propagating aws variabales and disabiling a test if the key is there ut empty

Author: michele-sciabarra

.github/workflows/1-unit.yaml

@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ env:
   LOG_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.LOG_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
   LOG_REGION: ${{ secrets.LOG_REGION }}
 
+  # some tests need also this even if they are empty on pull_requests...
+  AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+  AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+  AWS_REGION: ${{ secrets.AWS_REGION }}
+
   # github
   GH_BUILD: ${{ github.event_name }}-${{ github.sha }}
   GH_BRANCH: ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }} 

tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/openwhisk/core/database/s3/S3Aws.scala

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ trait S3Aws extends FlatSpec {
 
   override protected def withFixture(test: NoArgTest) = {
     assume(
-      secretAccessKey != null,
+      secretAccessKey != null && secretAccessKey != "",
       "'AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY' env not configured. Configure following " +
         "env variables for test to run. 'AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID', 'AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY', 'AWS_REGION'")