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Subject: Re: [3.14] Release process change proposal: Add official Alpine Linux
 cloud images
From: jake buchholz <tomalok@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20201215163034.GA1500235@crute.us>
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 09:07:36 -0800
Cc: Ariadne Conill <ariadne@dereferenced.org>,
 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>,
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To: Mike Crute <mike@crute.us>

Hi, I=E2=80=99m Jake, the other main person involved with the =
=E2=80=9Calpine-ec2-ami=E2=80=9D project.  I=E2=80=99d also like to =
officially join this =E2=80=9COfficialization=E2=80=9D  effort =
(cloud/infra).

> On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 09:17:06AM +0000, Ariadne Conill wrote:
>> On Tuesday, December 15, 2020 12:26:09 AM MST Natanael Copa wrote:
>>> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 02:29:08 GMT Ariadne Conill =
<ariadne@dereferenced.org> wrote:
>>>=20
>>> I'd like to have linode on the list early too.
>>=20
>> Would linode actually use our image?  My understanding is that linode =
prefer to master their own images.
>=20
> Having Linode available would be nice. At a quick glance I don't see =
anything in their API that supports custom images, though I recall there =
was some roundabout way to upload them for a single account several =
years ago. We may need to talk to a human on their side to make that =
happen, if anyone has contacts over there. Once we migrate to GitLab =
I'll throw together issues for each cloud provider we want to support =
and we can use that as a jumping off point for research and =
prioritization of support.

It would appear that Linode does support Packer-built images...
* https://www.linode.com/docs/guides/how-to-use-linode-packer-builder/

=E2=80=A6and Packer has a Linode builder=E2=80=A6
* https://www.packer.io/docs/builders/linode

=E2=80=A6so creating Alpine images for Linode (or any other cloud =
provider that Packer supports) should be doable.

Having some providers =E2=80=9Cbless=E2=80=9D our images as Official and =
make them publicly available will likely involve working with them to =
make it happen.

j=