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9339d23aa1 Migrate extended/full/test-* tests from azure pipelines to github actions (#10631)
Related to https://github.com/certbot/certbot/issues/10581

Following up on #10622, this PR converts the `full-test-suite`
[pipeline](https://dev.azure.com/certbot/certbot/_build?definitionId=4)
from Azure to Github Actions.

Nightly test changes for context not included in this PR are available
[here](https://github.com/certbot/certbot/compare/test-convert-full-pipeline...convert-all-pipelines).

Since this branch is named `test-convert-full-pipeline`, these tests
will show up in the checks section of this PR.

The major changes I made here are splitting the docker and snaps tests
for a better github actions UX, and removing the intermediate "stage"
file, since stages are not a concept in GHA. This means that we get the
nice dropdowns for the different categories on the left bar of the [test
run
page](https://github.com/certbot/certbot/actions/runs/25139155528/job/73684692548)
so it's easier to see each type of test. The very slight drawback is
that the four jobs listed in `.github/workflows/full_test_suite.yml` do
need to be duplicated in `nightly.yml`, but that's a reasonable tradeoff
to me.

Also, we now test our certbot and dns plugin snaps on all architectures
for the first time (using `dpkg --add-architecture` to run armhf tests
on an arm64 machine), which is very nice and in my opinion worth the
very slightly extra time and code.

In this PR, we build arm64 and amd64 snaps directly on github's runners.
armhf snaps are built using launchpad as before. This makes the workflow
file a little long. There are perhaps some micro-optimizations for code
deduplication I could make, like creating an action to install
dependencies based on the architecture, but I don't think it's super
worth it, especially since the dependencies vary enough that we'd still
need some code (for example, even between installing deps for certbot
and dns runs, we'd still need to additionally install `nginx-light`).

A very slight potential time improvement we could make here would be to
optionally depend on the different architectures before running their
respective tests. I'm not sure if this can be done without writing
different jobs, and since once those jobs start they run in parallel, it
didn't really seem worth looking into for me. I am of course open to
alternate points of view here and in general.

Another potential change to bring the two build strategies more in line
would be to stop using the python script to send off all the launchpad
builds, and instead put each in a separate, matrixed job like the github
jobs. We could even continue retrying the builds within each job. This
would mean that if one dns plugin build happens to fail three times, all
the builds wouldn't have to be retried. While I think that's not the
worst idea, I personally think that belongs in a separate PR, as this PR
is already quite long.

Speaking of the PR length, I can undo the changes made here to build
arm64 and amd64 snaps on github actions, to have a simpler
conversion-only PR to review. Some of the choices I made here,
particularly around UX, were based on the fact that the jobs would look
like this, so it might not be as clear why I made those choices, but if
it's easier to review it's no problem to put it back. I could also
remove the code that tests the other snaps since it's new, but I figured
it'd be nice to show that they are in fact being built correctly, since
otherwise the built snaps wouldn't be consumed anywhere.

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Co-authored-by: Brad Warren <bmw@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-05-08 18:03:26 -07:00
9ec4105ff3 Migrate PR tests from azure pipelines to github actions (#10622)
Related to https://github.com/certbot/certbot/issues/10581

This is the first step of migrating to github actions.

Nightly and full tests have been converted on branch
`convert-all-pipelines`; you can see additional changes to do those for
context
[here](https://github.com/certbot/certbot/compare/convert-pr-tests...convert-all-pipelines).

Some notes: 
- All github workflows must be flat in the `.github/workflows/`
directory.
- Github actions doesn't have a concept of "stages." Instead, it
generates a dependency graph, which is kind of nice. You can see an
example of a more complicated one
[here](https://github.com/certbot/certbot/actions/runs/24580625688).
- I don't know why the actions in the left bar (under Actions tab -->
All workflows) are using the path instead of the listed name. I suspect
it has something to do with not being run on main. Once it's merged, if
the name doesn't change, we can delete previous runs and that will clear
the entry on the left.
- "permissions" is for the fine-grained github PAT. contents: read is
needed for the "checkout" action, which basically everything uses. it's
still best practice to define per-workflow. it can also be defined
per-job, but per-workflow seemed nicer to me.
[This](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflows-and-actions/workflow-syntax#permissions)
is the best permissions explanation I've found; [some
actions](https://github.com/actions/checkout) mention what permissions
they need.
- For definitions of the keywords to `on`, see
[here](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflows-and-actions/events-that-trigger-workflows).
- Some of the potential inputs in tox steps are not used in this PR
because we're not running the AWS tests. It seemed messier to take them
out here and put them back later when the extended tests need them, but
I can do that on request.

We currently have a `main` [protection
rule](https://github.com/certbot/certbot/settings/branch_protection_rules/5466)
set that Azure pipelines PR test suite must pass before merging.
Obviously I don't want to turn that off before this PR is reviewed. In
github actions, it can only require a specific job to pass, though you
can have multiple. To address this, I've created a job that requires all
other jobs to pass, and that can be set at the required job. We probably
do not want to list every individual job, as that includes every job
generated by a matrix strategy. To find it in the protection rules page,
start typing "PR test suite success" and it will show up.

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Co-authored-by: Brad Warren <bmw@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Will Greenberg <willg@eff.org>
2026-04-28 12:34:42 -07:00