The letter A styled as Alchemists logo. lchemists
Brooke Kuhlmann's Avatar Brooke Kuhlmann
Published March 28, 2021 Updated October 1, 2023
Docker Alpine Base Icon

Docker Alpine Base

2.4.1

Circe CI Status. Alchemists Style Guide. Git Badge Sponsor Badge

Provides a base Alpine Linux Docker image with a minimal set of tooling. Great for being used as a foundational image for building on top of, for example, the Docker Alpine Ruby image.

Features

  • Installs CA Certificates.

  • Installs Bash.

  • Installs Curl.

  • Installs GnuPG.

  • Installs and configures Git (including default branch).

  • Installs OpenSSL.

  • Installs OpenSSH.

  • Installs and configures Vim as default editor.

  • Sets xterm as default terminal.

Requirements

  1. Docker.

Setup

To set up the project, run:

git clone https://github.com/bkuhlmann/docker-alpine-base.git
cd docker-alpine-base
git checkout 2.4.1

Usage

All versions of this image can be found on Docker Hub. The image can be pulled as follows:

docker pull bkuhlmann/alpine-base:latest  # Pull latest version.
docker pull bkuhlmann/alpine-base:2.4.1   # Pull specific version.

You can also build on top of this image via your Dockerfile:

FROM bkuhlmann/alpine-base:latest  # Latest version.
FROM bkuhlmann/alpine-base:2.4.1   # Specific version.

Development

To contribute, run:

git clone https://github.com/bkuhlmann/docker-alpine-base.git
cd docker-alpine-base

To build, run:

bin/build

To use the console, run:

bin/console

To deploy a new version (i.e. 1.2.3), run:

bin/deploy 1.2.3

Deploying, without specifying a version, will default to tagging the image as latest. Best practice is to deploy both the latest version and specific tag. Example:

bin/deploy
bin/deploy 1.2.3

Tests

To test, run:

bin/console
bash --version
curl --version
git --version
gpg --version
openssl version
ssh -V
vim --version

License

Security

Code of Conduct

Contributions

Versions

Community

Credits