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what / how could test reports be published
by Karanbir Singh 09 Apr '11

09 Apr '11

hi, at the moment all test are run by hand, and people look at the output on the cli. Lets change that. Fabian and I did some work during Fosdem this year to get an automation script in place. This script does : 1) setup some disk space 2) run virt-install with a specific kickstart 3) waits for machine to come back post install boot 4) gets the test scripts onto the machine 5) run each one and track progress. 6) tear down the machine instance. Now the question is : apart from test output, what else would be relevant to track? Here is my list: - install time logs - syscleanup[1] output from before tests are run and after - 'rpm -qa' output What else would be relevant here ? Second part of the issue : What format would everyone like to see these things in ? a) a simple webapp in sinatra.rb or bottle.py ? b) as long as all output is in text, we could shovel test runs into a git repo ( keep in mind that we can end up generating gigs of data per day ). c) something else ? - KB [1]: https://gitorious.org/syscleanup/syscleanup/blobs/master/syscleanup.sh ( I'll pull this into the git repo for QA Testing, so stuff is all in the same place ).

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submit a RPM
by Sergio Belkin 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

Hi, I've read at Centos Wiki that "ts not possible to contribute a package into the CentOS Mirrors at this time. The entire process and policy around this matter is under review." I'd like to submit a RPM package to CentOS, is that impossible still? Thanks in advance! -- -- Sergio Belkin http://www.sergiobelkin.com Watch More TV http://sebelk.blogspot.com LPIC-2 Certified - http://www.lpi.org

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[QA/Bluecain] FTP server kickstart and test script
by Athmane Madjoudj 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

Hello, I've attached a kickstart and test script for testing deployment of a CentOS-5 based FTP server (vsFTPd obviously) for inclusion in Bluecain git repo Best regards. -- Athmane Madjoudj RHCE

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[QA] LAMP kickstart and tests scripts
by Athmane Madjoudj 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

Hello, I've attached a kickstart (and tests scripts) for testing deployment of a CentOS-5 based LAMP server with Postfix for inclusion in 'bluecain' collection (ie: [1]). [1]: https://nazar.karan.org/cgit/bluecain/ Best regards. -- Athmane Madjoudj RHCE

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Cent OS 5.5 Clustering and Support
by Kumar, Ranjan 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

Hi, We are a Channel product team within LSI and we are trying to add Cent OS 5.5 to our compatibility Matrix. We found out that LSI currently has a relationship with CentOS for another project on the Internal Storage division but not with the OS Certification team. We require some information on CentOS which will help us plan the deliverables. And considering the timelines we need to deliver at it will be great if someone from CentOS can help us out in this regard. If anybody else also can answer these in the mailing list, we would be grateful. The questions that we have are as follows:- 1) Cluster Support : * Does CentOS 5.5 provides native cluster support ? * Is there any cluster suite available for CentOS 5.5 ? * Can we use the cluster suite in CentOS 4 for 5.5. 2) Does CentOS have any self Certification tool which allows OEMs/Vendors to qualify the OS and post it in their compatibility matrix? One we start our qualification, we might need some help in resolving issues/defects on CentOS. Can we open a channel or Point of contact who will be able to help us out with such issues. I would also request to forward this email to the right forum if the mailing list we are sending to is not the appropriate one. Thanks and Regards. Kumar Ranjan LSI Technologies.

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I want to help
by Marian Marinov 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

Hello, Just today I read in LWN( https://lwn.net/Articles/435744/ ) about the problems with CentOS. I want to offer hardware (build servers) and I also want to volunteer time for cleaning up packages. Is there a page giving some guidelines? How can I start helping ? I'm packaging my own software with RPM for more then an year now so I think I have the required knowledge. -- Best regards, Marian Marinov

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Status 5.6
by Leon Fauster 05 Apr '11

05 Apr '11

For the archives: http://www.karan.org/status_5.6.html Leon

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Re: [CentOS-devel] QA effort
by Karanbir Singh 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

On 04/04/2011 06:46 PM, Dennis Gerasimov wrote: > Thank you, I think I know just the part I want to tackle: the cluster > suite: cman, clvm and rgmanager (excluding gfs* for now). > Where do we keep the tests? Are there examples of tests for other > packages that I can look at? http://www.karan.org/blog/index.php/2010/03/30/autmated-install-testing-for… has something to start with, its very basic, but its something. There have been a few posts about that here on the list as well. But I'll give you enough to get started with : The tests themselves can be of two types : a) installer based ( where one would write a kickstart, that sets up the machine does its tests or sets up the tests in %post ). Kickstarts are well, kickstarts. Look here for some examples if you need to : https://nazar.karan.org/cgit/bluecain/tree/ b) post-install scripts. These are the ones where one would do functional tests. Each of these tests is a single script which must - at this time - be self contained. And the only real concern for the testing system is what the exit code was ( 0 = pass, 1 = fail ). They can be written in any language you like. Here is a very simple example: ------------------------------------ #!/bin/sh echo -n 'Test that all updates can be applied to this machine cleanly' yum -d0 -y upgrade > /dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo ': PASS' else echo ': Fail' exit 1 fi ------------------------------------ here is another which does something similar : ------------------------------------ #!/bin/sh echo -n 'Test that all 32 rpms can be removed' # only run this test on x86_64 machines! is64=$(uname -m|grep x86_64) if [ "$?" -ne '0' ]; then echo ' Skip' exit 1 fi yum -d0 -y erase *.i?86 > /dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo ' PASS' else echo ' Fail' exit 1 fi # note, this does not imply the machine is still usable after # the remove! need to test that independently ------------------------------------ Things that you *do* need to be concerned about : - kickstarts should make no assumptions about storage ( since we run them on xen and kvm hosts ). If you need specific names and labels, use lvm. - Getting the tests into the machine post install is not something you need to worry about, thats done by the test harness. - ideally, tests will be in filenames that reflect the package or the nature of the test they are hoping to work against. eg: yum_CanBlindUpgrade.sh and yum_CanRemove32bit.sh - if you are not writing a kickstart to cover the scope of tests, then you need to assume packages being tested are not installed. eg. php tests should start with a 'yum -d0 install php' - test real functionality first, then work your way down if you want to. Eg: ------------------------------------ #!/bin/sh echo -n 'Test to see if dns works' echo 'nameserver 8.8.8.8' > /etc/resolv.conf # its important we dont hit a dns record with a wildcard like centos.org ping -c 1 www.google.com > /dev/null 2>&1 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo ' PASS' else echo ' Fail' exit 1 fi # implied results: # - network works # - default route is really honoured # - atleast one network link on the machine is working # - ipv4 is functional ------------------------------------ So in this case, its testing if DNS is functional ( something a user would care about ) and you get some free test wins ( network works, route etc ). Questions ? ask away. Maybe a few people can get together and even start working on a set of wiki pages for this stuff! The tests are all inside a git repo, but for the first few that you write - how about posting them here to the list and we can take it from there. - KB

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Brief status update, please?
by Matthew Miller 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

I checked the web forum in case there was something new there, and there doesn't appear to be. It's been a couple of weeks without news. Thanks. -- Matthew Miller mattdm(a)mattdm.org <http://mattdm.org/>

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QA effort
by Jonas Larson 04 Apr '11

04 Apr '11

Hi all, How can I help (if I can) to contribute to the fine distribution of Centos? //jonas larson

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