Virtuin Test Server

Overview

Virtuin Test Server is used to start, stop, and monitor collection of tests running inside a Docker container. The server listens for requests issued over RabbitMQ. The server requires being passed the station configuration and the test configuration discussed below.

Build

yarn run prepublish

Installation

For local install:

yarn add @samtec-ash/virtuintestserver

For global install:

yarn global add @samtec-ash/virtuintestserver --prefix /usr/local

Run

virttestserver --verbose=0 /path/to/tests_config.json

Test Configuration JSON File

The test configuration is a JSON file containing a root level array of test configuration objects. Each object contains the following:

• testName : (string) - Name of corresponding test Required
• command : (string) - Command to be spawned on start request Required
• args : ([string]) - List of command line args to be passed Required
• cwd : ([string]) - Directory in which to execute command Optional (Default: "./")
• shell : ([bool]) - To launch command in shell process Optional (Default: false)
• env : ({}) - Dictionary of environmental key/value pairs Optional (Default: null)

Example Test config file:

[
  {
    "testName": "EXAMPLE_TEST",
    "command": "python",
    "args": ["EXAMPLE_TEST.py", "--arg", "AN_ARG"],
    "cwd": "/path/to/working/directory/",
    "shell": false,
    "env": null
  },
  {
    "testName": "ANOTHER_TEST",
    "command": "sh",
    "args": ["ANOTHER_TEST.sh"],
    "cwd": "/path/to/working/directory/",
    "shell": false,
    "env": {
      "DEBUG": 1,
      "VERBOSE": 2
    }
  }
]

RabbitMQ Test Packets

Client Request Packet:

{
	command: "START|STOP|STATUS|CLEAR",
	testUUID: "TEST instance identifier",
	test: "Test config object (required for START operation)"
	logs: "true|false (optional for CLEAR operation to get logs back)"
}

Server Response Packet

{
  "command": "START | STOP | STATUS | CLEAR",
  "success": "true | false",
  "error": "null | request error message",
  "status": {
    "testName": "null | TEST_NAME",
    "testUUID": "null | TEST instance identifier",
    "state": "IDLE | START_REQUEST | RUNNING | STOP_REQUEST | KILLED | FINISHED",
    "error": "null | test error message"
  }
}

API

The autogenerated API can be accessed in following mediums:

• HTML
• API MD