upgrade simnet tests to v8

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -566,9 +566,9 @@ build-rustdoc:
   after_script:
     - buildah logout "$IMAGE_NAME"
     # pass artifacts to the trigger-simnet job
-    - echo "IMAGE_NAME=${IMAGE_NAME}" | tee -a ./artifacts/$PRODUCT/build.env
+    - echo "SUBSTRATE_IMAGE_NAME=${IMAGE_NAME}" | tee -a ./artifacts/$PRODUCT/build.env
     - IMAGE_TAG="$(cat ./artifacts/$PRODUCT/VERSION)"
-    - echo "IMAGE_TAG=${IMAGE_TAG}"   | tee -a ./artifacts/$PRODUCT/build.env
+    - echo "SUBSTRATE_IMAGE_TAG=${IMAGE_TAG}"   | tee -a ./artifacts/$PRODUCT/build.env
     - cat ./artifacts/$PRODUCT/build.env
 
 publish-docker-substrate:
@@ -708,9 +708,14 @@ deploy-prometheus-alerting-rules:
         - .gitlab-ci.yml
         - .maintain/monitoring/**/*
 
-trigger-simnet:
+# Runs "quick" and "long" tests on nightly schedule and on commit / merge to master
+# A "quick" test is a smoke test where basic check-expect tests run by
+# checking values from metrics exposed by the app.
+# A "long" test is the load testing where we send 50K transactions into the 
+# network and check if all completed successfully
+simnet-tests:
   stage:                           deploy
-  image:                           paritytech/tools:latest
+  image:                           docker.io/paritytech/simnet:${SIMNET_REF}
   <<:                              *kubernetes-env
   rules:
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "pipeline"
@@ -719,13 +724,19 @@ trigger-simnet:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "master"
   needs:
     - job:                         publish-docker-substrate
-  # `build.env` brings here `$IMAGE_NAME` and `$IMAGE_TAG` (`$VERSION` here,
-  # i.e. `2643-0.8.29-5f689e0a-6b24dc54`).
-  variables:
-    TRGR_PROJECT:                  ${CI_PROJECT_NAME}
-    TRGR_REF:                      ${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}
-    # Simnet project ID
-    DWNSTRM_ID:                    332
+  # variables:
+  # `build.env` brings here `${SUBSTRATE_IMAGE_NAME}` and `${SUBSTRATE_IMAGE_TAG}`
+  # (`$VERSION` here, # i.e. `2643-0.8.29-5f689e0a-6b24dc54`).
+  # ${SIMNET_REF} is a gitlab variable
+  before_script:
+    - echo "Simnet Tests Config
+      docker.io/paritytech/simnet:${SIMNET_REF}
+      ${SUBSTRATE_IMAGE_NAME} ${SUBSTRATE_IAMGE_TAG}"
   script:
-    # API trigger for a Simnet job
-    - .maintain/gitlab/trigger_pipeline.sh --simnet-version=${SIMNET_REF}
+    - /home/nonroot/simnet/gurke/scripts/run-test-environment-manager.sh
+        --github-remote-dir="https://github.com/paritytech/substrate/tree/master/simnet_tests"
+        --config="simnet_tests/configs/default_local_testnet.toml"
+        --image="${SUBSTRATE_IMAGE_NAME}:${SUBSTRATE_IMAGE_TAG}"
+  retry: 2
+  tags:
+    - parity-simnet