Add docker images for ARM / aarch64

[renardspark]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I just discovered Checkmate, which looks really simple and great to have an overview of my servers status.
However, I'd like to install it on a Raspberry Pi 5, which is unfortunately incompatible since it's not AMD64-based.

Describe the solution you'd like
I think it would be nice to have a docker image that supports ARM architectures.

Describe alternatives you've considered
I don't really see any alternatives other than installing Checkmate on an AMD64-based system.

Additional context
This feature was already mentioned in the now-closed issues #1368 and #1386, so I'm opening a new one to keep this request visible.

[RAFSuNX]

Hey there,

So, I tried running Checkmate today on my ARM VPS using Portainer. The container shows as running, but nothing appears on the URL. When I checked the logs, I found the following:

exec /docker-entrypoint.sh: exec format error
exec /docker-entrypoint.sh: exec format error
exec /docker-entrypoint.sh: exec format error
exec /docker-entrypoint.sh: exec format error
exec /docker-entrypoint.sh: exec format error
exec /docker-entrypoint.sh: exec format error
exec /docker-entrypoint.sh: exec format error
exec /docker-entrypoint.sh: exec format error
exec /docker-entrypoint.sh: exec format error
exec /docker-entrypoint.sh: exec format error

At first, I thought I made a mistake, but when I checked the repo on Docker Hub, I realized there's no ARM version of the container. I figured I’d bring this up, just to see what the maintainers have to say about it.

After a bit of site browsing, I saw they had tested the ARM image, but I couldn't find the images anywhere to use. Hopefully, it becomes available soon.

[gorkem-bwl]

Unfortunately there are several issues to run MongoDB on specific ARM architectures, discussed here. We tried it without luck for now, but if someone can make it work, we'd be happy to revisit this. Let's keep this issue open for future reference as well.

[RAFSuNX]

Unfortunately there are several issues to run MongoDB on specific ARM architectures, discussed here. We tried it without luck for now, but if someone can make it work, we'd be happy to revisit this. Let's keep this issue open for future reference as well.

If it’s just a MongoDB-related issue, then pretty please—at least consider building ARM-compatible images for the rest of the stack.

Many of us already run Mongo externally or use managed instances, so there's no hard dependency forcing Mongo to be bundled in the same container. Giving us a slim ARM build without Mongo would massively help the homelab and ARM crowd.

You’re locking out an entire segment of users just because one service isn’t ARM-ready. That’s like scrapping the whole meal because the dessert isn’t done. Please reconsider.

--by Chatgpt😅

you got me right, just build other images for arm, and make the stack useable with external mongodb instence. That's it,

please let me know if I'm wrong about anything of this
Thank you.

[gorkem-bwl]

You are not wrong ofc :) I am keeping this issue open, and have no intention to lock out an entire segment of users. That's why I said "We tried it without luck" - we have no will to discard the idea. :)

[jnovack]

mongodb provides a linux/arm64/v8 docker container which works just fine on Raspberry Pi v4 and Apple's M-series hardware.

[gorkem-bwl]

mongodb provides a linux/arm64/v8 docker container which works just fine on Raspberry Pi v4 and Apple's M-series hardware.

Woo @ajhollid ! This is a gem I assume :)

[RAFSuNX]

mongodb provides a linux/arm64/v8 docker container which works just fine on Raspberry Pi v4 and Apple's M-series hardware.

Woo @ajhollid ! This is a gem I assume :)

i dont know but isnt that a arm supported mongodb server
https://hub.docker.com/r/mongodb/mongodb-community-server/tags

[rasouza]

I'm looking for ARM support here as well. Same use case: want to deploy to my raspberry pi

[Hanibachi]

why not build multi arch docker image by default !!! i always build for multi arch and it's not particularly challenging.

Unfortunately there are several issues to run MongoDB on specific ARM architectures
??? i have 3 instances running on my arm64 based vps without issue , what am i missing?

[gorkem-bwl]

why not build multi arch docker image by default !!! i always build for multi arch and it's not particularly challenging.

Unfortunately there are several issues to run MongoDB on specific ARM architectures
??? i have 3 instances running on my arm64 based vps without issue , what am i missing?

You are not missing anything. There are Docker images for this architecture and we are considering it.

[rhjensen79]

+1 for arm support here.

[gorkem-bwl]

@rhjensen79 @Hanibachi @rasouza @jnovack @renardspark Arm support is there for you to test guys. Let us know what you think!

https://docs.checkmate.so/checkmate-2.1/users-guide/quickstart

[rhjensen79]

@gorkem-bwl which one is that ?
The link for the Docker compose file on your quick start is not working, and browsing thru the repo, and trying one of the images in your docker files, gives me :

Status: Downloaded newer image for ghcr.io/bluewave-labs/checkmate:mongo-demo
WARNING: The requested image's platform (linux/amd64) does not match the detected host platform (linux/arm64/v8) and no specific platform was requested

So for now i would claim you still don't have arm support.