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 systemd).
Operations[edit]
- Upgrade Alpine:
apk upgrade --available
- docker run alpine
Activities[edit]
- 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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