From c265b8386ef47d38a5222a5ac80c793c87862dbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bartek Grzybowski Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 13:22:43 +0200 Subject: Update Testing Guide Covers aspects related to multi scenario testing. Clarifies build scripts and pre-build images usage scenarios. Change-Id: Ib30a80a8c695387b51c9014d046cabff33229244 Issue-ID: OOM-1710 Signed-off-by: Bartek Grzybowski --- docs/TestingGuide.rst | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/TestingGuide.rst') diff --git a/docs/TestingGuide.rst b/docs/TestingGuide.rst index caf3d927..3a3aefd2 100644 --- a/docs/TestingGuide.rst +++ b/docs/TestingGuide.rst @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Different molecule runs can be implemented as own scenarios (in addition to defa or default scenario playbook can be extended to run role tests multiple times just adjusting configuration between. -Example with nexus role +Single scenario example with nexus role :: ├── infrastructure.yml @@ -107,6 +107,46 @@ Example with nexus role │   │   ├── tasks │   │   └── vars +Multiple scenario example with chrony role +:: + + roles/chrony + ├── defaults + │   └── main.yml + ├── handlers + │   └── main.yml + ├── molecule + │   ├── default + │   │   ├── molecule.yml + │   │   ├── playbook.yml + │   │   └── prepare.yml + │   └── ubuntu + │   └── molecule.yml + ├── tasks + │   └── main.yml + └── templates + └── chrony.conf.j2 + +By default molecule runs just default scenario. To run specific one ``-s `` +option must be used. The only subcommands supporting ``--all`` switch for playing with +all scenarios are ``test`` and ``destroy``. If using other ones ``-s`` must be used. + +The cross-scenario code reuse paradigm should be rather implemented inside particular +scenario's ``molecule.yml`` file than by using filesystem symlinks. All provisioner +playbooks should be located in default scenarios directory then and referenced in +alternative scenarios as follows +:: + + provisioner: + name: ansible + lint: + name: ansible-lint + env: + ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH: ../../../../test/roles + playbooks: + prepare: ../default/prepare.yml + converge: ../default/playbook.yml + Playbook level testing ---------------------- @@ -245,9 +285,11 @@ Molecule can build images of the tested hosts on the fly with default Dockerfile template (docker driver) or from a Dockerfile provided by user. In case of Vagrant driver used box image can be also fully customized by user. -To speed up testing it's preferred to pre-build needed images to be usable in -local docker repository in case of docker driver or Vagrant image cache in case -of Vagrant driver. +To speed up testing and lessen the footprint of code for image preparation it's +preferred to use unmodified images from Docker Registry whenever possible (can be +pulled prior to running Molecule) or pre-build images created from Dockerfiles +listed below. Most significant feature of those is support for Systemd, so they +should be used in cases where ansible's 'systemd' module is used. Used Dockerfiles/Box definitions are kept in following directory structure :: @@ -258,13 +300,17 @@ Used Dockerfiles/Box definitions are kept in following directory structure │   ├── build-all.sh │   ├── centos7 │   │   ├── build.sh - │   │   ├── dbus.service │   │   └── Dockerfile │   └── ubuntu │   ├── build.sh │   └── Dockerfile └── vagrant +``Build-all.sh`` is a script for building all images, ``build.sh`` scripts in +particular platforms subdirs are for building just specific images. Keep in mind +that while images from Docker Registry will be downloaded automatically at run +time, the above ones **must** be built manually prior to launching Molecule. + Build images ------------ -- cgit 1.2.3-korg