Bootstrapping Alpine Linux

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VPS

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

Process

Prepare

  1. Check which architecture you are using.
  2. arch=$(uname -m)
  3. Download apk-tools-static for your architecture.
  4. wget http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.12/main/${arch}/apk-tools-static-2.10.5-r1.apk
  5. Unpack .apk
  6. tar zxf apk-tools-static-*.apk

Install

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

Bootloader

References