Update release checklist (googleforgames#3334)

* Update release checklist

* Create script for helm commands

* suggested changes

* new line added

* modified sh file

* one more new line

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Co-authored-by: Mark Mandel <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Agones Bot <[email protected]>

Author: 3 people

build/Makefile

@@ -858,3 +858,9 @@ test-gen-crd-client:
 		echo "$$diff_output"; \
 	fi
 
+install-release: $(ensure-build-image)
+	docker run -it --rm \
+		$(common_mounts) \
+		$(DOCKER_RUN_ARGS) \
+		$(build_tag) /go/src/agones.dev/agones/build/install-release.sh
+

build/install-release.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright 2023 Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+echo "Listing Helm releases in agones-system namespace..."
+helm ls -n agones-system
+
+echo "Removing Agones deployment from agones-system namespace..."
+helm uninstall -n agones-system agones || echo "Failed to uninstall. Consider deleting the current cluster and setting up a new one. Refer to https://agones.dev/site/docs/installation/creating-cluster/gke/#create-a-standard-mode-cluster-for-agones"
+
+echo "Listing pods in the agones-system namespace..."
+kubectl get pods -n agones-system
+
+echo "Deleting agones-system namespace..."
+kubectl delete ns agones-system
+echo "Agones system namespace deleted."
+
+echo "Helm repo update to fetch the latest version of Agones..."
+helm repo update
+
+echo "Verifying the new version..."
+helm search repo agones --versions --devel
+
+echo "Installing Agones in agones-system namespace..."
+helm install --create-namespace --namespace=agones-system agones agones/agones
+
+echo "Listing all pods in agones-system namespace..."
+kubectl get pods --namespace agones-system
+
+echo "Execute any of the test functions from test/e2e directory to complete the smoke test."

docs/governance/templates/release_issue.md

@@ -51,9 +51,7 @@ and copy it into a release issue. Fill in relevant values, found inside {}
 - [ ] Run `make post-build-release` to build the artifacts in GCS(These files will be attached in the release notes) and to push the latest images in the release repository and push chart on agones-chart.
 - [ ] Run `make shell` and run `gcloud config configurations activate <your development project>` to switch Agones
       development tooling off of the `agones-images` project.
-- [ ] Do a `helm repo add agones https://agones.dev/chart/stable` / `helm repo update` and verify that the new
-      version is available via the command `helm search repo agones --versions --devel`.
-- [ ] Do a `helm install --namespace=agones-system agones agones/agones` or `helm install --create-namespace --namespace=agones-system agones agones/agones` if the namespace was deleted and a smoke test to confirm everything is working.
+- [ ] Smoke Test: run `make install-release` to view helm releases, uninstall agones-system namesapce, fetch the latest version of Agones, verify the new version, installing agones-system namespace, and list all the pods of agones-system.
 - [ ] Attach all assets found in the cloud storage with {version} to the draft GitHub Release.
 - [ ] Copy any review changes from the release blog post into the draft GitHub release.
 - [ ] Publish the draft GitHub Release.