AWS Lambda arm64 Support

What are you trying to achieve?

AWS has recently released AWS Graviton2 processor 🎉 up to 19% better performance at 20% lower cost

See also:

• https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-lambda-functions-powered-by-aws-graviton2-processor-run-your-functions-on-arm-and-get-up-to-34-better-price-performance/
• https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/09/better-price-performance-aws-lambda-functions-aws-graviton2-processor/
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28700209
• https://www.serverless.com/framework/docs/providers/aws/guide/functions#instruction-set-architecture

Essentially, if I have a docker container starting with:

FROM public.ecr.aws/lambda/nodejs:14-arm64

And then install sharp with npm init -y && npm install sharp --build-from-source, we have a crash!

#29 33.73 > sharp@0.29.1 install /production-node-modules/node_modules/sharp
#29 33.73 > (node install/libvips && node install/dll-copy && prebuild-install) || (node install/can-compile && node-gyp rebuild && node install/dll-copy)
#29 33.73
#29 36.10 sharp: Installation error: Use with glibc 2.26 requires manual installation of libvips >= 8.11.3
#29 36.11 sharp: Please see https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/install for required dependencies
#29 38.11 npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
#29 38.11 npm ERR! errno 1
#29 38.19 npm ERR! sharp@0.29.1 install: `(node install/libvips && node install/dll-copy && prebuild-install) || (node install/can-compile && node-gyp rebuild && node install/dll-copy)`
#29 38.19 npm ERR! Exit status 1
#29 38.20 npm ERR!
#29 38.20 npm ERR! Failed at the sharp@0.29.1 install script.
#29 38.20 npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
#29 38.26
#29 38.26 npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
#29 38.26 npm ERR!     /tmp/.npm/_logs/2021-10-20T09_10_33_547Z-debug.log

Have you searched for similar feature requests?

Yes. All are closed.

What would you expect the API to look like?

Same as regular installation.

What alternatives have you considered?

Building from scratch. Unsolved. I would like to figure out a workaround to install libvips on AWS Linux 2 (prior art).

Is there a sample image that helps explain?

N/A

[lovell]

v0.30.0 now available with prebuilt binaries that support older glibc-based Linux running ARM64, including but not limited to AWS Lambda on Graviton2.

[jpike88]

@lovell so after some reading, I understand the 0.30.x will support arm64 on ec2/lambda Amazon Linux 2?

How far are we from a beta or initial build that allows for this support?