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Kloster

Kloster is an Alpine Linux+Xen spin I am using to host my own services. It’s not much right now, but the intention is to have a tiny, secure Dom0 based on Alpine Linux with the Sway wayland wm that comes with scripts to set up a set of default DomU’s, not entirely unlike Qubes but with the express purpose of using the DomU’s to deploy services in a long-term way and no intention to be directly useful as a desktop OS. Do not take this setup to be secure! I’m just experimenting with the ideas, I don’t know if I’ve made a mistake! Use a mature system if you want security.

Planned Default DomU’s

• Alpine, deploying Docker
• Alpine, deploying Docker-Registry
• Alpine, deploying DarkHTTPD
• Alpine, deploying x2goserver and a variety of games
• Alpine, deploying i2pd in a Whonix-like configuration
• Whonix
• Network VM
• USB VM
• Debian-minbase

neat things I’ve noted about using mkimage so far that I didn’t realize at first. Maybe I missed it in the documentation.

• you can specify as many –extra-repositories as you want.
• you can install packages with pins

References

• How to make a custom ISO image with mkimage
• Aports Tree, needed to obtain mkimage.sh (git://git.alpinelinux.org/aports)
  • Forked out to fix build errors, likely temporary
• Create an Alpine Linux paravirtualized DomU