Properly archive Kafka binaries between steps in GHA

.github/actions/build/build-containers/action.yml

@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ runs:
     - name: Download Kafka binaries artifact
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
       with:
-        name: kafka-binaries
-        path: images/kafka_binaries/
+        name: kafka-binaries.tar.gz
+        path: .
 
-    - name: Restore execute permissions on Kafka scripts
+    - name: Extract Kafka binaries
       shell: bash
-      run: chmod -R +x images/kafka_binaries/*/bin/
+      run: tar -xzf kafka-binaries.tar.gz -C images
 
     - name: Build base images
       shell: bash

.github/actions/build/prepare-kafka/action.yml

@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       run: make prepare
 
+    - name: Create tar archive of Kafka binaries
+      shell: bash
+      run: tar -czf kafka-binaries.tar.gz -C images kafka_binaries
+
     - name: Upload Kafka binaries artifact
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
       with:
-        name: kafka-binaries
-        path: images/kafka_binaries/
-        retention-days: 1
-
-# Made with Bob
+        name: kafka-binaries.tar.gz
+        path: kafka-binaries.tar.gz

.gitignore

@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 .idea
 
 # MacOS related
-.DS_Store
+.DS_Store
+
+# Build artifacts
+images/kafka_binaries/
+images/kafka_tars/
+images/base/strimzi_base_*.tar
+container-archives/

images/base/build_base_images.sh

@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ do
                     -t strimzi/$PROJECT_NAME_BASE:$CURRENT_TAG-$ARCH $DOCKERFILE_BASE_DIR
 
     # "refresh" Docker's awareness of the image
-    $DOCKER_CMD save strimzi/$PROJECT_NAME_BASE:$CURRENT_TAG-$ARCH -o strimzi_base_$ARCH.tar
-    $DOCKER_CMD load -i strimzi_base_$ARCH.tar
+    $DOCKER_CMD save strimzi/$PROJECT_NAME_BASE:$CURRENT_TAG-$ARCH -o $DOCKERFILE_BASE_DIR/strimzi_base_$ARCH.tar
+    $DOCKER_CMD load -i $DOCKERFILE_BASE_DIR/strimzi_base_$ARCH.tar
     # tagging this image eliminate this error
     #  ```
     #      ERROR: failed to solve: strimzi/base:local: pull access denied, repository does not exist or may require authorization: server message: insufficient_scope: authorization failed