Anbraten

Alpine is a super small linux distribution. I am using it for all my new VMs running a docker instance.

Install alpine

• Download alpine (virtual edition) ISO from https://alpinelinux.org/downloads/
• Boot ISO and login with root and no password.
• Start setup with setup-alpine command and follow instructions

Add SSH Key

# apk add curl
# mkdir -p /root/.ssh
# curl -L https://<yourserver>/ssh_key > /root/.ssh/authorized_keys

Install docker

# apk add nano
# nano /etc/apk/repositories

Enable edge-community repository.

# apk add docker docker-compose
# service docker start
# rc-update add docker

Shell helpers

Add ll alias

# nano ~/.profile

Add following line:

alias ll="ls -la"

To shutdown alpine user

# poweroff