support arm64 architecture

[longquan7]

I want to build this image on arm64 architecture but I don't find arm64 package in this file http://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian/dists/jessie/InRelease , So I want to know the image whether or not support arm64 architecture.

[yosifkit]

This would need support from MySQL upstream to release packages for other architectures in their apt repo. (to me, this seems unlikely since they don't commercially support much more then i386 and amd64: https://www.mysql.com/support/supportedplatforms/database.html)

cc @ltangvald would mysql be willing to build their apt packages on more architectures? (like arm64v8, arm32v7, ppc64le, and s390x)

[gnumoksha]

@yosifkit debian has mysql server package for arm architecture. I am using it on a few Raspberry Pi.

[tianon]

Debian's versions won't be up to date with upstream's, which is why these images consume packages exclusively from upstream's repositories. In the meantime, I'd recommend creating your own image which installs Debian's packages if this is something you need right away.

[smallfryy]

@longquan7 - did you find a solution? I'm also looking to build mySQL:5.7 image on arm64 architecture (Odroid XU3, per issue referenced above).

[longquan7]

@samalba Nothing yet.This would need support from MySQL upstream to release packages.

[geerlingguy]

Just a note for anyone who needs a working image for testing purposes (though I'd recommend building your own for prod!) for Raspberry Pi at least—I've tested the following two and can confirm they work okay on my Pi 3 B and 3 B+ with Raspbian:

• https://hub.docker.com/r/hypriot/rpi-mysql/
• https://hub.docker.com/r/tobi312/rpi-mysql/

Note that they only support MySQL 5.5 at this time.

[shawnguo2]

@ltangvald I'm particularly wondering about mysql's take on arm64 architecture support, considering there are a lot of push on arm64 enterprise from industry. Is there any plan already being discussed or just no, nothing on that? Thanks much.

[ltangvald]

We do have an experimental preview out https://blogs.oracle.com/wim/mysql-805-community-edition-preview-for-oracle-linux-7-for-arm64-preview (8.0.5 was never released, but was instead renamed to 8.0.11), but I don't really have any more concrete information than that :)

Debian stretch does not have MySQL. They just have a mysql-server package that actually points to MariaDB. Ubuntu has MySQL, but generally only a single version (5.7)

5.7 and 8.0 can also be built on raspberry pi, but I think the build needs to be tweaked since the device is short on memory.

[shawnguo2]

@ltangvald Thanks much for your input. It's very helpful for us to understand the status of MySQL on arm64. As per comments from @yosifkit and @tianon, we should only get MySQL package from MySQL upstream repo. Before MySQL releases debian package for arm64, It seems the only way for getting arm64 support in official image is to add an OL (Oracle Linux) variant for MySQL docker image? Or is there any other way around?

[ltangvald]

The only other option would be to build the server from scratch, on arm64, and it's unlikely to be made a part of the official image.

Regarding an OL variant, we're hoping to add them to the official image soon (this is hanging on me, as I need to make a templating system so we don't double the maintenance work by adding more images).

We do already have the OL variant upstream (mysql/mysql-server instead of just mysql), but that doesn't have an arm64 version either.

[shawnguo2]

@ltangvald Really appreciate your comments. Please let me know if the templating system is available for OL variant. I will be more than happy to help add arm64 architecture to it. Thanks!