NH-37575: download agent from GitHub

.github/workflows/push.yml

@@ -24,6 +24,60 @@ env:
   STAGE_BUCKET: ${{ secrets.STAGE_BUCKET }}
 
 jobs:
+  github_release:
+    if: inputs.run_github_release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: '17'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+
+      - name: Build agent
+        run: ./gradlew clean build -x test
+
+      - name: Pre-release and upload artifacts
+        run: |
+          VERSION=$(unzip -p agent/build/libs/solarwinds-apm-agent.jar META-INF/MANIFEST.MF | grep Implementation-Version | awk '{ print $2 }')
+          VERSION=$(echo $VERSION | sed 's/[^a-z0-9.-]//g') # remove illegal characters
+          VERSION="$VERSION-alpha"
+          echo "Current version is $VERSION"
+
+          response=$(curl -fs -L \
+            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+            -H "Authorization: Bearer ${GITHUB_TOKEN}"\
+            -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+            https://api.github.com/repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/releases \
+            -d '{"tag_name":"v'"$VERSION"'", "name":"v'"$VERSION"'", "body":"New release: v'"$VERSION"'", "draft":false, "prerelease":true}')
+
+          release_id=$(echo "$response" | jq -r '.id')
+
+          # Function to upload a file to GitHub release
+          upload_file_to_release() {
+            local release_id="$1"
+            local file_path="$2"
+
+            # Extract filename from file path
+            file_name=$(basename "$file_path")
+
+            # Upload file to GitHub release
+            curl -fs \
+              -X POST \
+              -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+              -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
+              -H "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \
+              --data-binary @"$file_path" \
+              "https://uploads.github.com/repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/releases/$release_id/assets?name=$file_name"
+          }
+
+          # Upload file to GitHub release
+          upload_file_to_release "$release_id" "agent/build/libs/solarwinds-apm-agent.jar"
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
   s3-stage-upload:  # this job uploads the jar to stage s3
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps: