evild/alpine-base repository overview

⁠Alpine Base

This image is based on Alpine⁠ and includes s6⁠, to make it easy to start multiple process and manage them correctly.

⁠Version

• latest (Dockerfile)⁠
• 3.0(Dockerfile)⁠ (Alpine 3.4)
• 2.0 (Dockerfile)⁠ (Alpine 3.3)

⁠What is Alpine Linux ?

Alpine Linux is a Linux distribution built around musl libc and BusyBox. The image is only 5 MB in size and has access to a package repository that is much more complete than other BusyBox based images. This makes Alpine Linux a great image base for utilities and even production applications. Read more about Alpine Linux here and you can see how their mantra fits in right at home with Docker images.

⁠Usage

Include FROM evild/alpine-base at the top of your Dockerfile. Starting from evild/alpine-base provides you with the ability to easily start any service using s6.

Start service using s6:

• Create a folder at /etc/services.d/service-name
• You need to create a file named run in this folder:

#!/bin/sh

exec nginx;