ci: fix minicon e2e test (#1763)

* ci: push containers during minicon e2e

* cli: set testing nvram for pre images in minicon

.github/actions/e2e_mini/action.yml

@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ inputs:
   buildBuddyApiKey:
     description: "BuildBuddy API key for caching Bazel artifacts"
     required: true
+  registry:
+    description: "Container registry to use"
+    required: true
+  githubToken:
+    description: "GitHub authorization token"
+    required: true
 
 runs:
   using: "composite"
@@ -29,6 +35,17 @@ runs:
         useCache: "true"
         buildBuddyApiKey: ${{ inputs.buildBuddyApiKey }}
 
+    - name: Log in to the Container registry
+      uses: docker/login-action@f4ef78c080cd8ba55a85445d5b36e214a81df20a # tag=v2.1.0
+      with:
+        registry: ${{ inputs.registry }}
+        username: ${{ github.actor }}
+        password: ${{ inputs.githubToken }}
+
+    - name: Upload referenced container images
+      shell: bash
+      run: bazelisk run //bazel/release:push
+
     - name: MiniConstellation E2E
       shell: bash
       env:

.github/workflows/e2e-mini.yml

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       id-token: write
       contents: read
+      packages: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         id: checkout
@@ -57,3 +58,5 @@ jobs:
           azureSubscriptionID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
           azureTenantID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
           buildBuddyApiKey: ${{ secrets.BUILDBUDDY_ORG_API_KEY }}
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          githubToken: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

cli/internal/cmd/miniup.go

@@ -218,6 +218,12 @@ func (m *miniUpCmd) prepareConfig(cmd *cobra.Command, fileHandler file.Handler,
 	config.Name = constants.MiniConstellationUID
 	config.RemoveProviderExcept(cloudprovider.QEMU)
 	config.StateDiskSizeGB = 8
+
+	// only release images (e.g. v2.7.0) use the production NVRAM
+	if !config.IsReleaseImage() {
+		config.Provider.QEMU.NVRAM = "testing"
+	}
+
 	m.log.Debugf("Prepared configuration")
 
 	return config, fileHandler.WriteYAML(constants.ConfigFilename, config, file.OptOverwrite)