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Xperior is an open source framework developed on perl by Xyratex for executing lustre tests from current acceptance small shell-based testing framework.||  
Xperior is an open source framework developed on perl by Xyratex for executing lustre tests from current acceptance small shell-based testing framework.
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* could be extended for new executors
* could be extended for new executors
* test result is per-test yaml file and html report could be generated
* test result is per-test yaml file and html report could be generated

Revision as of 13:17, 6 January 2013

In order to automatically service and track test requests, as well as deploy testing resources, an upper-level test automation framework would sit "on top of" the Lustre test infrastructure.

Some requirements/desires for the automation framework:

  • Aware of multiple clusters
  • Able to create virtual clusters as VMs
  • Able to automatically start testing based on various triggers, e.g. git commit hooks
  • Maintains a prioritizable job queue
  • Collect test output status in a database
  • Visually represent pass/failure in a clear, concise manner
  • Should facilitate easy interpretation of test "trends"; i.e. statistical-based test results



Framework(with link) Advantages Disadvantages
autotest

It is designed primarily to test the Linux kernel, though it is useful for many other functions such asqualifying new hardware. It used and developed by a number of organizations, including Google, IBM, Red Hat, andmany others. Developed on Python

  • ready for work linux kernel, supports some logging services and crashdump
  • under active developemnt
  • could work in "client" mode with minimum setup
  • have good internal unit test coverage

in server mode:

  • ready to work on sets of nodes and selecting nodes based on marks/lables
  • have jobs queue supports
  • have a basic web UI and test result database
  • very limited test selection, include list, exclude list, tagging support
  • have pretty simple web UI
  • test structure pretty complex
STAF

The Software Testing Automation Framework (STAF) is an open source, multi-platform, multi-language framework, lead by IBM Core developed on C. You can interact with STAF from many languages (Java, C, C++, Python,Perl, Tcl, Rexx) and from the command line/shell prompt.

  • multi-platform: works on Windows, Linux, AIX

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  • isn't ready for linux kernel-specific functionality

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robotframework Example Example
Xperior

Xperior is an open source framework developed on perl by Xyratex for executing lustre tests from current acceptance small shell-based testing framework.

  • could be extended for new executors
  • test result is per-test yaml file and html report could be generated
  • have some knowledge about current luste tests
  • could collect some logs from systems under tests on per-test basis, and this could be simple extended
  • doesn't directly maintain nodes, lustre mounts, cluster status