diff --git a/app/Actions/Server/InstallDocker.php b/app/Actions/Server/InstallDocker.php
index d718d37358..e26de56ad4 100644
--- a/app/Actions/Server/InstallDocker.php
+++ b/app/Actions/Server/InstallDocker.php
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ public function handle(Server $server)
                 $command = $command->merge([$this->getSuseDockerInstallCommand()]);
             } elseif ($supported_os_type->contains('arch')) {
                 $command = $command->merge([$this->getArchDockerInstallCommand()]);
+            } elseif ($supported_os_type->contains('alpine')) {
+                $command = $command->merge([$this->getAlpineDockerInstallCommand()]);
             } else {
                 $command = $command->merge([$this->getGenericDockerInstallCommand()]);
             }
@@ -94,8 +96,8 @@ public function handle(Server $server)
                 "jq -s '.[0] * .[1]' /etc/docker/daemon.json.coolify /etc/docker/daemon.json | tee /etc/docker/daemon.json.appended > /dev/null",
                 'mv /etc/docker/daemon.json.appended /etc/docker/daemon.json',
                 "echo 'Restarting Docker Engine...'",
-                'systemctl enable docker >/dev/null 2>&1 || true',
-                'systemctl restart docker',
+                'command -v systemctl >/dev/null 2>&1 && systemctl enable docker >/dev/null 2>&1 || command -v rc-update >/dev/null 2>&1 && rc-update add docker default >/dev/null 2>&1 || true',
+                'command -v systemctl >/dev/null 2>&1 && systemctl restart docker || command -v rc-service >/dev/null 2>&1 && rc-service docker restart || command -v service >/dev/null 2>&1 && service docker restart || true',
             ]);
             if ($server->isSwarm()) {
                 $command = $command->merge([
@@ -159,6 +161,13 @@ private function getArchDockerInstallCommand(): string
             'systemctl start docker.service';
     }
 
+    private function getAlpineDockerInstallCommand(): string
+    {
+        return 'apk add --no-cache docker docker-cli-compose && '.
+            'command -v rc-update >/dev/null 2>&1 && rc-update add docker default >/dev/null 2>&1 || true && '.
+            'command -v rc-service >/dev/null 2>&1 && rc-service docker start || command -v service >/dev/null 2>&1 && service docker start || true';
+    }
+
     private function getGenericDockerInstallCommand(): string
     {
         return "curl --max-time 300 --retry 3 https://releases.rancher.com/install-docker/{$this->dockerVersion}.sh | sh || curl --max-time 300 --retry 3 https://get.docker.com | sh -s -- --version {$this->dockerVersion}";
diff --git a/app/Actions/Server/InstallPrerequisites.php b/app/Actions/Server/InstallPrerequisites.php
index 84be7f2068..fcc71a79a9 100644
--- a/app/Actions/Server/InstallPrerequisites.php
+++ b/app/Actions/Server/InstallPrerequisites.php
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ public function handle(Server $server)
                 "echo 'Installing Prerequisites for Arch Linux...'",
                 'pacman -Syu --noconfirm --needed curl wget git jq',
             ]);
+        } elseif ($supported_os_type->contains('alpine')) {
+            $command = $command->merge([
+                "echo 'Installing Prerequisites for Alpine Linux...'",
+                'apk update',
+                'apk add --no-cache curl wget git jq',
+            ]);
         } else {
             throw new \Exception('Unsupported OS type for prerequisites installation');
         }
diff --git a/app/Models/Server.php b/app/Models/Server.php
index d693aea6d0..5c11f5c0ef 100644
--- a/app/Models/Server.php
+++ b/app/Models/Server.php
@@ -1050,19 +1050,30 @@ public function validateOS(): bool|Stringable
             $item = str($line)->trim();
             $collectedData->put($item->before('=')->value(), $item->after('=')->lower()->replace('"', '')->value());
         }
-        $ID = data_get($collectedData, 'ID');
-        // $ID_LIKE = data_get($collectedData, 'ID_LIKE');
-        // $VERSION_ID = data_get($collectedData, 'VERSION_ID');
-        $supported = collect(SUPPORTED_OS)->filter(function ($supportedOs) use ($ID) {
-            if (str($supportedOs)->contains($ID)) {
-                return str($ID);
-            }
+        return $this->resolveSupportedOsType($collectedData);
+    }
+
+    public function resolveSupportedOsType($osReleaseData): bool|Stringable
+    {
+        $ID = data_get($osReleaseData, 'ID');
+        $ID_LIKE = data_get($osReleaseData, 'ID_LIKE', '');
+
+        $detectedIds = collect([$ID])
+            ->merge(str($ID_LIKE)->explode(' '))
+            ->map(fn ($item) => str($item)->trim()->lower()->value())
+            ->filter()
+            ->unique();
+
+        $supported = collect(SUPPORTED_OS)->first(function ($supportedOs) use ($detectedIds) {
+            $supportedIds = str($supportedOs)
+                ->explode(' ')
+                ->map(fn ($item) => str($item)->trim()->lower()->value())
+                ->filter();
+
+            return $detectedIds->intersect($supportedIds)->isNotEmpty();
         });
-        if ($supported->count() === 1) {
-            return str($supported->first());
-        } else {
-            return false;
-        }
+
+        return $supported ? str($supported) : false;
     }
 
     public function isTerminalEnabled()
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Actions/Server/InstallDockerAlpineCommandTest.php b/tests/Unit/Actions/Server/InstallDockerAlpineCommandTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..752810b500
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/Actions/Server/InstallDockerAlpineCommandTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+
+use App\Actions\Server\InstallDocker;
+
+it('has alpine docker install command with openrc-friendly startup', function () {
+    $action = new InstallDocker;
+
+    $reflection = new ReflectionClass($action);
+    $method = $reflection->getMethod('getAlpineDockerInstallCommand');
+    $method->setAccessible(true);
+
+    $command = $method->invoke($action);
+
+    expect($command)->toBeString()
+        ->and($command)->toContain('apk add --no-cache docker docker-cli-compose')
+        ->and($command)->toContain('rc-update add docker default')
+        ->and($command)->toContain('rc-service docker start');
+});
diff --git a/tests/Unit/ServerResolveSupportedOsTypeTest.php b/tests/Unit/ServerResolveSupportedOsTypeTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..809bf4fbe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/ServerResolveSupportedOsTypeTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+<?php
+
+use App\Models\Server;
+
+it('detects debian family by ID', function () {
+    $server = new Server;
+
+    $result = $server->resolveSupportedOsType(collect([
+        'ID' => 'debian',
+        'ID_LIKE' => '',
+    ]));
+
+    expect($result)->not->toBeFalse()
+        ->and((string) $result)->toContain('debian');
+});
+
+it('detects alpine by ID', function () {
+    $server = new Server;
+
+    $result = $server->resolveSupportedOsType(collect([
+        'ID' => 'alpine',
+        'ID_LIKE' => '',
+    ]));
+
+    expect($result)->not->toBeFalse()
+        ->and((string) $result)->toContain('alpine');
+});
+
+it('detects supported family using ID_LIKE fallback', function () {
+    $server = new Server;
+
+    $result = $server->resolveSupportedOsType(collect([
+        'ID' => 'linuxmint',
+        'ID_LIKE' => 'ubuntu debian',
+    ]));
+
+    expect($result)->not->toBeFalse()
+        ->and((string) $result)->toContain('ubuntu')
+        ->and((string) $result)->toContain('debian');
+});
+
+it('returns false for unsupported os identifiers', function () {
+    $server = new Server;
+
+    $result = $server->resolveSupportedOsType(collect([
+        'ID' => 'freebsd',
+        'ID_LIKE' => '',
+    ]));
+
+    expect($result)->toBeFalse();
+});
+
+it('normalizes mixed casing and extra spaces in os release identifiers', function () {
+    $server = new Server;
+
+    $result = $server->resolveSupportedOsType(collect([
+        'ID' => '  AlPiNe  ',
+        'ID_LIKE' => '  MUSL   busybox  ',
+    ]));
+
+    expect($result)->not->toBeFalse()
+        ->and((string) $result)->toContain('alpine');
+});