AlmaLinux 9.x aarch64 support AlmaLinux#18

.github/workflows/build-media.yml

@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ on:
         default: false
 
 jobs:
-  build-x86_64:
+  matrix-x86_64:
     name: ${{ matrix.version }} ${{ matrix.arch }} ${{ matrix.image_type }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: inputs.version_major == '8' || inputs.version_major == '9' || inputs.version_major == '10-kitten'
+    # if: inputs.version_major == '8' || inputs.version_major == '9' || inputs.version_major == '10-kitten'
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
 
-  build-aarch64:
-    name: ${{ matrix.version == '9' && format('{0} {1} {2}', inputs.version_major, matrix.arch, matrix.image_type) || format('{0} aarch64 [EXCLUDED]', inputs.version_major) }}
+  start-aarch64-runner:
+    name: ${{ matrix.version == '9' && format('Runner for {0} {1} {2}', inputs.version_major, matrix.arch, matrix.image_type) || format('Runner for {0} aarch64 [EXCLUDED]', inputs.version_major) }}
     # name: ${{ inputs.version_major }} ${{ matrix.arch }} ${{ matrix.image_type }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # if: inputs.version_major == '9'
@@ -130,27 +130,51 @@ jobs:
           - version: 10-kitten
             arch: aarch64
 
-        # release_variant: ${{ fromJSON(format('["{0}"]', ( inputs.version_major == '10-kitten' && '10-kitten", "10-kitten-x86_64_v2' || inputs.version_major ) )) }}
-        # exclude:
-        #   - image_type: 'false'
-        #   - release_variant: '10-kitten-x86_64_v2'
-        #     image_type: 'KDE'
-        #   - release_variant: '10-kitten-x86_64_v2'
-        #     image_type: 'MATE'
-        #   - release_variant: '10-kitten-x86_64_v2'
-        #     image_type: 'XFCE'
-        #   # TODO: these excludes need to be later removed
-        #   - release_variant: '10-kitten'
-        #     image_type: 'KDE'
-        #   - release_variant: '10-kitten'
-        #     image_type: 'MATE'
-        #   - release_variant: '10-kitten'
-        #     image_type: 'XFCE'
-
     steps:
+      - name: Setup and start the runner
+        id: start-ec2-runner
+        uses: NextChapterSoftware/[email protected]
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GIT_HUB_TOKEN }}
+          aws_access_key_id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws_secret_access_key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws_region: ${{ secrets.AWS_REGION }}
+          ec2_ami_id: ${{ secrets[format('EC2_AMI_ID_AL{0}',  matrix.version)] }}
+          ec2_subnet_id: ${{ secrets.EC2_SUBNET_ID}}
+          ec2_security_group_id: ${{ secrets.EC2_SECURITY_GROUP_ID }}
+
+          ec2_instance_type: t4g.medium       # 2 vCPU and 4 GiM Memory
+          ec2_root_disk_size_gb: "16"         # override default size which is too small for images
+          ec2_root_disk_ebs_class: "gp3"      # use faster and cheeper storage instead of default 'gp2'
+          ec2_instance_ttl: 60                # Optional (default is 60 minutes)
+          ec2_spot_instance_strategy: None    # Other options are: SpotOnly, BestEffort, MaxPerformance
+          ec2_instance_tags: >                # Required for IAM role resource permission scoping
+            [
+                {"Key": "Project", "Value": "GitHub Actions Self-hosted Runners"}
+            ]
+
+  build-aarch64:
+    if: ${{ always() && contains(join(needs.start-aarch64-runner.result, ','), 'success') }}
+    name: ${{ matrix.version == '9' && format('{0} {1} {2}', inputs.version_major, matrix.arch, matrix.image_type) || format('{0} aarch64 [EXCLUDED]', inputs.version_major) }}
+    runs-on: ${{ github.run_id }}
+    needs: [start-aarch64-runner]
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        # Set image types matrix based on boolean inputs.* with true value
+        image_type: ${{ fromJSON(format('["{0}", "{1}", "{2}", "{3}", "{4}"]', ( inputs.GNOME && 'GNOME' ), ( inputs.GNOME-Mini && 'GNOME-Mini' ), ( inputs.KDE && 'KDE' ), ( inputs.MATE && 'MATE' ), ( inputs.XFCE && 'XFCE' ) )) }}
+        version: ${{ fromJSON(format('["{0}"]', inputs.version_major)) }}
+        arch: [aarch64]
+        exclude:
+          - version: 8
+            arch: aarch64
+          # TODO: these excludes need to be later removed
+          - version: 10-kitten
+            arch: aarch64
 
-    - name: Checkout ${{ github.action_repository }}
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout ${{ github.action_repository }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     # - name: Prepare envirounment variables
     #   run: |