Using native runners vs qemu

Author: jtgasper3

.github/workflows/ci-pipeline.yml

@@ -18,30 +18,26 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        platform:
-          - linux/amd64
-          - linux/arm64
-
+        include:
+          # AMD64 build on standard Ubuntu runners
+          - platform: linux/amd64
+            label: ubuntu-24.04         # or ubuntu-latest
+          # ARM64 build on native Arm runner
+          - platform: linux/arm64
+            label: ubuntu-24.04-arm     # native Arm runner label
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.label }}
+    
     steps:
-      - name: Prepare
-        run: |
-          platform=${{ matrix.platform }}
-          echo "PLATFORM_PAIR=${platform//\//-}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
       - name: Login to Docker Hub
         uses: docker/login-action@v3
         if: github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' && github.actor != 'dependabot-preview[bot]'
         with:
           username: ${{ vars.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
-
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
 
@@ -86,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload digest
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: digests-${{ env.PLATFORM_PAIR }}
+          name: digests-${{ replace(matrix.platform, '/', '-') }}
           path: ${{ runner.temp }}/digests/*
           if-no-files-found: error
           retention-days: 1