[core,contrib,k8s,otlp] Add Windows 2019 and 2022 container image (amd64 only) (#872)

* Add Go code to generate Windows-containers config

* Add a Windows dockerfile for all distros

* Fix wxs binary ID with dashes

* Attempt to split build into windows nodes

* Add changelog entry

* Improve changelog note

* Remove env var with no effect from Windows dockerfile

* Avoid using powershell in Windows

Author: douglascamata

.chloggen/add_windows_container_images.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
+component: packaging
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Start producing container images for Windows 2019 and 2022 on amd64
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [339]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: [user]

.github/workflows/base-release.yaml

@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ on:
       goarch:
         required: true
         type: string
+      runner_os:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: ubuntu-24.04
 
 env:
   # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=goreleaser-pro packageName=goreleaser/goreleaser-pro
@@ -21,26 +25,18 @@ jobs:
   prepare:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        GOOS: ${{ fromJSON( inputs.goos) }}
-        GOARCH: ${{ fromJSON( inputs.goarch) }}
+        GOOS: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.goos) }}
+        GOARCH: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.goarch) }}
         exclude:
           - GOOS: darwin
             GOARCH: "386"
           - GOOS: darwin
             GOARCH: s390x
-          - GOOS: windows
-            GOARCH: arm64
-          - GOOS: darwin
-            GOARCH: arm
-          - GOOS: windows
-            GOARCH: arm
-          - GOOS: windows
-            GOARCH: s390x
           - GOOS: darwin
             GOARCH: ppc64le
-          - GOOS: windows
-            GOARCH: ppc64le
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+          - GOOS: darwin
+            GOARCH: arm
+    runs-on: ${{ inputs.runner_os }}
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
@@ -52,22 +48,28 @@ jobs:
       - uses: anchore/sbom-action/download-syft@f325610c9f50a54015d37c8d16cb3b0e2c8f4de0 # v0.18.0
 
       - uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@29109295f81e9208d7d86ff1c6c12d2833863392 # v3.6.0
+        if: runner.os != 'Windows'
         with:
           platforms: arm64,ppc64le,linux/arm/v7,s390x
 
       - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@b5ca514318bd6ebac0fb2aedd5d36ec1b5c232a2 # v3.10.0
+        if: runner.os != 'Windows'
+
+        # Fix slow Go compile and cache restore
+        # See https://github.com/actions/setup-go/pull/515
+      - name: Fix slow setup-go cache restore in Windows
+        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+        run: |
+          echo "GOCACHE=D:\gocache" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append
+          echo "GOMODCACHE=D:\gomodcache" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append
+          echo "GOTMPDIR=D:\gotmp" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append
+          mkdir D:\gotmp
 
       - uses: actions/setup-go@f111f3307d8850f501ac008e886eec1fd1932a34 # v5.3.0
         with:
           go-version: "~1.24"
           check-latest: true
 
-      - name: Setup wixl # Required to build MSI packages for Windows
-        if: ${{ matrix.GOOS == 'windows' && ( matrix.GOARCH == '386' || matrix.GOARCH == 'amd64') }}
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y wixl
-
       - name: Generate distribution sources
         run: make generate-sources
 
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create artifacts directory to store build artifacts
         if: inputs.distribution == 'otelcol-contrib'
+        shell: bash
         run: mkdir -p distributions/otelcol-contrib/artifacts
 
         # otelcol-contrib is built in a separate stage
@@ -109,10 +112,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Move built artifacts
         if: inputs.distribution == 'otelcol-contrib'
+        shell: bash
         run: mv distributions/otelcol-contrib/dist/**/* distributions/otelcol-contrib/artifacts/
 
       - name: Show built or downloaded content
         if: inputs.distribution == 'otelcol-contrib'
+        shell: bash
         run: ls -laR distributions/otelcol-contrib/artifacts
 
       - uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@90a3faa9d0182683851fbfa97ca1a2cb983bfca3 # v6.2.1
@@ -137,7 +142,7 @@ jobs:
 
   release:
     name: ${{ inputs.distribution }} Release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ${{ inputs.runner_os }}
     needs: prepare
 
     permissions:
@@ -155,23 +160,51 @@ jobs:
       - uses: anchore/sbom-action/download-syft@f325610c9f50a54015d37c8d16cb3b0e2c8f4de0 # v0.18.0
 
       - uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@29109295f81e9208d7d86ff1c6c12d2833863392 # v3.6.0
+        if: runner.os != 'Windows'
         with:
           platforms: arm64,ppc64le,s390x
 
       - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@b5ca514318bd6ebac0fb2aedd5d36ec1b5c232a2 # v3.10.0
+        if: runner.os != 'Windows'
+
+        # Fix slow Go compile and cache restore
+        # See https://github.com/actions/setup-go/pull/515
+      - name: Fix slow setup-go cache restore in Windows
+        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+        run: |
+          echo "GOCACHE=D:\gocache" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append
+          echo "GOMODCACHE=D:\gomodcache" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append
+          echo "GOTMPDIR=D:\gotmp" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append
+          mkdir D:\gotmp
 
       - uses: actions/setup-go@f111f3307d8850f501ac008e886eec1fd1932a34 # v5.3.0
         with:
           go-version: "~1.24"
           check-latest: true
 
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@cc203385981b70ca67e1cc392babf9cc229d5806 # v4.1.9
+        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+        with:
+          pattern: artifacts-${{ inputs.distribution }}-windows-*
+          path: distributions/${{ inputs.distribution }}/dist
+          merge-multiple: true
+
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@cc203385981b70ca67e1cc392babf9cc229d5806 # v4.1.9
+        if: runner.os != 'Windows'
+        with:
+          pattern: artifacts-${{ inputs.distribution }}-darwin-*
+          path: distributions/${{ inputs.distribution }}/dist
+          merge-multiple: true
+
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@cc203385981b70ca67e1cc392babf9cc229d5806 # v4.1.9
+        if: runner.os != 'Windows'
         with:
-          pattern: artifacts-${{ inputs.distribution }}-*
+          pattern: artifacts-${{ inputs.distribution }}-linux-*
           path: distributions/${{ inputs.distribution }}/dist
           merge-multiple: true
 
       - name: Display structure of downloaded files
+        shell: bash
         run: ls -R distributions/${{ inputs.distribution }}/dist
 
       - name: Log into Docker.io

.github/workflows/release-contrib.yaml

@@ -10,7 +10,17 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/base-release.yaml
     with:
       distribution: otelcol-contrib
-      goos: '[ "linux", "windows", "darwin" ]'
+      goos: '[ "linux", "darwin" ]'
       goarch: '[ "386", "amd64", "arm64", "ppc64le", "arm", "s390x" ]'
     secrets: inherit
     permissions: write-all
+  release-windows:
+    name: Release Contrib (Windows)
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/base-release.yaml
+    with:
+      distribution: otelcol-contrib
+      goos: '[ "windows" ]'
+      goarch: '[ "386", "amd64" ]'
+      runner_os: windows-2022
+    secrets: inherit
+    permissions: write-all

.github/workflows/release-core.yaml

@@ -10,7 +10,17 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/base-release.yaml
     with:
       distribution: otelcol
-      goos: '[ "linux", "windows", "darwin" ]'
+      goos: '[ "linux", "darwin" ]'
       goarch: '[ "386", "amd64", "arm64", "ppc64le", "arm", "s390x" ]'
     secrets: inherit
     permissions: write-all
+  release-windows:
+    name: Release Core (Windows)
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/base-release.yaml
+    with:
+      distribution: otelcol
+      goos: '[ "windows" ]'
+      goarch: '[ "386", "amd64" ]'
+      runner_os: windows-2022
+    secrets: inherit
+    permissions: write-all

.github/workflows/release-k8s.yaml

@@ -14,3 +14,13 @@ jobs:
       goarch: '[ "amd64", "arm64", "ppc64le", "s390x" ]'
     secrets: inherit
     permissions: write-all
+  release-windows:
+    name: Release k8s (Windows)
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/base-release.yaml
+    with:
+      distribution: otelcol-k8s
+      goos: '[ "windows" ]'
+      goarch: '[ "386", "amd64" ]'
+      runner_os: windows-2022
+    secrets: inherit
+    permissions: write-all

.github/workflows/release-otlp.yaml

@@ -10,7 +10,17 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/base-release.yaml
     with:
       distribution: otelcol-otlp
-      goos: '[ "linux", "windows", "darwin" ]'
+      goos: '[ "linux", "darwin" ]'
       goarch: '[ "386", "amd64", "arm64", "ppc64le", "arm", "s390x" ]'
     secrets: inherit
     permissions: write-all
+  release-windows:
+    name: Release OTLP (Windows)
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/base-release.yaml
+    with:
+      distribution: otelcol-otlp
+      goos: '[ "windows" ]'
+      goarch: '[ "386", "amd64" ]'
+      runner_os: windows-2022
+    secrets: inherit
+    permissions: write-all