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-name: test acorn on EKS
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '00 7 * * *'   # time in UTC
-jobs:
-  acorn-test-eks:
-    runs-on: ["self-hosted", "gha-eks"]
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write
-    steps:
-      - name: install curl
-        run: |
-           sudo apt update
-           sudo apt install -y curl build-essential make 
-           curl -LO https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.25.0/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
-           sudo install -o root -g root -m 0755 kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
-           curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip" -o "awscliv2.zip"
-           unzip awscliv2.zip
-           sudo ./aws/install
-
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
-        with:
-          cache: false
-          go-version: "1.20"
-      - run: make validate-code
-      - run: make build
-      - run: sudo install -o root -g root -m 0755 ./bin/acorn /usr/local/bin/acorn
-
-      - name: configure AWS credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v2
-        with:
-          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.GHA_SVC_ACC_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
-          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.GHA_SVC_ACC_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
-          aws-region: ${{ secrets.GHA_SVC_ACC_AWS_REGION }}
-
-      - name: update kubeconfig 
-        run: |
-          aws eks update-kubeconfig --region ${{ secrets.GHA_SVC_ACC_AWS_REGION }} --name ${{ secrets.GHA_SVC_ACC_EKS_CLUSTER_NAME }}
-
-      - name: install acorn
-        # If a previous run left Acorn installed, uninstall it
-        run: |
-          if acorn check; then
-            acorn uninstall -af
-          fi
-          # Install Acorn with NetworkPolicies disabled because EKS does not enforce them, so tests will fail if we leave them enabled
-          acorn install --image ghcr.io/acorn-io/runtime:main --network-policies=false
-          
-        env:
-          KUBECONFIG: "/home/runner/.kube/config"
-
-      - name: run acorn integration tests
-        id: test
-        run: |
-          TEST_ACORN_CONTROLLER=external TEST_FLAGS="--junitfile test-summary.xml" GO_TEST_FLAGS="-timeout=7m" make integration
-        env:
-          KUBECONFIG: "/home/runner/.kube/config"
-
-      - name: Build test summary
-        id: test_summary
-        uses: test-summary/action@v2
-        if: "!cancelled() && steps.test.conclusion != 'skipped'"
-        with:
-          paths: test-summary.xml
-
-      - name: report failure to slack
-        if: failure()
-        id: slack-failure
-        uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v1.23.0
-        with:
-          channel-id: '${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_FAILURE_CHANNEL }},${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_SUCCESS_CHANNEL }}'
-          slack-message: "❌ Nightly EKS test had ${{ steps.test_summary.outputs.failed }} test case(s) fail: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
-        env:
-          SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: report success to slack
-        id: slack-success
-        uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v1.23.0
-        with:
-          channel-id: '${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_SUCCESS_CHANNEL }}'
-          slack-message: " ✅ Nightly EKS test passed: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}"
-        env:
-          SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: '${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}'
-
-      - name: Upload test results to Datadog
-        uses: datadog/junit-upload-github-action@v1
-        if: "!cancelled() && steps.test_summary.conclusion != 'skipped'"
-        with:
-          api-key: ${{ secrets.DD_API_KEY }}
-          service: runtime-eks-tests
-          env: ci
-          files: test-summary.xml
-          datadog-site: us3.datadoghq.com
-
-      - name: create run artifacts
-        if: always()
-        # Add any artifacts that should be associated with this run to /tmp/artifacts/${{ github.run_id }}
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p /tmp/artifacts/${{ github.run_id }}/{logs,resources}
-          kubectl logs -n acorn-system -l app=acorn-api --tail -1 > /tmp/artifacts/${{ github.run_id }}/logs/acorn-api.log || true
-          kubectl logs -n acorn-system -l app=acorn-controller --tail -1 > /tmp/artifacts/${{ github.run_id }}/logs/acorn-controller.log || true
-          kubectl get all -n acorn-image-system > /tmp/artifacts/${{ github.run_id }}/resources/acorn-image-system.txt || true
-          kubectl get all -n acorn-system > /tmp/artifacts/${{ github.run_id }}/resources/acorn-system.txt || true
-          kubectl get all -n acorn > /tmp/artifacts/${{ github.run_id }}/resources/acorn.txt || true
-          acorn all -A > /tmp/artifacts/${{ github.run_id }}/resources/acorn-resources-state.txt || true
-
-      - name: upload run artifacts
-        if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: run-artifacts
-          path: /tmp/artifacts/${{ github.run_id }}/
-
-      # Only uninstall on success, keep around on failure for debugging
-      - name: uninstall acorn
-        if: success()
-        run: |
-          acorn uninstall -af
-        env:
-          KUBECONFIG: "/home/runner/.kube/config"