diff --git a/alpine/3.12.0/Dockerfile b/alpine/3.12.0/Dockerfile
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+FROM alpine:3.17
+MAINTAINER Frank Celler <info@arangodb.com>
+
+ENV ARANGO_VERSION 3.12.0
+
+# see
+#   https://docs.arangodb.com/3.12/components/arangodb-server/options/#--serverendpoint
+#   https://docs.arangodb.com/3.12/components/arangodb-server/options/#log
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache gnupg pwgen binutils numactl numactl-tools && \
+    gpg --batch --keyserver keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys 8003EDF6F05459984878D4A6C04AD0FD86FEC04D && \
+    mkdir /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d && \
+    cd /tmp                                && \
+    arch="$(apk --print-arch)"             && \
+    case "$arch" in                           \
+        x86_64)  dpkgArch='amd64'          ;; \
+        aarch64) dpkgArch='arm64'          ;; \
+        *) echo >&2 "unsupported: $arch" && exit 1 ;; \
+    esac                                   && \
+    ARANGO_URL="https://download.arangodb.com/arangodb312/DEBIAN/$dpkgArch" && \
+    ARANGO_PACKAGE="arangodb3_${ARANGO_VERSION}-1_${dpkgArch}.deb" && \
+    ARANGO_PACKAGE_URL="${ARANGO_URL}/${ARANGO_PACKAGE}" && \
+    ARANGO_SIGNATURE_URL="${ARANGO_PACKAGE_URL}.asc" && \
+    wget ${ARANGO_SIGNATURE_URL}           && \
+    wget ${ARANGO_PACKAGE_URL}             && \
+    gpg --verify ${ARANGO_PACKAGE}.asc     && \
+    ar x ${ARANGO_PACKAGE} data.tar.gz     && \
+    tar -C / -x -z -f data.tar.gz          && \
+    sed -ri \
+        -e 's!127\.0\.0\.1!0.0.0.0!g' \
+        -e 's!^(file\s*=\s*).*!\1 -!' \
+        -e 's!^\s*uid\s*=.*!!' \
+        /etc/arangodb3/arangod.conf        && \
+    chgrp -R 0 /var/lib/arangodb3 /var/lib/arangodb3-apps && \
+    chmod -R 775 /var/lib/arangodb3 /var/lib/arangodb3-apps && \
+    rm -f ${ARANGO_PACKAGE}* data.tar.gz && \
+    apk del gnupg
+# Note that Openshift runs containers by default with a random UID and GID 0.
+# We need that the database and apps directory are writable for this config.
+
+ENV GLIBCXX_FORCE_NEW=1
+
+# Adjust TZ by default since tzdata package isn't present (BTS-913)
+RUN echo "UTC" > /etc/timezone
+
+# retain the database directory and the Foxx Application directory
+VOLUME ["/var/lib/arangodb3", "/var/lib/arangodb3-apps"]
+
+COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]
+
+# standard port
+EXPOSE 8529
+CMD ["arangod"]
diff --git a/alpine/3.12.0/docker-entrypoint.sh b/alpine/3.12.0/docker-entrypoint.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+if [ -z "$ARANGO_INIT_PORT" ] ; then
+    ARANGO_INIT_PORT=8999
+fi
+
+AUTHENTICATION="true"
+
+# if command starts with an option, prepend arangod
+case "$1" in
+    -*) set -- arangod "$@" ;;
+    *) ;;
+esac
+
+# check for numa
+NUMACTL=""
+
+if [ -d /sys/devices/system/node/node1 -a -f /proc/self/numa_maps ]; then
+    if [ "$NUMA" = "" ]; then
+        NUMACTL="numactl --interleave=all"
+    elif [ "$NUMA" != "disable" ]; then
+        NUMACTL="numactl --interleave=$NUMA"
+    fi
+
+    if [ "$NUMACTL" != "" ]; then
+        if $NUMACTL echo > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "using NUMA $NUMACTL"
+        else
+            echo "cannot start with NUMA $NUMACTL: please ensure that docker is running with --cap-add SYS_NICE"
+            NUMACTL=""
+        fi
+    fi
+fi
+
+if [ "$1" = 'arangod' ]; then
+    # /var/lib/arangodb3 and /var/lib/arangodb3-apps must exist and
+    # be writable by the user under which we run the container.
+
+    # Make a copy of the configuration file to patch it, note that this
+    # must work regardless under which user we run:
+    cp /etc/arangodb3/arangod.conf /tmp/arangod.conf
+
+    ARANGO_STORAGE_ENGINE=rocksdb
+    if [ ! -z "$ARANGO_ENCRYPTION_KEYFILE" ]; then
+        echo "Using encrypted database"
+        sed -i /tmp/arangod.conf -e "s;^.*encryption-keyfile.*;encryption-keyfile=$ARANGO_ENCRYPTION_KEYFILE;"
+    fi
+
+    if [ ! -f /var/lib/arangodb3/SERVER ] && [ "$SKIP_DATABASE_INIT" != "1" ]; then
+        if [ ! -z "$ARANGO_ROOT_PASSWORD_FILE" ]; then
+            if [ -f "$ARANGO_ROOT_PASSWORD_FILE" ]; then
+                ARANGO_ROOT_PASSWORD="$(cat $ARANGO_ROOT_PASSWORD_FILE)"
+            else
+                echo "WARNING: password file '$ARANGO_ROOT_PASSWORD_FILE' does not exist"
+            fi
+	fi
+        # Please note that the +x in the following line is for the case
+        # that ARANGO_ROOT_PASSWORD is set but to an empty value, please
+        # do not remove!
+        if [ -z "${ARANGO_ROOT_PASSWORD+x}" ] && [ -z "$ARANGO_NO_AUTH" ] && [ -z "$ARANGO_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD" ]; then
+            echo >&2 'error: database is uninitialized and password option is not specified '
+            echo >&2 "  You need to specify one of ARANGO_ROOT_PASSWORD, ARANGO_ROOT_PASSWORD_FILE, ARANGO_NO_AUTH and ARANGO_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+
+        if [ ! -z "$ARANGO_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD" ]; then
+            ARANGO_ROOT_PASSWORD=$(pwgen -s -1 16)
+            echo "==========================================="
+            echo "GENERATED ROOT PASSWORD: $ARANGO_ROOT_PASSWORD"
+            echo "==========================================="
+        fi
+
+        if [ ! -z "${ARANGO_ROOT_PASSWORD+x}" ]; then
+            echo "Initializing root user...Hang on..."
+            ARANGODB_DEFAULT_ROOT_PASSWORD="$ARANGO_ROOT_PASSWORD" /usr/sbin/arango-init-database -c /tmp/arangod.conf --server.rest-server false --log.level error --database.init-database true || true
+            export ARANGO_ROOT_PASSWORD
+
+            if [ ! -z "${ARANGO_ROOT_PASSWORD}" ]; then
+                ARANGOSH_ARGS=" --server.password ${ARANGO_ROOT_PASSWORD} "
+            fi
+        else
+            ARANGOSH_ARGS=" --server.authentication false"
+        fi
+
+        echo "Initializing database...Hang on..."
+
+        $NUMACTL arangod --config /tmp/arangod.conf \
+                --server.endpoint tcp://127.0.0.1:$ARANGO_INIT_PORT \
+                --server.authentication false \
+		--log.file /tmp/init-log \
+		--log.foreground-tty false &
+        pid="$!"
+
+        counter=0
+        ARANGO_UP=0
+
+        while [ "$ARANGO_UP" = "0" ]; do
+            if [ $counter -gt 0 ]; then
+                sleep 1
+            fi
+
+            if [ "$counter" -gt 100 ]; then
+                echo "ArangoDB didn't start correctly during init"
+                cat /tmp/init-log
+                exit 1
+            fi
+
+            let counter=counter+1
+            ARANGO_UP=1
+
+            $NUMACTL arangosh \
+                --server.endpoint=tcp://127.0.0.1:$ARANGO_INIT_PORT \
+                --server.authentication false \
+                --javascript.execute-string "db._version()" \
+                > /dev/null 2>&1 || ARANGO_UP=0
+        done
+
+        for f in /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/*; do
+            case "$f" in
+            *.sh)
+                echo "$0: running $f"
+                . "$f"
+                ;;
+            *.js)
+                echo "$0: running $f"
+                $NUMACTL arangosh ${ARANGOSH_ARGS} \
+                        --server.endpoint=tcp://127.0.0.1:$ARANGO_INIT_PORT \
+                        --javascript.execute "$f"
+                ;;
+            */dumps)
+                echo "$0: restoring databases"
+                for d in $f/*; do
+                    DBName=$(echo ${d}|sed "s;$f/;;")
+                    echo "restoring $d into ${DBName}";
+                    $NUMACTL arangorestore \
+                        ${ARANGOSH_ARGS} \
+                        --server.endpoint=tcp://127.0.0.1:$ARANGO_INIT_PORT \
+                        --create-database true \
+                        --include-system-collections true \
+                        --server.database "$DBName" \
+                        --input-directory "$d"
+                done
+                echo
+                ;;
+            esac
+        done
+
+        if ! kill -s TERM "$pid" || ! wait "$pid"; then
+            echo >&2 'ArangoDB Init failed.'
+            exit 1
+        fi
+
+        echo "Database initialized...Starting System..."
+    fi
+
+    # if we really want to start arangod and not bash or any other thing
+    # prepend --authentication as the FIRST argument
+    # (so it is overridable via command line as well)
+    shift
+
+    if [ ! -z "$ARANGO_NO_AUTH" ]; then
+	    AUTHENTICATION="false"
+    fi
+
+    set -- arangod "$@" --server.authentication="$AUTHENTICATION" --config /tmp/arangod.conf
+else
+    NUMACTL=""
+fi
+
+exec $NUMACTL "$@"