Alpaquita Linux

Lightweight Alpine-derived distribution from BellSoft, glibc and musl flavors.

v2026.04.14 qcow2 x86_64 openstack proxmox cloud-init signed

About

Cloud-init-ready, signed Alpaquita Linux images, customized via `virt-customize` on top of the upstream BellSoft Stream qcow2. Produced in both glibc and musl variants for OpenStack and Proxmox.

Source repository: open-img-cloud/alpaquita-linux
Upstream: https://bell-sw.com/alpaquita-linux/

Downloads

Variant	File	SHA-256	Signed	Manifest
glibc	alpaquita-2026.04.14-glibc-x86_64.qcow2	bb0cc1ee08c61036da77e5096e155e2234065db125c523a4f8afbacba4df93b6	yes	MANIFEST
musl	alpaquita-2026.04.14-musl-x86_64.qcow2	4a187b49715714f8343453a1d4dd8c77d7aca9c257171e4fe27f534cf329cbc7	yes	MANIFEST

Verify the signature

All releases are signed keylessly via GitHub OIDC. Verify with cosign :

bash

curl -fLO https://images.openimages.cloud/alpaquita-linux/2026.04.14/alpaquita-2026.04.14-glibc-x86_64.qcow2
curl -fLO https://images.openimages.cloud/alpaquita-linux/2026.04.14/alpaquita-2026.04.14-glibc-x86_64.qcow2.bundle

cosign verify-blob alpaquita-2026.04.14-glibc-x86_64.qcow2 \
  --bundle alpaquita-2026.04.14-glibc-x86_64.qcow2.bundle \
  --new-bundle-format \
  --certificate-identity-regexp 'https://github.com/open-img-cloud/alpaquita-linux/' \
  --certificate-oidc-issuer https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com

Use it

Upload to OpenStack Glance:

bash

openstack image create \
  --disk-format qcow2 \
  --container-format bare \
  --file alpaquita-2026.04.14-glibc-x86_64.qcow2 \
  --public \
  alpaquita-linux-2026.04.14