Re: [Xen-API] Introducing Open Source XenRT

[Anil Madhavapeddy <anil@xxxxxxxxxx>]

That's very useful indeed.  I can confirm from past experience with XenRT that 
it will definitely be suitable for the bulk of Mirage testing. I'd be surprised 
if XenRT isn't suitable for use with the OSS hypervisor (since it's always had 
OSS tests, followed by XenServer tests since 2006-2007 or so).

What's the best way to get involved with the conversation about the 
test-as-a-service platform?  That's definitely the right direction to go for 
us, since we don't have the resources to manage our own XenRT installation, but 
can definitely submit test cases and triage the results.

cheers,
Anil 

On 2 Sep 2013, at 15:10, Lars Kurth <lars.kurth@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> For your information: XenRT is also very likely to become the test 
> (as-a-service) framework for the Xen Project overall. See minutes of the last 
> Advisory Board Meeting 
> (http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/AB_Meeting/August_2013_Minutes). Next steps 
> will be for the Test Framework Committee to have its first meeting, decide 
> whether XenRT is suitable for Hypervisor testing (besides XenServer testing) 
> and figure out how to move forward with implementation.  
> Lars
> 
> On 02/09/2013 14:13, Anil Madhavapeddy wrote:
>> This is the core engine that has driven all Xen testing for the last decade. 
>> Well worth investigating when our Mirage unit tests need more rigorous 
>> stress testing!
>> 
>> -anil
>> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>> 
>>> From: Alex Brett <Alex.Brett@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> 
>>> Subject: [Xen-API] Introducing Open Source XenRT
>>> Date: 2 September 2013 13:49:00 BST
>>> To: 
>>> "xen-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> As a follow up activity to the open sourcing of XenServer, Citrix is 
>>> pleased to announce the open sourcing of its automated test platform, XenRT.
>>> 
>>> XenRT ("Xen Regression Test") is a test automation framework, written in 
>>> Python, providing abstractions for the various components under test (pool, 
>>> host, VM, storage, network etc). The library code which makes up these 
>>> abstractions simplifies the process of writing tests, allowing quite 
>>> complex operations to be performed in a single method call.
>>> 
>>> In a full deployment, XenRT handles all aspects of the testing process - it 
>>> will schedule a test job onto a host, bootstrap it (via DHCP/PXE), install 
>>> the build to be tested, carry out the testing, and collect all necessary 
>>> logs for troubleshooting, without any user interaction required.
>>> 
>>> In addition to basic functional, regression, and stress testing, XenRT has 
>>> suites of tests that are used for testing performance, scalability, and 
>>> interoperability.
>>> 
>>> Within Citrix, XenRT is used with a distributed lab comprised of an 
>>> extremely wide range of hardware, and is developed and maintained by a team 
>>> of some 25 developers. Tests are also written and executed directly by the 
>>> wider XenServer engineering team, in a true "Test-as-a-Service" platform - 
>>> see 
>>> http://blogs.citrix.com/2013/08/30/xenserver-automated-testing-and-lab-orchestration-introducing-xenrt/
>>>  for more information.
>>> 
>>> XenRT has been open sourced to leverage Citrix's experience and resources 
>>> in test automation to help improve the quality of open source Xen and 
>>> XenServer releases, to benefit the entire community.
>>> 
>>> To get started with XenRT, follow the links below to the code and a README 
>>> document (which contains getting started instructions - further 
>>> documentation will follow in the near future). For discussion a mailing 
>>> list has been created - information about this can be found at 
>>> https://lists.xenserver.org/sympa/info/xenrt-users
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> README document:
>>> 
>>> http://downloadns.citrix.com.edgesuite.net/akdlm/8169/README
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Main XenRT tarball:
>>> 
>>> http://downloadns.citrix.com.edgesuite.net/akdlm/8168/xenrt.tgz
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Third party test resource tarball:
>>> 
>>> http://downloadns.citrix.com.edgesuite.net/akdlm/8169/tests.tgz
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Source for third party resources (not required for normal operation):
>>> 
>>> http://downloadns.citrix.com.edgesuite.net/akdlm/8169/tests-source.tgz
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Kind Regards,
>>> Alex Brett
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> 
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