qubes-builder-alpine/README.md

qubes-builder-alpine

Upstream: https://lab.ilot.io/ayakael/qubes-builder-alpine

Description

This repository contains an implementation of a template builder for Alpine Linux for usage by qubes-builder. Packages are pulled from a community repo and packaged in an RPM that is installable by QubesOS.

Current state

Alpine Linux as a QubesOS template is still a work and progress. It is highly encouraged to make bug reports.

The yet-to-be-implemented list

Thus the following use cases are still not supported / tested:

• QubesOS r4.2
• Service VMs (sys-net, sys-usb, sys-firewall)
• Firewall (not tested)
• qubes-builder hooks (thus no dom0 template RPM yet, see here for progress)
• apk proxying from within template (thus you must allow internet access to template to install packages)
• qubes-vm-kernel-support Not adapted for use on Alpine yet, due to it providing a Dracut module. In most cases, it is not necessary as Qubes provides the kernel. This package is only neccessary when VM uses its own kernel, thus a hook is added to Dracut to generate the initrd for use within qubes.

Issues, recommendations and proposals

To report an issue or share a recommendation

Go here

To make a merge request

• Fork the repo from Alpine's GitLab here
• Clone your fork locally. (git clone $repo)
• Make a branch with a descriptive name (git checkout -b $descriptivename)
• Make the changes you want to see in the world, commit, and push to the GitLab's remote repo
• Request a merge here