Developer Documentation
This page has pointers to various resources about Alpine Linux from a developer perspective. Set up the build environment and start contributing to Alpine Linux by either creating packages or by submitting patches.
Configuring your development system
- Setting up the build environment on HDD
- Installing Alpine Linux in a chroot
- Install Alpine on LXC
- VMware, Qemu, or Amazon EC2
- Xen Dom0 (Setting up Alpine as a dom0 for Xen hypervisor)
Use Edge version for all build environment options listed above.
Creating packages and patches
Development tools
Alpine configuration framework
 Needs to be organized/consolidated. |
- Alpine Configuration Framework Design (Why ACF is the way it is)
- Writing User Documentation for ACF
- mvc.lua reference - mvc.lua is the core of ACF
- mvc.lua example - build a simple (command-line) application
- acf www-controller reference - ACF www application functions
- acf www-controller example - webify the above examples
- ACF how to write - Step by step howto for writing acfs
- ACF core principles - Things that are standard across the application
- LuaPosix - Documentation for the Lua Posix functions
- ACF Libraries - Document the libraries and common functions
- Writing ACF Views - Guide for writing a view
- Writing ACF Controllers - Guide for writing a controller
- Writing ACF Models - Guide for writing a model
- ACF css
- ACF packages
- APKBUILD examples:ACF
- Apk.lua
- Changing passwords for ACF
- Generating SSL certs with ACF
- Generating SSL certs with ACF 1.9
- Getting started with ACF development
- Managing ACF
Alpine Wall
- Alpine Wall
- How-To Alpine Wall
- Alpine Wall User's Guide (a firewall management framework)
Design documents
- Architecture
- APK specification - includes Apkindex format and Alpine package format
- Alpine Configuration Framework Design
Misc
- Alpine Release Testing Checklist
- Alpine Source Map by boot sequence
- Testing modified install images and packages
- Custom Kernel
- Comparison with other distros
Package management
- Package Management (apk) (How to add/remove packages on your Alpine)
- Alpine local backup (lbu) (Permanently store your modifications in case your Diskless box needs reboot)
Init system
- initramfs init
- Init System (OpenRC) (Configure a service to automatically launch at next reboot)