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Integration Testing

James Falcon <james.falcon@canonical.com>

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Problem

  • Lack of integration tests

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  • Rigid tooling

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  • Release updates

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Example

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Output

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Configuration

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Fixtures

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More Fixtures

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Benefits

  • Pytest

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  • Cloud-agnostic tests

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  • Overridable configuration with sane defaults

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  • Loose coupling between tests, image creation, and clouds

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More to do

  • Write actual tests!

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  • More helpers
    • Collect/Search/Analyze logs
    • File-based cloud configs

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  • Support additional data sources

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  • Support additional distros

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Contribute!

  • PR is still in progress:
    • https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/pull/581