.. _tox:
``tox``
=======
``tox`` is an automation project we use to run our testing scenarios. It gives us
the ability to create a dynamic matrix of many testing scenarios, isolated testing environments
and a provides a single entry point to run all tests in an automated and repeatable fashion.
Documentation for tox can be found `here `_.
.. _tox_environment_variables:
Environment variables
---------------------
When running ``tox`` we've allowed for the usage of environment variables to tweak certain settings
of the playbook run using Ansible's ``--extra-vars``. It's helpful in Jenkins jobs or for manual test
runs of ceph-ansible. For example, if you wanted to test the latest master build of ceph using
our ``xenial_cluster`` scenario you could do the following::
CEPH_DEV=true CEPH_DEV_BRANCH=master CEPH_DEV_SHA1=latest tox -rve jewel-ansible2.2-xenial_cluster
The following environent variables are available for use:
* ``FETCH_DIRECTORY`` : (default: ``changedir``) This would configure the ceph-ansible variable ``fetch_directory``. This defaults to
the ``changedir`` of the given scenario and should not need to be changed.
* ``CEPH_RHCS`` : (default: ``false``) Setting this to ``true`` would enable testing of RHCS. This is set to ``true`` when using a ``rhcs-*``
testing scenario.
* ``CEPH_ORIGIN``: (default: ``upstream``) This would configure the ceph-ansible variable ``ceph_origin``.
* ``CEPH_DEV``: (default: ``false``) This would configure the ceph-ansible variable ``ceph_dev`` which enables installing repos from
shaman.ceph.com.
* ``CEPH_DEV_BRANCH``: (default: ``master``) This would configure the ceph-ansible variable ``ceph_dev_branch`` which defines which branch
to install from repos available at shaman.ceph.com. You need to define both branch and sha1 for shaman repos.
* ``CEPH_DEV_SHA1``: (default: ``latest``) This would configure the ceph-ansible variable ``ceph_dev_sha1`` which defines which sha1
to install from repos available at shaman.ceph.com. You need to define both branch and sha1 for shaman repos.
* ``UPDATE_CEPH_DEV_BRANCH``: (default: ``master``) This would configure the ceph-ansible variable ``ceph_dev_branch`` during an ``update``
scenario. The value set here is what the test will upgrade to.
* ``UPDATE_CEPH_DEV_SHA1``: (default: ``latest``) This would configure the ceph-ansible variable ``ceph_dev_sha1`` during an ``update``
scenario. The value set here is what the test will upgrade to.
* ``CEPH_STABLE_RELEASE``: (default: ``jewel``) This would configure the ceph-ansible variable ``ceph_stable_relese``. This is set
automatically when using the ``jewel-*`` or ``kraken-*`` testing scenarios.
* ``UPDATE_CEPH_STABLE_RELEASE``: (default: ``kraken``) This would configure the ceph-ansible variable ``ceph_stable_relese`` during an ``update``
scenario. This is set automatically when using the ``jewel-*`` or ``kraken-*`` testing scenarios.
* ``CEPH_DOCKER_REGISTRY``: (default: ``docker.io``) This would configure the ceph-ansible variable ``ceph_docker_registry``.
* ``CEPH_DOCKER_IMAGE``: (default: ``ceph/daemon``) This would configure the ceph-ansible variable ``ceph_docker_image``.
* ``CEPH_DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG``: (default: ``latest``) This would configure the ceph-ansible variable ``ceph_docker_image_name``.
.. _tox_sections:
Sections
--------
The ``tox.ini`` file has a number of top level sections defined by ``[ ]`` and subsections within those. For complete documentation
on all subsections inside of a tox section please refer to the tox documentation.
* ``tox`` : This section contains the ``envlist`` which is used to create our dynamic matrix. Refer to the `section here `_ for more information on how the ``envlist`` works.
* ``purge`` : This section contains commands that only run for scenarios that purge the cluster and redeploy. You'll see this section being reused in ``testenv``
with the following syntax: ``{[purge]commands}``
* ``update`` : This section contains commands taht only run for scenarios that deploy a cluster and then upgrade it to another ceph version.
* ``testenv`` : This is the main section of the ``tox.ini`` file and is run on every scenario. This section contains many *factors* that define conditional
settings depending on the scenarios defined in the ``envlist``. For example, the factor ``centos7_cluster`` in the ``changedir`` subsection of ``testenv`` sets
the directory that tox will change do when that factor is selected. This is an important behavior that allows us to use the same ``tox.ini`` and reuse commands while
tweaking certain sections per testing scenario.
.. _tox_environments:
Modifying or Adding environments
--------------------------------
The tox environments are controlled by the ``envlist`` subsection of the ``[tox]`` section. Anything inside of ``{}`` is considered a *factor* and will be included
in the dynamic matrix that tox creates. Inside of ``{}`` you can include a comma separated list of the *factors*. Do not use a hyphen (``-``) as part
of the *factor* name as those are used by tox as the separator between different factor sets.
For example, if wanted to add a new test *factor* for the next ceph release of luminious this is how you'd accomplish that. Currently, the first factor set in our ``envlist``
is used to define the ceph release (``{jewel,kraken,rhcs}-...``). To add luminous you'd change that to look like ``{luminous,kraken,rhcs}-...``. In the ``testenv`` section
this is a subsection called ``setenv`` which allows you to provide environment variables to the tox environment and we support an environment variable called ``CEPH_STABLE_RELEASE``. To ensure that all the new tests that are created by adding the luminous *factor* you'd do this in that section: ``luminous: CEPH_STABLE_RELEASE=luminous``.