Make alpine linux an option for self-deployed VMs

[mplscorwin]

This is a frequently requested feature. Team has already been discussing this; creating an issue for tracking.

Please get code-review from @hamptonmoore and/or @natesales prior to merging.

[Shinyzenith]

Thank you so much for making this an option!

[Shinyzenith]

Hi, I'd like to maintain the alpine image. If any guidelines can be provided as to your current image generation workflow, that would help immensely.

[samip5]

Hi, I'd like to maintain the alpine image. If any guidelines can be provided as to your current image generation workflow, that would help immensely.

We are using cloud images, aka usually just the normal image with cloud-init enabled. Alpine doesn't seem to have an generic cloud image however.

[haylinmoore]

There are a lot of politics in the alpine world around cloud-init

[samip5]

There are a lot of politics in the alpine world around cloud-init

Yeah, I noticed when searching their gitlab for the generic image request ticket.

For reference: https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/cloud/alpine-cloud-images/-/issues/133