Set Up Repository on Other Clients
Understand how to set up a private APK repository on other Alpine Linux clients by adding the repository URL and importing the public key for secure package verification. This lesson covers the use of asymmetric cryptography in apk repositories and explains why HTTP is sufficient for secure package distribution.
We'll cover the following...
We'll cover the following...
Preface
To use our web server in another Alpine Linux instance, we have to add it to the /etc/apk/repositories file of the other instance and copy the public key of our repository.
Digression: Public and private keys
In asymmetric cryptography, two keys exist, a private and a public key. The difference between these two keys is given below:
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