Allow setup on Apple Silicon (M1 and up)

[kdambekalns]

Describe the bug

Trying to install this I get This package does not work on arm64 machines and I am confused.

Why? Because I have mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2022-latest running totally fine on my M1 using OrbStack using Rosetta, so even if that may be slower or whatever – I don't care, for development that's fine.

Expected behavior

I'd be fine with a warning, but right now – as relative new DDEV user – I'd love to be able to at least install the addon. Because I don't know how to force an installation.

Desktop:

• OS: macOS
• Hardware: Apple M1 Max
• Version 15.3.1
• OrbStack 1.10.2

Additional context

The people I am trying to set this up for don't even work on Apple Silicon, so for them this would be a non-issue…

[stasadev]

Hi @kdambekalns,

Please open a new PR and confirm that it works for you.

I'm sure you know about https://ddev.com/blog/amd64-on-apple-silicon-ddev/

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BTW, you don't need to make a new release in your fork, install it like this:

ddev add-on get https://github.com/kdambekalns/ddev-sqlsrv/tarball/task/support-apple-silicon

[kdambekalns]

Thanks for the reply!

I did not know about that blog post, and so far for my (non-DDEV) setup had no issues running whatever could using ARM images and just the SQL server as AMD.

Anyway, for me that tweak in my PR works, I guess I can finish what I need to (set up DDEV for that project) and keep my fingers crossed. 😉

[rfay]

I have mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2022-latest running totally fine

As stated elsewhere... it's great that you're having a good experience, but often people have weird and unpredictable problems running cross-architecture containers. It's important to let them know what is happening and what the risks are.

[kdambekalns]

Agree, and it's unfortunate MS does not provide an ARM build of SQL Server…