Developer Documentation

Package management

• Package Management (apk) (How to add/remove packages on your Alpine)
• Upgrading to Edge
• Alpine local backup (lbu) (Permanently store your modifications in case your box needs reboot)
  • Back Up a Flash Memory Installation
  • Manually editing a existing apkovl
• How to setup a Alpine Linux mirror
• How to use xdelta and download only differential update files
• How to make a custom ISO image
  • Burning ISOs
• Comparison with other distros - [1] [2]

Init system

• Init System (OpenRC) (Configure a service to automatically boot at next reboot)
  • Multiple Instances of Services
• Writing Init Scripts

Development

Configuring your system

• Upgrading to Edge
• Setup your system and account for building packages

• Setting up the build environment on HDD

• Installing Alpine Linux in a chroot

• Install Alpine on VirtualBox, VMware, coLinux, or Qemu

• Xen Dom0 Setting up Alpine as a dom0 for Xen hypervisor
  • Xen Dom0 on USB or SD
  • Create Alpine Linux PV DomU

• Setting up a basic vserver
• Setting up a compile vserver for official or for third party packages

Building from source/Creating packages

• Aports tree
• Abuild

• Creating an Alpine package
  • Apkbuild-cpan
  • Apkbuild-pypi

• Buildrepo
• Abuild-keygen Creating keys for package signing
• Abuild-sign
• Abuild-tar
• Abump Apkgrel

• Alpine package format
• Apkindex format
• Package policies

• APKBUILD Reference
• APKBUILD examples

• Development using git
  • Basic usage
  • Package Maintainers
  • Creating patches
  • Developer repositories
  • Cgit
  • Another cgit page

Misc

• Buildlab dummy
• Alpine Package Testing Suite work in progress
• Alpine Release Testing Checklist
• Running glibc programs

Alpine Configuration Framework

This material is work-in-progress ... Needs to be organized/consolidated. (Last edited by Dubiousjim on 26 Mar 2012.)

• Alpine Configuration Framework Design (Why ACF is the way it is)
• Writing User Documentation for ACF
• mvc.lua reference - mvc.lua is the core of ACF
• mvc.lua example - build a simple (command-line) application
• acf www-controller reference - ACF www application functions
• acf www-controller example - webify the above examples
• ACF how to write - Step by step howto for writing acfs
• ACF core principles - Things that are standard across the application
• LuaPosix - Documentation for the Lua Posix functions
• ACF Libraries - Document the libraries and common functions
• Writing ACF Views - Guide for writing a view
• Writing ACF Controllers - Guide for writing a controller
• Writing ACF Models - Guide for writing a model

• ACF css
• ACF packages
• APKBUILD examples:ACF
• Apk.lua
• Changing passwords for ACF
• Generating SSL certs with ACF
• Generating SSL certs with ACF 1.9
• Getting started with ACF development
• Managing ACF

Alpine-developed Utilities

• Alpine Wall (proposed firewall management framework)