Hi everyone,
So obviously Alpine is getting a lot of attention lately since Docker is popular, but it also has a plethora of packages commonly available in larger-footprint distros - namely KVM, libvirt and ZFS. It runs easily from RAM since it's so small, and is also unencumbered by systemd.
Which got me thinking -- what about using Alpine as the base OS for a KVM hypervisor? Has anyone else tried this?
Unfortunately the wiki for KVM is pretty sparse and outdated / incomplete in some places, so I was hoping I could find other people who have tried this and could share their experiences. If you've used Alpine for KVM or ZFS, could you please let me know how it worked out for you?
Thanks,
Avery
So obviously Alpine is getting a lot of attention lately since Docker is popular, but it also has a plethora of packages commonly available in larger-footprint distros - namely KVM, libvirt and ZFS. It runs easily from RAM since it's so small, and is also unencumbered by systemd.
Which got me thinking -- what about using Alpine as the base OS for a KVM hypervisor? Has anyone else tried this?
Unfortunately the wiki for KVM is pretty sparse and outdated / incomplete in some places, so I was hoping I could find other people who have tried this and could share their experiences. If you've used Alpine for KVM or ZFS, could you please let me know how it worked out for you?
Thanks,
Avery