Use the ubuntu arm runner instead of the raspberry pi

Author: ganeshmurthy

.github/workflows/release-respin.yml

@@ -66,14 +66,23 @@ jobs:
 
   build-image-arm64:
     name: Rebuild and publish skupper-router arm64 image for an already released tag
-    runs-on: self-hosted-arm64
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
     steps:
       - name: Get the tag name and set it as the CONTAINER_TAG env variable.
         run:  |
           echo "CONTAINER_TAG=${{github.event.inputs.tag}}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{github.event.inputs.tag}}
+      - name: Install podman
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update -qq
+          sudo apt-get -qq -y install podman
+          podman version
+          # Starting systemd user service
+          systemctl --user start podman.socket
+          echo "PODMAN_SOCK=/run/user/${UID}/podman/podman.sock" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "DOCKER_HOST=unix:///run/user/${UID}/podman/podman.sock" >> $GITHUB_ENV          
       - name: Build and publish skupper-router arm64 image
         run: |
           export VERSION="${{ env.CONTAINER_TAG }}"
@@ -104,24 +113,13 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install podman
         run: |
-            sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
-            curl -fsSL https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/unstable/xUbuntu_$(lsb_release -rs)/Release.key \
-              | gpg --dearmor \
-              | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/devel_kubic_libcontainers_unstable.gpg > /dev/null
-            echo \
-              "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/devel_kubic_libcontainers_unstable.gpg]\
-                https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/unstable/xUbuntu_$(lsb_release -rs)/ /" \
-              | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/devel:kubic:libcontainers:unstable.list > /dev/null
-            sudo apt-get update -qq
-            sudo apt-get -qq -y install podman
-            podman version
-
-            # temporary fix for https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/21024
-            wget https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/stable/xUbuntu_22.04/amd64/conmon_2.1.2~0_amd64.deb -O /tmp/conmon_2.1.2.deb
-            sudo apt install /tmp/conmon_2.1.2.deb
-
-            # Starting systemd user service
-            systemctl --user start podman.socket
+          sudo apt-get update -qq
+          sudo apt-get -qq -y install podman
+          podman version
+          # Starting systemd user service
+          systemctl --user start podman.socket
+          echo "PODMAN_SOCK=/run/user/${UID}/podman/podman.sock" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "DOCKER_HOST=unix:///run/user/${UID}/podman/podman.sock" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Get the tag name and set it as the CONTAINER_TAG env variable.
         run:  |

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -54,9 +54,19 @@ jobs:
 
   build-image-arm64:
     name: Build and publish skupper-router arm64 image
-    runs-on: self-hosted-arm64
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install podman
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update -qq
+          sudo apt-get -qq -y install podman
+          podman version
+          # Starting systemd user service
+          systemctl --user start podman.socket
+          echo "PODMAN_SOCK=/run/user/${UID}/podman/podman.sock" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "DOCKER_HOST=unix:///run/user/${UID}/podman/podman.sock" >> $GITHUB_ENV      
       - name: Get the tag name and set it as the CONTAINER_TAG env variable.
         run:  |
           echo "CONTAINER_TAG=${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -84,24 +94,13 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install podman
         run: |
-            sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
-            curl -fsSL https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/unstable/xUbuntu_$(lsb_release -rs)/Release.key \
-              | gpg --dearmor \
-              | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/devel_kubic_libcontainers_unstable.gpg > /dev/null
-            echo \
-              "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/devel_kubic_libcontainers_unstable.gpg]\
-                https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/unstable/xUbuntu_$(lsb_release -rs)/ /" \
-              | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/devel:kubic:libcontainers:unstable.list > /dev/null
-            sudo apt-get update -qq
-            sudo apt-get -qq -y install podman
-            podman version
-
-            # temporary fix for https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/21024
-            wget https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/kubic:/libcontainers:/stable/xUbuntu_22.04/amd64/conmon_2.1.2~0_amd64.deb -O /tmp/conmon_2.1.2.deb
-            sudo apt install /tmp/conmon_2.1.2.deb
-
-            # Starting systemd user service
-            systemctl --user start podman.socket
+          sudo apt-get update -qq
+          sudo apt-get -qq -y install podman
+          podman version
+          # Starting systemd user service
+          systemctl --user start podman.socket
+          echo "PODMAN_SOCK=/run/user/${UID}/podman/podman.sock" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "DOCKER_HOST=unix:///run/user/${UID}/podman/podman.sock" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Get the tag name and set it as the CONTAINER_TAG env variable.
         run:  |