enable downloads cicd tests

.github/workflows/cicd.yml

@@ -415,6 +415,13 @@ jobs:
       - staticcheck
       - build-containerlab
 
+  download-tests:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/download-tests.yml
+    needs:
+      - unit-test
+      - staticcheck
+      - build-containerlab
+
   # a job that downloads coverage artifact and uses codecov to upload it
   coverage:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04

.github/workflows/download-tests.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+name: vxlan-test
+
+"on":
+  workflow_call:
+
+jobs:
+  vxlan-tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        runtime:
+          - "docker"
+        test-suite:
+          - "*.robot"
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: containerlab
+
+      - name: Move containerlab to usr/bin
+        run: sudo mv ./containerlab /usr/bin/containerlab && sudo chmod a+x /usr/bin/containerlab
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.10"
+          cache: pip
+          cache-dependency-path: "tests/requirements.txt"
+
+      - name: Install robotframework
+        run: |
+          pip install -r tests/requirements.txt
+
+      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: |
+          bash ./tests/rf-run.sh ${{ matrix.runtime }} ./tests/09-download/${{ matrix.test-suite }}
+
+      # upload test reports as a zip file
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        if: always()
+        with:
+          name: 08-${{ matrix.runtime }}-vxlan-log
+          path: ./tests/out/*.html
+
+      # upload coverage report from unit tests, as they are then
+      # merged with e2e tests coverage
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        if: always()
+        with:
+          name: coverage
+          path: /tmp/clab-tests/coverage/*
+          retention-days: 7