How to configure static IP address on Alpine Linux

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On Alpine Linux, you can configure a static IP address by editing the network configuration files.

  1. To view the current network configuration, you can use the command ip a or ifconfig.
  2. To configure a static IP address, you need to edit the network configuration file located at /etc/network/interfaces. You can use a text editor such as nano or vim to edit the file.
  3. Add the following lines to configure a static IP address for the eth0 interface, replacing the IP address, netmask, gateway, and DNS server with your own values:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.100
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4
  1. Save the changes and exit the text editor.
  2. Restart the network service using the following command:
service networking restart
  1. To verify the new IP address configuration, you can use the command ip a or ifconfig again.

It is important to note that these steps are for configuring a static

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