Barge 2.0

Barge is a lightweight Linux distribution built with Buildroot specifically to run Docker containers.

It's designed for a local development in a virtual machine.

It's inspired by the following projects.

Features

Built with Buildroot 2022.05 with Linux kernel v4.14.282 and glibc.
Strip down the Linux kernel modules and drivers
Busybox + the following utilities from Buildroot
- sudo, bash, wget, xz, sntp, logrotate
- ssh, scp, sftp, rsync
- acpid, sshd, dhcpcd, xtables-multi
- e2fsck, mke2fs, resize2fs, tune2fs
Default username: bargee
Default password: bargee
dumb-init binary is built-in /usr/bin.

e.g., docker run -d -v /usr/bin/dumb-init:/dumb-init:ro --entrypoint=/dumb-init <image> <command>

pkg command is built-in. You can install individual packages from Buildroot + α.

 [bargee@barge ~]$ pkg
 Usage: pkg {build|install} [-f] <package-name> [build options]
        pkg show <package-name>
        pkg list

e.g., sudo pkg install vim

Enable to switch between Docker versions.

 [bargee@barge ~]$ sudo /etc/init.d/docker
 Usage /etc/init.d/docker {start|stop|restart|status} [<version>|latest|default]

e.g., sudo /etc/init.d/docker restart latest

Licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPL-2.0)
http://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-2.0