MultiArch Builds for RenovateBot - ARM64

[dasrecht]

What would you like Renovate to be able to do?

As more and more infrastructure runs on ARM64 architecture, it would be nice to see Renovate also releasing ARM64 images.

Did you already have any implementation ideas?

• Build all binaries (xxx-prebuild) repos at https://github.com/containerbase for ARM64
  • binary-builder: cross-compile instead of qemu arm64 emulation containerbase/internal-tools#242
  • feat: build arm64 / aarch64 containerbase/ruby-prebuild#7
  • feat: build arm64 / aarch64 containerbase/python-prebuild#2
  • feat: build arm64 / aarch64 containerbase/php-prebuild#17
  • feat: build arm64 / aarch64 containerbase/erlang-prebuild#19
• Extend docker image builder at https://github.com/containerbase/internal-tools to support building ARM64
  • docker-builder: Support multiarch (arm64) containerbase/internal-tools#241
  • platform support containerbase/internal-tools#225
• Build all docker image repos at https://github.com/containerbase for ARM64 (buildpack first)
  • ARM support containerbase/base#711
• Build renovate docker image for ARM64
  • switch to use containerbase/xxx sidecar images
  • ARM64 prebuild binaries uhop/node-re2#109
  • feat: build arm64 / aarch64 docker-renovate#1207
  • feat: build arm64 / aarch64 docker-renovate-full#1558

renovatebot/xxx sidecar images won't be ported to ARM64 as they are already deprecated and we plan to switch to containerbase/xxx in near future.

[viceice]

You need to think about all the tools renovate uses. They all must be available for arm too. So buildpack is a big improvement for renovate tools.

Currently we are migrate the base tools to the new containerbase org. So improvements need to be done there.

[rarkins]

We're shifting to github.com/containerbase for the buildpacks. For Renovate's prebuilt images to support arm64 then you'd need for each of the tools in the containerbase buildpack to support it too.

[viceice]

All tools are now build / ready for arm64 and the containerbase/sidecar image, which is used by renovate is multiarch (amd64 and arm64) too 🎉

The full images will be multi arch too with next renovate major

[busywhistling]

Hi, is there a beta release / branch from which we can try out (building &) running renovatebot right now in arm architectures (e.g., Apple silicon)? Thanks.

[simao-silva]

@busywhistling I built a version to run on my Raspberry Pi 4: https://hub.docker.com/r/simaofsilva/renovatebot-docker-renovate/tags. However, I cannot guarantee that it will work on your environment.

[busywhistling]

Thanks @simao-silva, sadly I can't run custom images. If you could share the steps to build the image, it would be a great help though!

[viceice]

just use the official dockerfile from our docker-renovate or docker-renovate-full image and build on a arm64 docker host

[viceice]

closing, multiarch images should be available soon