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authorMorgan Richomme <morgan.richomme@orange.com>2016-02-10 13:25:59 +0000
committerGerrit Code Review <gerrit@172.30.200.206>2016-02-10 13:25:59 +0000
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-rw-r--r--docs/userguide/index.rst203
-rw-r--r--docs/userguide/runfunctest.rst123
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diff --git a/docs/userguide/description.rst b/docs/userguide/description.rst
index 288ad95af..b47d5ef62 100644
--- a/docs/userguide/description.rst
+++ b/docs/userguide/description.rst
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
-Description of the test cases
+Overview of the test suites
=============================
-Functest is an OPNFV project dedicated to functional testing.
-In the continuous integration, it is launched after an OPNFV fresh installation.
-The Functest target is to verify the basic functions of the infrastructure.
-
-Functest includes different test suites which several test cases within.
-Test cases are developed in Functest and in feature projects.
+Functest is the OPNFV project primarily targeting function testing.
+In the Continuous Integration pipeline, it is launched after an OPNFV fresh
+installation to validate and verify the basic functions of the infrastructure.
The current list of test suites can be distributed in 3 main domains::
@@ -21,8 +18,8 @@ The current list of test suites can be distributed in 3 main domains::
| +----------------+-------------------------------------------+
|(Virtualised | Tempest | OpenStack reference test suite `[2]`_ |
| Infrastructure +----------------+-------------------------------------------+
- | Manager) | Rally scenario | OpenStack testing tool testing OpenStack |
- | | | modules `[3]`_ |
+ | Manager) | Rally bench | OpenStack testing tool benchmarking |
+ | | | OpenStack modules `[3]`_ |
+----------------+----------------+-------------------------------------------+
| | OpenDaylight | Opendaylight Test suite |
| +----------------+-------------------------------------------+
@@ -30,8 +27,8 @@ The current list of test suites can be distributed in 3 main domains::
| +----------------+-------------------------------------------+
| | OpenContrail | |
+----------------+----------------+-------------------------------------------+
- | Features | vIMS | Show the capability to deploy a real NFV |
- | | | test cases. |
+ | Features | vIMS | Example of a real VNF deployment to show |
+ | | | the NFV capabilities of the platform. |
| | | The IP Multimedia Subsytem is a typical |
| | | Telco test case, referenced by ETSI. |
| | | It provides a fully functional VoIP System|
@@ -46,31 +43,33 @@ The current list of test suites can be distributed in 3 main domains::
| | SDNVPN | |
+----------------+----------------+-------------------------------------------+
-
-Most of the test suites are developed upstream.
-For example, `Tempest <http://docs.openstack.org/developer/tempest/overview.html>`_ is the
-OpenStack integration test suite.
-Functest is in charge of the integration of different functional test suites.
+Functest includes different test suites with several test cases within. Some
+of the tests are developed by Functest team members whereas others are integrated
+from upstream communities or other OPNFV projects. For example,
+`Tempest <http://docs.openstack.org/developer/tempest/overview.html>`_ is the
+OpenStack integration test suite and Functest is in charge of the selection,
+integration and automation of the tests that fit in OPNFV.
The Tempest suite has been customized but no new test cases have been created.
-Some OPNFV feature projects (e.g. SDNVPN) have created Tempest tests cases and
-pushed to upstream.
+Some OPNFV feature projects (e.g. SDNVPN) have written some Tempest tests cases
+and pushed upstream to be used by Functest.
-The tests run from CI are pushed into a database.
-The goal is to populate the database with results and to show them on a Test
-Dashboard.
+The results produced by the tests run from CI are pushed and collected in a NoSQL
+database. The goal is to populate the database with results from different sources
+and scenarios and to show them on a Dashboard.
-There is no real notion of Test domain or Test coverage yet.
-Basic components (VIM, controllers) are tested through their own suites.
-Feature projects also provide their own test suites.
+There is no real notion of Test domain or Test coverage. Basic components
+(VIM, controllers) are tested through their own suites. Feature projects also
+provide their own test suites with different ways of running their tests.
vIMS test case was integrated to demonstrate the capability to deploy a
relatively complex NFV scenario on top of the OPNFV infrastructure.
Functest considers OPNFV as a black box.
-OPNFV, since Brahmaputra, offers lots of possible combinations:
+OPNFV, since the Brahmaputra release, offers lots of potential combinations:
* 3 controllers (OpenDayligh, ONOS, OpenContrail)
* 4 installers (Apex, Compass, Fuel, Joid)
-However most of the tests shall be runnable on any configuration.
+Most of the tests are runnable on any combination, but some others might have
+restrictions imposed by the installers or the available deployed features.
diff --git a/docs/userguide/index.rst b/docs/userguide/index.rst
index 39d795261..89e3ef115 100644
--- a/docs/userguide/index.rst
+++ b/docs/userguide/index.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Introduction
============
The goal of this documents is to describe the Functest test cases as well as
-provide a procedure about how to execute (or launch) them.
+provide a procedure about how to execute them.
A presentation has been created for the first OPNFV Summit `[4]`_.
@@ -21,79 +21,100 @@ It is assumed that Functest container has been properly installed `[1]`_.
The different scenarios are described in the section hereafter.
-VIM
+VIM (Virtualized Infrastructure Manager)
---
vPing
^^^^^
-The goal of this test can be described as follows::
+Given the script 'ping.sh'::
+
+ #!/bin/sh
+ while true; do
+ ping -c 1 $1 2>&1 >/dev/null
+ RES=$?
+ if [ "Z$RES" = "Z0" ] ; then
+ echo 'vPing OK'
+ break
+ else
+ echo 'vPing KO'
+ fi
+ sleep 1
+ done
+
+The goal of this test is described as follows::
vPing test case
- +-------------+ +-------------+
- | | | |
- | | Boot VM1 | |
- | +------------------>| |
- | | | |
- | | Get IP VM1 | |
- | +------------------>| |
- | Tester | | System |
- | | Boot VM2 | Under |
- | +------------------>| Test |
- | | | |
- | | Create (VM2) | |
- | | floating IP | |
- | +------------------>| |
- | | | |
- | | SCP vPing script | |
- | | to VM2 | |
- | +------------------>| |
- | | | |
- | | SSH to VM2 | |
- | +------------------>| |
- | | | |
- | | Ping VM1 | |
- | | private IP | |
- | +------------------>| |
- | | | |
- | | If ping: | |
- | | exit OK | |
- | | else (timeout) | |
- | | exit KO | |
- | | | |
- +-------------+ +-------------+
-
-This example can be considered as an "Hello World" example.
-It is the first basic example, it must work on any configuration.
+ +-------------+ +-------------+
+ | | | |
+ | | Boot VM1 with IP1 | |
+ | +------------------->| |
+ | Tester | | System |
+ | | Boot VM2 | Under |
+ | +------------------->| Test |
+ | | | |
+ | | Create floating IP | |
+ | +------------------->| |
+ | | | |
+ | | Assign floating IP | |
+ | | to VM2 | |
+ | +------------------->| |
+ | | | |
+ | | Stablish SSH | |
+ | | connection to VM2 | |
+ | | through floating IP| |
+ | +------------------->| |
+ | | | |
+ | | SCP ping.sh to VM2 | |
+ | +------------------->| |
+ | | | |
+ | | VM2 executes | |
+ | | ping.sh to VM1 | |
+ | +------------------->| |
+ | | | |
+ | | If ping: | |
+ | | exit OK | |
+ | | else (timeout) | |
+ | | exit Failed | |
+ | | | |
+ +-------------+ +-------------+
+
+This test can be considered as an "Hello World" example.
+It is the first basic use case which shall work on any deployment.
vPing_userdata
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-The goal of this test can be described as follow::
+The goal of this test can be described as follows::
vPing_userdata test case
- +-------------+ +-------------+
- | | | |
- | | Boot VM1 | |
- | +------------------>| |
- | | | |
- | | Get IP VM1 | |
- | +------------------>| |
- | Tester | | System |
- | | Boot VM2 | Under |
- | +------------------>| Test |
- | | VM2 pings VM1 | |
- | | (cloud-init) | |
- | | Check console log | |
- | | If ping: | |
- | | exit OK | |
- | | else (timeout) | |
- | | exit KO | |
- | | | |
- +-------------+ +-------------+
+ +-------------+ +-------------+
+ | | | |
+ | | Boot VM1 with IP1 | |
+ | +------------------->| |
+ | | | |
+ | | Boot VM2 with | |
+ | | ping.sh as userdata| |
+ | | with IP1 as $1. | |
+ | +------------------->| |
+ | Tester | | System |
+ | | VM2 exeutes ping.sh| Under |
+ | | (ping IP1) | Test |
+ | +------------------->| |
+ | | | |
+ | | Monitor nova | |
+ | | console-log VM 2 | |
+ | | If ping: | |
+ | | exit OK | |
+ | | else (timeout) | |
+ | | exit Failed | |
+ | | | |
+ +-------------+ +-------------+
This scenario is similar to the previous one but it uses cloud-init (nova
-metadata service) instead of floating IPs and SSH.
+metadata service) instead of floating IPs and SSH connection. When the second VM
+boots it will execute the script automatically and the ping will be detected
+capturing periodically the output in the console-log of the second VM.
Tempest
@@ -107,27 +128,27 @@ Tempest has batteries of tests for:
* Scenarios
* Other specific tests useful in validating an OpenStack deployment
-We use Rally `[3]`_ to run Tempest suite.
-Rally generates automatically tempest.conf configuration file.
-Before running actual test cases Functest creates needed resources.
-Needed parameters are updated in the configuration file.
-When the Tempest suite is run, each test duration is measured.
-The full console output is stored in the tempest.log file.
+Functest uses Rally `[3]`_ to run the Tempest suite.
+Rally generates automatically the Tempest configuration file (tempest.conf).
+Before running the actual test cases, Functest creates the needed resources and
+updates the appropriate parameters to the configuration file.
+When the Tempest suite is executed, each test duration is measured and the full
+console output is stored in the tempest.log file for further analysis.
As an addition of Arno, Brahmaputra runs a customized set of Tempest test cases.
The list is specificed through *--tests-file* when running Rally.
This option has been introduced in Rally in version 0.1.2.
The customized test list is available in the Functest repo `[4]`_.
-This list contains more than 200 Tempest test cases.
-The list can be divied into two main parts:
+This list contains more than 200 Tempest test cases and can be divided
+into two main sections:
1) Set of tempest smoke test cases
2) Set of test cases from DefCore list `[8]`_
-The goal of Tempest test suite is to check the basic functionalities of
+The goal of the Tempest test suite is to check the basic functionalities of
different OpenStack components on an OPNFV fresh installation using
-corresponding REST API interfaces.
+the corresponding REST API interfaces.
Rally bench test suites
@@ -137,8 +158,8 @@ Rally `[3]`_ is a benchmarking tool that answers the question::
“How does OpenStack work at scale?”.
-The goal of this test suite is to test the different modules of OpenStack and
-get significant figures that could help us to define telco Cloud KPI.
+The goal of this test suite is to benchmark the different OpenStack modules and
+get significant figures that could help to define Telco Cloud KPIs.
The OPNFV scenarios are based on the collection of the existing Rally scenarios:
@@ -152,7 +173,7 @@ The OPNFV scenarios are based on the collection of the existing Rally scenarios:
* quotas
* requests
-Basic SLA (stop test on errors) have been implemented.
+A basic SLA (stop test on errors) have been implemented.
SDN Controllers
@@ -169,11 +190,11 @@ OpenDaylight
^^^^^^^^^^^^
The OpenDaylight (ODL) test suite consists of a set of basic tests inherited
-from ODL project.
+from the ODL project using the Robot `[11]`_ framework.
The suite verifies creation and deletion of networks, subnets and ports with
OpenDaylight and Neutron.
-The list of tests can be described as follow:
+The list of tests can be described as follows:
* Restconf.basic: Get the controller modules via Restconf
* Neutron.Networks
@@ -216,14 +237,13 @@ The list of tests can be described as follow:
ONOS
^^^^
-TestON Framework is used to test ONOS function.
+TestON Framework is used to test the ONOS SDN controller functions.
The test cases deal with L2 and L3 functions.
-ONOS is configured through OPNFV scenario.
The ONOS test suite can be run on any ONOS compliant scenario.
-The test cases may be described as follow:
+The test cases may be described as follows:
- * onosfunctest: The mainly executable file contains the initialization of
+ * onosfunctest: The main executable file contains the initialization of
the docker environment and functions called by FUNCvirNetNB and
FUNCvirNetNBL3
@@ -273,7 +293,7 @@ vIMS
^^^^
The goal of this test suite consists of:
- * deploying a VNF orchestrator (cloudify)
+ * deploy a VNF orchestrator (Cloudify)
* deploy a Clearwater vIMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) VNF from this
orchestrator based on a TOSCA blueprint defined in `[5]`_
* run suite of signaling tests on top of this VNF
@@ -290,7 +310,7 @@ Two types of information are stored in the Test Database:
* the test results
The deployment of a complete functional VNF allows the test of most of the
-essential functions needed for a NFV system.
+essential functions needed for a NFV platform.
Promise
^^^^^^^
@@ -340,6 +360,9 @@ include::
flavor_ram: 512
flavor_disk: 0
+However, these parameters must not be changed, as they are the values expected
+by the Promise test suite.
+
.. include:: ./runfunctest.rst
Test results
@@ -351,7 +374,7 @@ VIM
vPing
^^^^^
-vPing results are displayed in the console::
+vPing test case output is displayed in the console::
FUNCTEST.info: Running vPing test...
2016-01-23 03:18:20,153 - vPing- INFO - Creating neutron network vping-net...
@@ -428,8 +451,8 @@ The Tempest results are displayed in the console::
2016-01-28 08:19:32,133 - run_tempest - INFO - Pushing results to DB: 'http://testresults.opnfv.org/testapi/results'.
2016-01-28 08:19:32,278 - run_tempest - INFO - Deleting tenant and user for Tempest suite)
-In order to check all the available test cases related debug information, please
-inspect tempest.log file stored into related Rally deployment folder.
+In order to check all the available test cases related debug information, inspect
+tempest.log file stored under */home/opnfv/functest/results/tempest/*.
Rally
@@ -493,9 +516,9 @@ The results of ODL tests can be seen in the console::
1 critical test, 1 passed, 0 failed
1 test total, 1 passed, 0 failed
==============================================================================
- Output: /home/jenkins-ci/workspace/functest-opnfv-jump-2/output.xml
- Log: /home/jenkins-ci/workspace/functest-opnfv-jump-2/log.html
- Report: /home/jenkins-ci/workspace/functest-opnfv-jump-2/report.html
+ Output: /home/opnfv/repos/functest/output.xml
+ Log: /home/opnfv/repos/functest/log.html
+ Report: /home/opnfv/repos/functest/report.html
..............................................................................
@@ -507,9 +530,9 @@ The results of ODL tests can be seen in the console::
18 critical tests, 18 passed, 0 failed
18 tests total, 18 passed, 0 failed
==============================================================================
- Output: /home/jenkins-ci/workspace/functest-opnfv-jump-2/output.xml
- Log: /home/jenkins-ci/workspace/functest-opnfv-jump-2/log.html
- Report: /home/jenkins-ci/workspace/functest-opnfv-jump-2/report.html
+ Output: /home/opnfv/repos/functest/output.xml
+ Log: /home/opnfv/repos/functest/log.html
+ Report: /home/opnfv/repos/functest/report.html
3 result files are generated:
* output.xml
@@ -659,7 +682,6 @@ Please note that vIMS traces can bee summarized in several steps:
* INFO - Cloudify-manager server is UP ! => orchestrator deployed
* INFO - The deployment of clearwater-opnfv is ended => VNF deployed
* Multiple Identities (UDP) - (6505550771, 6505550675) Passed => tests run
- * DEBUG - Pushing results to DB.... => tests saved
Promise
@@ -833,6 +855,7 @@ References
.. _`[8]`: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/DefCoreCommittee
.. _`[9]`: https://git.opnfv.org/cgit/functest/tree/testcases/VIM/OpenStack/CI/libraries/os_defaults.yaml
.. _`[10]`: https://git.opnfv.org/cgit/functest/tree/testcases/VIM/OpenStack/CI/rally_cert/task.yaml
+.. _`[11]`: http://robotframework.org/
OPNFV main site: opnfvmain_.
diff --git a/docs/userguide/runfunctest.rst b/docs/userguide/runfunctest.rst
index b186e539c..94e11a63a 100644
--- a/docs/userguide/runfunctest.rst
+++ b/docs/userguide/runfunctest.rst
@@ -5,17 +5,22 @@ Manual testing
--------------
Once the Functest docker container is running and Functest environment ready
-(through /home/opnfv/repos/functest/docker/prepare_env.sh script), the system is
+(through */home/opnfv/repos/functest/docker/prepare_env.sh* script), the system is
ready to run the tests.
-The script *run_tests.sh* is located in $repos_dir/functest/docker and it has
+The script *run_tests.sh* launches the test in an automated way.
+Although it is possible to execute the different tests manually, it is
+recommended to use the previous shell script which makes the call
+to the actual scripts with the appropriate parameters.
+
+It is located in *$repos_dir/functest/docker* and it has
several options::
./run_tests.sh -h
Script to trigger the tests automatically.
usage:
- bash run_tests.sh [--offline] [-h|--help] [-t <test_name>]
+ bash run_tests.sh [-h|--help] [-r|--report] [-n|--no-clean] [-t|--test <test_name>]
where:
-h|--help show this help text
@@ -29,65 +34,85 @@ several options::
run_tests.sh --test vping,odl
run_tests.sh -t tempest,rally --no-clean
-The *-r* option is used by the Continuous Integration in order to push the test
-results into a test collection database, see in next section for details.
-In manual mode, you must not use it, your try will be anyway probably rejected
-as your POD must be declared in the database to collect the data.
+The *-r* option is used by the OPNFV Continuous Integration automation mechanisms
+in order to push the test results into the NoSQL results collection database.
+This database is read only for a regular user given that it needs special rights
+and special conditions to push data.
-The *-n* option is used for preserving all the existing OpenStack resources after
-execution test cases.
+The *-t* option can be used to specify the list of a desired test to be launched,
+by default Functest will launch all the test suites in the following order:
+vPing, Tempest, vIMS, Rally.
-The *-t* option can be used to specify the list of test you want to launch, by
-default Functest will try to launch all its test suites in the following order
-vPing, odl, Tempest, vIMS, Rally.
-You may launch only one single test by using *-t <the test you want to launch>*.
+A single or set of test may be launched at once using *-t <test_name>* specifying
+the test name or names separated by commas in the following list:
+*[vping,vping_userdata,odl,rally,tempest,vims,onos,promise]*.
-Within Tempest test suite you can define which test cases you want to execute in
-your environment by editing test_list.txt file before executing *run_tests.sh*
-script.
+The *-n* option is used for preserving all the possible OpenStack resources created
+by the tests after their execution.
Please note that Functest includes cleaning mechanism in order to remove
-everything except what was present after a fresh install.
-If you create your own VMs, tenants, networks etc. and then launch Functest,
-they all will be deleted after executing the tests. Use the *--no-clean* option with
-run_test.sh in order to preserve all the existing resources.
-However, be aware that Tempest and Rally create of lot of resources (users,
+all the VIM resources except what was present before running any test. The script
+*$repos_dir/functest/testcases/VIM/OpenStack/CI/libraries/generate_defaults.py*
+is called once by *prepare_env.sh* when setting up the Functest environment
+to snapshot all the OpenStack resources (images, networks, volumes, security groups,
+tenants, users) so that an eventual cleanup does not remove any of this defaults.
+
+The script
+*$repos_dir/functest/testcases/VIM/OpenStack/CI/libraries/clean_openstack.py*
+is normally called after a test execution if the *-n* is not specified. It
+is in charge of cleaning the OpenStack resources that are not specified
+in the defaults file generated previously which is stored in
+*/home/opnfv/functest/conf/os_defaults.yaml* in the docker
+container.
+
+It is important to mention that if there are new OpenStack resources created
+manually after preparing the Functest environment, they will be removed if this
+flag is not specified in the *run_tests.sh* command.
+The reason to include this cleanup meachanism in Functest is because some
+test suites such as Tempest or Rally create a lot of resources (users,
tenants, networks, volumes etc.) that are not always properly cleaned, so this
-cleaning function has been set to keep the system as clean as possible after a
-full Functest run.
+cleaning function has been set to keep the system as clean as it was before a
+full Functest execution.
-You may also add you own test by adding a section into the function run_test().
+Within the Tempest test suite it is possible to define which test cases to execute
+by editing *test_list.txt* file before executing *run_tests.sh* script. This file
+is located in *$repos_dir/functest/testcases/VIM/OpenStack/CI/custom_tests/test_list.txt*
+Although *run_tests.sh* provides an easy way to run any test, it is possible to
+do a direct call to the desired test script. For example::
+ python $repos_dir/functest/testcases/vPing/vPing.py -d
Automated testing
-----------------
-As mentioned in `[1]`, the *prepare-env.sh* and *run_test.sh* can be executed within
-the container from jenkins.
-2 jobs have been created, one to run all the test and one that allows testing
-test suite by test suite.
-You thus just have to launch the acurate jenkins job on the target lab, all the
-tests shall be automatically run.
+As mentioned in `[1]`, the *prepare-env.sh* and *run_test.sh* can be called within
+the container from Jenkins. There are 2 jobs that automate all the manual steps
+explained in the previous section. One job runs all the tests and the other one allows testing
+test suite by test suite specifying the test name. The user might use one or
+the other job to execute the desired test suites.
+
+One of the most challenging task in the Brahmaputra release consists
+in dealing with lots of scenarios and installers. Thus, when the tests are
+automatically started from CI, a basic algorithm has been created in order to
+detect whether a given test is runnable or not on the given scenario.
+Some Functest test suites cannot be systematically run (e.g. ODL suite can not
+be run on an ONOS scenario).
+
-When the tests are automatically started from CI, a basic algorithm has been
-created in order to detect whether the test is runnable or not on the given
-scenario.
-In fact, one of the most challenging task in Brahmaputra consists in dealing
-with lots of scenario and installers.
-Functest test suites cannot be systematically run (e.g. run the ODL suite on an
-ONOS scenario).
-CI provides several information:
+CI provides some useful information passed to the container as environment
+variables:
- * The installer (apex|compass|fuel|joid)
- * The scenario [controller]-[feature]-[mode] with
+ * Installer (apex|compass|fuel|joid), stored in INSTALLER_TYPE
+ * Installer IP of the engine or VM running the actual deployment, stored in INSTALLER_IP
+ * The scenario [controller]-[feature]-[mode], stored in DEPLOY_SCENARIO with
* controller = (odl|onos|ocl|nosdn)
* feature = (ovs(dpdk)|kvm)
* mode = (ha|noha)
-Constraints per test case are defined in the Functest configuration file
-/home/opnfv/functest/config/config_functest.yaml::
+The constraints per test case are defined in the Functest configuration file
+*/home/opnfv/functest/config/config_functest.yaml*::
test-dependencies:
functest:
@@ -105,10 +130,11 @@ Constraints per test case are defined in the Functest configuration file
....
At the end of the Functest environment creation (prepare_env.sh see `[1]`_), a
-file (/home/opnfv/functest/conf/testcase-list.txt) is created with the list of
+file */home/opnfv/functest/conf/testcase-list.txt* is created with the list of
all the runnable tests.
-We consider the static constraints as regex and compare them with the scenario.
-For instance, odl can be run only on scenario including odl in its name.
+Functest considers the static constraints as regular expressions and compare them
+with the given scenario name.
+For instance, ODL suite can be run only on an scenario including 'odl' in its name.
The order of execution is also described in the Functest configuration file::
@@ -135,8 +161,5 @@ The tests are executed in the following order:
* Feature projects (promise, vIMS)
* Rally (benchmark scenario)
-At the end of an automated execution, everything is cleaned.
-Before running Functest, a snapshot of the OpenStack configuration (users,
-tenants, networks, ....) is performed. After Functest, a clean mechanism is
-launched to delete everything that would not have been properly deleted in order
-to restitute the system as it was prior to the tests.
+As explained before, at the end of an automated execution, the OpenStack resources
+might be eventually removed.