Revert readycheck for step-ca;Revert retries;DRY;Upgrade components;Fix syntax

ansible/vars/metacluster.yml

@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 platform:
 
   k3s:
-    # version: v1.26.0+k3s1
-    # max supported version by Longhorn is <v1.25.0
-    version: v1.24.9+k3s1
+    version: v1.26.0+k3s1
 
   gitops:
     repository:
@@ -151,7 +149,7 @@ components:
 
   longhorn:
     helm:
-      version: 1.3.2
+      version: 1.4.0
       chart: longhorn/longhorn
       parse_logic: cat values.yaml | yq eval '.. | select(has("repository")) | .repository + ":" + .tag'
       chart_values: !unsafe |
@@ -167,7 +165,8 @@ components:
 
   step-certificates:
     helm:
-      version: 1.18.2+20220324
+      # version: 1.18.2+20220324
+      version: 1.23.0
       chart: smallstep/step-certificates
       parse_logic: helm template . | yq --no-doc eval '.. | .image? | select(.)' | sed '/:/!s/$/:latest/' | sort -u
       chart_values: !unsafe |