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+{
+	"bookmarks": []
+}
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+#
+### mariadb running on Alpine Linux
+#
+
+FROM alpine:3.12
+
+# standardized labels
+LABEL maintainer="Asif Bacchus <asif@bacchus.cloud>"
+LABEL org.label-schema.cmd="docker run -d --name db [-e TZ=Etc/UTC] docker.asifbacchus.app/mariadb/mariadb-alpine:latest"
+LABEL org.label-schema.description="mariadb running on Alpine Linux."
+LABEL org.label-schema.name="mariadb-alpine"
+LABEL org.label-schema.schema-version="1.0"
+LABEL org.label-schema.url="https://git.asifbacchus.app/ab-docker/mariadb-alpine"
+LABEL org.label-schema.usage="https://git.asifbacchus.app/ab-docker/mariadb-alpine/wiki"
+LABEL org.label-schema.vcs-url="https://git.asifbacchus.app/ab-docker/mariadb-alpine.git"
+
+# install mariadb
+RUN apk --no-cache add \
+    tzdata \
+    mariadb \
+    mariadb-client \
+    mariadb-server-utils \
+    pwgen \
+    && rm -f /var/cache/apk/*
+
+# expose ports
+EXPOSE 3306
+
+# create volume if user forgets
+VOLUME ["/var/lib/mysql"]
+
+# copy scripts and make pre-exec and post-exec directories
+
+# set environment variables
+ENV TZ=Etc/UTC
+ENV UID=8100
+ENV GID=8100
+ENV MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=''
+ENV MYSQL_DATABASE='myData'
+ENV MYSQL_USER=''
+ENV MYSQL_PASSWORD=''
+
+# set entrypoint and default command
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh" ]
+CMD [ "" ]
+
+# add build date and version labels
+ARG BUILD_DATE
+LABEL org.label-schema.build-date=${BUILD_DATE}
+LABEL org.label-schema.vendor="mariaDB (10.5.6-r0)"
+LABEL org.label-schema.version="0.1"
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