Alpine Release Testing Checklist

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Alpine Release Testing Checklist

Those tests should be run before an Alpine release.

CD Install

  1. Boot from CDrom
  2. login as root at the prompt
  3. /sbin/setup-alpine

  4. lbu commit usb

  5. reboot

  6. A successful boot up will show the hostname and will require the password set during setup-alpine
  7. Install openssl for encryption

    apk add openssl

  8. lbu commit -e usb

  9. You should get an error saying an unencrypted apkpovl already exist. Use the -d option to replace it with the encrypted apkovl.
  10. lbu commit -e -d usb

  11. reboot

  12. Password for apkovl should be prompted for upon boot up
Tested releases Hardware used Notes
alpine-1.10_rc3 Qemu
alpine-mini-1.10_rc3 Qemu #279

USB Install

  1. Boot from USB
  2. login as root at the prompt
  3. setup-alpine

  4. lbu commit usb

  5. reboot

  6. A successful boot up will show the hostname and will require the password set during setup-alpine
  7. Install openssl for encryption

    apk add openssl

  8. lbu commit -e usb

  9. You should get an error saying an unencrypted apkpovl already exist. Use the -d option to replace it with the encrypted apkovl.
  10. lbu commit -e -d usb

  11. reboot

  12. Password for apkovl should be prompted for upon boot up

HDD Install

Standard

  1. Boot from CDrom
  2. login as root at the prompt
  3. setup-alpine

  4. setup-disk

  5. reboot and remove the cdrom
  6. verify that you boot from harddisk (Should say extlinux during boot)
  7. verify it boots up properly and give you a login prompt

With raid

  1. Boot from CDrom
  2. login as root at the prompt
  3. setup-alpine -r

  4. setup-disk

  5. reboot and remove the cdrom
  6. verify that you boot from harddisk (Should say extlinux during boot)
  7. verify it boots up properly and give you a login prompt