aarch64 packages not present on rpms.adiscon.com for RHEL

[murphd40]

I have been trying to install the latest rsyslog binary on UBI9 aarch64.

Here is the dockerfile I have been testing with:

FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9

USER root

RUN curl -X GET http://rpms.adiscon.com/v8-stable/rsyslog-rhel.repo -o /etc/yum.repos.d/rsyslog-rhel.repo

RUN dnf install -y rsyslog

CMD ["/usr/sbin/rsyslogd", "-version"]

This works when I specify --platform=linux/amd64:

docker build -t rsyslog --platform=linux/amd64 . && docker run --rm rsyslog:latest
[+] Building 2.5s (7/7) FINISHED                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 docker:default
 => [internal] load .dockerignore                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          0.0s
 => => transferring context: 2B                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            0.0s
 => [internal] load build definition from Dockerfile                                                                                                                                                                                                                       0.0s
 => => transferring dockerfile: 262B                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       0.0s
 => [internal] load metadata for registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9:latest                                                                                                                                                                                                    2.5s
 => [1/3] FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9@sha256:770cf07083e1c85ae69c25181a205b7cdef63c11b794c89b3b487d4670b4c328                                                                                                                                                     0.0s
 => CACHED [2/3] RUN curl -X GET http://rpms.adiscon.com/v8-stable/rsyslog-rhel.repo -o /etc/yum.repos.d/rsyslog-rhel.repo                                                                                                                                                 0.0s
 => CACHED [3/3] RUN dnf install -y rsyslog                                                                                                                                                                                                                                0.0s
 => exporting to image                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     0.0s
 => => exporting layers                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    0.0s
 => => writing image sha256:2febfe1d539721225ebdf7a213eb8dc35e7712ece2b4e771162033f13fd112df                                                                                                                                                                               0.0s
 => => naming to docker.io/library/rsyslog                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 0.0s
WARNING: The requested image's platform (linux/amd64) does not match the detected host platform (linux/arm64/v8) and no specific platform was requested
rsyslogd 8.2404.0: running as pid 1, enabling container-specific defaults, press ctl-c to terminate rsyslog
rsyslogd  8.2404.0 (aka 2024.04) compiled with:
	PLATFORM:				x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu
	PLATFORM (lsb_release -d):
	FEATURE_REGEXP:				Yes
	GSSAPI Kerberos 5 support:		Yes
	FEATURE_DEBUG (debug build, slow code):	No
	32bit Atomic operations supported:	Yes
	64bit Atomic operations supported:	Yes
	memory allocator:			system default
	Runtime Instrumentation (slow code):	No
	uuid support:				Yes
	systemd support:			Yes
	Config file:				/etc/rsyslog.conf
	PID file:				/var/run/syslogd.pid
	Number of Bits in RainerScript integers: 64

See https://www.rsyslog.com for more information.

However it fails when I specify --platform=linux/arm64:

docker build -t rsyslog --platform=linux/arm64 . && docker run --rm rsyslog:latest
[+] Building 4.2s (6/6) FINISHED                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 docker:default
 => [internal] load .dockerignore                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          0.0s
 => => transferring context: 2B                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            0.0s
 => [internal] load build definition from Dockerfile                                                                                                                                                                                                                       0.0s
 => => transferring dockerfile: 262B                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       0.0s
 => [internal] load metadata for registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9:latest                                                                                                                                                                                                    0.4s
 => CACHED [1/3] FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9@sha256:770cf07083e1c85ae69c25181a205b7cdef63c11b794c89b3b487d4670b4c328                                                                                                                                              0.0s
 => [2/3] RUN curl -X GET http://rpms.adiscon.com/v8-stable/rsyslog-rhel.repo -o /etc/yum.repos.d/rsyslog-rhel.repo                                                                                                                                                        1.6s
 => ERROR [3/3] RUN dnf install -y rsyslog                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 2.2s
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 > [3/3] RUN dnf install -y rsyslog:
0.559 Updating Subscription Management repositories.
0.559 Unable to read consumer identity
0.562
0.562 This system is not registered with an entitlement server. You can use subscription-manager to register.
0.562
2.145 Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'rsyslog_v8':
2.145   - Status code: 404 for http://rpms.adiscon.com/v8-stable/rhel-9/aarch64/repodata/repomd.xml (IP: 45.55.202.239)
2.146 Adiscon RHEL-9 - local packages for aarch64     179  B/s | 278  B     00:01
2.168 Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'rsyslog_v8': Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried
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Dockerfile:7
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   5 |     RUN curl -X GET http://rpms.adiscon.com/v8-stable/rsyslog-rhel.repo -o /etc/yum.repos.d/rsyslog-rhel.repo
   6 |
   7 | >>> RUN dnf install -y rsyslog
   8 |
   9 |     CMD ["/usr/sbin/rsyslogd", "-version"]
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ERROR: failed to solve: process "/bin/sh -c dnf install -y rsyslog" did not complete successfully: exit code: 1

Status code: 404 for http://rpms.adiscon.com/v8-stable/rhel-9/aarch64/repodata/repomd.xml

Is this expected? If so, what are the alternatives? TIA

[alorbach]

Currently we only support the x86_64/ architecture.

Creating and maintaining aarch64 packages involves a significant amount of work and time. This process includes setting up the necessary build environments, ensuring compatibility, rigorous testing, and ongoing maintenance to keep the packages up-to-date with the latest features and security updates.

If there is real demand we could perhaps look into this.