Arm64

[semirke]

Hi,
is it possible to build these docker images for ARM64?

Thanks!
Semirke

[ollyg]

this might help https://github.com/marketplace/actions/run-on-architecture

[ollyg]

Thanks @semirke we will look into it.

Out of interest, have you got Netdisco running on arm64 using the standard install? Have all the dependencies and the app worked OK?

[semirke]

Hi,

I did a clean install on arm64v8/debian image and it installed without any issues following the installation manual, but havent tested the discovery yet.

Thanks :)
Semirke

[rc9000]

I did some experimenting in my own dockerhub namespace to not mess with things. Unfortunately it's not straightforward to convert the current workflow:

• we build all the images locally and then tag and push them
• but there seems to be a long-lasting buildx issue that does not allow to transfer multiarch images to the local context (--load), apparently you can only push from there (Building images for multi-arch with --load parameter fails docker/buildx#59, Can you split up the build and push steps? docker/buildx#1152 etc.)
• so this either needs to be:
  • fixed in buildx
  • worked around with using something else than buildx (podman?)
  • or the workflow restructured so that the pushed images can be found by subsequent images (netdisco-base -> netdisco-backend etc.) while not messing up our dockerhub account with half-failed builds too much.

I'd probably try the second variant first. I can't spend much more time on this right now, but if somebody likes to pick it up, here is the partially adapted workflow: https://github.com/rc9000/netdisco/blob/master/.github/workflows/docker-multiarch.yml