test_run.md

Beaker Test Runs



A Beaker run typically has the following phases. All the phases are not mandatory. Each phase provides an option to skip.



• Provisioning

  • skip with --no-provision
  • Using supported hypervisors provision SUTs for testing on
  • Do any initial configuration to ensure that the SUTs can communicate with beaker and each other

• Validation

  • skip with --no-validate
  • Check the SUTs for necessary packages (curl, ntpdate)

• Configuration

  • skip with --no-configure
  • Do any post-provisioning configuration to the test nodes

• Testing

  • For test running options, please refer to Test Suites & Failure Modes

• Reverting

  • Skip with --preserve-hosts
  • Destroy and cleanup all SUTs

• Cleanup

  • Report test results