attempting more pipeline changes for local cluster registries

.gitea/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -167,20 +167,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Configure Docker daemon for plain HTTP registry
-        if: needs.metadata.outputs.registry_plain_http == 'true'
-        uses: docker/setup-docker-action@v4
-        with:
-          daemon-config: |
-            {
-              "features": {
-                "containerd-snapshotter": true
-              },
-              "insecure-registries": [
-                "${{ needs.metadata.outputs.registry }}"
-              ]
-            }
-
       - name: Setup Docker Buildx
         if: needs.metadata.outputs.registry_plain_http != 'true'
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
@@ -205,13 +191,18 @@ jobs:
           username="${REGISTRY_USERNAME:-${{ github.actor }}}"
           password="${REGISTRY_PASSWORD:-${GITHUB_TOKEN_FALLBACK:-}}"
           registry="${{ needs.metadata.outputs.registry }}"
+          login_registry="$registry"
 
           if [ -z "$password" ]; then
             echo "Set CONTAINER_REGISTRY_PASSWORD or enable GITHUB_TOKEN package writes"
             exit 1
           fi
 
-          printf '%s' "$password" | docker login "$registry" \
+          if [ "${{ needs.metadata.outputs.registry_plain_http }}" = "true" ]; then
+            login_registry="http://${registry}"
+          fi
+
+          printf '%s' "$password" | docker login "$login_registry" \
             --username "$username" \
             --password-stdin