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Request
Grafana Alloy should have similar support to RHEL/Debian/Suse-based distros on Alpine-based systems. It should provide an APK package or an OpenRC script to make installing it on Alpine easier.
Use case
Alpine Linux is a commonly used distribution for servers in more resource-constrained enviroments. Its use of OpenRC and libc-musl means it has a smaller footprint than other distributions like Fedora/RHEL or Ubuntu/Debian. An official Alpine repository or package would make installing Alloy on an Alpine node significantly easier. Failing that, an official OpenRC / init.d script would also lower the hurdle for adapting Alloy on Alpine-based systems. If the Alpine support is good enough, the Docker image could migrate from Ubuntu to Alpine, greatly reducing image size.