Remove azure from release flow (#7999)

remove azure from release flow

Author: AlexFenlon

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -469,54 +469,54 @@ jobs:
           key: nginx-ingress-release-${{ needs.variables.outputs.go_code_md5 }}
         if: ${{ needs.variables.outputs.binary_cache_sign_hit != 'true' }}
 
-  azure-upload:
-    if: ${{ ! cancelled() && ! failure() && ! contains(inputs.skip_step, 'azure-upload') }}
-    name: Upload packages to Azure
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    needs: [variables, binaries]
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write
-      contents: read
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ inputs.release_branch }}
+  # azure-upload:
+  #   if: ${{ ! cancelled() && ! failure() && ! contains(inputs.skip_step, 'azure-upload') }}
+  #   name: Upload packages to Azure
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+  #   needs: [variables, binaries]
+  #   permissions:
+  #     id-token: write
+  #     contents: read
+  #   steps:
+  #     - name: Checkout Repository
+  #       uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+  #       with:
+  #         ref: ${{ inputs.release_branch }}
 
-      - name: Fetch Cached Tarball Artifacts
-        uses: actions/cache@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.2.3
-        with:
-          key: nginx-ingress-release-${{ needs.variables.outputs.go_code_md5 }}
-          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/tarballs
-          fail-on-cache-miss: true
+  #     - name: Fetch Cached Tarball Artifacts
+  #       uses: actions/cache@5a3ec84eff668545956fd18022155c47e93e2684 # v4.2.3
+  #       with:
+  #         key: nginx-ingress-release-${{ needs.variables.outputs.go_code_md5 }}
+  #         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/tarballs
+  #         fail-on-cache-miss: true
 
-      - name: Azure login
-        uses: azure/login@a457da9ea143d694b1b9c7c869ebb04ebe844ef5 # v2.3.0
-        with:
-          client-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}
-          tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
-          subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
+  #     - name: Azure login
+  #       uses: azure/login@a457da9ea143d694b1b9c7c869ebb04ebe844ef5 # v2.3.0
+  #       with:
+  #         client-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}
+  #         tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
+  #         subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
 
-      - name: Azure Upload Release Packages
-        uses: azure/CLI@089eac9d8cc39f5d003e94f8b65efc51076c9cbd # v2.1.0
-        with:
-          inlineScript: |
-            for i in $(find tarballs -type f); do
-              echo -n "Uploading ${i} to kubernetes-ingress/v${{ inputs.nic_version }}/${i##*/} ... "
-              if ${{ ! inputs.dry_run}}; then
-                az storage blob upload --auth-mode=login -f "$i" -c ${{ secrets.AZURE_BUCKET_NAME }} \
-                  --account-name ${{ secrets.AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT }} --overwrite -n kubernetes-ingress/v${{ inputs.nic_version }}/${i##*/}
-                echo "done"
-              else
-                echo "skipped, dry_run."
-              fi
-            done
+  #     - name: Azure Upload Release Packages
+  #       uses: azure/CLI@089eac9d8cc39f5d003e94f8b65efc51076c9cbd # v2.1.0
+  #       with:
+  #         inlineScript: |
+  #           for i in $(find tarballs -type f); do
+  #             echo -n "Uploading ${i} to kubernetes-ingress/v${{ inputs.nic_version }}/${i##*/} ... "
+  #             if ${{ ! inputs.dry_run}}; then
+  #               az storage blob upload --auth-mode=login -f "$i" -c ${{ secrets.AZURE_BUCKET_NAME }} \
+  #                 --account-name ${{ secrets.AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT }} --overwrite -n kubernetes-ingress/v${{ inputs.nic_version }}/${i##*/}
+  #               echo "done"
+  #             else
+  #               echo "skipped, dry_run."
+  #             fi
+  #           done
 
   github-release:
     if: ${{ ! cancelled() && ! failure() && ! contains(inputs.skip_step, 'github-release') }}
     name: Publish release to GitHub
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    needs: [variables, binaries, release-oss, release-plus-gcr-nginx, azure-upload]
+    needs: [variables, binaries, release-oss, release-plus-gcr-nginx]
     permissions:
       contents: write # to modify the release
       issues: write # to close milestone