Difference between revisions of "Alpine Linux"

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Alpine Linux is a Linux distribution based on musl and BusyBox, designed to be small and resource efficiency, as of 2020 is around 6 MB. Alpine Linux uses apk package manager and OpenRC init system (not systems).

Run Alpine Linux in a docker container: docker run -it alpine /bin/sh (Bash is not supported in Alpine)^[1]
Connect to an existing pod (myalpine) in K8s: kubectl exec -it myalpine -- /bin/sh
kubectl run -it alpine --image=alpine -- sh

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-[[wikipedia:Alpine Linux|Alpine Linux]] is a [[Linux distribution]] based on [[musl]] and [[BusyBox]].
+[[wikipedia:Alpine Linux|Alpine Linux]] is a [[Linux distribution]] based on [[musl]] and [[BusyBox]], designed to be small and resource efficiency, as of 2020 is around 6 MB. Alpine Linux uses <code>[[apk]]</code> [[package manager]] and [[OpenRC]] [[init]] system (not [[systems]]).
+* Docker Hub: https://hub.docker.com/_/alpine
+== Operations ==
+# Upgrade Alpine: <code>[[apk upgrade --available]]</code>
+# [[docker run alpine]]
+== Activities ==
+# Run Alpine Linux in a docker container: <code>[[docker run -it alpine]] /bin/sh</code> ([[Bash]] is not supported in Alpine)<ref>http://containertutorials.com/alpine/get_started.html</ref>
+# Connect to an existing pod (myalpine) in K8s: <code>[[kubectl exec -it myalpine -- /bin/sh]]</code>
+# <code>[[kubectl run -it alpine --image=alpine -- sh]]</code>
-== Activities ==
+== Related terms ==
-* Run Alpine Linux in a docker container: <code>docker run alpine</code>
+* [[Alpine Linux: df -kh]]
+* <code>[[ash]]</code> shell
+* [[RancherOS]]
+* [[Fedora CoreOS]]
+* <code>[[osinfo-query os]]</code>
+* [[AWS Bottlerocket]], [[Busybox]]
+* <code>[[docker pull alpine]]</code>
+* <code>[[alpine/helm]]</code>
+* [[Distroless]]
+* <code>[[/etc/sysctl.conf]]</code>
+* <code>[[FROM node:lts-alpine]]</code>
+* [[wget]]
+== See also ==
+* {{apk}}
+* {{Alpine}}
+* {{BusyBox}}
 [[Category:Linux]]
+[[Category:BusyBox]]