Alpine - OpenVM Tools

Running Alpine on ESX ? Install the Open VM Tools …

Install OpenVM Tools

apk add open-vm-tools
apk add open-vm-tools-guestinfo
apk add open-vm-tools-deploypkg

Start Service

rc-service open-vm-tools start

Autostart Service

rc-update add open-vm-tools boot

All in One

apk add open-vm-tools open-vm-tools-guestinfo open-vm-tools-deploypkg
rc-update add open-vm-tools boot
rc-service open-vm-tools start

Busybox Extras

add some tools (arch, dnsd, dumpleases, fakeidentd, ftpd, ftpget, ftpput, httpd, inetd, readahead, telnet, telnetd, tftp, tftpd, udhcpd)

apk add busybox-extras

List Packages

apk info -L busybox-extras

docker# apk info -L busybox-extras
busybox-extras-1.35.0-r15 contains:
bin/busybox-extras

sha256: 5ba2c46f793ad164b6cecb62f406791adf588c1e51f589dba71067fd60e38aea