Release RC artifacts to Sonatype Maven central directly (#11554)

Signed-off-by: Lukas Kral <lukywill16@gmail.com>

Author: im-konge

.azure/build-pipeline.yaml

@@ -97,15 +97,14 @@ stages:
           artifactRunId: ''
 
   # Deploy Strimzi Java artifacts -> run only on main branch (where it deploys to OSS snapshot repos)
-  # or release branches (where it deploys to OSS staging repos)
   - stage: deploy_strimzi_java
     displayName: Deploy Java artifacts
     dependsOn:
       - build_strimzi
       - test_strimzi
       - build_containers
       - build_docs
-    condition: and(succeeded(), or(eq(variables['build.sourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/main'), startsWith(variables['build.sourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/release-')))
+    condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['build.sourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/main'))
     jobs:
       - template: 'templates/jobs/build/deploy_strimzi_java.yaml'
         parameters:

.azure/scripts/push-to-nexus.sh .azure/scripts/push-to-central.sh.azure/scripts/push-to-nexus.sh renamed to .azure/scripts/push-to-central.sh

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
           JDK_VERSION: $(jdk_version)
 
       # Deploy Java artifacts
-      - bash: "make pushtonexus"
+      - bash: "make pushtocentral"
         displayName: "Deploy Java artifacts"
         env:
           BUILD_REASON: $(Build.Reason)

.azure/templates/jobs/build/deploy_strimzi_java.yaml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 jobs:
   - job: 'release_artifacts'
-    displayName: 'Prepare release artifacts'
+    displayName: 'Prepare and release artifacts'
     # Set timeout for jobs
     timeoutInMinutes: 60
     # Base system
@@ -11,13 +11,25 @@ jobs:
       # Install Prerequisites
       - template: "../../steps/prerequisites/install_yq.yaml"
       - template: "../../steps/prerequisites/install_asciidoctor.yaml"
+      - template: '../../steps/prerequisites/install_java.yaml'
 
       # Build the release files
       - bash: "make release"
         displayName: "Build release files"
         env:
           RELEASE_VERSION: '${{ parameters.releaseVersion }}'
 
+      # Deploy Java artifacts
+      - bash: "make pushtocentral"
+        displayName: "Deploy Java artifacts"
+        env:
+          BUILD_REASON: $(Build.Reason)
+          BRANCH: $(Build.SourceBranch)
+          GPG_PASSPHRASE: $(GPG_PASSPHRASE)
+          GPG_SIGNING_KEY: $(GPG_SIGNING_KEY)
+          CENTRAL_USERNAME: $(CENTRAL_USERNAME)
+          CENTRAL_PASSWORD: $(CENTRAL_PASSWORD)
+
       # We have to TAR the artifacts directory and store it
       - bash: tar -cvpf release.tar ./*${{ parameters.releaseVersion }}*
         displayName: "Tar the release archives"

.azure/templates/jobs/build/release_artifacts.yaml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ parameters:
 steps:
   - task: JavaToolInstaller@0
     inputs:
-      versionSpec: $(JDK_VERSION)
+      versionSpec: ${{ parameters.JDK_VERSION }}
       jdkArchitectureOption: 'x64'
       jdkSourceOption: 'PreInstalled'
     displayName: 'Configure Java'

.azure/templates/steps/prerequisites/install_java.yaml

@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ spotbugs: $(SUBDIRS)
 docu_pushtowebsite:
 	./.azure/scripts/docu-push-to-website.sh
 
-pushtonexus:
-	./.azure/scripts/push-to-nexus.sh
+pushtocentral:
+	./.azure/scripts/push-to-central.sh
 
 release_docu: docu_html docu_htmlnoheader docu_pdf
 	mkdir -p strimzi-$(RELEASE_VERSION)/docs/html