Run CircleCI Arm Native Workflows on a SUSE Arm GCP VM

About this Learning Path

Who is this for?

This is an introductory topic for developers and DevOps engineers looking to set up and run CircleCI Arm native workflows on SUSE Linux Arm64 virtual machines (VMs), specifically on Google Cloud C4A with Axion processors, using self-hosted runners.

What will you learn?

Upon completion of this Learning Path, you will be able to:

• Provision a SUSE Arm64 virtual machine on Google Cloud (C4A with Axion processors)
• Install and configure CircleCI self-hosted machine runners on Arm64
• Create a cloud-native Node.js demo app to run on the self-hosted Arm runner
• Write and execute a CircleCI workflow using a custom Arm resource class
• Test CircleCI workflows locally and understand job execution on Arm64 runners

Prerequisites

Before starting, you will need the following:

• A Google Cloud Platform (GCP) account with billing enabled
• Basic familiarity with Linux command line, Node.js, and npm
• Basic understanding of CircleCI concepts such as workflows , jobs , resource classes , and runners