[RPM M1] The build workflow should generate the contents of the RPM packages as pre-requisite

[peterzhuamazon]

Tasks	Estimate	Status	Notes	Dependencies
Re-use the existing build process to generate the OpenSearch/Dashboards min + all of the plugins artifacts for RPM package to use	2	Completed
The artifacts should be built with LINUX platform specified, as we only plan to support RPM package on LINUX	1	No Plan		20220211: See next section of adding --distribution as that one take care of this one.
Tweak the build workflow to have a “—distribution” parameter so the internal API call can show “rpm” text, instead of the default “tar” text, as well as removing tar related files	2	OS ✅ OSD ✅	This probably need changes in the opensearch core so need core team support	opensearch-project/OpenSearch changes: opensearch-project/OpenSearch#2043 20220211: #1619 20220215: #1629 ✅ 20220217: Dashboards does not build rpm at all even with correct settings: opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards#1259 (20220218: it builds x64 rpm but not arm64 rpm) 20220301: @kavilla PR to add arm64 deb/rpm support in dashboards opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards#1285 20220217_2: Only send -d to core components: #1651 #1652 ✅ 20220218: dashboards build.sh #1656 ✅ 20220302: @kavilla add the functionality for dashboards x64/arm64 rpm will update the build scripts to consume those #1699 ✅

[peterzhuamazon]

Add new issue for core team to add this option for tweak build_type for rpm: opensearch-project/OpenSearch#2043

[peterzhuamazon]

New PR to add --distribution to build workflow to consume all the RPM related features such as notifications in systemctl as well as rpm type in API output.

#1619
#1629

[peterzhuamazon]

20220217: Add a new issue to track problems with dashboards on building rpm:
opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards#1259

[peterzhuamazon]

20220217_2: Only send -d to core components: #1651

[peterzhuamazon]

New PR #1652

[peterzhuamazon]

20220218: PA issue block 1.3.0 build now (resolved)
opensearch-project/performance-analyzer#140

[peterzhuamazon]

20220301: @kavilla PR to add arm64 deb/rpm support in dashboards opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards#1285

20220302: @kavilla add the functionality for dashboards x64/arm64 rpm will update the build scripts to consume those.

[peterzhuamazon]

20220302: New PR to add params to build rpm for OpenSearch-Dashboards: #1699.