Install Alpine OS on VM alpine1¶
Key information¶
Hyper-V configuration for reference¶
Alpine install ISO first boot¶
Disable IPv6 on Alpine¶
In my setup IPv6 was not working.When downloading files IPv6 was used and delayed/errored out. If you have issues with IPv6, do disable before proceeding.
Edit the /etc/sysctl.conf
vi /etc/sysctl.conf
# Manualy type in the following
# press [i] to be in insert /edit mode
net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
# to save and exit following key press
# [esc] :x! [enter]
# reload the configuration
sysctl -p
Install Alpine¶
After logging on at the prompt type
You will be asked a series of questions . I have listed my selection.Keyboard Layout : [us]
Keyboard variant : [us]
Hostname : [alpine1]
Network :
Which one do you want to initialize? [eth0] : <enter>
Ip address for eth0: [dhcp] # Internet connection
Do you want to do any manual network configuration ? : n
Which one do you want to initialize? [eth1] : <enter>
Ip address for eth1: [192.168.100.1/24] # this is connecting to the other VM's in Hyper-V
gateway: [none]
Do you want to do any manual network configuration ? : n
password : [123]
DNS Servers :
Timezone :[Singapore]
Proxy :[none]
ntp: default [chrony] #if it takes long to complete , make sure ipv6 is disabled
Mirror :[r] # select random from list
# if this fails to reach any servers then recheck the network configuration to ensure the 2 networks eth0 and eth1 are configured correctly. press `ctrl+c` to exit and type `ping www.yahoo.com` to check for connectivity.
setup user : [no]
Which ssh server? [openssh]
allow root ssh login: [yes]
Allow ssh login : [yes]
Which disks would you like to use : [sda]
Disk Mode How would you like to use it ? [sys]
Erase the above disks and continue? [y]
Installation begins.¶
Once the installation is completed you will see the notice to reboot. Before rebooting, change the boot sequence in Hyper-V for alpine1 to be Hard Drive first.
This will ensure the reboot will be to the Hard Disk.
On the apline1 Hyper-V console.
the prompt will display press [enter]
Setup completed¶
These are the credentials for newly installed alpine1 .
This screen will appear , take note of the login prompt 'alpine1'. Indicating the installation is completed.
Alpine OS install completed¶
Next step¶
We will proceed to setup alpine1 as a DHCP server
Please continue with