os-autoinst-distri-fedora/README.md

openQA tests for the Fedora distribution

This repository contains tests and images for testing Fedora with openQA. For additional tools, Installation Guide and Docker images, see this repository.

Test development

See official documentation on basic concept, test development (including API specification), needles specification and supported variables for backend. See this example repo on how tests should be structured.

main.pm modular architecture

Since openQA uses only one entrypoint for all tests (main.pm), we have decided to utilize this feature and make tests modular. It means that basic passing through main.pm (without any variables set) results in most basic installation test executed. Developer can customize it with additional variables (for example by setting PACKAGE_SET=minimal to do installation only with minimal package set).

Fedora installation (and consequently main.pm) consists of several parts:

1. booting into Anaconda or booting live image and starting Anaconda

   Since there isn't much variation between tests in this step, we have developed universal _boot_to_anaconda.pm test that is loaded automatically each time except when ENTRYPOINT or UPGRADE is set (see VARIABLES.md).

   To customize this step, you can set following variables:

   • GRUB is appended to kernel line before boot. You can set for example inst.updates here.
   • If KICKSTART is set, this part of installation ends here (program doesn't wait for Anaconda to appear). Note that you should set inst.ks yourself by setting GRUB variable.
   • If LIVE is set, program waits for desktop to appear and then clicks on "Install to Hard Drive" button.

2. customizing installation by interacting with Anaconda spokes

   Most of the differences between tests take place in this part. If you want to add another installation test, you will probably put your variable checking and test loading here. All tests in this part should start on Anaconda's main hub and after they done its part, they should go back to Anaconda's main hub so that next test could be executed. In this phase, universal _software_selection.pm test is loaded that handles selecting what software to install.

   To customize this step, you can set following variables:

   • Set PACKAGE_SET to install required package set on "Software selection spoke" - you have to provide correct needles with the name of anaconda_${PACKAGE_SET}_highlighted and anaconda_${PACKAGE_SET}_selected.
   • Set ENCRYPT_PASSWORD to encrypt disk, value of this variable is used as an actual password.

3. installing Fedora and waiting for Fedora to reboot

   After all customizations are finished, _do_install_and_reboot.pm test is automatically loaded. It starts installation, creates user and sets root password when required, waits for installation to finish and reboots into installed system. Only variables that control flow in this part are these:

   • ROOT_PASSWORD to set root password to this value.
   • When set, USER_LOGIN and USER_PASSWORD are used to create user in Anaconda.

4. post-install phase

   After installation is finished and installed system is fully booted, you can run additional tests as checks that installed system has correct attributes - that correct file system is used, that RAID is used etc.

Make your test modular, so that it utilizes _boot_to_anaconda.pm, _software_selection.pm and _do_install_and_reboot.pm tests (that are loaded automatically). Break your test into smaller parts, each dealing with one specific feature (e. g. partitioning, user creation...) and add their loading into main.pm based on reasonable variable setting (so they can be used in other tests also).

Test inheritance

Your test can inherit from basetest, fedorabase, installedtest or anacondatest.

• basetest is basic class provided by os-autoinst - it has empty post_fail_hook() and doesn't set any flags.
• fedorabase doesn't neither set flags nor does anything in post_fail_hook(), but it provides basic functions that will be useful during testing Fedora. It should be used when no other, more specific class can be used. It provides these functions:
  • console_login() handles logging in as a root/specified user into console. It requires TTY to be already displayed (handled by the root_console() method of subclasses). You can configure user and password by setting user and password arguments. If you set check argument to 1, this function dies if it fails to log in. Example usage: $self->console_login(user => "garret", password => "weakpassword"); logs in as user garret, with password weakpassword.
  • boot_to_login_screen() handles booting from bootloader to login screen. It can take three optional arguments: first is the name of the login screen needle that should be displayed when system is booted, second is time how long still screen should be displayed until openQA decides that system is booted and third is timeout how long it should wait for still screen to appear. Example usage: $self->boot_to_login_screen("graphical_login", 30); will wait until screen is not moving for 30 seconds and then checks, whether graphical_login needle is displayed.
  • clone_host_resolv() copies the contents of the host's /etc/resolv.conf into the guest, overwriting any existing contents. This is mainly intended for use by openvswitch guests which need external connectivity.
• anacondatest should be used in tests where Anaconda is running. It uploads Anaconda logs (for example anaconda.log or packaging.log) in post_fail_hook(). It also provides these convenient methods for Anaconda:
  • root_console() tries to login is as a root. It decides to what TTY to switch into and then calls console_login() for root. If you set check argument, it dies if it fails to log in. Example usage: after calling $self->root_console(check=>1);, console should be shown with root logged in.
  • select_disks() handles disk selecting. It have one optional argument - number of disks to select. It should be run when main Anaconda hub is displayed. It enters disk selection spoke and then ensures that required number of disks are selected. Additionally, if $PARTITIONING variable (set in Web UI) starts with custom_, it selects "custom partitioning" checkbox. Example usage: after calling $self->select_disks(2); from Anaconda main hub, installation destination spoke will be displayed and two attached disks will be selected for installation.
  • custom_scheme_select() is used for setting custom partitioning scheme (such as LVM). It should be called when custom partitioning spoke is displayed. You have to pass it name of partitioning scheme and needle anaconda_part_scheme_$scheme should exist. Example usage: $self->custom_scheme_select("btrfs"); uses anaconda_part_scheme_btrfs to set partitioning scheme to Btrfs.
  • custom_change_type() is used to set different device types for specified partition (e. g. RAID). It should be called when custom partitioning spoke is displayed. You have to pass it type of partition and name of partition and needles anaconda_part_select_$part and anaconda_part_device_type_$type should exist. Example usage: $self->custom_change_type("raid", "root"); uses anaconda_part_select_root and anaconda_part_device_type_raid needles to set RAID for root partition.
  • custom_change_fs() is used to set different file systems for specified partition. It should be called when custom partitioning spoke is displayed. You have to pass it filesystem name and name of partition and needles anaconda_part_select_$part and anaconda_part_fs_$fs should exist. Example usage: $self->custom_change_fs("ext3", "root"); uses anaconda_part_select_root and anaconda_part_fs_ext3 needles to set ext3 file system for root partition.
  • custom_delete_part() is used for deletion of previously added partitions in custom partitioning spoke. It should be called when custom partitioning spoke is displayed. You have to pass it partition name and needle anaconda_part_select_$part should exist. Example usage: $self->custom_delete_part('swap'); uses anaconda_part_select_swap to delete previously added swap partition.
• installedtest should be used in tests that are running on installed system (either in postinstall phase or in upgrade tests). It uploads /var/log in post_fail_hook(). It provides these functions:
  • root_console() tries to login is as a root. It switches to TTY that is set as an argument (default is TTY1) and then calls console_login() for root. If you set check argument, it dies if it fails to log in. Example usage: running $self->root_console(tty=>2, check=>0); results in TTY2 displayed with root logged in.
  • check_release() checks whether the installed release matches a given value. E.g. check_release(23) checks whether the installed system is Fedora 23. The value can be 'Rawhide' or a Fedora release number; often you will want to use get_var('VERSION'). Expects a console prompt to be active when it is called.

New test development workflow

1. Select test from phabricator page.
2. Put each part of your test as a separate file into tests/ directory, reimplementing run() method and test_flags() method, inheriting from one of the classes mentioned above.
3. Set correct variables (so that all test parts you have made are executed) in WebUI -> Test suites.
4. Link your newly created Test suite to medium type in WebUI -> Job groups.
5. Run test (see openqa_fedora_tools repository).
6. Create needles (images) by using interactive mode and needles editor in WebUI.
7. Add new Job template and Test suite into templates file.
8. Add new Test suite and Test case into conf_test_suites.py file in openqa_fedora_tools repository.
9. Open differential request via phabricator, set openqa_fedora as a project and repository.
10. Mark your test in phabricator page as done.

Language handling

Tests can run in different languages. To set the language which will be used for a test, set the LANGUAGE variable for the test suite. The results of this will be:

1. The value set will be typed into the language search box in anaconda.
2. Any needle with at least one tag that starts with LANGUAGE will be unregistered unless it has the tag LANGUAGE-(LANGUAGE) (where (LANGUAGE) is the value set, forced to upper-case).
3. As a consequence, the chosen language will be selected at the anaconda Welcome screen.

It is very important, therefore, that needles have the correct tags. Any needle which is expected to match for tests run in any language must have no LANGUAGE tags. Other needles must have the appropriate tag(s) for the languages they are expected to match. The safest option if you are unsure is to set no LANGUAGE tag(s). The only danger of this is that missing translations may not be caught.

Note that tags of the form ENV-INSTLANG-(anything) are useless artefacts and should be removed. Due to unfortunate design in openQA, any needle created in the web UI needle editor will have a ENV-INSTLANG-en_US tag by default; this should be removed before submission.