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Alpine Linux with Docker Reviews & Product Details

Alpine Linux with Docker is a lightweight and secure operating system tailored for containerized applications. This Amazon Machine Image (AMI) combines Alpine Linux's minimalistic design with Docker's robust containerization capabilities, providing an efficient environment for deploying and managing containers on AWS. Key Features and Functionality: - Lightweight Design: Alpine Linux's small footprint ensures rapid boot times and reduced resource consumption, making it ideal for cloud environments. - Integrated Docker Engine: Pre-installed Docker engine allows for immediate container deployment and management without additional setup. - Security-Focused: Alpine Linux employs a hardened kernel and includes stack protection to safeguard against common vulnerabilities. - Efficient Package Management: Utilizes the APK package manager, facilitating easy installation and management of software packages. Primary Value and User Solutions: Alpine Linux with Docker addresses the need for a secure, efficient, and lightweight operating system for containerized applications. Its minimalistic design reduces overhead, leading to faster deployments and lower operational costs. The integrated Docker engine streamlines the process of running containers, enabling developers and system administrators to focus on application development and management without the complexities of setting up the underlying infrastructure. This solution is particularly beneficial for those seeking to optimize performance and security in cloud-based container deployments.

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Mahinsha N.

Software Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/19/2023

"Best Linux image"

5/5

What do you like best about Alpine Linux with Docker?

It is one of the best available Linux base layer images that I have been using for the past few months. It is effortless to configure and build docker images using the same. It is very lightweight and we can configure the same for any container build. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Alpine Linux with Docker?

Nothing specific. I never came across any negatives for the Alpine image. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Gianluigi M.

Freelance IT Consultant

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/30/2022

"Most light but simple Linux distro for container"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Alpine Linux with Docker?

Alpine comes with only essential packages to run the Linux distro. The included package manager, APK, works as the same as APT. All commons packages, libraries and tools for typical containerized software services are available today. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Alpine Linux with Docker?

Sometimes some packages or libraries require some more work to be configured and running correctly. But nowadays it is really simple to find out solutions over Stack Overflow or other sites. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ashutosh T.

Software Engineer III

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/10/2022

"Alpine Linux"

5/5

What do you like best about Alpine Linux with Docker?

While using alpine Linux in the dockerfile the image that was built was of very lightweight due to it taking very less storage & it became very easily portable. We were using alpine Linux in almost all. the dockerfiles. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Alpine Linux with Docker?

While using alpine Linux in dockerfile some of the packages were missing while we were working with nodejs application & sometimes we faced issues while using sudo inside the container. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Samar S.

Associate Data Scientist

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/27/2022

"Small and powerful Linux distro that does exactly what's required to do."

5/5

What do you like best about Alpine Linux with Docker?

It's lightweight. When dockerizing your applications, the image size can easily go over 1GB with most of the space being used by the base layer, but not with Alpine.

Alpine is lightweight since it does not come already equipped with a lot of default Linux packages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Alpine Linux with Docker?

There's not much to dislike about Alpine. If it were possible to have a desktop environment it would a good thing, but this is where Alpine Linux misses.

Community support is very limited and troubleshooting is a pain sometimes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Karan R.

Senior Software Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/30/2022

"Lightweight and stable"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Alpine Linux with Docker?

A lightweight Docker image means that my development image is not bloated with unnecessary software. As a frontend developer, I find the startup times to be the fastest. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Alpine Linux with Docker?

We sometimes have to install additional packages needed to run our development environment. This is usually straightforward and is documented well on the internet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Alpine Linux with Docker:

Just go for it. It's the best out there, when it comes to a lightweight Linux image. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Alpine Linux with Docker solving and how is that benefiting you?

As a full-stack web application developer, I use Apline Linux with my Docker setup to run a local copy of our app which is used to collaborate, create and test new features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sylvia L.

Engagement Delivery Manager

Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/30/2022

"Benefits of Alpine Linux.Try It!"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Alpine Linux with Docker?

This is the best option to use for OS layer for users that are currently using Docker. Alpine Linux will reduce the image size. Alpine Linux is good in containers and very secure. You can also load package history from a previous state in the case you need to revert to a working version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Alpine Linux with Docker?

Sometimes Alpine Linux has bugs, and sometimes the build times are delayed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Alpine Linux with Docker:

It is great for lightweight and small containers. I would highly recommend for those working in the technology field. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Alpine Linux with Docker solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use applications for package pinning to keep code reliable and stable. I cam also use this install, upgrade, and remove packaging as well. I also use Docket to run processes with restricted permissions, with restricted resources, with tight network policies, and more Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nitin S.

Specialist - Cloud and Automation

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/9/2022

"Alpine Linux with Docker"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Alpine Linux with Docker?

This weakening of security is not necessary to do with Alpine 3.4.x and Docker 1.12 and the easy documentation provided on their site. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Alpine Linux with Docker?

Very often we came across the message "WARNING: No {swap,memory} limit support". Support is still limited and it gets difficult to troubleshoot any ongoing issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Animesh R.

Founder

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/17/2022

"My experience with Alpine Linux with Docker"

5/5

What do you like best about Alpine Linux with Docker?

ease of downlaod and given the capability to use for multiple different projects as well. mostly use of dev env for web-application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Alpine Linux with Docker?

nothing so far, everything works for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rahul A.

Database Engineer II

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/21/2022

"Linux docker"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Alpine Linux with Docker?

Alpine linux size is the most amazing feature with storage and easy to install . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Alpine Linux with Docker?

Repository features which require filesystem to be edited for the issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Alpine Linux with Docker:

It's better with size and easy to use as considering other operation system available . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Alpine Linux with Docker solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's great in ease of use for the perfomance and I/O failures which overcomes the slowness issues . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Praveen K.

SDE-3

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/2/2022

"Senior DevOps Engineer"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Alpine Linux with Docker?

As compared to all other container images, the size of the alpine image is significantly less that means the alpine docker image is light in weight Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Alpine Linux with Docker?

some of the Linux tools/applications not supported Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Alpine Linux with Docker:

yes, anyone who wants to migrate their application from VMs based to the container than I will suggest using the alpine image as a base image Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Alpine Linux with Docker solving and how is that benefiting you?

earlier my image was taking more storage because of that, we needed to add external volume in our Linux machine, but once we moved all containers with alpine images, that issue resolved Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.