Executing the functest suites

Manual testing

This section assumes the following:
  • The Functest Docker container is running
  • The docker prompt is shown
  • The Functest environment is ready (Functest CLI command ‘functest env prepare’ has been executed)

If any of the above steps are missing please refer to the Functest Config Guide as they are a prerequisite and all the commands explained in this section must be performed inside the container.

Note: In Colorado release, the scripts run_tests.sh is now replaced with a new Functest CLI. One difference, is that tests run through the Functest CLI will always clean-up OpenStack resources. See the `Troubleshooting`_ section of this document, where this difference is discussed.

The Functest CLI offers two commands (functest tier ...) and (functest testcase ... ) for the execution of Test Tiers or Test Cases:

root@22e436918db0:~/repos/functest/ci# functest tier --help
Usage: functest tier [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options:
  -h, --help  Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  get-tests  Prints the tests in a tier.
  list       Lists the available tiers.
  run        Executes all the tests within a tier.
  show       Shows information about a tier.
root@22e436918db0:~/repos/functest/ci# functest testcase --help

Usage: functest testcase [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options:
  -h, --help  Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  list  Lists the available testcases.
  run   Executes a test case.
  show  Shows information about a test case.

More details on the existing Tiers and Test Cases can be seen with the ‘list’ command:

root@22e436918db0:~/repos/functest/ci# functest tier list
    - 0. healthcheck:
           ['healthcheck']
    - 1. smoke:
           ['vping_ssh', 'vping_userdata', 'tempest_smoke_serial', 'rally_sanity']
    - 2. sdn_suites:
           ['odl']
    - 3. features:
           ['doctor', 'security_scan']
    - 4. openstack:
           ['tempest_full_parallel', 'rally_full']
    - 5. vnf:
           ['vims']

and

root@22e436918db0:~/repos/functest/ci# functest testcase list
healthcheck
vping_ssh
vping_userdata
tempest_smoke_serial
rally_sanity
odl
doctor
security_scan
tempest_full_parallel
rally_full
vims

More specific details on specific Tiers or Test Cases can be seen wih the ‘show’ command:

root@22e436918db0:~/repos/functest/ci# functest tier show smoke
+======================================================================+
| Tier:  smoke                                                         |
+======================================================================+
| Order: 1                                                             |
| CI Loop: (daily)|(weekly)                                            |
| Description:                                                         |
|    Set of basic Functional tests to validate the OpenStack           |
|    deployment.                                                       |
| Test cases:                                                          |
|    - vping_ssh                                                       |
|    - vping_userdata                                                  |
|    - tempest_smoke_serial                                            |
|    - rally_sanity                                                    |
|                                                                      |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+

and

root@22e436918db0:~/repos/functest/ci# functest testcase  show tempest_smoke_serial
+======================================================================+
| Testcase:  tempest_smoke_serial                                      |
+======================================================================+
| Description:                                                         |
|    This test case runs the smoke subset of the OpenStack Tempest     |
|    suite. The list of test cases is generated by Tempest             |
|    automatically and depends on the parameters of the OpenStack      |
|    deplopyment.                                                      |
| Dependencies:                                                        |
|   - Installer:                                                       |
|   - Scenario :                                                       |
|                                                                      |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+

To execute a Test Tier or Test Case, the ‘run’ command is used:

root@22e436918db0:~/repos/functest/ci# functest tier run healthcheck
Executing command: 'python /home/opnfv/repos/functest/ci/run_tests.py -t healthcheck'
2016-06-30 11:44:56,933 - run_tests - INFO - Sourcing the OpenStack RC file...
2016-06-30 11:44:56,937 - run_tests - INFO - ############################################
2016-06-30 11:44:56,938 - run_tests - INFO - Running tier 'healthcheck'
2016-06-30 11:44:56,938 - run_tests - INFO - ############################################
2016-06-30 11:44:56,938 - run_tests - INFO - ============================================
2016-06-30 11:44:56,938 - run_tests - INFO - Running test case 'healthcheck'...
2016-06-30 11:44:56,938 - run_tests - INFO - ============================================
2016-06-30 11:44:56,953 - healtcheck - INFO -  Testing Keystone API...
2016-06-30 11:45:05,351 - healtcheck - INFO -  ...Keystone OK!
2016-06-30 11:45:05,354 - healtcheck - INFO -  Testing Glance API...
2016-06-30 11:45:29,746 - healtcheck - INFO -  ... Glance OK!
2016-06-30 11:45:29,749 - healtcheck - INFO -  Testing Cinder API...
2016-06-30 11:45:37,502 - healtcheck - INFO -  ...Cinder OK!
2016-06-30 11:45:37,505 - healtcheck - INFO -  Testing Neutron API...
2016-06-30 11:45:39,664 - healtcheck - INFO -  External network found. ccd98ad6-d34a-4768-b03c-e28ecfcd51ca
2016-06-30 11:45:39,667 - healtcheck - INFO -  1. Create Networks...
2016-06-30 11:45:44,227 - healtcheck - INFO -  2. Create subnets...
2016-06-30 11:45:46,805 - healtcheck - INFO -  4. Create Routers...
2016-06-30 11:45:54,261 - healtcheck - INFO -  ...Neutron OK!
2016-06-30 11:45:54,264 - healtcheck - INFO -  Testing Nova API...
2016-06-30 11:47:12,272 - healtcheck - INFO -  ...Nova OK!
2016-06-30 11:47:12,274 - healtcheck - INFO -  Checking if instances get an IP from DHCP...
:
:
2016-06-30 11:48:17,832 - healtcheck - INFO -  ...DHCP OK!
2016-06-30 11:48:17,835 - healtcheck - INFO -  Health check passed!
2016-06-30 11:48:17,837 - clean_openstack - INFO - +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2016-06-30 11:48:17,837 - clean_openstack - INFO - Cleaning OpenStack resources...
2016-06-30 11:48:17,837 - clean_openstack - INFO - +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Version 1 is deprecated, use alternative version 2 instead.
WARNING:cinderclient.api_versions:Version 1 is deprecated, use alternative version 2 instead.
2016-06-30 11:48:18,272 - clean_openstack - INFO - Removing Nova instances...
2016-06-30 11:48:24,439 - clean_openstack - INFO - -------------------------------------------
2016-06-30 11:48:24,440 - clean_openstack - INFO - Removing Glance images...
2016-06-30 11:48:35,853 - clean_openstack - INFO - -------------------------------------------
2016-06-30 11:48:35,854 - clean_openstack - INFO - Removing Cinder volumes...
2016-06-30 11:48:37,344 - clean_openstack - INFO - -------------------------------------------
2016-06-30 11:48:37,344 - clean_openstack - INFO - Removing floating IPs...
2016-06-30 11:48:37,467 - clean_openstack - INFO - -------------------------------------------
2016-06-30 11:48:37,467 - clean_openstack - INFO - Removing Neutron objects
2016-06-30 11:48:53,633 - clean_openstack - INFO - -------------------------------------------
2016-06-30 11:48:53,633 - clean_openstack - INFO - Removing Security groups...
2016-06-30 11:48:53,689 - clean_openstack - INFO - -------------------------------------------
2016-06-30 11:48:53,689 - clean_openstack - INFO - Removing Users...
2016-06-30 11:48:54,444 - clean_openstack - INFO - -------------------------------------------
2016-06-30 11:48:54,444 - clean_openstack - INFO - Removing Tenants...
2016-06-30 11:48:54,711 - clean_openstack - INFO - -------------------------------------------

and

root@22e436918db0:~/repos/functest/ci# functest testcase run vping_ssh
Executing command: 'python /home/opnfv/repos/functest/ci/run_tests.py -t vping_ssh'
2016-06-30 11:50:31,861 - run_tests - INFO - Sourcing the OpenStack RC file...
2016-06-30 11:50:31,865 - run_tests - INFO - ============================================
2016-06-30 11:50:31,865 - run_tests - INFO - Running test case 'vping_ssh'...
2016-06-30 11:50:31,865 - run_tests - INFO - ============================================
2016-06-30 11:50:32,977 - vping_ssh - INFO - Creating image 'functest-vping' from '/home/opnfv/functest/data/cirros-0.3.4-x86_64-disk.img'...
2016-06-30 11:50:45,470 - vping_ssh - INFO - Creating neutron network vping-net...
2016-06-30 11:50:47,645 - vping_ssh - INFO - Creating security group  'vPing-sg'...
2016-06-30 11:50:48,843 - vping_ssh - INFO - Using existing Flavor 'm1.small'...
2016-06-30 11:50:48,927 - vping_ssh - INFO - vPing Start Time:'2016-06-30 11:50:48'
2016-06-30 11:50:48,927 - vping_ssh - INFO - Creating instance 'opnfv-vping-1'...
2016-06-30 11:51:34,664 - vping_ssh - INFO - Instance 'opnfv-vping-1' is ACTIVE.
2016-06-30 11:51:34,818 - vping_ssh - INFO - Adding 'opnfv-vping-1' to security group 'vPing-sg'...
2016-06-30 11:51:35,209 - vping_ssh - INFO - Creating instance 'opnfv-vping-2'...
2016-06-30 11:52:01,439 - vping_ssh - INFO - Instance 'opnfv-vping-2' is ACTIVE.
2016-06-30 11:52:01,439 - vping_ssh - INFO - Adding 'opnfv-vping-2' to security group 'vPing-sg'...
2016-06-30 11:52:01,754 - vping_ssh - INFO - Creating floating IP for VM 'opnfv-vping-2'...
2016-06-30 11:52:01,969 - vping_ssh - INFO - Floating IP created: '10.17.94.140'
2016-06-30 11:52:01,969 - vping_ssh - INFO - Associating floating ip: '10.17.94.140' to VM 'opnfv-vping-2'
2016-06-30 11:52:02,792 - vping_ssh - INFO - Trying to establish SSH connection to 10.17.94.140...
2016-06-30 11:52:19,915 - vping_ssh - INFO - Waiting for ping...
2016-06-30 11:52:21,108 - vping_ssh - INFO - vPing detected!
2016-06-30 11:52:21,108 - vping_ssh - INFO - vPing duration:'92.2' s.
2016-06-30 11:52:21,109 - vping_ssh - INFO - vPing OK
2016-06-30 11:52:21,153 - clean_openstack - INFO - +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2016-06-30 11:52:21,153 - clean_openstack - INFO - Cleaning OpenStack resources...
2016-06-30 11:52:21,153 - clean_openstack - INFO - +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Version 1 is deprecated, use alternative version 2 instead.
:
:
etc.

To list the test cases which are part of a specific Test Tier, the ‘get-tests’ command is used with ‘functest tier’:

root@22e436918db0:~/repos/functest/ci# functest tier get-tests sdn_suites
Test cases in tier 'sdn_suites':
 ['odl']

Please note that for some scenarios some test cases might not be launched. For example, the last example displayed only the ‘odl’ testcase for the given environment. In this particular system the deployment does not support the ‘onos’ SDN Controller Test Case; for example.

Important If you use the command ‘functest tier run <tier_name>’, then the Functest CLI utility will call all valid Test Cases, which belong to the specified Test Tier, as relevant to scenarios deployed to the SUT environment. Thus, the Functest CLI utility calculates automatically which tests can be executed and which cannot, given the environment variable DEPLOY_SCENARIO, which is passed in to the Functest docker container.

Currently, the Functest CLI command ‘functest testcase run <testcase_name>’, supports two possibilities:

*  Run a single Test Case, specified by a valid choice of <testcase_name>
*  Run ALL test Test Cases (for all Tiers) by specifying <testcase_name> = 'all'

Example:

root@22e436918db0:~/repos/functest/ci# functest testcase run all
Executing command: 'python /home/opnfv/repos/functest/ci/run_tests.py -t all'
2016-06-30 12:03:28,628 - run_tests - INFO - Sourcing the OpenStack RC file...
2016-06-30 12:03:28,634 - run_tests - INFO - Tiers to be executed:
    - 0. healthcheck:
           ['healthcheck']
    - 1. smoke:
           ['vping_ssh', 'vping_userdata', 'tempest_smoke_serial', 'rally_sanity']
    - 2. sdn_suites:
           ['odl']
    - 3. features:
           ['doctor', 'security_scan']
    - 4. openstack:
           ['tempest_full_parallel', 'rally_full']
    - 5. vnf:
           ['vims']
2016-06-30 12:03:28,634 - run_tests - INFO - ############################################
2016-06-30 12:03:28,635 - run_tests - INFO - Running tier 'healthcheck'
2016-06-30 12:03:28,635 - run_tests - INFO - ############################################
2016-06-30 12:03:28,635 - run_tests - INFO - ============================================
2016-06-30 12:03:28,635 - run_tests - INFO - Running test case 'healthcheck'...
2016-06-30 12:03:28,635 - run_tests - INFO - ============================================
2016-06-30 12:03:28,651 - healtcheck - INFO -  Testing Keystone API...
2016-06-30 12:03:36,676 - healtcheck - INFO -  ...Keystone OK!
2016-06-30 12:03:36,679 - healtcheck - INFO -  Testing Glance API...
:
:
etc.

Functest includes a cleaning mechanism in order to remove all the OpenStack resources except those present before running any test. The script $repos_dir/functest/utils/generate_defaults.py is called once when setting up the Functest environment (i.e. CLI command ‘functest env prepare’) to snapshot all the OpenStack resources (images, networks, volumes, security groups, tenants, users) so that an eventual cleanup does not remove any of these defaults.

The script clean_openstack.py which is located in $repos_dir/functest/utils/ is normally called after a test execution. It is in charge of cleaning the OpenStack resources that are not specified in the defaults file generated previously which is stored in /home/opnfv/functest/conf/os_defaults.yaml in the Functest docker container.

It is important to mention that if there are new OpenStack resources created manually after preparing the Functest environment, they will be removed, unless you use the special method of invoking the test case with specific suppression of clean up. (See the `Troubleshooting`_ section).

The reason to include this cleanup meachanism in Functest is because some test suites such as Tempest or Rally create a lot of resources (users, tenants, networks, volumes etc.) that are not always properly cleaned, so this function has been set to keep the system as clean as it was before a full Functest execution.

Although the Functest CLI provides an easy way to run any test, it is possible to do a direct call to the desired test script. For example:

python $repos_dir/functest/testcases/OpenStack/vPing/vPing_ssh.py -d

Automated testing

As mentioned previously, the Functest Docker container preparation as well as invocation of Test Cases can be called within the container from the Jenkins CI system. There are 3 jobs that automate the whole process. The first job runs all the tests referenced in the daily loop (i.e. that must been run daily), the second job runs the tests referenced in the weekly loop (usually long duration tests run once a week maximum) and the third job allows testing test suite by test suite specifying the test suite name. The user may also use either of these Jenkins jobs to execute the desired test suites.

One of the most challenging task in the Colorado release consists in dealing with lots of scenarios and installers. Thus, when the tests are automatically started from CI, a basic algorithm has been created in order to detect whether a given test is runnable or not on the given scenario. Some Functest test suites cannot be systematically run (e.g. ODL suite can not be run on an ONOS scenario). Moreover since Colorado, we also introduce the notion of daily/weekly in order to save CI time and avoid running systematically long duration tests.

CI provides some useful information passed to the container as environment variables:

  • Installer (apex|compass|fuel|joid), stored in INSTALLER_TYPE
  • Installer IP of the engine or VM running the actual deployment, stored in INSTALLER_IP
  • The scenario [controller]-[feature]-[mode], stored in DEPLOY_SCENARIO with
    • controller = (odl|onos|ocl|nosdn)
    • feature = (ovs(dpdk)|kvm|sfc|bgpvpn|moon|multisites)
    • mode = (ha|noha)

The constraints per test case are defined in the Functest configuration file /home/opnfv/repos/functest/ci/testcases.yaml:

tiers:
   -
       name: healthcheck
       order: 0
       ci_loop: '(daily)|(weekly)'
       description : >-
           First tier to be executed to verify the basic
           operations in the VIM.
       testcases:
           -
               name: healthcheck
               criteria: 'status == "PASS"'
               blocking: true
               description: >-
                   This test case verifies the basic OpenStack services like
                   Keystone, Glance, Cinder, Neutron and Nova.

               dependencies:
                   installer: ''
                   scenario: ''

  -
       name: smoke
       order: 1
       ci_loop: '(daily)|(weekly)'
       description : >-
           Set of basic Functional tests to validate the OpenStack deployment.
       testcases:
           -
               name: vping_ssh
               criteria: 'status == "PASS"'
               blocking: true
               description: >-
                   This test case verifies: 1) SSH to an instance using floating
                   IPs over the public network. 2) Connectivity between 2 instances
                   over a private network.
               dependencies:
                   installer: ''
                   scenario: '^((?!bgpvpn|odl_l3).)*$'
       ....
We may distinguish 2 levels in the test case description:
  • Tier level
  • Test case level

At the tier level, we define the following parameters:

  • ci_loop: indicate if in automated mode, the test case must be run in daily and/or weekly jobs
  • description: a high level view of the test case
For a given test case we defined:
  • the name of the test case
  • the criteria (experimental): a criteria used to declare the test case as PASS or FAIL
  • blocking: if set to true, if the test is failed, the execution of the following tests is canceled
  • the description of the test case
  • the dependencies: a combination of 2 regex on the scenario and the installer name

The order of execution is the one defined in the file if all test cases are selected.

In CI daily job the tests are executed in the following order:

  1. healthcheck (blocking)
  2. smoke: both vPings are blocking
  3. SDN controller suites (blocking)
  4. Feature project tests cases

In CI weekly job we add 2 tiers:

  1. vIMS suite
  2. Rally suite

As explained before, at the end of an automated execution, the OpenStack resources might be eventually removed. Please note that a system snapshot is taken before any test case execution.

This testcase.yaml file is used for CI, for the CLI and for the automatic reporting.