apm-agent-php for arm64 architecture

[nelsonflorez11]

Hello team

I want to ask if the apm agent for php can be installed on arm64 architectures.

This agent
https://github.com/elastic/apm-agent-php/releases/download/v1.3/apm-agent-php_1.3_all.deb

Do we have to compile something to make it work on arm64?

[marckula]

I am also curious about this. I've installed https://github.com/elastic/apm-agent-php/releases/download/v1.3.1/apm-agent-php_1.3.1_all.deb on an AWS graviton t4g instance and when the extension attempts to load I see the following logs:

Dec 12 20:10:08 bb-dev php: PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/opt/elastic/apm-agent-php/extensions/elastic_apm-20190902.so' (tried: /opt/elastic/apm-agent-php/extensions/elastic_apm-20190902.so (/opt/elastic/apm-agent-php/extensions/elastic_apm-20190902.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory), /usr/lib/php/20190902//opt/elastic/apm-agent-php/extensions/elastic_apm-20190902.so.so (/usr/lib/php/20190902//opt/elastic/apm-agent-php/extensions/elastic_apm-20190902.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0

extension permissions are set appropriately

[nelsonflorez11]

Hello, in order to make the apm agent work on arm64 architectures it was necessary to compile it on an ec2 arm64 with the following procedure
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/php/current/setup.html

subtitle: build to source

[marckula]

@nelsonflorez11 that's what I ended up doing, got it working thanks!

[firecow]

It would be awesome, if ARM64 was included in the deb and apk files 😄 😸

[Nigma1337]

+1, installing from a deb would be way easier.

[Lansoweb]

Same issue for rpm package from https://github.com/elastic/apm-agent-php/releases/download/v1.8.4/apm-agent-php-1.8.4-1.noarch.rpm

PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/opt/elastic/apm-agent-php/extensions/elastic_apm-20200930.so' (tried: /opt/elastic/apm-agent-php/extensions/elastic_apm-20200930.so (/opt/elastic/apm-agent-php/extensions/elastic_apm-20200930.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory), /usr/lib64/php/modules//opt/elastic/apm-agent-php/extensions/elastic_apm-20200930.so.so (/usr/lib64/php/modules//opt/elastic/apm-agent-php/extensions/elastic_apm-20200930.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0

or trying to use the most recent lib editing the /etc/php.d/98-elastic-apm.ini:

PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/opt/elastic/apm-agent-php/extensions/elastic_apm-20220829.so' (tried: /opt/elastic/apm-agent-php/extensions/elastic_apm-20220829.so (/opt/elastic/apm-agent-php/extensions/elastic_apm-20220829.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory), /usr/lib64/php/modules//opt/elastic/apm-agent-php/extensions/elastic_apm-20220829.so.so (/usr/lib64/php/modules//opt/elastic/apm-agent-php/extensions/elastic_apm-20220829.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0

[intuibase]

Hey all
Indeed there are two problems. First is that we're not supporting ARM64 yet, second is that we have the wrong package naming.
We're rebuilding our build right now and we can consider building agent for an ARM64.

We will keep you posted soon
Pawel

[intuibase]

Hey all,

You can try building on aarch64 with latest 1.10.0 release.
Please follow https://github.com/intuibase/apm-agent-php/blob/main/DEVELOPMENT.md

[intuibase]

Improved package naming in this issue/PR: #1067

[patrikalienus]

Given how old this issue is, it's safe to assume that Elastic won't provide ready-made binaries for ARM?
Edit: I see some progress have been made on this, #1131

[intuibase]

@patrikalienus We will provide experimental build for ARM64 soon

[intuibase]

Hey all
We just released APM agent v1.14.0 with experimental support for ARM64. Please try it out and let us know it it works for you.