Set QA test targets for 17.8.0+rc42.ee.0

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gitlab-ci-config/variables.yml

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 variables:
-  # BUILDER_IMAGE_REGISTRY is set to
-  # `dev.gitlab.org:5005/cookbooks/gitlab-omnibus-builder` in the project
-  # settings of omnibus-gitlab mirror in dev.gitlab.org so that builds there
-  # will use images from that registry and not depend on GitLab.com
-  BUILDER_IMAGE_REGISTRY: "registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-omnibus-builder"
-  # To be used for images that exist only on dev.gitlab.org
-  DEV_BUILDER_IMAGE_REGISTRY: 'dev.gitlab.org:5005/cookbooks/gitlab-omnibus-builder'
-  PUBLIC_BUILDER_IMAGE_REGISTRY: "registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-omnibus-builder"
-  BUILDER_IMAGE_REVISION: "5.23.0"
-  # The registry to pull the assets image from
+  BUILDER_IMAGE_REGISTRY: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-omnibus-builder
+  DEV_BUILDER_IMAGE_REGISTRY: dev.gitlab.org:5005/cookbooks/gitlab-omnibus-builder
+  PUBLIC_BUILDER_IMAGE_REGISTRY: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-omnibus-builder
+  BUILDER_IMAGE_REVISION: 5.23.0
   ASSET_REGISTRY: "${CI_REGISTRY}"
-  ASSET_SYNC_EXISTING_REMOTE_FILES: "keep"
-  ASSET_SYNC_GZIP_COMPRESSION: "true"
-  ASSET_PATH: "assets-${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}"
-  COMPILE_ASSETS: "false"
-  RUBY_IMAGE: "ruby:3.0"
-  BUNDLE_PATH__SYSTEM: "false"
-  # Format of the auto-deploy tag for auto-deploy builds.
-  # https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release/docs/blob/master/general/deploy/auto-deploy.md#auto-deploy-tagging
-  AUTO_DEPLOY_TAG_REGEX: '^\d+\.\d+\.\d+\+[^ ]{7,}\.[^ ]{7,}$'
-  # Default environment for auto-deploy
-  AUTO_DEPLOY_ENVIRONMENT: 'pre'
-  OMNIBUS_GITLAB_MIRROR_ID: "14588374"
-  DOCS_GITLAB_REPO_SUFFIX: "omnibus"
-  CACHE_KEY_SUFFIX: '-v3'
-  CACHE_EDITION: "CE"
-  CACHE_POLICY: 'pull-push'
-  ISSUE_BOT_LABELS_EXTRA: "group::distribution"
-  BUNDLER_VERSION: "2.5.9"
-  GET_GEO_TAG: "0.7.4"
-  CANONICAL_PROJECT_PATH: 'gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab'
-  SECURITY_PROJECT_PATH: 'gitlab-org/security/omnibus-gitlab'
-  DEV_PROJECT_PATH: 'gitlab/omnibus-gitlab'
-  QA_PROJECT_PATH: 'gitlab-org/build/omnibus-gitlab-mirror'
-  ARM64_RUNNER_TAG: 'arm64'
-  PACKAGE_PROMOTION_RUNNER_TAG: 'promotion'
-  NIGHTLY_REPO: 'nightly-builds'
-  NIGHTLY_FIPS_REPO: 'nightly-fips-builds'
-  QA_TESTS_UPSTREAM_PROJECT: 'gitlab-org/gitlab'
-  QA_TESTS_REF: 'master'
-  OPENSSL_VERSION: '3.4.0'
+  ASSET_SYNC_EXISTING_REMOTE_FILES: keep
+  ASSET_SYNC_GZIP_COMPRESSION: 'true'
+  ASSET_PATH: assets-${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}
+  COMPILE_ASSETS: 'false'
+  RUBY_IMAGE: ruby:3.0
+  BUNDLE_PATH__SYSTEM: 'false'
+  AUTO_DEPLOY_TAG_REGEX: "^\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+\\+[^ ]{7,}\\.[^ ]{7,}$"
+  AUTO_DEPLOY_ENVIRONMENT: pre
+  OMNIBUS_GITLAB_MIRROR_ID: '14588374'
+  DOCS_GITLAB_REPO_SUFFIX: omnibus
+  CACHE_KEY_SUFFIX: "-v3"
+  CACHE_EDITION: CE
+  CACHE_POLICY: pull-push
+  ISSUE_BOT_LABELS_EXTRA: group::distribution
+  BUNDLER_VERSION: 2.5.9
+  GET_GEO_TAG: 0.7.4
+  CANONICAL_PROJECT_PATH: gitlab-org/omnibus-gitlab
+  SECURITY_PROJECT_PATH: gitlab-org/security/omnibus-gitlab
+  DEV_PROJECT_PATH: gitlab/omnibus-gitlab
+  QA_PROJECT_PATH: gitlab-org/build/omnibus-gitlab-mirror
+  ARM64_RUNNER_TAG: arm64
+  PACKAGE_PROMOTION_RUNNER_TAG: promotion
+  NIGHTLY_REPO: nightly-builds
+  NIGHTLY_FIPS_REPO: nightly-fips-builds
+  QA_TESTS_UPSTREAM_PROJECT: gitlab-org/gitlab-foss
+  QA_TESTS_REF: 17-8-stable
+  OPENSSL_VERSION: 3.4.0
   FF_TIMESTAMPS: true
-  OPENSSL_GEM_VERSION: '~> 3.2.0'
-  RAT_PROJECT_PATH: 'gitlab-org/distribution/reference-architecture-tester'
+  OPENSSL_GEM_VERSION: "~> 3.2.0"
+  RAT_PROJECT_PATH: gitlab-org/distribution/reference-architecture-tester