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diff --git a/docs/testing/user/userguide/cli.rst b/docs/testing/user/userguide/cli.rst index 8a983155..f0894b01 100644 --- a/docs/testing/user/userguide/cli.rst +++ b/docs/testing/user/userguide/cli.rst @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CLI User Manual *************** QTIP consists of a number of benchmarking tools or metrics, grouped under QPI's. QPI's map to the different -components of a NFVI ecosystem, such as compute, network and storage. Depending on the type of application, +components of a NFVi ecosystem, such as compute, network and storage. Depending on the type of application, a user may group them under plans. Bash Command Completion @@ -26,53 +26,60 @@ QTIP CLI provides interface to all of the above the components. A help page prov along with a short description. :: - qtip [-h|--help] + qtip --help Usage ===== -Typically a complete plan is executed at the target environment. QTIP defaults to a number of sample plans. -A list of all the available plans can be viewed +QTIP is currently supports two different QPI's, compute and storage. To list all the supported QPI :: - qtip plan list + qtip qpi list -In order to view the details about a specific plan. +The details of any QPI can be viewed as follows :: - qtip plan show <plan_name> +qtip qpi show <qpi_name> -where *plan_name* is one of those listed from the previous command. - -To execute a complete plan +In order to benchmark either one of them, their respective templates need to be generated :: - qtip plan run <plan_name> -p <path_to_result_directory> + qtip create --project-template [compute|storage] <workspace_name> + +By default, the compute template will be generated. An interactive prompt would gather all parameters specific to +OpenStack installation. -QTIP does not limit result storage at a specific directory. Instead a user may specify his own result storage -as above. An important thing to remember is to provide absolute path of result directory. +Once the template generation is complete, configuration for OpenStack needs to be generated. :: - mkdir result - qtip plan run <plan_name> -p $PWD/result + cd <workspace_name> + qtip setup -Similarly, the same commands can be used for the other two components making up the plans, i.e QPI's and metrics. -For example, in order to run a single metric +This step generates the inventory, populating it with target nodes. + +QTIP can now be run :: - qtip metric run <metric_name> -p $PWD/result + qtip run -The same can be applied for a QPI. +This would start the complete testing suite, which is either compute or storage. Each suite normally takes about +half an hour to complete. -QTIP also provides the utility to view benchmarking results on the console. One just need to provide to where -the results are stored. Extending the example above +Benchmarking report is made for each and every individual section in a QPI, on a particular target node. It consists of +the actual test values on that node along with scores calculated by comparison against a baseline. :: - qtip report show <metric_name> -p $PWD/result + qtip report show [-n|--node] <node> <section_name> + Debugging options ================= -Debug option helps identify the error by providing a detailed traceback. It can be enabled as +QTIP uses Ansible as the runner. One can use all of Ansible's CLI option with QTIP. In order to enable verbose mode +:: + + qtip setup -v + +One may also be able to achieve the different levels of verbosity :: - qtip [-d|--debug] plan run <plan_name> + qtip run [-v|-vv|-vvv] |