Drop POWER8+ builds. (#20518)
The maintenance burden for these has been persistently higher than most other platforms we build for, we have no paying users currently using them, and we have almost no community plan users using them, so overall they have been more trouble than they were worth.
Austin S. Hemmelgarn committed
Jun 18, 2025 at 13:01 UTC
4b4c22c388297af09e6862b0ff54d887eba9bb2c
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.github/data/distros.yml
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@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ platform_map: # map packaging architectures to docker platforms
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armv6l: linux/arm/v6
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armv7l: linux/arm/v7
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i386: linux/386
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- ppc64le: linux/ppc64le
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x86_64: linux/amd64
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arch_order: # sort order for per-architecture jobs in CI
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- amd64
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- armv7l
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- arm64
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- aarch64
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- - ppc64le
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arch_data: # Mapping of per-architecture matrix behavior.
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amd64: &amd64
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qemu: false
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qemu: false
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runner: *arm-runner
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aarch64: *arm64
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- ppc64le:
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- qemu: true
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- runner: *x86-runner
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static_arches: # Static build architectures
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- x86_64
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- armv6l
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- armv7l
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- aarch64
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- - ppc64le
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docker_arches: # Docker build archtiectures
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- amd64
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- i386
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- armv7l
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- arm64
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- - ppc64le
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default_sentry: &default_sentry # Default configuration for Sentry usage
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amd64: false
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x86_64: false
@@ -413,7 +406,6 @@ no_include: # Info for platforms not covered in CI
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- linux/amd64
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- linux/arm/v7
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- linux/arm64
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- - linux/ppc64le
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- distro: clearlinux
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version: latest
packaging/PLATFORM_SUPPORT.md
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@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ to work on these platforms with minimal user effort.
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| Amazon Linux | 2023 | x86\_64, AArch64 | |
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| Amazon Linux | 2 | x86\_64, AArch64 | |
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| CentOS | 7.x | x86\_64 | |
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-| Docker | 19.03 or newer | x86\_64, i386, ARMv7, AArch64, POWER8+ | See our [Docker documentation](/packaging/docker/README.md) for more info on using Netdata on Docker |
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+| Docker | 19.03 or newer | x86\_64, i386, ARMv7, AArch64 | See our [Docker documentation](/packaging/docker/README.md) for more info on using Netdata on Docker |
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| Debian | 12.x | x86\_64, i386, ARMv7, AArch64 | |
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| Debian | 11.x | x86\_64, i386, ARMv7, AArch64 | |
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| Fedora | 40 | x86\_64, AArch64 | |
@@ -166,15 +166,9 @@ We currently provide static builds for the following CPU architectures:
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- ARMv7
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- ARMv6
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- AArch64
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-- POWER8+
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## Platform-specific support considerations
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-### IPMI
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-Our IPMI collector is based on FreeIPMI. Due to upstream limitations in FreeIPMI, we are unable to support our
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-IPMI collector on POWER-based hardware.
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### Systemd
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Many of our systemd integrations are not supported in our static builds. This is due to a general refusal by the
packaging/docker/README.md
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We don’t officially support using Docker’s `--user` option or Docker Compose’s `user:` parameter with our images. While they may work, some features could be unavailable. The Agent drops privileges at startup, so most processes don’t run as UID 0 even without these options.
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-Additionally, our **POWER8+ Docker images** don’t support the **FreeIPMI collector** due to a technical limitation in FreeIPMI itself, which we can’t work around.
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## Create a new Netdata Agent container
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You can create a new Agent container with `docker run` or `docker-compose`, then access the dashboard at `http://NODE:19999`.
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At Netdata, we provide multiple ways of testing your Docker images using your own repositories.
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-You may either use the command line tools available or take advantage of our GitHub Actions infrastructure.
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+You may either use the command line tools available or take advantage of our GitHub Actions infrastructure.
packaging/installer/kickstart.sh
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REPOCONFIG_DEB_VERSION="5-1"
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REPOCONFIG_RPM_VERSION="5-1"
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START_TIME="$(date +%s)"
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-STATIC_INSTALL_ARCHES="x86_64 armv7l armv6l aarch64 ppc64le"
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+STATIC_INSTALL_ARCHES="x86_64 armv7l armv6l aarch64"
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# ======================================================================
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# Properly sort out inconsistencies in `$PATH` across distros
packaging/makeself/README.md
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| Architecture | Identifier | Notes |
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|--------------|------------|----------------------------------|
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| x86_64 | `x86_64` | 64-bit Intel/AMD processors |
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+| ARMv6 | `armv6l` | Raspberry Pi 1, some older SBCs |
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| ARMv7 | `armv7l` | Raspberry Pi 2/3, many SBCs |
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| AArch64 | `aarch64` | ARM 64-bit (Pi 4, newer devices) |
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-| POWER8+ | `ppc64le` | IBM POWER architecture |
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# For ARM 64-bit (AArch64)
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./packaging/makeself/build-static.sh aarch64
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+# For ARMv6
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+./packaging/makeself/build-static.sh armv6l
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# For ARMv7
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./packaging/makeself/build-static.sh armv7l
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-# For POWER8+
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-./packaging/makeself/build-static.sh ppc64le
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```
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The script will automatically:
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3. Include:
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- Build details (architecture, version)
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- Complete stack trace
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- - Steps to reproduce the issue
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+ - Steps to reproduce the issue
packaging/makeself/build-static.sh
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GOARM64="v8.0"
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GOARCH="arm64"
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;;
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- ppc64le) # Baseline POWER8+ CPU
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- QEMU_ARCH="ppc64le"
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- QEMU_CPU="power8nvl"
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- TUNING_FLAGS="-mcpu=power8 -mtune=power9"
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- GOPPC64="power8"
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- GOARCH="ppc64le"
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- ;;
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esac
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[ -f "/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/qemu-${QEMU_ARCH}" ] && SKIP_EMULATION=1
packaging/makeself/jobs/10-libucontext.install.sh
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case "${BUILDARCH}" in
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armv6l|armv7l) arch=arm ;;
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- ppc64le) arch=ppc64 ;;
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*) arch="${BUILDARCH}" ;;
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esac
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packaging/makeself/jobs/82-cpu-arch-check.sh
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ELF_MACHINE="ARM"
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ELF_CLASS="ELF32"
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;;
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- ppc64le)
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- ELF_MACHINE="PowerPC64"
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- ELF_CLASS="ELF64"
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- ;;
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x86_64)
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ELF_MACHINE="X86-64"
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ELF_CLASS="ELF64"
packaging/makeself/uname2platform.sh
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armv6l) echo "linux/arm/v6" ;;
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armv7l) echo "linux/arm/v7" ;;
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aarch64) echo "linux/arm64/v8" ;;
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- ppc64le) echo "linux/ppc64le" ;;
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*)
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echo "Unknown target architecture '${BUILDARCH}'." >&2
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exit 1