Tiny Core Linux Docker Image

This provides a very small CLI system image based on Tiny Core Linux developed at The Core Project. It contains following Core x86/x86_64 packages

• rootfs.gz (or rootfs64.gz): contains base system binaries and a file system layout
• squashfs-tools.tcz: contains a squashfs builder and expander

These original packages are found under

• http://tinycorelinux.net/11.x/
• http://tinycorelinux.net/10.x/
• http://tinycorelinux.net/9.x/
• http://tinycorelinux.net/8.x/
• http://tinycorelinux.net/7.x/
• http://tinycorelinux.net/6.x/

and Dockerfile of these images are found at

• 11.0-x86, latest (11.0/x86/Dockerfile)
• 11.0-x86_64 (11.0/x86_64/Dockerfile)
• 10.1-x86 (10.1/x86/Dockerfile)
• 10.1-x86_64 (10.1/x86_64/Dockerfile)
• 10.0-x86 (10.0/x86/Dockerfile)
• 10.0-x86_64 (10.0/x86_64/Dockerfile)
• 9.0-x86 (9.0/x86/Dockerfile)
• 9.0-x86_64 (9.0/x86_64/Dockerfile)
• 8.2-x86 (8.2/x86/Dockerfile)
• 8.2-x86_64 (8.2/x86_64/Dockerfile)
• 8.1-x86 (8.1/x86/Dockerfile)
• 8.1-x86_64 (8.1/x86_64/Dockerfile)
• 8.0-x86 (8.0/x86/Dockerfile)
• 8.0-x86_64 (8.0/x86_64/Dockerfile)
• 7.2-x86 (7.2/x86/Dockerfile)
• 7.2-x86_64 (7.2/x86_64/Dockerfile)
• 7.1-x86 (7.1/x86/Dockerfile)
• 7.1-x86_64 (7.1/x86_64/Dockerfile)
• 7.0-x86 (7.0/x86/Dockerfile)
• 7.0-x86_64 (7.0/x86_64/Dockerfile)
• 6.4-x86 (6.4/x86/Dockerfile)
• 6.4-x86_64 (6.4/x86_64/Dockerfile)
• 6.3-x86 (6.3/x86/Dockerfile)
• 6.3-x86_64 (6.3/x86_64/Dockerfile)
• 6.2-x86 (6.2/x86/Dockerfile)
• 6.2-x86_64 (6.2/x86_64/Dockerfile)
• 6.1-x86 (6.1/x86/Dockerfile)
• 6.1-x86_64 (6.1/x86_64/Dockerfile)
• 6.0-x86 (6.0/x86/Dockerfile)
• 6.0-x86_64 (6.0/x86_64/Dockerfile)

Installation

The easiest way to install the image is pulling it from Docker Hub repositories like following

docker pull tatsushid/tinycore:11.0-x86

or

docker pull tatsushid/tinycore:11.0-x86_64

Usage

Just run

docker run -it tatsushid/tinycore:11.0-x86

or

docker run -it tatsushid/tinycore:11.0-x86_64

To install tcz packages into the container and use them, please run tce-load command in it like following

tce-load -wic bash.tcz

or run the container with privilege mode like following

docker run -it --privileged tatsushid/tinycore:11.0-x86

Once it starts with privilege mode, you can run the package manager like

tce-ab

Building an image based on this image

Now Docker doesn't support privilege mode at image building but this image includes patched tce-load which works without privilege mode by using unsquashfs internally instead of mounting squashfs on a loop back device so to install packages, please use tce-load with -c option

If you need an example, please see my tinycore-ruby or tinycore-python Dockerfile