[ci] Added dependabot and upgraded actions in CI

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://docs.github.com/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions" # Check for GitHub Actions updates
+    directory: "/" # The root directory where the Ansible role is located
+    schedule:
+      interval: "monthly" # Check for updates monthly
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "[ci] "

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   tests:
     name: QA-Checks and Tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: "3.8"
+          python-version: "3.x"
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         id: deps
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
           CI: 1
 
       - name: Run sh-checker
-        uses: luizm/action-sh-checker@master
+        uses: luizm/action-sh-checker@v0.9.0
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
 
   build:
     name: Build and upload package as artifacts
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     env:
       BUILD_DIR: '/home/runner/work/build'
       DOWNLOADS_DIR: '/home/runner/work/downloads'
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Cache OpenWrt dependencies
         id: cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
         env:
           cache-name: cache-openwrt-dependencies
         with:
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload packages as artifacts
         if: ${{ github.event_name=='push' }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: Packages
           path: "${{ env.DOWNLOADS_DIR }}/${{ env.START_TIME }}"

install-dev.sh

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ git clone https://git.openwrt.org/project/libubox.git --depth=1
 git clone https://git.openwrt.org/project/uci.git --depth=1
 { cd uci && cmake . && make install && cd ..; } || { echo 'Installing uci failed!' && exit 1; }
 # install nixio
-luarocks install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openwisp/nixio/master/nixio-scm-0.rockspec
+luarocks install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Neopallium/nixio/refs/heads/master/rockspecs/nixio-scm-0.rockspec
 # install luaformatter
 git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/Koihik/LuaFormatter.git
 { cd LuaFormatter && cmake . && make install && cd ..; } || { echo 'Installing LuaFormatter failed' && exit 1; }