maurosoft1973/alpine repository overview

⁠Alpine Linux in Docker with Multilanguage e Timezone support

This Docker image (maurosoft1973/alpine)⁠ is based on the minimal Alpine Linux⁠ with multilanguage e timezone support.

⁠Alpine Version 3.21.2 (Released 2025-01-08)

This docker image is the base Alpine Linux. For more info on versions & support see Releases⁠

⁠What is Alpine Linux?

Alpine Linux is a Linux distribution built around musl libc and BusyBox. The image is only 5 MB in size and has access to a package repository that is much more complete than other BusyBox based images. This makes Alpine Linux a great image base for utilities and even production applications. Read more about Alpine Linux here and you can see how their mantra fits in right at home with Docker images.

⁠Features

• Minimal size only, minimal layers
• Memory usage is minimal on a simple install
• Multilanguage support.
• Timezone Support

⁠Architectures

• :aarch64 - 64 bit ARM
• :armhf - 32 bit ARM v6
• :armv7 - 32 bit ARM v7
• :ppc64le - 64 bit PowerPC
• :x86 - 32 bit Intel/AMD
• :x86_64 - 64 bit Intel/AMD (x86_64/amd64)

⁠Tags

• :latest latest branch based (Automatic Architecture Selection)
• :aarch64 latest 64 bit ARM
• :armhf latest 32 bit ARM v6
• :armv7 latest 32 bit ARM v7
• :ppc64le latest 64 bit PowerPC
• :x86 latest 32 bit Intel/AMD
• :x86_64 latest 64 bit Intel/AMD
• :test test branch based (Automatic Architecture Selection)
• :test-aarch64 test 64 bit ARM
• :test-armhf test 32 bit ARM v6
• :test-armv7 test 32 bit ARM v7
• :test-ppc64le test 64 bit PowerPC
• :test-x86 test 32 bit Intel/AMD
• :test-x86_64 test 64 bit Intel/AMD
• :3.21.2 3.21.2 branch based (Automatic Architecture Selection)
• :3.21.2-aarch64 3.21.2 64 bit ARM
• :3.21.2-armhf 3.21.2 32 bit ARM v6
• :3.21.2-armv7 3.21.2 32 bit ARM v7
• :3.21.2-ppc64le 3.21.2 64 bit PowerPC
• :3.21.2-x86 3.21.2 32 bit Intel/AMD
• :3.21.2-x86_64 3.21.2 64 bit Intel/AMD

⁠Layers & Sizes

Version	Size

⁠Environment Variables:

⁠Main parameters:

• LC_ALL: default locale (en_GB.UTF-8)
• TIMEZONE: default timezone (Europe/Brussels)
• SHELL_TERMINAL: default shell (bin/sh)

⁠List of locale Sets

When setting locale, also make sure to choose a locale otherwise it will be the default (en_GB.UTF-8).

+-----------------+
| Locale          |
+-----------------+
| fr_CH.UTF-8     |
| fr_FR.UTF-8     |
| de_CH.UTF-8     |
| de_DE.UTF-8     |
| en_GB.UTF-8     |
| en_US.UTF-8     |
| es_ES.UTF-8     |
| it_CH.UTF-8     |
| it_IT.UTF-8     |
| nb_NO.UTF-8     |
| nl_NL.UTF-8     |
| pt_PT.UTF-8     |
| pt_BR.UTF-8     |
| ru_RU.UTF-8     |
| sv_SE.UTF-8     |
+-----------------+

⁠Example of use

⁠1.Creating an instance (default timezone and locale)

docker run --rm -it --name alpine maurosoft1973/alpine

⁠2.Creating an instance with locale it_IT

docker run --rm -it --name alpine -e LC_ALL=it_IT.UTF-8 maurosoft1973/alpine

⁠3.Creating an instance with locale it_IT and timezone Europe/Rome

docker run --rm -it --name alpine -e LC_ALL=it_IT.UTF-8 -e TIMEZONE=Europe/Rome maurosoft1973/alpine

⁠Last Update 15.01.2025 13:07:30