Support for Windows Arm64 binaries

[kdpuvvadi]

Terraform Version

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Use Cases

Support for Windows arm64 on Devices likes of Windows Dev Kit 2023, Surface Pro and On Windows for arm VMs on Mac M1/M2 with parallels.

Attempted Solutions

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Proposal

Release binaries for arm/arm64 for Windows on new releases.

References

#24013
#23525

[crw]

Thanks for this request!

[kdpuvvadi]

Any timeline on this?

[fsdrw08]

any updates?

[crw]

No update. Release engineering manages which platforms to target with the build system, which includes owning the infrastructure to generate these build targets. They will need to support the Window on Arm as a build target before such builds can be released. Thanks!

[Rican7]

Yeaaaa, this one might be tricky, as this repo currently uses Gox, which is currently archived with a known lack of ability to compile windows/arm64.

[jaredfholgate]

Is there any update on this issue? We are starting to see more users adopting this architecture, so hoping to get an idea of whether support may come soon? Thanks

[crw]

Thanks for this request! It motivated some research as the build tools have progressed since the last update.

[installation-scripts]

Any updates on this?

[crw]

Hi @installation-scripts, yes, support basically comes down to this comment: #35461 (comment) -- we would follow the provider teams on supporting a "new" (to the tool) platform. A quick check of some of the top HashiCorp-developed providers shows there is not support for Windows Arm64:

https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform-provider-aws/
https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform-provider-azurerm/
https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform-provider-google/

You could file Win Arm64 support issues (or find existing issues) in these provider repositories individually, but in my opinion a more holistic approach would be for a paying customer who wants this support to file the overall request through the commercial support channels. Also, keep upvoting this thread, if we saw enough interest here it could generate a wider support project.

[paululvinius]

Here is another vote!