Release Linux/ARM64 Argo-CD binary to the GitHub Releases

[odidev]

Hi Team,

I am working on Argo-CD over Linux/ARM64 platform. I could see that Argo-CD does not release binaries for ARM64 architecture in the GitHub releases.

I have successfully generated Linux/ARM64 binaries on the native platform using below command:

go build –o argocd-linux-arm64 ./cmd/ 

There is already a PR raised for releasing Linux/ARM64 Argo-CD docker image. It will be helpful if ARM64 binaries are also made available in the GitHub releases.

Are you planning on releasing ARM64 Argo-CD binaries? If required, I am happy to help and contribute.

[iam-veeramalla]

Hi @odidev , Yes, there is some work going on in the PR #6758 to release the ARM64 Images. I think the binaries would be part of the release when ARM images are made part of the release but @jannfis can confirm this.

@jannfis can we assume if the decision is made to release ARM images it would also include the release of the ARM binaries ?

[wtam2018]

milestone v2.2

[odidev]

@wtam2018 @iam-veeramalla ..... Thank you for adding this activity to milestone v2.2. May I know if there is an ETA for the same?

[iam-veeramalla]

@alexmt can answer this :)

[damntourists]

I am also interested in this.

[tbbharaj]

Eagerly looking forward to arm64 release...would be interested to know if there's timeline planned for it :)

[jackroberts-gh]

Also looking forward to this, glad to hear it's coming in 2.2!

[rdelpret]

Built a v2.1.3 Image yesterday on my 4 GB Raspberry pi and put it up on docker hub: rdelprete/argocd-arm64:v2.1.3

[alexmt]

Apparently, CNCF provides free access to ARM servers for open-source projects: https://github.com/cncf/cluster . If we can setup self-hosted runners it should be easy to run tests on ARM as well as build images during release. Created request for Argo: cncf/cluster#192

[alexmt]

We've got ARM runners on equinix ! Working on CI change that runs e2e test on ARM host: #7549

It appears to be a little more difficult than I expected. We need to manually install a bunch of packages that are preinstalled in hosted VM runners (https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments). I was hoping it is just the runner itself but list appears to be pretty long. Got this script so far:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=arm64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable"

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install docker-ce
sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get -y install make

sudo adduser runner --disabled-password
echo "runner  ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" | sudo tee "/etc/sudoers.d/runner"
usermod -aG sudo runner
su runner
Follow https://github.com/organizations/argoproj/settings/actions/runners/new?arch=arm64&os=linux
sudo ./svc.sh install runner
sudo ./svc.sh start

That is already too many manual steps so instead I'm working on creating custom image that can be used to quicky install runners: https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/operating-systems/custom-images/

[booleanbetrayal]

Just trying to follow the status of ARM64 binaries availability for the Releases page. Is this currently slated for the v2.3 milestone?