Arvados

h1. Running tests

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The arvados git repository has a @run-tests.sh@ script which tests (nearly) all of the components in the source tree. Jenkins at https://ci.curoverse.com uses this exact script, so running it _before pushing a new master_ is a good way to predict whether Jenkins will fail your build and start pestering you by IRC.

h2. Background

You have the arvados source tree at @~/arvados@ and you might have local modifications.

h2. Install prerequisites

The test script doesn't (yet) check for all prerequisites up front, so you'll save some time by installing these things before going any attempting to run tests:

* [[Go]]

* "API server dependencies": http://doc.arvados.org/install/install-api-server.html

** Install debian packages, ruby, bundler. Create "arvados" postgres user with permission to create databases. You don't need to run "bundle install", though.) <pre>createuser arvados --createdb  --pwprompt</pre>

* "Workbench dependencies":http://doc.arvados.org/install/install-workbench-app.html (Currently just graphviz. Skip "bundle install".)

** make sure that the user who will run the tests can successfully start nginx (write access may be required for /var/log/nginx and /var/lib/nginx)

* doc build dependencies: <pre>sudo apt-get install python-epydoc linkchecker</pre>

* "FUSE driver dependencies":https://arvados.org/projects/arvados/wiki/Hacking_Python_SDK#Prerequisites

* Workbench test suite dependencies (see [[Hacking Workbench]]): <pre>

sudo apt-get install xvfb iceweasel

(set -e

 PJS=phantomjs-1.9.7-linux-x86_64

 wget -P /tmp https://bitbucket.org/ariya/phantomjs/downloads/$PJS.tar.bz2

 sudo tar -C /usr/local -xjf /tmp/$PJS.tar.bz2

 sudo ln -s ../$PJS/bin/phantomjs /usr/local/bin/

)

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** version 2.0.x is missdetected see https://github.com/teampoltergeist/poltergeist/issues/595 

* Dependencies specific to testing

** debian package: lsof (used to configure test environment such as ARVADOS_API_HOST)

** debian package: gitolite3 (required by the sanity checks before testing can start)

h2. Run all tests

Basic usage:

<pre>

~/arvados/build/run-tests.sh WORKSPACE=~/arvados

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h2. Save time by skipping install

Normally, even when you're running only one component's test suite, @run-tests.sh@ still runs the _install_ recipe for all of the components. This addresses dependencies between components: for example, Workbench tests expect the Python and CLI SDKs to be installed. It also installs third party dependencies (e.g., ruby gems and python modules).

When you're not worried about these dependencies going out of sync (e.g., you're only touching Workbench tests) you can save time by preserving your install dir between test runs. Install everything once this way:

<pre>

mkdir -p ~/.cache/arvados-build

~/arvados/build/run-tests.sh WORKSPACE=~/arvados --temp ~/.cache/arvados-build --only install

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On subsequent tests, you can add @--skip-install@ and choose a single test suite to run, like this:

<pre>

~/arvados/build/run-tests.sh WORKSPACE=~/arvados --temp ~/.cache/arvados-build --skip-install --only apps/workbench

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Or:

<pre>

~/arvados/build/run-tests.sh WORKSPACE=~/arvados --temp ~/.cache/arvados-build --only-install apps/workbench --only apps/workbench

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h2. Save time by skipping some tests

Running all tests takes a while. You don't want to do this after each tiny change. You can use the --skip and --only arguments to select specific components. Some components also accept component-specific arguments to select specific test classes/cases.

 run-tests.sh [...] --skip-install --only apps/workbench apps/workbench_test="TEST=test/integration/websock*rb"

 run-tests.sh [...] --skip-install --only apps/workbench apps/workbench_test="TESTOPTS=--name=/#6640/"

 run-tests.sh [...] --skip-install --only sdk/python sdk/python_test="--test-suite tests.test_keep_locator"

 run-tests.sh [...] --skip-install --only sdk/python sdk/python_test="--test-suite tests.test_keep_locator.ArvadosKeepLocatorTest.base_locators"

Presumably @[...]@ here includes a @--temp@ argument (see above).

h2. Other options

For more usage info, try:

<pre>

~/arvados/build/run-tests.sh --help

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h1. Deficiencies

There's currently nowhere to add...

* Unit tests for Workbench JavaScript assets (see #4132)

* Unit/functional tests for crunch-job (see #4156)

* Tests for "arv-run-pipeline-instance"