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diff --git a/docs/userguide/description.rst b/docs/userguide/description.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a8fdcd0f2 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/userguide/description.rst @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +Description of the test cases +============================= + +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. + +The current list of test suites can be distributed in 3 main domains:: + + +----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------------+ + | Domain | Test suite | Comments | + +================+================+============================================+ + | | vPing | NFV "Hello World" | + | +----------------+--------------------------------------------+ + | VIM | vPing_userdata | Ping using userdata and cloud-init | + | | | mechanism | + | +----------------+--------------------------------------------+ + |(Virtualised | Tempest | OpenStack reference test suite `[2]`_ | + | Infrastructure +----------------+--------------------------------------------+ + | Manager) | Rally scenario | OpenStack testing tool testing OpenStack | + | | | modules `[3]`_ | + +----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------------+ + | | OpenDaylight | Opendaylight Test suite | + | +----------------+--------------------------------------------+ + | Controllers | ONOS | Test suite of ONOS L2 and L3 functions | + | +----------------+--------------------------------------------+ + | | OpenContrail | | + +----------------+----------------+--------------------------------------------+ + | Features | vIMS | Show the capability to deploy a real NFV | + | | | test cases. | + | | | The IP Multimedia Subsytem is a typical | + | | | Telco test case, referenced by ETSI. | + | | | It provides a fully functional VoIP System.| + | +----------------+--------------------------------------------+ + | | Promise | Resource reservation and management project| + | | | to identify NFV related requirements and | + | | | realize resource reservation for future | + | | | usage by capacity management of resource | + | | | pools regarding compute, network and | + | | | storage. | + | +----------------+--------------------------------------------+ + | | 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. + +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. + +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. + +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. + +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: + + * 3 controllers (OpenDayligh, ONOS, OpenContrail) + * 4 installers (Apex, Compass, Fuel, Joid) + +However most of the tests shall be runnable on any configuration. |