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diff --git a/docs/testing/user/userguide/xtesting.rst b/docs/testing/user/userguide/xtesting.rst
index 0b863ca..49ac51d 100644
--- a/docs/testing/user/userguide/xtesting.rst
+++ b/docs/testing/user/userguide/xtesting.rst
@@ -27,22 +27,32 @@ Please note the next two points depending on the GNU/Linux distributions and the
- SELinux: you may have to add --system-site-packages when creating the virtualenv ("Aborting, target uses selinux but python bindings (libselinux-python) aren't installed!")
- Proxy: you may set your proxy in env for Ansible and in systemd for Docker https://docs.docker.com/config/daemon/systemd/#httphttps-proxy
-Here is the default NFVbench tree as proposed in ``xtesting/ansible/host_vars/127.0.0.1`` file:
+Here is the default NFVbench tree on the host running nfvbench container as
+proposed in ``xtesting/ansible/host_vars/127.0.0.1`` file:
-- ``/home/opnfv/nfvbench``
+- ``/home/opnfv/nfvbench/config``: contains nfvbench config files including
+ ``nfvbench.cfg``, the default config file used by xtesting test cases
+- ``/home/opnfv/nfvbench/results``: top directory to write nfvbench results and log files
File content:
-.. code-block:: bash
+.. code-block:: yaml
- docker_args:
+ docker_args:
env: {}
+ params:
+ net: host
+ privileged: true
volumes:
- /lib/modules/$(uname -r):/lib/modules/$(uname -r)
- /usr/src/kernels:/usr/src/kernels -v /dev:/dev
- - /home/opnfv/nfvbench:/tmp/nfvbench
+ - /home/opnfv/nfvbench/config:/etc/nfvbench
+ - /home/opnfv/nfvbench/results:/var/lib/xtesting/results
-Please note: replace ``/home/opnfv/nfvbench`` with appropriate path to permit NFVbench container to access config file
+Please note: if you want to use a different directory structure on the host,
+replace ``/home/opnfv/nfvbench/*`` paths with appropriate paths to permit
+NFVbench container to access config file and results directory. The config and
+results paths do not need to share the same root directory.
To deploy your own CI toolchain running NFVbench:
@@ -86,7 +96,7 @@ To run NFVbench using docker run:
--privileged \
-v /lib/modules/$(uname -r):/lib/modules/$(uname -r) \
-v /usr/src/kernels:/usr/src/kernels -v /dev:/dev \
- -v $HOME/nfvbench:/tmp/nfvbench \
+ -v $HOME/nfvbench/config:/etc/nfvbench \
-v $HOME/workspace/$JOB_NAME/results:/var/lib/xtesting/results \
opnfv/nfvbench run_tests -t 10kpps-pvp-run -r -p
@@ -119,10 +129,10 @@ To run NFVbench using docker run:
+---------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| -v /dev:/dev | needed by kernel modules in the container |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-| -v $HOME/nfvbench:/tmp/nfvbench | folder mapping to pass files between the |
+| -v $HOME/nfvbench/config:/etc/nfvbench | folder mapping to pass config files between the |
| | host and the docker space (see examples below) |
-| | Here we map the $HOME/nfvbench directory on the host |
-| | to the /tmp/nfvbench director in the container. |
+| | Here we map the $HOME/nfvbench/config directory on the host |
+| | to the /etc/nfvbench directory in the container. |
| | Any other mapping can work as well |
+---------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| -v $HOME/workspace/$JOB_NAME/results:/var/lib/xtesting/results| (Xtesting) folder mapping to pass files between the |
@@ -160,14 +170,15 @@ Override testcases.yaml file
To replace existing testcases.yaml file, using Xtesting CI add the volume mapping in ``xtesting/ansible/host_vars/127.0.0.1`` file:
-.. code-block:: bash
+.. code-block:: yaml
docker_args:
env: {}
volumes:
- /lib/modules/$(uname -r):/lib/modules/$(uname -r)
- /usr/src/kernels:/usr/src/kernels -v /dev:/dev
- - /home/opnfv/nfvbench:/tmp/nfvbench
+ - /home/opnfv/nfvbench/config:/etc/nfvbench
+ - /home/opnfv/nfvbench/results:/var/lib/xtesting/results
- /home/opnfv/nfvbench/xtesting/testcases.yaml:/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/xtesting/ci/testcases.yaml
* ``/home/opnfv/nfvbench/xtesting/testcases.yaml:/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/xtesting/ci/testcases.yaml`` : volume mapping to pass testcases.yaml file between the host and the docker space. Host path required testcases.yaml file inside.
@@ -177,18 +188,22 @@ To replace existing testcases.yaml file, using NFVbench container:
.. code-block:: bash
- docker run --name nfvbench --detach --privileged -v /lib/modules/$(uname -r):/lib/modules/$(uname -r) -v /usr/src/kernels:/usr/src/kernels -v /dev:/dev -v $HOME/nfvbench:/tmp/nfvbench \
- -v $HOME/nfvbench/xtesting/testcases.yaml:/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/xtesting/ci/testcases.yaml \
- opnfv/nfvbench
-
+ docker run --name nfvbench --detach --privileged \
+ -v /lib/modules/$(uname -r):/lib/modules/$(uname -r) \
+ -v /usr/src/kernels:/usr/src/kernels \
+ -v /dev:/dev \
+ -v $HOME/nfvbench/config:/etc/nfvbench \
+ -v $HOME/nfvbench/results:/var/lib/xtesting/results \
+ -v $HOME/nfvbench/xtesting/testcases.yaml:/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/xtesting/ci/testcases.yaml \
+ opnfv/nfvbench
-* ``$HOME/nfvbench/xtesting/testcases.yaml:/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/xtesting/ci/testcases.yaml`` : volume mapping to pass testcases.yaml file between the host and the docker space. Host path required testcases.yaml file inside.
+* ``$HOME/nfvbench/xtesting/testcases.yaml:/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/xtesting/ci/testcases.yaml`` : volume mapping to pass testcases.yaml file between the host and the docker space. Host path required testcases.yaml file inside.
Example of Xtesting test case
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-.. code-block:: bash
+.. code-block:: yaml
---
tiers:
@@ -208,7 +223,7 @@ Example of Xtesting test case
name: 'bashfeature'
args:
cmd:
- - nfvbench -c /tmp/nfvbench/nfvbench.cfg --rate 10kpps
+ - nfvbench -c /etc/nfvbench/nfvbench.cfg --rate 10kpps
Examples of manual run