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alpine linux apk installation error in Dockerfile


I am trying to execute the following code in a Dockerfile:

FROM alpine:3.7
RUN apk update && apk add --no-cache busybox musl prometheus-node-exporter
RUN rc-update add prometheus-node-exporter default
RUN rc-service prometheus-node-exporter start
RUN echo "  - job_name: node \
    # If prometheus-node-exporter is installed, grab stats about the local \
    # machine by default. \
    static_configs: \
      - targets: ['localhost:9100', 'alpine_distro:9100']" >> /etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml

but my build returns the following error:

ERROR: 
unsatisfiable constraints:
  prometheus-node-exporter (missing):
    required by: world[prometheus-node-exporter]

The command '/bin/sh -c apk update && apk add --no-cache busybox musl prometheus-node-exporter' returned a non-zero code: 1

I am not used to Alpine package manager but my guess is that I might not be using a repo that contains prometheus-node-exporter?

Or am I missing something else?


Solution

  • If from some reason you're forced to use Alpine 3.7, you could install the prometheus-node-exporter package from the Alpine 3.13 community repo:

    $ sudo docker run -it alpine:3.7
    / # apk add prometheus-node-exporter --repository=http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.13/community
    fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.13/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
    fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.7/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
    fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.7/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
    (1/1) Installing prometheus-node-exporter (1.0.1-r0)
    Executing prometheus-node-exporter-1.0.1-r0.pre-install
     24% ###################################                                                                                                            
    Executing busybox-1.27.2-r11.trigger
    OK: 20 MiB in 14 packages
    / # 
    / # 
    / # node_exporter --help
    usage: node_exporter [<flags>]
    ...
    

    It seems node_exporter only depends on musl, so it's likely to work well without special issues:

    / # ldd /usr/bin/node_exporter
        /lib/ld-musl-x86_64.so.1 (0x7fea4c68a000)
        libc.musl-x86_64.so.1 => /lib/ld-musl-x86_64.so.1 (0x7fea4c68a000)
    

    However, if you have that option, it's recommended to upgrade your base Alpine version to 3.13, instead.