Megatest

which can launch jobs on local and remote Linux hosts. Currently
megatest uses the network filesystem to call home to your master
sqlite3 database.</p></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<h1 id="_road_map">Road Map</h1>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Note: This road-map is tentative and subject to change without notice.</p></div>




<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_ww32">ww32</h3>


<div class="olist arabic"><ol class="arabic">
<li>
<p>
Rerun step and or subsequent steps from gui
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Refresh test area files from gui
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Clean and re-run button
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Clean up STATE and STATUS handling.
</p>
<div class="olist loweralpha"><ol class="loweralpha">
<li>
<p>
Dashboard and Test control panel are reverse order - choose and fix
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Move seldom used states and status to drop down selector
</p>
</li>
</ol></div>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Access test control panel when clicking on Run Summary tests

</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Feature: -generate-index-tree
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Change specifing of state and status to use STATE1/STATUS1,STATE2/STATUS2
</p>
</li>
</ol></div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_ww33">ww33</h3>
<div class="olist arabic"><ol class="arabic">
<li>
<p>
http api available for use with Perl, Ruby etc. scripts
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
megatest.config setup entries for:
</p>
<div class="olist loweralpha"><ol class="loweralpha">
<li>
<p>
run launching (e.g. /bin/sh %CMD% &gt; /dev/null)
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
browser "konqueror %FNAME%
</p>
</li>
</ol></div>
</li>
</ol></div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_ww34">ww34</h3>
<div class="olist arabic"><ol class="arabic">
<li>
<p>
Mark dependent tests for clean/rerun -rerun-downstream
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
On run start check for defunct tests in RUNNING, LAUNCHED or REMOTEHOSTSTART and correct or notify
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Fix: refresh of gui sometimes fails on last item (race condition?)
</p>
</li>
</ol></div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_ww35">ww35</h3>
<div class="olist arabic"><ol class="arabic">
<li>
<p>
refdb: Add export of csv, json and sexp
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Convert to using call-with-environment-variables where possible. Should allow handling of parallel runs in same process.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Re-work text interface wizards. Several bugs on record. Possibly convert to gui based.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Add to testconfig requirements section; launchlimiter scriptname, calls scriptname to check if ok to launch test
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Refactor Run Summary view, currently very clumsy
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Add option to show steps in Run Summary view
</p>
</li>
</ol></div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_ww36">ww36</h3>
<div class="olist arabic"><ol class="arabic">
<li>
<p>
Refactor guis for resizeablity
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Add filters to Run Summary view and Run Control view
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Add to megatest.config or testconfig; rerunok STATE/STATUS,STATE/STATUS&#8230;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Launch gates for diskspace; /path/one&gt;1G,/path/two&gt;200M,/tmp&gt;5G,#{scheme <strong>toppath</strong>}&gt;1G

</p>
</li>
</ol></div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_bin_list">Bin List</h3>
<div class="olist arabic"><ol class="arabic">
<li>
<p>
Quality improvements
</p>
<div class="olist loweralpha"><ol class="loweralpha">
<li>
<p>
Server stutters occasionally
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Large number of items or tests still has some issues.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Code refactoring
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Replace remote process with true API using json (supports Web app also)
</p>
</li>
</ol></div>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Streamline the gui
</p>
<div class="olist loweralpha"><ol class="loweralpha">
<li>
<p>
Everything resizable
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Less clutter
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Tool tips
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Filters on Run Summary, Summary and Run Control panel

</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Built in log viewer (partially implemented)
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Refactor the test control panel
</p>
</li>
</ol></div>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Help and documentation
</p>
<div class="olist loweralpha"><ol class="loweralpha">
<li>
<p>
Complete the user manual (I’ve been working on this lately).
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Online help in the gui

</p>
</li>
</ol></div>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Streamlined install
</p>
<div class="olist loweralpha"><ol class="loweralpha">
<li>
<p>
Deployed version (download a location independent ready to run binary bundle)
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Install Makefile (in progress, needed for Mike to install on VMs)
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Added option to compile IUP (needed for VMs)
</p>
</li>
</ol></div>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Server side run launching
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Support for re-running, cleaning etc. of individual steps (ezsteps makes this very easy to implement).
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Launch process needs built in daemonizing (easy to do, just need to test it thoroughly).
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Wizards for creating tests, regression areas (current ones are text only and limited).
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Fully functional built in web service (currently you can browse runs but it is very simplistic).
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Wildcards in runconfigs: e.g. [p1271/9/%/%]
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Gui panels for editing megatest.config and runconfigs.config
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Fully isolated tests (no use of NFS to see regression area files)
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
Windows version
</p>
</li>
</ol></div>
</div>
<h1 id="_getting_started">Getting Started</h1>
<div class="openblock">
<div class="title">Getting started with Megatest</div>
<div class="content">
<div class="paragraph"><p>How to install Megatest and set it up for running your regressions and continuous integration process.</p></div>
</div></div>

<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_the_first_chapter_of_the_second_part">The First Chapter of the Second Part</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>Chapters grouped into book parts are at level 1 and can contain
sub-sections.</p></div>
</div>
</div>
<h1 id="_reference">Reference</h1>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_the_first_chapter_of_the_second_part_2">The First Chapter of the Second Part</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">




<div class="paragraph"><p>Chapters grouped into book parts are at level 1 and can contain






sub-sections.</p></div>


























</div>
</div>
<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_the_testconfig_file">The testconfig File</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_setup_section">Setup section</h3>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_header">Header</h4>






























<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><tt>[setup]</tt></pre>
</div></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The runscript method is a brute force way to run scripts where the
user is responsible for setting STATE and STATUS</p></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><tt>runscript main.csh</tt></pre>
</div></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_requirements_section">Requirements section</h3>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_header_2">Header</h4>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><tt>[requirements]</tt></pre>
</div></div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_wait_on_other_tests">Wait on Other Tests</h4>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><tt># A normal waiton waits for the prior tests to be COMPLETED
# and PASS, CHECK or WAIVED
waiton test1 test2</tt></pre>
</div></div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_mode">Mode</h4>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The default (i.e. if mode is not specified) is normal. All pre-dependent tests
must be COMPLETED and PASS, CHECK or WAIVED before the test will start</p></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><tt>mode   normal</tt></pre>
</div></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The toplevel mode requires only that the prior tests are COMPLETED.</p></div>

<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><tt># With a toplevel test you may wish to generate your list
# of tests to run dynamically
#
# waiton #{shell get-valid-tests-to-run.sh}</tt></pre>
</div></div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_run_time_limit">Run time limit</h4>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><tt>runtimelim 1h 2m 3s  # this will automatically kill the test if it runs for more than 1h 2m and 3s</tt></pre>
</div></div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_skip">Skip</h4>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_header_3">Header</h4>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><tt>[skip]</tt></pre>
</div></div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_skip_on_still_running_tests">Skip on Still-running Tests</h4>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><tt># NB// If the prevrunning line exists with *any* value the test will
# automatically SKIP if the same-named test is currently RUNNING

prevrunning x</tt></pre>
</div></div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_skip_if_a_file_exists">Skip if a File Exists</h4>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><tt>fileexists /path/to/a/file # skip if /path/to/a/file exists</tt></pre>
</div></div>
</div>
<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_controlled_waiver_propagation">Controlled waiver propagation</h4>
<div class="paragraph"><p>If test is FAIL and previous test in run with same MT_TARGET is WAIVED then apply the following rules from the testconfig:
If a waiver check is specified in the testconfig apply the check and if it passes then set this FAIL to WAIVED</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Waiver check has two parts, 1) a list of waiver, rulename, filepatterns and 2) the rulename script spec (note that "diff" and "logpro" are predefined)</p></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><tt>###### EXAMPLE FROM testconfig #########
# matching file(s) will be diff'd with previous run and logpro applied

# This builtin rule is the default if there is no <waivername>.logpro file
# diff   diff %file1% %file2%

# This builtin rule is applied if a <waivername>.logpro file exists
# logpro diff %file1% %file2% | logpro %waivername%.logpro %waivername%.html</tt></pre>
</div></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_ezsteps">Ezsteps</h3>
<div class="paragraph"><p>To transfer the environment to the next step you can do the following:</p></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="content">
<pre><tt>$MT_MEGATEST -env2file .ezsteps/${stepname}</tt></pre>
</div></div>





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<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="_example_appendix">Appendix A: Example Appendix</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph"><p>One or more optional appendixes go here at section level zero.</p></div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_appendix_sub_section">Appendix Sub-section</h3>
<div class="admonitionblock">
<table><tr>
<td class="icon">
<div class="title">Note</div>
</td>
<td class="content">Preface and appendix subsections start out of sequence at level
2 (level 1 is skipped).  This only applies to multi-part book
documents.</td>
</tr></table>
</div>
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<h2 id="_example_bibliography">Example Bibliography</h2>
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<div class="paragraph"><p>The bibliography list is a style of AsciiDoc bulleted list.</p></div>
<div class="ulist bibliography"><ul>
<li>
<p>
<a id="taoup"></a>[taoup] Eric Steven Raymond. <em>The Art of Unix
  Programming</em>. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-13-142901-9.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<a id="walsh-muellner"></a>[walsh-muellner] Norman Walsh &amp; Leonard Muellner.
  <em>DocBook - The Definitive Guide</em>. O&#8217;Reilly &amp; Associates. 1999.
  ISBN 1-56592-580-7.
</p>
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</dt>
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</dd>
<dt>
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