Setting up the build environment on HDD

Setting up a 'edge' build environment for Alpine

Introduction

We will host this build environment on Alpine.

Boot you build environment

Boot alpine-1.9.0 on a box with a HDD.

Basic setup

Set basic environment settings.

setup-alpine

Change repository

Change repository to use 'edge'

vi /etc/apk/repositories

The file should look like this

http://dl-4.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/packages/main/
http://dl-4.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/packages/testing/
http://dl-4.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/packages/x11/

Note: You can replace 'dl-4' with some other available mirror.

Update/upgrade your system

apk update
apk upgrade

Prepare HDD

Install your system on HDD

setup-disk

Reboot your system

Useful apps

You might find the following apps useful in your system

apk add openssh && /etc/init.d/sshd start && rc-update sshd
apk add screen
apk add git