pipeline multiple updates

• updated workflow rules
• updated job names
• updated container versions
• added a template for gke-initialization

added 41 commits

• 8d7aa40a...ded9f564 - 40 commits from branch staging
• aa3b89ff - Merge branch 'staging' into 'just-a-test'

Compare with previous version

mentioned in commit 019a07f4

merged