Please add ARM64 to the Nginx images

[Carlgo11]

As title states, the Nginx images only work with AMD64 architectures.
Adding support for ARM architectures would allow users to run your images on smaller devices such as Raspberry Pis etc.

One way would be to use buildx to compile the images before pushing.

[rafaelget]

it will also be helpfull to run those images on m1 powered macs

[TracKer]

Any updates here?
I need the same for Nginx and PHP

[htuscher]

Feel free to contribute

[smxsm]

I've just compared "webdevops/php-apache-dev:7.4" to "arm64v8/php:7.4-apache" on a new Macbook with an M1 Max ... e.g. theme compilation in Shopware 6 dropped from 35 seconds to below 3 seconds ... so there is a HUGE performance gap, the general docker performance with AMD based images is still pretty horrible... :( How can we help to build the Webdevops images for the ARM64 architecture to improve performance? Thanks!

[zerai]

Hi, here an example/workaround (php-dev:7.4 + nginx:alpine - symfony application)

regular docker-compose (for linux)
https://github.com/MedicalMundi/memu-job/blob/main/docker-compose.yml

docker-compose override for mac m1
https://github.com/MedicalMundi/memu-job/blob/main/docker-compose.override.apple-m1.yml.dist

Dockerfile for mac m1
https://github.com/MedicalMundi/memu-job/tree/main/docker/apple-m1

[smxsm]

@zerai thanks, yes, that fixes the webdevops containers to work at all.
But it doesn't help with the performance, since all the base images are built with AMD architecture - they are running on M1 with that fix, but the performance is pretty much horrible, depending on what you are doing :)

You can see that if you go into a container and use e.g. "htop" to check the running processes. You will see that they are all running via QEMU, which makes them very slow, e.g. theme compilation - this is a "patched" Webdevops PHP Apache 7.4. image running on M1 Max:

If you are running a native arm64 image, there is no QUEMU at all and it is a lot faster - this is based on the "arm64v8/php:7.4-apache" image, running on M1 Max:

But looking at the huge Webdevops Dockerfile repo, it looks like a lot of stuff needs to be touched to get a proper multiarch build... as described e.g. here https://medium.com/nttlabs/buildx-multiarch-2c6c2df00ca2

[DuncanFairley]

I've been using the fork mentioned in the comment here #434 (comment) and it has been working well for me. Is there any chance it could be merged into this repo? I'm not sure how.

[francescor]

@DuncanFairley how to pull the arm64 image from that fork?

you mean this on https://github.com/Format-D/WebdevopsDockerfileMultiarch don't you?

[francescor]

Hi guys, we are still stuck with the need of the arm64 image :(

this is locking our migration to arm (with much savings $$$ and performance): I think I am not able to do something that is supposed to be easy :(

[smxsm]

It's been over 4 years ... won't ever happen I guess
We are using DDEV since then and never looked back.

[francescor]

we'll try the build ourself, but the .gitlab-ci.yml is pretty complex
( Thanks for the DDEV tip @smxsm It looks good, but it has a pretty steep learning curve)

if anybody want/can help, we can fork it and try the arm build, then suggest a PR if we make it)

[Kanti]

please let me know if it works now