Dgraph on a Mac M1

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New user here, and I’m trying to get the basic Dgraph tour running on my mac mini M1. Docker on the M1 is still not an official release, I am using this [Apple Silicon Tech Preview | Docker Documentation]

  1. Used the standalone docker image - Dgraph crashes on the first mutation instruction.

  2. Built Dgraph from source - Dgraph alpha seems to fail to initialize, I keep getting an IO412 and EO412 errors in the console logs. I am using instructions from this page https://dgraph.io/docs/deploy/single-host-setup/

  3. I don’t know of any other options to try out Dgraph - please let me know what’s the suggested route.

I am investigating in building a new kind of supply chain optimization platform using Dgraph, any help would be appreciated, thanks!

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Hi, while initially there was work and excitement going into making Dgraph work with M1 (and AWS Graviton), it turned out to require more manpower than expected. So for now we have temporarily Dropping support for Windows and Mac

Having said that, if you could give me some time, I could probably make it work for you.

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Thank you, that would be very much appreciated!

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I’m still stuck at not being able to get anything running -

  1. Docker Desktop for apple silicon
  2. Dgraph standalone using instructions in this page - Dgraph overview

the instructions are actually out of date, as ratel is no longer part of the standalone distribution.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks!

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If you use a latest version of Go, you should be able to compile Dgraph from scratch. I did a few things, but I don’t quite remember what I did -_-

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I did try with Go 1.16. It seems there is a problem with initializing alpha.

W0419 14:39:06.168760    4038 pool.go:267] Connection lost with localhost:5080. Error: rpc error: code = Unavailable desc = connection error: desc = "transport: Error while dialing dial tcp [::1]:5080: connect: connection refused"
E0419 14:39:07.066558    4038 groups.go:1177] Error during SubscribeForUpdates for prefix "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x15dgraph.graphql.schema\x00": Unable to find any servers for group: 1. closer err: <nil>
E0419 14:39:08.067435    4038 groups.go:1177] Error during SubscribeForUpdates for prefix "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x15dgraph.graphql.schema\x00": Unable to find any servers for group: 1. closer err: <nil>
E0419 14:39:09.067664    4038 groups.go:1177] Error during SubscribeForUpdates for prefix "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x15dgraph.graphql.schema\x00": Unable to find any servers for group: 1. closer err: <nil>
E0419 14:39:10.068887    4038 groups.go:1177] Error during SubscribeForUpdates for prefix "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x15dgraph.graphql.schema\x00": Unable to find any servers for group: 1. closer err: <nil>
I0419 14:39:11.066028    4038 admin.go:824] Error reading GraphQL schema: Please retry again, server is not ready to accept requests.
E0419 14:39:11.069619    4038 groups.go:1177] Error during SubscribeForUpdates for prefix "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x15dgraph.graphql.schema\x00": Unable to find any servers for group: 1. closer err: <nil>
E0419 14:39:12.070544    4038 groups.go:1177] Error during SubscribeForUpdates for prefix "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x15dgraph.graphql.schema\x00": Unable to find any servers for group: 1. closer err: <nil>
E0419 14:39:13.072708    4038 groups.go:1177] Error during SubscribeForUpdates for prefix "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x15dgraph.graphql.schema\x00": Unable to find any servers for group: 1. closer err: <nil>
E0419 14:39:14.074814    4038 groups.go:1177] Error during SubscribeForUpdates for prefix "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x15dgraph.graphql.schema\x00": Unable to find any servers for group: 1. closer err: <nil>
E0419 14:39:15.077216    4038 groups.go:1177] Error during SubscribeForUpdates for prefix "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x15dgraph.graphql.schema\x00": Unable to find any servers for group: 1. closer err: <nil>
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@docs FYI.

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I will be using an M1 Mac soon and my current set up uses the dgraph/standalone:latest image. Will I have any issues?

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I haven’t tested it myself, but the Docker releases should work on M1. If you have any issues, let us know.

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I’m letting you know that it is April 2022 and it appears that the Docker standalone image will not run on Mac M1. You can’t even buy Mac Intel anymore. Haven’t been able to for several months. Is an M1 docker image coming soon?

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After further reading I was surprised to learn that Dgraph is out of business. So sorry to learn of that. Such promising technology.

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Try the secondary market. There are many intel machines for sale. :rofl:

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Hi!

Dgraph Labs is still functional and there would definitely be continuation of service. Here’s the official announcement pertaining to the same.

I agree, we should have an ARM64 build available today. We’d encountered issues in the past during compilation when using a tool called xgo. I reckon, xgo was chosen due to the fact that it simplifies cross-compilation of Go code that uses CGO, which otherwise is non-trivial as you need access to platform-specific libs and headers.

IMO the best path forward is to address issues seen with xgo last, as that would also help for adding support for other platforms and architectures. But we are now aware of the situation and open to exploring all other possibilities as well, just in case.

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:sunglasses: I have compile and build dgraph in M1 by myself.

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You should post how to do it, to help the community. :+1:

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just make …