How to install Docker on Alpine Linux 3.10

Install_Docker_On_Alpine_Linux_3.10.md

1. Install Alpine on VirtualBox

1.1. Installation

• Follow the original instructions at
  • https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Install_Alpine_on_VirtualBox
• See more at
  • https://toiyeuit.com/cai-dat-alpine-linux-tren-vmware/
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G4nmUUk2kI

1.2. Setup Alpine Script

• Run $ setup-alpine and follow the instructions to setup dns, proxy, timezone, ...
• When you go to the step setting up disk, please set sda to make a boot from vdisk. If you don't set this, Alpine VM not saving after rebooting. (Ref: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/471039/alpine-vm-not-saving-after-rebooting)

1.3. IPv4 DHCP Configuration (If hits network problem)

References

• https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Configure_Networking
• https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/322514/internet-in-alpine-virtualbox-in-macos
• https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-interfaces

Steps

First run setup-alpine and go on and then you will hit the network problem After that this setup has filled the file /etc/network/interfaces for you. Now do this:

vi /etc/network/interfaces

and In the part of the file that it has written:

iface eth0 inet dhcp

Just add udhcpc_opts -O search (option is letter O, note zero 0) below it like this:

iface eth0 inet dhcp
    udhcpc_opts -O search

Notes:

• In case 3.6, use udhcpc_opts
• But 3.10, it might be udhcpc

Then run this:

ifup eth0

If it says its currently up then you need to down it first:

ifdown eth0 && ifup eth0

Then, test by :)

ping google.com

2. Install Docker on Alpine

• https://docs.genesys.com/Documentation/System/8.5.x/DDG/InstallationofDockeronAlpineLinux
• https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Docker
• Note: In case Docker apk package for alpine linux has an unresolved dependency to libseccomp, ...
  • Solution 1 Add only http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main and http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community into /etc/apk/repositories
  • Solution 2 Run

    $ apk --no-cache add --repository http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main libseccomp
    $ apk --no-cache add --repository http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community docker
    

    Or run

    $ apk add --no-cache  --repository http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main --repository  http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community docker
    

  • See more at https://forums.docker.com/t/docker-apk-package-for-alpine-linux-has-an-unresolved-dependency-to-libseccomp/9604