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Using An Answerfile with setup-alpine

To get an quick start with setup-alpine answerfiles, a starter answerfile can be generated with:

setup-alpine -c PATH_TO_FILENAME

At the time of writing this, the previous command will result in output in the specified PATH_TO_FILENAME:

Contents of PATH_TO_FILENAME

# Example answer file for setup-alpine script
# If you don't want to use a certain option, then comment it out

# Use US layout with US variant
# KEYMAPOPTS="us us"
KEYMAPOPTS=none

# Set hostname to 'alpine'
HOSTNAMEOPTS=alpine

# Set device manager to mdev
DEVDOPTS=mdev

# Contents of /etc/network/interfaces
INTERFACESOPTS="auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
hostname alpine-test
"

# Search domain of example.com, Google public nameserver
# DNSOPTS="-d example.com 8.8.8.8"

# Set timezone to UTC
#TIMEZONEOPTS="UTC"
TIMEZONEOPTS=none

# set http/ftp proxy
#PROXYOPTS="http://webproxy:8080"
PROXYOPTS=none

# Add first mirror (CDN)
APKREPOSOPTS="-1"

# Create admin user
USEROPTS="-a -u -g audio,input,video,netdev juser"
#USERSSHKEY="ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIOIiHcbg/7ytfLFHUNLRgEAubFz/13SwXBOM/05GNZe4 juser@example.com"
#USERSSHKEY="https://example.com/juser.keys"

# Install Openssh
SSHDOPTS=openssh
#ROOTSSHKEY="ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIOIiHcbg/7ytfLFHUNLRgEAubFz/13SwXBOM/05GNZe4 juser@example.com"
#ROOTSSHKEY="https://example.com/juser.keys"

# Use openntpd
# NTPOPTS="openntpd"
NTPOPTS=none

# Use /dev/sda as a sys disk
# DISKOPTS="-m sys /dev/sda"
DISKOPTS=none

# Setup storage with label APKOVL for config storage
#LBUOPTS="LABEL=APKOVL"
LBUOPTS=none

#APKCACHEOPTS="/media/LABEL=APKOVL/cache"
APKCACHEOPTS=none

When using answerfile, be sure to edit the file's contents to your needs. Comment out variables you wish not to be set. Be sure that the uncommented variables have valid values set to your preference. Once you are satisfied with the answerfile contents, this how to use it:

setup-alpine -f PATH_TO_FILENAME

Answerfile Variables

The variables in the answerfile originate from the other alpine-conf setup-* scripts that are called out to from setup-alpine. These are:

setup-keymap

KEYMAPOPTS

setup-hostname

HOSTNAMEOPTS

setup-devd

DEVDOPTS

setup-interfaces

INTERFACEOPTS

setup-dns

DNSOPTS

setup-timezone

TIMEZONEOPTS

setup-proxy

PROXYOPTS

setup-ntp

NTPOPTS

setup-apkrepos

APKREPOSPTS

setup-user

USEROPTS

USERSSHKEY

setup-sshd

SSHDOPTS

ROOTSSHKEY

setup-xen-dom0

XENDOM0OPTS

setup-disk

DISKOPTS

setup-lbu

LBUOPTS

setup-apkcache

APKCACHEOPTS

@@ Line 4: / Line 4: @@
 To get an quick start with setup-alpine answerfiles, a starter answerfile can be generated with:
 {{Cmd|setup-alpine -c <var>PATH_TO_FILENAME</var>}}
-At the time of writing this, the previous command will result in output in the specified <var>FILE</var>:
+At the time of writing this, the previous command will result in output in the specified <var>PATH_TO_FILENAME</var>:
 {{Cat|PATH_TO_FILENAME|<nowiki>
 # Example answer file for setup-alpine script
@@ Line 72: / Line 72: @@
 Be sure that the uncommented variables have valid values set to your preference. Once you are satisfied with the answerfile contents, this how to use it:
 {{Cmd|setup-alpine -f <var>PATH_TO_FILENAME</var>}}
+== Answerfile Variables ==
+The variables in the answerfile originate from the other alpine-conf setup-* scripts that are called out to from setup-alpine. These are:
+* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-keymap|<code>setup-keymap</code>]]
+:: KEYMAPOPTS
+* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-hostname|<code>setup-hostname</code>]]
+:: HOSTNAMEOPTS
+* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-devd|<code>setup-devd</code>]]
+:: DEVDOPTS
+* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-interfaces|<code>setup-interfaces</code>]]
+:: INTERFACEOPTS
+* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-dns|<code>setup-dns</code>]]
+:: DNSOPTS
+* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-timezone|<code>setup-timezone</code>]]
+:: TIMEZONEOPTS
+* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-proxy|<code>setup-proxy</code>]]
+:: PROXYOPTS
+* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-ntp|<code>setup-ntp</code>]]
+:: NTPOPTS
+* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-apkrepos|<code>setup-apkrepos</code>]]
+:: APKREPOSPTS
+* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-user|<code>setup-user</code>]]
+:: USEROPTS
+:: USERSSHKEY
+* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-sshd|<code>setup-sshd</code>]]
+:: SSHDOPTS
+:: ROOTSSHKEY
+* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-xen-dom0|<code>setup-xen-dom0</code>]]
+:: XENDOM0OPTS
+* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-disk|<code>setup-disk</code>]]
+:: DISKOPTS
+* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-lbu|<code>setup-lbu</code>]]
+:: LBUOPTS
+* [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-apkcache|<code>setup-apkcache</code>]]
+:: APKCACHEOPTS