Feature Request: Add arm64 architecture support for App Mesh (envoy)

[buzzsurfr]

Tell us about your request
Contribute to envoyproxy/envoy to enable arm64 architecture support for the Envoy container image.

Which integration(s) is this request for?
ARM-based instance families (e.g. a1, m6g, c6g, r6g)

Tell us about the problem you're trying to solve. What are you trying to do, and why is it hard?
I want to run App Mesh Virtual Nodes on ARM-based instances. Currently, I'm limited to x86_64-based instances.

Are you currently working around this issue?
No

Additional context
Some work is already being done with Envoy to add arm support.

• Provide an official ARM docker image and/or provide documentation for building on ARM envoyproxy/envoy#1861
• envoyproxy/envoy@6c4aae5

[scottmalkie]

Bazel binaries for building envoy are now available for arm64, see bazelbuild/bazel#8833 and envoyproxy/envoy#1861 - envoy is just waiting for arm64 test coverage.

[dastbe]

Envoy is definitely the big blocker here, but we should also make sure the other artifacts we vend (app mesh proxy route manager, ecs cni, EKS controller(?)) are ARM ready as well.

[scottmalkie]

FYI, Envoy just announced official ARM64 support: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/install/building#arm64-binaries

[kitkit201]

Any updates on this?

[RRosalia]

Is there any update on this subject?

We are really waiting for this image to be released. Btw happy new year everyone!

[alexbilbie]

@LancerRainier @jamsajones is there an update on this issue please?

[RRosalia]

WE ARE STILL WAITING ON THIS>>> Or at least make it open source so we can do the migration ourself.

[erikcw]

Looks like envoy on dockerhub has tagged arm64 builds. 🤞

[gbhosal]

Is there any update on this? We are also waiting for this feature.

[kgns]

I wonder if the Graviton2 CPUs were just a PR thing as AWS does not really support ARM64 architecture for any serious work load using App Mesh. ECR also has problems with cache manifests for using multiplatform images properly. These issues have been long standing and no one even comments on the future of them.

[herrhound]

@kgns, @gbhosal, adding Graviton2 support is a priority for several AWS services, including App Mesh. We started working on an App Mesh-optimized ARM64 Envoy image and you can expect a release before long.

[gbhosal]

@kgns, @gbhosal, adding Graviton2 support is a priority for several AWS services, including App Mesh. We started working on an App Mesh-optimized ARM64 Envoy image and you can expect a release before long.

@herrhound I'm really happy to see the positive update on this issue. Thank you!

[kgns]

@kgns, @gbhosal, adding Graviton2 support is a priority for several AWS services, including App Mesh. We started working on an App Mesh-optimized ARM64 Envoy image and you can expect a release before long.

That is great news! Thanks for the update

[herrhound]

The ARM64 image is released: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/11/aws-app-mesh-arm64-envoy-images/