Helm Tiller GitLab-managed application fails to install on arm64 cluster
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### Summary
Kubernetes integration works but Helm Tiller fails to install on arm64 cluster with :
> Something went wrong while installing Helm Tiller
>
> Operation failed. Check pod logs for install-helm for more details.
Checking the logs I see
> standard_init_linux.go:207: exec user process caused "exec format error"
### Steps to reproduce
Install kubernetes onto an arm64 device and set up kubernetes integration via gitlab. When you go to install apps on it click the `Install` button next to `Helm Tiller`. Watch it fail.
Note that helm can be installed on that cluster manually with `snap install helm --classic` and `helm init` runs successfully so this appears to be a gitlab issue.
### Example Project
(If possible, please create an example project here on GitLab.com that exhibits the problematic behavior, and link to it here in the bug report)
(If you are using an older version of GitLab, this will also determine whether the bug is fixed in a more recent version)
### What is the current *bug* behavior?
Helm fails to install.
### What is the expected *correct* behavior?
Helm should install
### Relevant logs and/or screenshots
ara@jetson-nano:~$ kubectl logs -n gitlab-managed-apps install-helm helm
standard_init_linux.go:207: exec user process caused "exec format error"
### Output of checks
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#### Results of GitLab environment info
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System information
System: Ubuntu 18.04
Current User: git
Using RVM: no
Ruby Version: 2.6.3p62
Gem Version: 2.7.9
Bundler Version:1.17.3
Rake Version: 12.3.2
Redis Version: 3.2.12
Git Version: 2.21.0
Sidekiq Version:5.2.7
Go Version: unknown
GitLab information
Version: 12.0.2
Revision: 1a9fd38a4ca
Directory: /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-rails
DB Adapter: PostgreSQL
DB Version: 10.7
URL: https://ago-git.us.ara.com
HTTP Clone URL: https://ago-git.us.ara.com/some-group/some-project.git
SSH Clone URL: git@ago-git.us.ara.com:some-group/some-project.git
Using LDAP: yes
Using Omniauth: yes
Omniauth Providers:
GitLab Shell
Version: 9.3.0
Repository storage paths:
- default: /var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories
GitLab Shell path: /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-shell
Git: /opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/git
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#### Results of GitLab application Check
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Checking GitLab subtasks ...
Checking GitLab Shell ...
GitLab Shell: ... GitLab Shell version >= 9.3.0 ? ... OK (9.3.0)
Running /opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-shell/bin/check
Check GitLab API access: OK
Redis available via internal API: OK
Access to /var/opt/gitlab/.ssh/authorized_keys: OK
gitlab-shell self-check successful
Checking GitLab Shell ... Finished
Checking Gitaly ...
Gitaly: ... default ... OK
Checking Gitaly ... Finished
Checking Sidekiq ...
Sidekiq: ... Running? ... yes
Number of Sidekiq processes ... 1
Checking Sidekiq ... Finished
Checking Incoming Email ...
Incoming Email: ... Reply by email is disabled in config/gitlab.yml
Checking Incoming Email ... Finished
Checking LDAP ...
** I'm ommitting these **
Checking LDAP ... Finished
Checking GitLab App ...
Git configured correctly? ... yes
Database config exists? ... yes
All migrations up? ... yes
Database contains orphaned GroupMembers? ... no
GitLab config exists? ... yes
GitLab config up to date? ... yes
Log directory writable? ... yes
Tmp directory writable? ... yes
Uploads directory exists? ... yes
Uploads directory has correct permissions? ... yes
Uploads directory tmp has correct permissions? ... yes
Init script exists? ... skipped (omnibus-gitlab has no init script)
Init script up-to-date? ... skipped (omnibus-gitlab has no init script)
Projects have namespace: ...
5/1 ... yes
10/4 ... yes
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Redis version >= 2.8.0? ... yes
Ruby version >= 2.5.3 ? ... yes (2.6.3)
Git version >= 2.21.0 ? ... yes (2.21.0)
Git user has default SSH configuration? ... no
Try fixing it:
mkdir ~/gitlab-check-backup-1562100252
sudo mv /var/opt/gitlab/.ssh/authorized_keys.lock.old ~/gitlab-check-backup-1562100252
For more information see:
doc/ssh/README.md in section "SSH on the GitLab server"
Please fix the error above and rerun the checks.
Active users: ... 11
Checking GitLab App ... Finished
Checking GitLab subtasks ... Finished
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