Build a machine image for Alpine linux using Packer.
packer build alpine.json
When Alpine is first booted it runs from memory and does not have any network connectivity. As a result all of the boot and install commands have to be sent over VNC.
The boot command will install to disk, configure network, and setup a user for use with SSH. Note that the root account is not accessible over SSH so you must use the other user account (default vagrant password vagrant. You can customize this login
packer build -var=ssh_username=youruser -var=ssh_password=yourpassword
Aside from that the installation is super bare-bones. Feel free to add your own stuff by way of provisioners.
- Boot and install with VMware
- Boot and install with VirtualBox
- Add a vagrant post-processor
- Add vmware tools so local folders can be mounted