Notes on Alpine Linux

Connect to LXD VM via LXC and use bash shell

To login to alpine Linux LXD vm from host use the lxc command:
lxc exec alpine-lxd-vm-name-here bash

Assumes you have bash installed on the VM - see install-bash.sh

default-bash-shell.md

One can change root shell to bash shell using the following method: vi /etc/passwd

Find user name and the default shell such as /bin/ash: root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/ash

Replace it with /bin/bash: root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash

Assumes you have bash installed on the VM - see install-bash.sh

install-bash.sh

apk update
apk upgrade
apk add bash
#apk add bash-doc
#apk add bash-completion

notes-on-alpine-linux.md

Alpine is:

• systemd-free: it uses OpenRC instead.
• Uses APK packages (instead of RPM or DEB).
• Uses musl rather than GNU's glibc
• Uses busybox rather than bash for its shell.