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+
+name: Alpine Unittests
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - 'ubuntu/**'
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+concurrency:
+  group: 'ci-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}'
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: sh -ex {0}
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+
+      - name: "Checkout"
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          # Fetch all tags for tools/read-version
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Collect debugging info
+        run: |
+          set
+
+      - name: Install incus
+        run: |
+          curl https://pkgs.zabbly.com/get/incus-stable | sudo sh -x
+
+      - name: Reset the firewall
+        run: |
+          sudo iptables -I DOCKER-USER -j ACCEPT
+
+      - name: Init incus
+        run: |
+          sudo incus admin init --auto
+          sudo ip link set incusbr0 up
+
+      - name: Create alpine container
+        run: sudo sg incus-admin -c 'incus launch images:alpine/edge alpine'
+
+      - name: Check networking (for debugging)
+        run: |
+          sudo sg incus-admin -c 'incus exec alpine -- ping -c 1 google.com || true'
+          sudo sg incus-admin -c 'incus exec alpine -- ping -c 1 dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org || true'
+          sudo sg incus-admin -c 'incus exec alpine -- nslookup www.google.com || true'
+          sudo sg incus-admin -c 'incus exec alpine -- ping -c 1 dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org || true'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: sudo sg incus-admin -c 'incus exec alpine -- apk add py3-tox git'
+
+      - name: Mount source into container directory
+        run: sudo sg incus-admin -c 'incus config device add alpine gitdir disk source=$(pwd) path=/root/cloud-init-ro'
+
+      - name: Create a r/w directory to run tests in
+        run: |
+          sudo sg incus-admin -c 'incus exec alpine -- git clone cloud-init-ro/ cloud-init-rw'
+
+      - name: Did the code work?
+        run: |
+          sudo sg incus-admin -c 'incus exec alpine -- ls -la /root/'
+          sudo sg incus-admin -c 'incus exec alpine -- ls -la /root/cloud-init-ro'
+          sudo sg incus-admin -c 'incus exec alpine -- ls -la /root/cloud-init-rw'
+          sudo sg incus-admin -c 'incus exec alpine -- sh -c "cd /root/cloud-init-rw && tox -e py3"'
+          #      - name: Git the code
+          #        run: |
+          #  sudo sg incus-admin -c "incus exec alpine -- git clone https://github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git"
+          #  sudo sg incus-admin -c 'incus exec alpine --cwd /root/cloud-init/ -- git fetch origin +refs/pull/*:refs/remotes/origin/pr/*'
+          #  sudo sg incus-admin -c "incus exec alpine --cwd /root/cloud-init/ -- git checkout origin/pr/${GITHUB_REF_NAME}"