Download

https://www.alpinelinux.org/downloads/

Check the image with sha256sum.

sha256sum -c alpine-standard-3.12.0-x86_64.iso.sha256

Check the image with GPG.

wget https://www.alpinelinux.org/keys/ncopa.asc
gpg2 --import ncopa.asc
gpg2 --verify alpine-standard-3.12.0-x86_64.iso.asc

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Install

1. Boot the image.
2. Login as root.
3. Run setup-alpine.
4. Keyboard, hostname, network, timezone, proxy, NTP, mirrors, SSH.
5. To setup the storage choose the disk and select sys for using the entire drive as system storage.
6. Reboot.

A diskless mode is available.

https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Tutorials_and_Howtos#Post-Install https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Alpine_newbie_apk_packages

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Manual network via iproute2

Add an IP

ip addr add 10.0.0.2/24 dev eth0
ip addr add 10.0.0.2 mask 255.255.255.0 dev eth0

Bring up the interface

ip link set eth0 up

Add a route

ip route add default via 10.0.0.1 dev eth0
ip route add 0.0.0.0/0 via 10.0.0.1 dev eth0

Add a DNS server

echo "nameserver 1.1.1.1" > /etc/resolv.conf

Test

ping alpinelinux.org

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Network via ifupdown

vim /etc/network/interfaces
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auto eth0
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet static
    address 10.0.12.30/24
    gateway 10.0.12.1
    dns-nameservers 1.1.1.1 8.8.8.8
    pre-up echo "search home.local\nnameserver 1.1.1.1\nnameserver 8.8.8.8" > /etc/resolv.conf
    #post-down ifconfig $IFACE down

echo -e "\n" | setup-dns 8.8.8.8

rc-service networking restart

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Manually setup repos

setup-apkrepos

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apk package manager

List installed packages

pkg list -I

Packages contents

pkg info -L <package>

Add community repo

vim /etc/apk/repositories
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http://mirror.domain.com/alpine/v3.16/community

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Other

Change console font

apk add terminus-font
ls -la /usr/share/consolefont
setfont /usr/share/consolefonts/ter-132n.psf.gz

echo 'consolefont="ter-132n.psf.gz"' >> /etc/conf.d/consolefont
rc-update add consolefont boot
rc-service consolefont start