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Megatest
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5/5/2011
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Matt Welland
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Megatest is a minimalistic tool to help automate and manage the running of a suite of regression tests or other processes and to roll up the results for display on a web page or dashboard.
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megatest :CUSTOMER megacorp :LOCATION new_zealand :runname week12_2011_run1 -runall
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ENCRYPTION true
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<p>Copyright (C) 2011 Matt Welland</p>
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<div class="Code">
watch megatest -list-runs %
</div>
<h2 class="Section">
<a class="toc" name="toc-Section-0.3">0.3</a> Reference
</h2>
<h3 class="Subsection">
<a class="toc" name="toc-Subsection-0.3.1">0.3.1</a> Configuration files
</h3>
<h4 class="Subsubsection">
<a class="toc" name="toc-Subsubsection-0.3.1.1">0.3.1.1</a> Sections
</h4>
<div class="Unindented">
[section name]
</div>
<div class="Indented">
This creates a section named “section name”
</div>
<h4 class="Subsubsection">
<a class="toc" name="toc-Subsubsection-0.3.1.2">0.3.1.2</a> Variables
</h4>
<div class="Unindented">
VARX has this value
</div>
<div class="Indented">
The variable “VARX” will have the value “has this value”
</div>
<h4 class="Subsubsection">
<a class="toc" name="toc-Subsubsection-0.3.1.3">0.3.1.3</a> Includes
</h4>
<div class="Unindented">
[include filename]
</div>
<div class="Indented">
The file named “filename” will be included as if part of the calling file. NOTE: This means no section can be named “include “ (with the whitespace).
</div>
<h4 class="Subsubsection">
<a class="toc" name="toc-Subsubsection-0.3.1.4">0.3.1.4</a> Setting a variable by running a command
</h4>
<div class="Unindented">
VARNAME [system ls /tmp]
</div>
<div class="Indented">
The variable “VARNAME” will get a value created by the Unix command “ls /tmp”. All lines of output from the command will be joined with a space.
</div>
<h4 class="Subsubsection">
<a class="toc" name="toc-Subsubsection-0.3.1.5">0.3.1.5</a> Notes
</h4>
<ul>
<li>
Some variables are infered as lists. Each token on the line separated by whitespace will be member of the list.
</li>
<li>
Comments (lines starting with #) and blank lines are ignored.
</li>
</ul>
<h3 class="Subsection">
<a class="toc" name="toc-Subsection-0.3.2">0.3.2</a> Environment variables
</h3>
<div class="Unindented">
<table>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
Variable
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
Purpose
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
Default value/Comment
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
MT_CMDINFO
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
Conveys test variables to the megatest test runner.
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
Not for use by the end user
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
MT_TEST_RUN_DIR
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
Directory assigned by megatest for the test to run.
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
Tests can consider this their “home” directory
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
MT_TEST_NAME
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
Name of the test, corrosponds to the directory name under tests.
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
MT_ITEM_INFO
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
Iterated tests will set this to a sequence of key/values ((KEY val) ...)
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
MT_RUN_AREA_HOME
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
Directory where megatest was launched from and where the tests code can be found
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
MT_RUNNAME
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
Name of this run as set by the :runname parameter
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
MT_MEGATEST
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
Path/Filename to megatest executable. Found either from called path or but using the “exectuable” keyword in the [setup] section.
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
<field1> ....
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
The field values as set on the megatest -runall command line (e.g. :field1 abc)
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
Planning ahead your field names is important so as to avoid collisions with other environment variables
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<h3 class="Subsection">
<a class="toc" name="toc-Subsection-0.3.3">0.3.3</a> Configuration files
</h3>
<h4 class="Subsubsection">
<a class="toc" name="toc-Subsubsection-0.3.3.1">0.3.3.1</a> megatest.config
</h4>
<div class="Unindented">
<table>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
section
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
variable
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
value
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
required
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
comment
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
[setup]
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
max_concurrent_jobs
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
if variable is not defined no limit on jobs
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
no
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
executable
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
full path to megatest binary
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
no
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
Use only if necessary, megatest will extract the location from where it used to launch and add append that to the PATH for test runs.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
runsdir
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
full path to where the link tree to all runs will be created
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
no
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
Because your runs may be spread out over several disk partitions a central link tree is created to make finding all the runs easy.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
[fields]
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
string of letters, numbers and underscore
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
string of letters, numbers and underscore
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
at least one
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
[jobtools]
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
launcher
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
command line used to launch jobs - the job command (megatest -execute) will be appended to this
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
no
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
workhosts
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
list of hostnames to run jobs on NOT SUPPORTED RIGHT NOW
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
n/a
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
[env-override]
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
string of letters, numbers and underscore
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
any string
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
no
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
These are set on the test launching machine, not the test running machine. Typical usage is to control the host or run queue for launching tests. These values will not be seen by the test when it runs.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
[disks]
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
string of letters, numbers and underscore
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
a valid path writable by the test launching process and by the test process
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
yes
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
The disk usage balancing algorithm is to choose the disk with the least space for each test run.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<h4 class="Subsubsection">
<a class="toc" name="toc-Subsubsection-0.3.3.2">0.3.3.2</a> runconfigs.config file
</h4>
<div class="Unindented">
<table>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
section
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
variable
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
value
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
required?
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
comment
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
[default]
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
string of letters, numbers and underscore
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
any
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
no
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
variables set in this section will be available for all runs, defining the same variable in another section will override the value from the default section
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
[field1value/field2value...]
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
string of letters, numbers and underscore
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
any
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
no
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
the values in this section will be set for any run where field1 is field1value, field2 is field2value and fieldN is fieldNvalue.
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<div class="Indented">
Example: a test suite that checks that a piece of software works correctly for different customer configurations and locations each of which is done as a separate release regression run. The fields, CUSTOMER and LOCATION were chosen. The following runconfigs.config file would set some variables specific to runs for megacorp in India and femtocorp in the Cook Islands and New Zealand:
</div>
<div class="Code">
# runconfigs.config
</div>
<div class="Code">
[default]
</div>
<div class="Code">
ENCRYTION true
</div>
<div class="Code">
#
</div>
<div class="Code">
[megacorp/india]
</div>
<div class="Code">
TESTPATH /nfs/testing/megacorp_runs
</div>
<div class="Code">
#
</div>
<div class="Code">
[femtocorp/cook_islands]
</div>
<div class="Code">
ENCRYTION false
</div>
<div class="Code">
TESTPATH /afs/kiatoa/testing/cook_islands
</div>
<div class="Code">
#
</div>
<div class="Code">
[femtocorp/new_zealand]
</div>
<div class="Code">
TESTPATH /afs/kiatao/testing/new_zealand
</div>
<div class="Code">
#
</div>
<div class="Code">
[megacorp/new_zealand]
</div>
<div class="Code">
TESTPATH /nfs/testing/megacorp_runs
</div>
<div class="Paragraph-">
<a class="toc" name="toc-Paragraph--1"></a>Running megatest like this:
</div>
<div class="Code">
megatest :CUSTOMER megacorp :LOCATION new_zealand :runname week12_2011_run1 -runall
</div>
<div class="Paragraph-">
<a class="toc" name="toc-Paragraph--2"></a>Would set:
</div>
<div class="Code">
ENCRYPTION true
</div>
<div class="Code">
TESTPATH /nfs/testing/megacorp_runs
</div>
<h3 class="Subsection">
<a class="toc" name="toc-Subsection-0.3.4">0.3.4</a> Writing tests
</h3>
<h4 class="Subsubsection">
<a class="toc" name="toc-Subsubsection-0.3.4.1">0.3.4.1</a> testconfig file
</h4>
<div class="Unindented">
<table>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
section
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
variable
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
value
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
required?
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
comments
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
[setup]
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
runscript
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
name of script to execute for this test
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
yes
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
The script must be executable and either provide the full path or put a copy at the top of your test directory
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
[requirements]
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
waiton
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
list of valid test names
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
no
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
This test will not run until the named tests are state completed and status PASS
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
[items]
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
any valid
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
list of values
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
no
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
The test will be repeated once for each item with the variable name set to the value. If there is more than one variable then the test will be run against all unique combinations of the values
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<h3 class="Subsection">
<a class="toc" name="toc-Subsection-0.3.5">0.3.5</a> Command line
</h3>
<div class="Unindented">
<table>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
switch or param
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
parameter
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
purpose
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
comments
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
-h
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
brief help
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
-runall
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
run all tests
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
-runtests
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
test1,test2,...
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
run one or more tests
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
-step
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
stepname
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
record a step
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
requires :state and :status
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
-test-status
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
record the test status
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
requires :state and :status
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
-setlog
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
logfilename
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
set the logfile name for a test
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
path is assumed to be relative to the test run directory
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
-set-toplog
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
logfilename
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
set the logfile name for the top test in an iterated test run
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
each sub test can have its own logfile set
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
-m
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
“comment”
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
sets a comment for the step, test or run
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
:runname
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
</td>
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