Hyperv Alpine

Setting up Alpine Linux in Hyper-V

Set-up

  1. setup-alpine
  2. Follow the prompts

Post reboot

  1. Install nano & tmux, apk update && apk add nano tmux
  2. Modify the message of the day (really the sign-in message). nano /etc/motd
    • Remove mention of the setup-alpine
    • Remove the mention of editing the message
    • Typically I change it to mention the purpose of the VM. Is it for building / testing software or VPN etc.
  3. Install Hyper-V guest services apk add hvtools
  4. Set-up Hyper-V guest services, such that they start on boot. 
     rc-update add hv_fcopy_daemon
 rc-update add hv_kvp_daemon
 rc-update add hv_vss_daemon
  5. Run the Hyper-V guest services now to avoid needing to reboot. 
     rc-service hv_fcopy_daemon start
 rc-service hv_kvp_daemon start
 rc-service hv_vss_daemon start