hope/alpine repository overview

⁠Alpine base docker image

Minimalistic base image to create other images. Based on latest stable Alpine 3.10 release. Contains bash shell as default.

⁠Versions

Current and previous versions of Alpine are maintained. When new version appears you have time to switch.

• latest – latest version of Alpine. Use this if you want always be up to date
• 3 – Latest Alpine release of 3.x branch
• 3.10 – Alpine 3.10 (current)
• 3.9 – Alpine 3.9 (previous)

⁠Usage

Just run to get the bash prompt

docker run -it --rm hope/alpine

Use latest version as base image for your own images

FROM hope/alpine 

Or use specific version as base image

FROM hope/alpine:3.10
FROM hope/alpine:3

⁠Timezone

Available timezones⁠
Set timezone in container with environment variable TZ in command line

docker run -it --rm -e TZ=America/Chicago hope/alpine

Or in your Dockerfile

ENV TZ=America/Chicago

⁠Packages

There are 2 Alpine package repositories included

Current

apk add nodejs

Edge

apk add nodejs@edge

⁠Pre-installed apps

• mo – mustache template rendering software written in bash (Github⁠)