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+version: "3.9"
+services:
+    arcade:
+        image: arcadedata/arcadedb:latest
+        ports:
+            - 2480:2480  # host : container port
+            - 2424:2424  # host : container port            
+        environment:
+            JAVA_OPTS: >
+                -Darcadedb.server.rootPassword=playwithdata 
+                -Darcadedb.dumpConfigAtStartup=true
+                -Darcadedb.server.defaultDatabases=Imported[root]{import:https://github.com/ArcadeData/arcadedb-datasets/raw/main/orientdb/OpenBeer.gz}
+        restart: always
+volumes:
+    arcade_db_vol:
+
+networks:
+    default: