Merge branch 'separate-upgrade-42' into 'release/4.2'

Cherry-pick Sankar's changes to release/4.2

See merge request weblogic-cloud/weblogic-kubernetes-operator!4778

Author: rjeberhard

Jenkinsfile.podman

@@ -2,27 +2,24 @@
 // Licensed under the Universal Permissive License v 1.0 as shown at https://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl.
 //
 def kind_k8s_map = [
-    '0.22.0': [
-        '1.29.2':  'kindest/node:v1.29.2@sha256:51a1434a5397193442f0be2a297b488b6c919ce8a3931be0ce822606ea5ca245',
-        '1.29':    'kindest/node:v1.29.2@sha256:51a1434a5397193442f0be2a297b488b6c919ce8a3931be0ce822606ea5ca245',
-        '1.28.7':  'kindest/node:v1.28.7@sha256:9bc6c451a289cf96ad0bbaf33d416901de6fd632415b076ab05f5fa7e4f65c58',
-        '1.28':    'kindest/node:v1.28.7@sha256:9bc6c451a289cf96ad0bbaf33d416901de6fd632415b076ab05f5fa7e4f65c58',
-        '1.27.11': 'kindest/node:v1.27.11@sha256:681253009e68069b8e01aad36a1e0fa8cf18bb0ab3e5c4069b2e65cafdd70843',
-        '1.27':    'kindest/node:v1.27.11@sha256:681253009e68069b8e01aad36a1e0fa8cf18bb0ab3e5c4069b2e65cafdd70843',
-        '1.26.14': 'kindest/node:v1.26.14@sha256:5d548739ddef37b9318c70cb977f57bf3e5015e4552be4e27e57280a8cbb8e4f',
-        '1.26':    'kindest/node:v1.26.14@sha256:5d548739ddef37b9318c70cb977f57bf3e5015e4552be4e27e57280a8cbb8e4f',
-        '1.25.16': 'kindest/node:v1.25.16@sha256:e8b50f8e06b44bb65a93678a65a26248fae585b3d3c2a669e5ca6c90c69dc519',
-        '1.25':    'kindest/node:v1.25.16@sha256:e8b50f8e06b44bb65a93678a65a26248fae585b3d3c2a669e5ca6c90c69dc519',
-        '1.24.17': 'kindest/node:v1.24.17@sha256:bad10f9b98d54586cba05a7eaa1b61c6b90bfc4ee174fdc43a7b75ca75c95e51',
-        '1.24':    'kindest/node:v1.24.17@sha256:bad10f9b98d54586cba05a7eaa1b61c6b90bfc4ee174fdc43a7b75ca75c95e51',
-        '1.23.17': 'kindest/node:v1.23.17@sha256:14d0a9a892b943866d7e6be119a06871291c517d279aedb816a4b4bc0ec0a5b3',
-        '1.23':    'kindest/node:v1.23.17@sha256:14d0a9a892b943866d7e6be119a06871291c517d279aedb816a4b4bc0ec0a5b3'
+    '0.23.0': [
+        '1.30.0':  'kindest/node:v1.30.0@sha256:047357ac0cfea04663786a612ba1eaba9702bef25227a794b52890dd8bcd692e',
+        '1.30':    'kindest/node:v1.30.0@sha256:047357ac0cfea04663786a612ba1eaba9702bef25227a794b52890dd8bcd692e',
+        '1.29.4':  'kindest/node:v1.29.4@sha256:3abb816a5b1061fb15c6e9e60856ec40d56b7b52bcea5f5f1350bc6e2320b6f8',
+        '1.29':    'kindest/node:v1.29.4@sha256:3abb816a5b1061fb15c6e9e60856ec40d56b7b52bcea5f5f1350bc6e2320b6f8',
+        '1.28.9':  'kindest/node:v1.28.9@sha256:dca54bc6a6079dd34699d53d7d4ffa2e853e46a20cd12d619a09207e35300bd0',
+        '1.28':    'kindest/node:v1.28.9@sha256:dca54bc6a6079dd34699d53d7d4ffa2e853e46a20cd12d619a09207e35300bd0',
+        '1.27.13': 'kindest/node:v1.27.13@sha256:17439fa5b32290e3ead39ead1250dca1d822d94a10d26f1981756cd51b24b9d8',
+        '1.27':    'kindest/node:v1.27.13@sha256:17439fa5b32290e3ead39ead1250dca1d822d94a10d26f1981756cd51b24b9d8',
+        '1.26.15': 'kindest/node:v1.26.15@sha256:84333e26cae1d70361bb7339efb568df1871419f2019c80f9a12b7e2d485fe19',
+        '1.26':    'kindest/node:v1.26.15@sha256:84333e26cae1d70361bb7339efb568df1871419f2019c80f9a12b7e2d485fe19',
+        '1.25.16': 'kindest/node:v1.25.16@sha256:5da57dfc290ac3599e775e63b8b6c49c0c85d3fec771cd7d55b45fae14b38d3b',
+        '1.25':    'kindest/node:v1.25.16@sha256:5da57dfc290ac3599e775e63b8b6c49c0c85d3fec771cd7d55b45fae14b38d3b'
     ]
 ]
 def _kind_image = null
 CRON_SETTINGS = '''H 1 * * * % MAVEN_PROFILE_NAME=kind-parallel
-                   H 2 * * * % MAVEN_PROFILE_NAME=kind-sequential
-                   H 3 * * * % MAVEN_PROFILE_NAME=kind-upgrade;KUBE_VERSION=1.24.17'''
+                   H 2 * * * % MAVEN_PROFILE_NAME=kind-sequential'''
 
 pipeline {
     agent { label 'large-ol9u4' }
@@ -85,27 +82,25 @@ pipeline {
         choice(name: 'KIND_VERSION',
                description: 'Kind version.',
                choices: [
-                   '0.22.0'
+                   '0.23.0'
                ]
         )
         choice(name: 'KUBE_VERSION',
-               description: 'Kubernetes version. Supported values depend on the Kind version. Kind 0.22.0: 1.29, 1.29.2, 1.28, 1.28.7, 1.27, 1.27.11, 1.26, 1.26.14, 1.25, 1.25.16, 1.24, 1.24.17, 1.23, 1.23.17 ',
+               description: 'Kubernetes version. Supported values depend on the Kind version. Kind 0.23.0: 1.30, 1.30.0, 1.29, 1.29.4, 1.28, 1.28.9, 1.27, 1.27.13, 1.26, 1.26.15, 1.25, 1.25.16 ',
                choices: [
                     // The first item in the list is the default value...
-                    '1.29.2',
+                    '1.30.0',
+                    '1.30',
+                    '1.29.4',
                     '1.29',
-                    '1.28.7',
+                    '1.28.9',
                     '1.28',
-                    '1.27.11',
+                    '1.27.13',
                     '1.27',
-		    '1.26.14',
+                    '1.26.15',
                     '1.26',
                     '1.25.16',
-                    '1.25',
-                    '1.24.17',
-                    '1.24',
-                    '1.23.17',
-                    '1.23'
+                    '1.25'
                ]
         )
         string(name: 'HELM_VERSION',