mini/base repository overview

⁠mini/base

A minimal, busybox-like container based on Alpine Linux⁠, that contains apk⁠ package manager to ease installation of extra packages and help you build smaller development containers.

This is possible thanks to the work from uggedal⁠ on packaging Alpine Linux for Docker.

This project is now build on top of official Alpine Linux⁠ image, only including some convenience packages and scripts on top.

⁠Usage

Use this as base for your own containers:

FROM mini/base
RUN apk-install <packagename>

CMD ["/bin/sh"]

And install or extend with packages as you please.

You can find a list of packages you can install on Alpine Linux Packages⁠ section.

⁠Included packages

To get you started, a set of packages have been integrated:

• curl
• wget
• ca-certificates

Without those, installation of remote packages over HTTPS connections was not possible.

⁠Sponsor

Work on this was made possible thanks to AREA 17⁠.

⁠License

All the code contained in this repository, unless explicitly stated, is licensed under ISC license.

A copy of the license can be found inside the LICENSE⁠ file.