Using an answerfile with setup-alpine

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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 is to use it:

setup-alpine -f PATH_TO_FILENAME