nvmeof: add nvmeof minikube canary test without csi operator

adds a new nvmeof minikube canary job for ceph v20.
the test deploys rook with csi operator disabled for nvmeof flow.
it validates pvc and pod io, gateway restart, and data persistence.

Signed-off-by: Oded Viner <oviner@redhat.com>

.github/workflows/canary-integration-test.yml

@@ -1957,6 +1957,78 @@ jobs:
         with:
           debug-ci: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'debug-ci') }}
 
+  nvmeof-protocol:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    if: "!contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'skip-ci')"
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        ceph-image: ["quay.io/ceph/ceph:v20"]
+        kubernetes-version: ${{ fromJson(inputs.kubernetes-version) }}
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: consider (pre-job) debugging
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/tmate_debug
+        with:
+          use-tmate: ${{ secrets.USE_TMATE }}
+          debug-ci: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'debug-ci') }}
+
+      - name: setup cluster resources
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/integration-test-setup-cluster-resources
+        with:
+          kubernetes-version: ${{ matrix.kubernetes-version }}
+
+      - name: install nvme initiator prerequisites
+        run: tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh install_nvme_initiator_prerequisites
+
+      - name: set Ceph version in CephCluster manifest
+        run: tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh replace_ceph_image "deploy/examples/cluster-test.yaml" "${{ matrix.ceph-image }}"
+
+      - name: validate-yaml
+        run: tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh validate_yaml
+
+      - name: use local disk and create partitions for osds
+        run: |
+          tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh use_local_disk
+          tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh create_partitions_for_osds
+
+      - name: deploy cluster without ceph-csi operator
+        run: |
+          OPERATOR_MANIFEST="deploy/examples/operator.yaml"
+          sed -i 's|# ROOK_CSI_CEPH_IMAGE: "quay.io/cephcsi/cephcsi:v3.16.1"|ROOK_CSI_CEPH_IMAGE: "quay.io/nixpanic/cephcsi:nvmeof"|' "${OPERATOR_MANIFEST}"
+          sed -i 's|ROOK_USE_CSI_OPERATOR: "true"|ROOK_USE_CSI_OPERATOR: "false"|' "${OPERATOR_MANIFEST}"
+
+          tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh deploy_manifest_with_local_build "${OPERATOR_MANIFEST}"
+
+          export BLOCK="$(tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh find_extra_block_dev)"
+          yq w -i -d0 deploy/examples/cluster-test.yaml spec.storage.deviceFilter "${BLOCK}"
+          kubectl create -f deploy/examples/cluster-test.yaml
+          tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh deploy_toolbox
+
+      - name: wait for prepare pod
+        run: tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh wait_for_prepare_pod 2
+
+      - name: wait for ceph to be ready
+        env:
+          CSI_POD_MIN_COUNT: "6"
+        run: tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh wait_for_ceph_to_be_ready osd 2
+
+      - name: test ceph-csi-nvmeof plugin restart and data persistence
+        run: tests/scripts/github-action-helper.sh test_csi_nvmeof_workload
+
+      - name: collect common logs
+        if: always()
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/collect-logs
+        with:
+          name: ${{ github.job }}-${{ matrix.ceph-image }}
+      - name: consider (post-job) debugging
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/upterm_debug
+        with:
+          debug-ci: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'debug-ci') }}
+
   encryption-pvc-kms-ibm-kp:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     if: "!contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'skip-ci')"