[v8.3.x] chore(drone): switch to using cypress built image for e2e tests (#44050)

* chore(drone): switch to using cypress built image for e2e tests

(cherry picked from commit ec9d6b9ca9)

* Remove volumes - downgrade cypress version

Co-authored-by: Timur Olzhabayev <timur.olzhabayev@grafana.com>

scripts/drone/pipelines/main.star

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ load(
     'build_frontend_step',
     'build_plugins_step',
     'package_step',
-    'install_cypress_step',
     'e2e_tests_server_step',
     'e2e_tests_step',
     'build_storybook_step',
@@ -96,8 +95,7 @@ def get_steps(edition, is_downstream=False):
 
     # Insert remaining steps
     build_steps.extend([
-        package_step(edition=edition, ver_mode=ver_mode, include_enterprise2=include_enterprise2, is_downstream=is_downstream),
-        install_cypress_step(),
+        package_step(edition=edition, ver_mode=ver_mode, include_enterprise2=include_enterprise2, is_downstream=is_downstream),        
         e2e_tests_server_step(edition=edition),
         e2e_tests_step('dashboards-suite', edition=edition),
         e2e_tests_step('smoke-tests-suite', edition=edition),

scripts/drone/pipelines/pr.star

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ load(
     'test_backend_integration_step',
     'test_frontend_step',
     'package_step',
-    'install_cypress_step',
     'e2e_tests_server_step',
     'e2e_tests_step',
     'build_storybook_step',
@@ -90,7 +89,6 @@ def pr_pipelines(edition):
     # Insert remaining build_steps
     build_steps.extend([
         package_step(edition=edition, ver_mode=ver_mode, include_enterprise2=include_enterprise2, variants=variants),
-        install_cypress_step(),
         e2e_tests_server_step(edition=edition),
         e2e_tests_step('dashboards-suite', edition=edition),
         e2e_tests_step('smoke-tests-suite', edition=edition),

scripts/drone/pipelines/release.star

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ load(
     'build_frontend_step',
     'build_plugins_step',
     'package_step',
-    'install_cypress_step',
     'e2e_tests_server_step',
     'e2e_tests_step',
     'build_storybook_step',
@@ -229,7 +228,6 @@ def get_steps(edition, ver_mode):
 
     if not disable_tests:
         build_steps.extend([
-            install_cypress_step(),
             e2e_tests_step('dashboards-suite', edition=edition, tries=3),
             e2e_tests_step('smoke-tests-suite', edition=edition, tries=3),
             e2e_tests_step('panels-suite', edition=edition, tries=3),

scripts/drone/steps/lib.star

@@ -667,40 +667,21 @@ def e2e_tests_server_step(edition, port=3001):
         ],
     }
 
-def install_cypress_step():
-    return {
-        'name': 'cypress',
-        'image': 'grafana/ci-e2e:12.19.0-1',
-        'depends_on': [
-            'package',
-            ],
-        'commands': [
-            'yarn run cypress install',
-        ],
-        'volumes': [{
-            'name': 'cypress_cache',
-            'path': '/root/.cache/Cypress'
-        }],
-    }
-
 def e2e_tests_step(suite, edition, port=3001, tries=None):
     cmd = './bin/grabpl e2e-tests --port {} --suite {}'.format(port, suite)
     if tries:
         cmd += ' --tries {}'.format(tries)
     return {
         'name': 'end-to-end-tests-{}'.format(suite) + enterprise2_suffix(edition),
-        'image': 'grafana/ci-e2e:12.19.0-1',
+        'image': 'cypress/included:8.4.1',
         'depends_on': [
-            'cypress',
+            'package',
         ],
         'environment': {
             'HOST': 'end-to-end-tests-server' + enterprise2_suffix(edition),
         },
-        'volumes': [{
-            'name': 'cypress_cache',
-            'path': '/root/.cache/Cypress'
-        }],
         'commands': [
+            'apt-get install -y netcat',
             cmd,
         ],
     }

scripts/drone/utils/utils.star

@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ def pipeline(
         'services': services,
         'steps': steps,
         'volumes': [{
-            'name': 'cypress_cache',
-            'temp': {},
-        },{
             'name': 'docker',
             'host': {
                 'path': '/var/run/docker.sock',