Unable run sql server on Apple M3 Max with podman 5.6.1

[ashishsawant4u]

I tried to install sql server using 2 different ways but nothing worked
Approach 1 : using sql server image directly

podman run --arch amd64 -e 'ACCEPT_EULA=Y' -e 'MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD=12345678' -p 1433:1433 --name sqlserverdb1 -d mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:latest

with this approach container does not start here is logs
SQL Server 2022 will run as non-root by default. This container is running as user mssql. To learn more visit https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2099216. /opt/mssql/bin/launch_sqlservr.sh: line 28: 9 Segmentation fault (core dumped) "$@"

Approach 2 : installed ubuntu:22.04 and inside ubuntu i tried installed mssql but after installation sql server fails to start

below steps i followed

`podman run -dit --name ubuntu-sqlserver --platform linux/amd64 --memory=5g --systemd=always docker.io/library/ubuntu:22.04

podman exec -it ubuntu-sqlserver /bin/bash

apt-get update

apt-get install -y curl wget gnupg software-properties-common apt-transport-https ca-certificates

curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/microsoft.asc

add-apt-repository "$(curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/22.04/mssql-server-2022.list)"

apt-get update

apt-get install -y mssql-server

/opt/mssql/bin/mssql-conf setup`

error
qemu: uncaught target signal 11 (Segmentation fault) - core dumped Segmentation fault (core dumped) System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate. Failed to connect to bus: Host is down Attempting to start the Microsoft SQL Server service failed.

[eriksjolund]

It seems there is no aarch64 version available for mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:latest
See also

• MSSQL container for aarch64 (arm64) for better performance microsoft/mssql-docker#802

I also got a segmentation fault when trying to run the container image on Fedora CoreOS 43.20251019.1.0 with a macBook Pro (M1).

test4@localhost:~$ podman --version
podman version 5.6.2

test4@localhost:~$ uname -m
aarch64

test4@localhost:~$ podman run -e 'ACCEPT_EULA=Y' -e 'MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD=12345678' -p 1433:1433   --name sqlserverdb1 -d mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:latest
Trying to pull mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:latest...
Getting image source signatures
Copying blob 41c97bdb589f done   | 
Copying blob 8766c39c3679 skipped: already exists  
Copying blob dde0fd524f40 skipped: already exists  
Copying config 3c94bf0059 done   | 
Writing manifest to image destination
WARNING: image platform (linux/amd64) does not match the expected platform (linux/arm64)
8eb7e7ced1239d8f4ecd7bb745c44590013112edb5f385451c476f27b9183dc2
test4@localhost:~$ 

Note, in the output there is the text WARNING: image platform (linux/amd64) does not match the expected platform (linux/arm64)

test4@localhost:~$ podman logs sqlserverdb1 
SQL Server 2022 will run as non-root by default.
This container is running as user mssql.
To learn more visit https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2099216.
/opt/mssql/bin/launch_sqlservr.sh: line 28:     9 Segmentation fault      (core dumped) "$@"
test4@localhost:~$ 

I haven't tried it myself but I think you could use Rosetta when running x86_64 on a mac (M3)

https://podman-desktop.io/docs/podman/rosetta

[ashishsawant4u]

Hi @eriksjolund thanks for your response, i tried with Rosetta as well but no luck
cc @tnk4on

[baude]

there is a rosetta bug that might be contributing here i suspect. the bug is fixed in Tahoe so be certain you have that ... then you have to re-enable rosetta support in the podman machine.