A computer program product, system, and computer implemented method for generating a software image as a service for deployment by receiving a request for a software image, determining, via a conflict checker, whether conflicts arise between one-off patch updates, a release version of the software and/or RUs, retrieving the release version of the software, and RUs and one-off patch updates that do not have a conflict, installing the release version of the software, the RUs retrieved, and the one-off patch updates retrieved as a test image into a testing environment, testing the test image, upon successful completion of the testing of the test image, formatting the test image into the output format requested, the gold image indicating the test image has been successfully tested and is ready for deployment.