only deploy metadata when needed

Issue: ZENKO-4414

Author: Kerkesni

.github/actions/deploy/action.yaml

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       run: bash deploy-metadata.sh
       working-directory: ./.github/scripts/end2end
+      if: ${{ env.ENABLE_RING_TESTS == 'true' }}
     - name: End-to-end configuration
       shell: bash
       run: bash configure-e2e.sh "end2end" ${E2E_IMAGE_NAME}:${E2E_IMAGE_TAG} "default"

.github/workflows/end2end.yaml

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ env:
   GCP_BACKEND_SERVICE_KEY: ${{ secrets.GCP_BACKEND_SERVICE_KEY }}
   GCP_BACKEND_SERVICE_EMAIL: ${{ secrets.GCP_BACKEND_SERVICE_EMAIL }}
   # Enable this for Ring tests
-  ENABLE_RING_TESTS: "true"
+  ENABLE_RING_TESTS: "false"
   RING_S3C_ACCESS_KEY: accessKey1
   RING_S3C_SECRET_KEY: verySecretKey1
   RING_S3C_ENDPOINT: http://s3c.local:8000
@@ -553,6 +553,9 @@ jobs:
     needs: [build-kafka, build-test-image]
     runs-on:
       - ubuntu-22.04-8core
+    env:
+      ENABLE_RING_TESTS: "true"
+      GIT_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GIT_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -568,8 +571,6 @@ jobs:
           registry: ghcr.io
       - name: Deploy Zenko
         uses: ./.github/actions/deploy
-        env:
-          GIT_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GIT_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
       - name: Run backbeat end to end tests
         run: bash run-e2e-test.sh "end2end" ${E2E_IMAGE_NAME}:${E2E_IMAGE_TAG} "backbeat" "default"
         working-directory: ./.github/scripts/end2end

tests/zenko_tests/e2e_config/locations.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 import logging
+import os
 
 _log = logging.getLogger("end2end configuration")
 
@@ -11,6 +12,11 @@ def create_location(client, uuid, location):
     :param uuid: zenko instance uuid
     :param location: location details
     """
+    
+    ENABLE_RING_TESTS = os.environ['ENABLE_RING_TESTS']
+    if ENABLE_RING_TESTS == "false" and location["locationType"] == "location-scality-ring-s3-v1":
+        return
+    
     try:
         Location_V1 = client.get_model('location-v1')
         if "bootstrapList" not in location["details"]: