script added to check versions downgrade between branches

closes #2720 (closed)

for main branch: nothing to do

tested the script in local:

if target branch is release-1.4, then next sylva-branch to compare is main. The errors caught are:

❌ ERROR: Downgrade detected for upgrade scenario in crossplane:: 1.20.0 (in main branch) is older than 1.20.1 (release-1.4 branch)
❌ ERROR: Downgrade detected for upgrade scenario in logging-crd:: 6.0.2 (in main branch) is older than 105.3.0+up4.10.0-rancher.4 (release-1.4 branch)
❌ ERROR: Downgrade detected for upgrade scenario in logging:: 6.0.2 (in main branch) is older than 105.3.0+up4.10.0-rancher.4 (release-1.4 branch)
❌ ERROR: Downgrade detected for upgrade scenario in vault:: 1.13.13 (in main branch) is older than 1.19.0 (release-1.4 branch)

after considering the allowed exceptions for logging units as rancher logging units are no longer used in main branch, updated results:

❌ ERROR: Downgrade detected for upgrade scenario in crossplane:: 1.20.0 (in main branch) is older than 1.20.1 (release-1.4 branch)
❌ ERROR: Downgrade detected for upgrade scenario in vault:: 1.13.13 (in main branch) is older than 1.19.0 (release-1.4 branch)

CI configuration

Below you can choose test deployment variants to run in this MR's CI.

Click to open to CI configuration

Legend:

Icon	Meaning	Available values
☁️	Infra Provider	capd, capo, capm3
🚀	Bootstrap Provider	kubeadm (alias kadm), rke2, okd, ck8s
🐧	Node OS	ubuntu, suse, na, leapmicro
🛠️	Deployment Options	light-deploy, dev-sources, ha, misc, maxsurge-0, logging, no-logging
🎬	Pipeline Scenarios	Available scenario list and description

• 🎬 preview ☁️ capd 🚀 kadm 🐧 ubuntu

• 🎬 preview ☁️ capo 🚀 rke2 🐧 suse

• 🎬 preview ☁️ capm3 🚀 rke2 🐧 ubuntu

• ☁️ capd 🚀 kadm 🛠️ light-deploy 🐧 ubuntu

• ☁️ capd 🚀 rke2 🛠️ light-deploy 🐧 suse

• ☁️ capo 🚀 rke2 🐧 suse

• ☁️ capo 🚀 rke2 🐧 leapmicro

• ☁️ capo 🚀 kadm 🐧 ubuntu

• ☁️ capo 🚀 rke2 🎬 rolling-update 🛠️ ha 🐧 ubuntu

• ☁️ capo 🚀 kadm 🎬 wkld-k8s-upgrade 🐧 ubuntu

• ☁️ capo 🚀 rke2 🎬 rolling-update-no-wkld 🛠️ ha 🐧 suse

• ☁️ capo 🚀 rke2 🎬 sylva-upgrade-from-1.4.x 🛠️ ha 🐧 ubuntu

• ☁️ capo 🚀 rke2 🎬 sylva-upgrade-from-1.4.x 🛠️ ha,misc 🐧 ubuntu

• ☁️ capo 🚀 rke2 🛠️ ha,misc 🐧 ubuntu

• ☁️ capm3 🚀 rke2 🐧 suse

• ☁️ capm3 🚀 kadm 🐧 ubuntu

• ☁️ capm3 🚀 ck8s 🐧 ubuntu

• ☁️ capm3 🚀 kadm 🎬 rolling-update-no-wkld 🛠️ ha,misc 🐧 ubuntu

• ☁️ capm3 🚀 rke2 🎬 wkld-k8s-upgrade 🛠️ ha 🐧 suse

• ☁️ capm3 🚀 kadm 🎬 rolling-update 🛠️ ha 🐧 ubuntu

• ☁️ capm3 🚀 rke2 🎬 sylva-upgrade-from-1.4.x 🛠️ ha 🐧 suse

• ☁️ capm3 🚀 rke2 🛠️ misc,ha 🐧 suse

• ☁️ capm3 🚀 rke2 🎬 sylva-upgrade-from-1.4.x 🛠️ ha,misc 🐧 suse

• ☁️ capm3 🚀 kadm 🎬 rolling-update 🛠️ ha 🐧 suse

• ☁️ capm3 🚀 ck8s 🎬 rolling-update 🛠️ ha 🐧 ubuntu

• ☁️ capm3 🚀 rke2|okd 🎬 no-update 🐧 ubuntu|na

Global config for deployment pipelines

• autorun pipelines
• allow failure on pipelines
• record sylvactl events

Notes:

• Enabling autorun will make deployment pipelines to be run automatically without human interaction
• Disabling allow failure will make deployment pipelines mandatory for pipeline success.
• if both autorun and allow failure are disabled, deployment pipelines will need manual triggering but will be blocking the pipeline

Be aware: after configuration change, pipeline is not triggered automatically. Please run it manually (by clicking the run pipeline button in Pipelines tab) or push new code.