Paul Hauner b063df5bf9 Cross-compile to vendored x86_84, aarch64 (Raspberry Pi 4) (#1497 )

## Issue Addressed

NA

## Proposed Changes

Adds support for using the [`cross`](https://github.com/rust-embedded/cross) project to produce cross-compiled binaries using Docker images.

Provides quite clean and simple cross-compiles cause all the complexity is hidden in Dockerfiles. It does require you to be in the `docker` group though.

## Details

- Adds shortcut commands to `Makefile`
- Ensures `reqwest` and `discv5` use vendored openssl libs (i.e., static not shared).
- Switches to a [commit](284f705964) of blst that has a renamed C function to avoid a collision with openssl (upstream issue: https://github.com/supranational/blst/issues/21).
- Updates `ring` to the latest satisfiable version, since an earlier version was causing issues with `cross`.
- Off-topic, but adds extra message about Windows support as suggested by Discord user.

## Additional Info

- ~~Blocked on #1495~~
- There are no tests in CI for this yet for a few reasons:
  - I'm hesitant to add more long-running tasks.
  - Short-term bitrot should be avoided since we'll use it each release.
  - In the long term I think it would be good to automate binary creation on a release.
- I observed the binaries increase in size from 50mb to 52mb after these changes.

2020-08-11 05:16:30 +00:00

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Raspberry Pi 4 Installation

Tested on:

Raspberry Pi 4 Model B (4GB)
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.4.0-1011-raspi aarch64)

Note: Lighthouse supports cross-compiling to target a Raspberry Pi (aarch64). Compiling on a faster machine (i.e., x86_64 desktop) may be convenient.

1. Install Ubuntu

Follow the Ubuntu Raspberry Pi installation instructions.

A 64-bit version is required and latest version is recommended (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS was the latest at the time of writing).

A graphical environment is not required in order to use Lighthouse. Only the terminal and an Internet connection are necessary.

2. Install Packages

Install the Ubuntu Dependencies. (I.e., run the sudo apt install ... command at that link).

Tips:

If there are difficulties, try updating the package manager with sudo apt update.

3. Install Rust

Install Rust as per rustup. (I.e., run the curl ... command).

Tips:

When prompted, enter 1 for the default installation.

Try running cargo version after Rust installation completes. If it cannot be found, run source $HOME/.cargo/env.

It's generally advised to append source $HOME/.cargo/env to ~/.bashrc.

4. Install Lighthouse

git clone https://github.com/sigp/lighthouse.git
cd lighthouse
make

Compiling Lighthouse can take up to an hour. The safety guarantees provided by the Rust language unfortunately result in a lengthy compilation time on a low-spec CPU like a Raspberry Pi.

Once installation has finished, confirm Lighthouse is installed by viewing the usage instructions with lighthouse --help.

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