}/${1}/"*.iso
-  create_metrics "${1}"
+      -o "${output}/${profile}" \
+      -w "${tmpdir}/${profile}" \
+      -m "${buildmode}" \
+      -v "configs/${profile}"
+
+  # gitlab collapsable sections end
+  printf "\e[0Ksection_end:%(%s)T:mkarchiso\r\e[0K"
+
+  if [[ "${buildmode}" =~ "iso" ]]; then
+    create_zsync_delta "${output}/${profile}/"*.iso
+    create_checksums "${output}/${profile}/"*.iso
+  fi
+  if [[ "${buildmode}" == "bootstrap" ]]; then
+    create_zsync_delta "${output}/${profile}/"*.tar*(.gz|.xz|.zst)
+    create_checksums "${output}/${profile}/"*.tar*(.gz|.xz|.zst)
+  fi
+  create_metrics
 }
 
 trap cleanup EXIT
 
-run_mkarchiso "${1}"
+run_mkarchiso