apk functionality broken in the alpine-based Redis8 images

[tobybellwood]

In https://github.com/redis/docker-library-redis/blob/release/8.0/alpine/Dockerfile#L138 the apk functionality has been removed from the alpine-based Redis images.

Previously, we extended the upstream Redis images minimally (to include tar and rsync packages) - but this is not possible in 8 (hence also the curl inclusion workaround suggested in #406) without first re-installing the apk subsystem ourselves, or copying the built binary into another image, both of which are quite heavyweight solutions?

Is there a reason behind creating an "alpine" image without any alpine functionality, and is it on the roadmap to reinstate (as it currently exists in the previous generation images)?

[adamiBs]

Hi thanks for raising this issue, and for providing a thorough explanation.
I will document this issue as something that we shall fix for an upcoming release.

CC @adobrzhansky

[Takerman]

Hello, I'm getting exceptions with the docker image too. After I reverted to version 7.4.3 works good to me. The error is:

=== REDIS BUG REPORT END. Make sure to include from START to END. ===
If a Redis module was involved, please open in the module's repo instead.
Please report the crash by opening an issue on github:
http://github.com/redis/redis/issues
Suspect RAM error? Use redis-server --test-memory to verify it.
If a Redis module was involved, please open in the module's repo instead.
Some other issues could be detected by redis-server --check-system
Suspect RAM error? Use redis-server --test-memory to verify it.
Some other issues could be detected by redis-server --check-system

[K2ouMais]

Please re-add apk again. We have to add our own alpine repository and this wont work without apk anymore.

[adamiBs]

This issue has been fixed in Redis 8.0.1, and should reach Dockerhub soon.
The PR:
docker-library/official-images#19024