Alpine with Docker

This Container image (yobasystems/alpine-docker) is based on the minimal Alpine Linux with Docker pre-installed, or even better Docker-in-Docker (dind).

Alpine Version 3.21.3 (Released 2025-02-13)

Docker Version 27.3.1

Alpine with Docker
What is Alpine Linux?
What is Docker in Docker?
Features
Architectures
Tags
Layers & Sizes
How to use this image
Image contents & Vulnerability analysis
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🏔️ 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 Container images.

🐳 What is Docker in Docker?

Although running Docker inside Docker is generally not recommended, there are some legitimate use cases, such as development of Docker itself.

Docker is an open-source project that automates the deployment of applications inside software containers, by providing an additional layer of abstraction and automation of operating-system-level virtualisation on Linux, Mac OS and Windows.

✨ Features

Minimal size only, minimal layers
Memory usage is minimal on a simple install.

🏗️ Architectures

:amd64, :x86_64 - 64 bit Intel/AMD (x86_64/amd64)
:arm64v8, :aarch64 - 64 bit ARM (ARMv8/aarch64)
:arm32v7, :armhf - 32 bit ARM (ARMv7/armhf)

📝 PLEASE CHECK TAGS BELOW FOR SUPPORTED ARCHITECTURES, THE ABOVE IS A LIST OF EXPLANATION

🏷️ Tags

:latest latest branch based (Automatic Architecture Selection)
:main main branch usually inline with latest
:dind latest branch with docker-in-docker
:amd64, :x86_64 amd64 based on latest tag but amd64 architecture
:dind-amd64, :dind-x86_64 amd64 based on latest tag but amd64 architecture and includes docker-in-docker
:armhf, :arm32v7 Armv7 based on latest tag but arm architecture
:dind-armhf, :dind-arm32v7 Armv7 based on latest tag but arm architecture and includes docker-in-docker
:aarch64, :arm64v8 Armv8 based on latest tag but arm64 architecture
:dind-aarch64, :dind-arm64v8 Armv8 based on latest tag but arm64 architecture and includes docker-in-docker

📏 Layers & Sizes

🚀 How to use this image

Usage

Use like you would any other base image:

FROM yobasystems/alpine-docker
RUN apk add --no-cache ......
.........
.......
....
..
.

or maybe a docker run command:

docker run -it --name=dind --privileged -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock yobasystems/alpine-docker:dind /bin/sh

or if you want to use a docker-compose.yml:

version: '3.9'
services:
  alpine-docker:
    image: yobasystems/alpine-docker:dind
    container_name: alpine-docker
    privileged: true
    volumes:
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock

Simply create a docker-compose.yml file with the above content and run docker-compose up -d to start the container.

🔍 Image contents & Vulnerability analysis

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