arangodb/arangodb:latest changed from debian to alpine?

[stumo]

I'm seeing issues which suggest the base image for arangodb/arangodb:latest has changed from debian (with apt-get) to alpine (with apk) - is this an intentional, long term change?

[dothebart]

Yes - exactly, ArangoDB3.4 now comes as an alpine image.

[dothebart]

see https://www.arangodb.com/2018/12/arangodb-3-4-full-text-search-geojson/ for the whole glory ;-)

[fceller]

@stumo alpine has a lot fewer security issues - as the image itself contains only the bare minimum software packages. Therefore we switched to Alpine.

As a side effect, the image is a bit smaller. But the main reason is security.

[stumo]

Thanks. No problems with the change, just wanted to check it was long term before I started updating scripts