[BUG] MicroShift RPM repos not found for ARM

[naveenrajm7]

What happened?

Microshift Installation in ARM machine failed ( AWS Graviton t4g )

What did you expect to happen?

RPM repos should be present to enable

How to reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible)?

1. Fresh ARM machine with RHEL 9.2 registered with subscription-manager
2. Try enabling repos as shown in Docs

[ec2-user@ip-198-18-60-10 ~]$ sudo subscription-manager repos     --enable rhocp-4.13-for-rhel-9-$(uname -m)-rpms     --enable fast-datapath-for-rhel-9-$(uname -m)-rpm
Error: 'rhocp-4.13-for-rhel-9-aarch64-rpms' does not match a valid repository ID. Use "subscription-manager repos --list" to see valid repositories.
Error: 'fast-datapath-for-rhel-9-aarch64-rpm' does not match a valid repository ID. Use "subscription-manager repos --list" to see valid repositories.

Anything else we need to know?

I have No-Cost RedHat Developer Subsription. I checked the Content Repositories Provided by RedHat Openshift Container Platform Subscription and I was not able to find any packages related to aarch64.

Environment

• MicroShift version (use microshift version): N.A (Tried both 4.12 and 4.13 Docs)
• Hardware configuration: AWS Graviton t4g.small
• OS (e.g: cat /etc/os-release): Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 9.2 (Plow)
• Kernel (e.g. uname -a): Linux ip-198-18-60-10.ec2.internal 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.aarch64 Init #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Apr 12 11:23:11 EDT 2023 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux
• Others:

Relevant logs

Error: 'rhocp-4.13-for-rhel-9-aarch64-rpms' does not match a valid repository ID. Use "subscription-manager repos --list" to see valid repositories.
Error: 'fast-datapath-for-rhel-9-aarch64-rpm' does not match a valid repository ID. Use "subscription-manager repos --list" to see valid repositories.

Please let me know how can I access microshift packages for ARM machines.

Thanks

[dhellmann]

hi, @naveenrajm7

You need a valid Red Hat developer subscription to access those repos. We are working on upstream builds that would not require a subscription, but that may take us a little while.

[naveenrajm7]

Hi @dhellmann

Thank you for confirmation. I see RedHat Openshift Container Platform for ARM 64 is not included in No-Cost Red Hat Developer Subscription for Individuals but is available in other paid ones . After Getting Started Docs was updated to include ARM64 instruction, the license mentioned was not updated. That caused confusion.

Thanks!

[dhellmann]

New versions of OpenShift Local include MicroShift as an option, so if you're just wanting to try it out that may be an option. https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/deploy-microshift-laptop has some instructions.

[ggiguash]

@naveenrajm7, thank you for reporting this problem.
Can you please re-open this issue? I'd like to fix the getting started docs to avoid confusion.

[DanielFroehlich]

This is actually a mishap in the Developer For Individual subscriptions. The two repos are missing, but they should be there. We will fix this in the subscription asap.

[naveenrajm7]

Glad to hear that ARM packages will be available in the No-Cost Developer license.
I am working on a project to try knative in edge, Openshift-Serverless in Microshift to be specific. So this will help me try out microshift in ARM-based edge devices.

[ggiguash]

@naveenrajm7 it will take a week or two to fix the subscription.
We will update this issue when done and ask you to verify before closing it.

[skonto]

Hi @ggiguash, any update on the issue, this is something we would like to leverage for the LFX CNCF mentorship work.

[ggiguash]

@skonto, the issue has not been resolved yet. Unfortunately, it takes a bit longer than expected.
We'll update here as soon as we have it working - thank you for the patience.

[ggiguash]

@naveenrajm7 / @skonto, can you please re-check if microshift aarch64 RPMs can be accessed from a developer subscription now?

sudo subscription-manager repos --enable rhocp-4.13-for-rhel-9-aarch64-rpms
sudo subscription-manager repos --list-enabled | grep rhocp
sudo dnf download microshift\*

[naveenrajm7]

Hi @ggiguash

I am still not able to find rhocp-4.13-for-rhel-9-aarch64-rpms in Developer subsription. Not sure if it takes some time to reflect. I was also not able to find it in the Subscription Content provided list in RedHat Customer portal.
I will check after a week and let you know if anything changes.

[ec2-user@ip-198-18-60-10 ~]$ uname -r
5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.aarch64
[ec2-user@ip-198-18-60-10 ~]$ sudo subscription-manager repos --enable rhocp-4.13-for-rhel-9-aarch64-rpms
Error: 'rhocp-4.13-for-rhel-9-aarch64-rpms' does not match a valid repository ID. Use "subscription-manager repos --list" to see valid repositories.
[ec2-user@ip-198-18-60-10 ~]$ sudo subscription-manager repos --list-enabled | grep rhocp
[ec2-user@ip-198-18-60-10 ~]$ sudo subscription-manager repos --list | grep rhocp

[ggiguash]

@naveenrajm7 , you're right. I created a RH Developer Subscription using my private email to test and the products are still not available on the aarch64 platform. Let me follow-up with the internal team again. I will confirm the availability using my private registration before asking you to reconfirm.
Sorry for this delay and thank you for your patience while we're figuring this out.

[ggiguash]

Chiming in to update this issue. Unfortunatelly, we're still working to resolve the problem with the MicroShift subscriptions on ARM64 platform.