Latest revision as of 09:30, 13 January 2024

VPS

This section is to provide a means to bootstrap Alpine Linux on any VPS.

Process

Prepare

Download apk-tools-static for your architecture.

wget https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/api/v4/projects/5/packages/generic/v2.14.0/x86_64/apk.static

Unpack .apk

tar zxf apk-tools-static-*.apk

Install

Assuming your alpine rootfs is mounted in /tmp/target

sudo ./sbin/apk.static --arch $(arch) -X http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/latest-stable/main/ -U --allow-untrusted --root /tmp/target --initdb add alpine-base

edit /tmp/target/etc/fstab
edit /tmp/target/etc/inittab
edit /tmp/target/etc/resolv.conf
mount proc/sys/dev

for a in proc sys dev; do mount -o bind /$a /tmp/target/$a; done

chroot into your new installation

chroot /tmp/target /bin/sh

setup hostname

setup-hostname

setup network

setup-interfaces

setup repos

setup-apkrepos -f

add a few base packages

apk update
apk add linux-lts linux-firmware-none acpi mkinitfs

add services to boot

rc-update add acpid default
rc-update add bootmisc boot
rc-update add crond default
rc-update add devfs sysinit
rc-update add dmesg sysinit
rc-update add hostname boot
rc-update add hwclock boot
rc-update add hwdrivers sysinit
rc-update add killprocs shutdown
rc-update add mdev sysinit
rc-update add modules boot
rc-update add mount-ro shutdown
rc-update add networking boot
rc-update add savecache shutdown
rc-update add seedrng boot
rc-update add swap boot

Bootloader

Notes

If you have bootstrapped Alpine Linux from an existing system in a different partition and intend to boot into it, you should always include the root filesystem type (rootfstype) in the kernel parameter (bootloader option), since by default kernel does not automatically load any filesystem modules for root partition, unless specified. That way mount will not complain about being unable to mount root partition on /sysroot.

Example bootloader option:

root=UUID=AAAAAAAA-BBBB-CCCC-DDDD-EEEEEEEEEEEE rw rootfstype=ext4 vfat

References

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 === Prepare ===
 <ol>
-<li>Check which architecture you are using.</li>
-<pre>arch=$(uname -m)</pre>
 <li>Download apk-tools-static for your architecture.</li>
-<pre>wget http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.12/main/${arch}/apk-tools-static-2.10.5-r1.apk</pre>
+<pre>wget https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/api/v4/projects/5/packages/generic/v2.14.0/x86_64/apk.static</pre>
 <li>Unpack .apk</li>
@@ Line 20: / Line 17: @@
 === Install ===
-<code>sudo ./sbin/apk.static --arch ${arch} -X http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/latest-stable/main/ -U --allow-untrusted --root /tmp/target --initdb add alpine-base</code>
+Assuming your alpine rootfs is mounted in '''/tmp/target'''
+<code>sudo ./sbin/apk.static --arch $(arch) -X http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/latest-stable/main/ -U --allow-untrusted --root /tmp/target --initdb add alpine-base</code>
+* edit /tmp/target/etc/fstab
+* edit /tmp/target/etc/inittab
+* edit /tmp/target/etc/resolv.conf
+* mount proc/sys/dev
+<pre>for a in proc sys dev; do mount -o bind /$a /tmp/target/$a; done</pre>
+* chroot into your new installation
+<pre>chroot /tmp/target /bin/sh</pre>
+* setup hostname
+<pre>setup-hostname</pre>
+* setup network
+<pre>setup-interfaces</pre>
+* setup repos
+<pre>setup-apkrepos -f</pre>
+* add a few base packages
+<pre>apk update
+apk add linux-lts linux-firmware-none acpi mkinitfs</pre>
+* add services to boot
+<pre>
+rc-update add acpid default
+rc-update add bootmisc boot
+rc-update add crond default
+rc-update add devfs sysinit
+rc-update add dmesg sysinit
+rc-update add hostname boot
+rc-update add hwclock boot
+rc-update add hwdrivers sysinit
+rc-update add killprocs shutdown
+rc-update add mdev sysinit
+rc-update add modules boot
+rc-update add mount-ro shutdown
+rc-update add networking boot
+rc-update add savecache shutdown
+rc-update add seedrng boot
+rc-update add swap boot
+</pre>
 === Bootloader ===
+=== Notes ===
+If you have bootstrapped Alpine Linux from an existing system in a different partition and intend to boot into it, you should always include the root filesystem type (rootfstype) in the kernel parameter (bootloader option), since by default kernel does not automatically load any filesystem modules for root partition, unless specified. That way mount will not complain about being unable to mount root partition on /sysroot.
+Example bootloader option:
+<code>root=UUID=AAAAAAAA-BBBB-CCCC-DDDD-EEEEEEEEEEEE rw rootfstype=ext4 vfat</code>
 == References ==
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 * [[Replacing non-Alpine Linux with Alpine remotely]]
 * [[Install Alpine on Amazon EC2]]
-* [[Install Alpine on coLinux]]
-* [[Install Alpine on Rackspace]]
 * [[Alpine setup scripts]]
-* [http://serverfault.com/questions/98950/how-do-i-chain-boot-from-grub-to-syslinux How do I chain boot from grub to syslinux?]
+* [https://serverfault.com/questions/98950/how-do-i-chain-boot-from-grub-to-syslinux How do I chain boot from grub to syslinux?]
-* [http://uggedal.com/journal/alpine-linux-on-linode/ Alpine Linux on Linode]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20151008232205/http://uggedal.com/journal/alpine-linux-on-linode/ Alpine Linux on Linode]
 * [[Installing Alpine Linux in a chroot]]
 [[Category:Installation]]
 [[Category:Virtualization]]