Proxmox
This page documents instructions related to running Alpine Linux with Proxmox Virtual Environment.
Using agetty in proxmox
Proxmox v8.3.2 host has a setup_init script for Alpine linux at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/LXC/Setup/Alpine.pm that overwrites all changes to tty lines in /etc/inittab. So, the instructions given in TTY Autologin page does not work.
Modify the script at /usr/share/perl5/PVE/LXC/Setup/Alpine.pm and add the following lines in setup_init so as not to modify the /etc/inittab file if it contains the word "agetty" as follows
Contents of /usr/share/perl5/PVE/LXC/Setup/Alpine.pm
...
...
my $inittab = $self->ct_file_get_contents($filename);
--->
56: if ($inittab =~ /agetty/) {
57: return;
58: }
<----
my @lines = grep {
...
After running the LXC container, Install the agetty package as above and modify this line in /etc/inittab
tty1::respawn:/sbin/agetty --autologin root --noclear 38400 tty1
After a reboot the container will perform an autologin.