summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/docs/humaninterfaces.rst
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/humaninterfaces.rst')
-rw-r--r--docs/humaninterfaces.rst35
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/docs/humaninterfaces.rst b/docs/humaninterfaces.rst
index 8f8ccc3..63e148a 100644
--- a/docs/humaninterfaces.rst
+++ b/docs/humaninterfaces.rst
@@ -64,13 +64,22 @@ This maps to the ``--category`` command-line option.
| | specifying ``--category=environment_file`` from the |
| | command-line. |
+----------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
+| OpenStack Heat | When selected, will validate the Heat templates are |
+| Testing | valid per OpenStack specifications (using the |
+| | latest version of OpenStack available). If not |
+| | selected, then VVP will only validate that the Heat |
+| | is compliant with ONAP rules. |
++----------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
+
Settings
~~~~~~~~
-**Verbosity** - Controls the level of comparison output displayed in the
-underlying pytest validation output. Default maps to pytest ``-v`` level of
-verbosity.
+**Preload Template** - Determines the format of the preload template that will
+be generated by VVP. The preload template can be completed to load per-instance
+values into SDNC. This allows the SDC model to be generic and re-used across
+environments. There are currently two formats supported by ONAP (VNF-API and
+GR-API)
**Report Format** - Controls the format of the output report generated after
validation. The options are: HTML (the default), Excel, and CSV. This is
@@ -90,22 +99,28 @@ a report of this single failure. This can be useful in reducing the number
of errors to sift through in these situations. De-selecting this option
is the equivalent of specifying ``--continue-on-failure`` as a command-line option.
+**Create Preloads from Env Files** - When selected, the Env Files file selection
+box will be enabled allow the user to select a directory of .env file definitions
+that can be used to populate a preload template. See
+:ref:`Preload Generation <vvp-preload-gen>` for more details
+
Running Validations
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-1. Select the desired input format in the settings (ZIP or Directory)
-2. Select the [...] button next to the Template Location input box
-3. Select the directory or ZIP file containing the Heat templates, and then
+1. Select the desired preload format (VNF-API or GR-API)
+2. Select the desired input format in the settings (ZIP or Directory)
+3. Select the [...] button next to the Template Location input box
+4. Select the directory or ZIP file containing the Heat templates, and then
click Open
-4. Once the input is selected, select the "Validate Templates" button to
+5. Once the input is selected, select the "Validate Templates" button to
start the validation process. The white box to the right will
display output as the validations are executed.
-5. Once validation is complete a summary of pass and fail will be written
+6. Once validation is complete a summary of pass and fail will be written
to the output window, and a "View Report" option will appear on the
left-hand control panel.
-6. Select the "View Report" option, and the report will be opened in the
+7. Select the "View Report" option, and the report will be opened in the
the appropriate application based on report format.
-7. If you have questions about report output, please refer to the
+8. If you have questions about report output, please refer to the
:ref:`Validation Report reference material <vvp-report>` for more
information.