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= Why =
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== Vision ==
 
There are hundreds of packages which make up the Operating System.
Making sure that they all work together as a whole is not an easy
task. This becomes even harder as the number of packages and their
inter-dependencies grows. An extensive testing is required before
a new version of the operating system is released to ensure it is
stable enough. That is the past.
 
Imagine an '''Always Ready Operating System''' which consists of
packages which are constantly kept in a good shape.  Integrated
and stable thanks to an extensive test coverage which is
continuously executed upon changes in individual packages, in this
way allowing to prepare a new release in much shorter time, or
even in no time.
 
Imagine an operating system distribution which you could release
at any moment. This is where we are heading. Here comes the CI,
Continuous Integration, as an invaluable tool to ensure everything
is working together as expected in every point of time.
 
== Manifesto ==
 
Continuous integration aims to ensure broken changes are revealed
as soon as possible and do not affect other developers, packagers,
maintainers or users. The feedback that continuous integration
provides is vital for fast paced agile delivery of software. Late
testing, long after a change occurs, does not scale to the pace of
Fedora. Learn the goals, terminology and rules for a working CI
in the manifesto.
 
* [[CI/Manifesto|Continuous Integration Manifesto]]
 
= How =
 
There are three main pieces of the puzzle to get this nicely
working: A process which clearly defines how to discover and
execute tests, a set of tools which help to efficiently implement
the process and the tests themselves.
 
== Process ==
 
=== Standard Test Interface ===
 
In order to clearly distinguish test from the CI system running it
the '''Standard Test Interface''' was introduced. It clearly
defines essential terms such as test, test subject, test suite,
test framework, test result, test artifact, test system and
describes what are their responsibilities and requirements.
 
This general approach gives a nice flexibility as it does not
enforce any specific tools or frameworks to be used. Basically it
only describes how tests are discovered and where the testing
results should be stored to be processed by the automation.
 
* [[CI/Standard_Test_Interface|Standard Test Interface]]
 
=== Gating Updates ===
 
When a test fails, CI can prevent the broken change from affecting
other packages. That gating happens in Bodhi.
 
* [[CI/gating_updates|Gating Updates]]
* [[FedoraAtomicCI/gating|Proposals and options]]
 
=== Notifications ===
 
[https://apps.fedoraproject.org/notifications Fedora Notifications]
have been adjusted to notify by default every packager when any
step of the CI pipeline fails on one of the package they maintain.
So if you are a kernel maintainer and a commit made to the kernel
dist-git repository fails to compose an OSTree, FMN will notify
you of it.
 
Bodhi includes the CI results in its update page, just as it
already includes tests results from taskotron.
 
== Tools ==
 
=== Standard Test Roles ===
 
'''Standard Test Roles''' were implemented to enable both
automation tools and developers in their local environments to
easily execute tests. This set of ansible roles supports various
frameworks and allows to execute tests against different test
subjects (such as classic rpm package, docker container or Atomic
Host).
 
* [[CI/Standard_Test_Roles|Standard Test Roles]]
* https://pagure.io/standard-test-roles/
 
=== Metadata ===
 
Standard Test Interface defines only a very simple metadata for
selecting which tests should be run. For more complex scenarios
'''Flexible Metadata Format''' can be used:
 
* [[Flexible_Metadata_Format|Flexible Metadata Format]]
* https://github.com/psss/fmf
 
=== Pipeline ===
 
The testing '''Pipeline''' detects tests for enabled
packages, executes the test coverage and gathers the results.
Currently the pipeline is enabled for the Atomic Host packages
only.
 
* [[CI/Pipeline|Pipeline]]
* [https://github.com/CentOS-PaaS-SIG/ci-pipeline/blob/master/README.md#ci-pipeline-architecture-and-design CI Pipeline Architecture and Design]
 
=== Pagure ===
 
Test results from the CI pipeline are displayed in '''Pagure'''
web interface. See the commits page of respective package.
Currently tests are scheduled for new commits in branches only.
Support for pull request testing is planned in the near future.
 
* [https://src.fedoraproject.org/ Package Sources]
* [https://pagure.io/ Pagure]
 
== Tests ==
 
The core of the CI success are reliable tests of a good quality,
well selected, stable, organized and continuously maintained.
 
=== Test Types ===
 
In general it makes sense to store tests as close to the upstream
as possible. So what are the appropriate test types recommended
for testing the Always Ready Operating System?
 
* Basic functionality tests
* Integration tests
 
For unit tests it usually makes more sense to store them directly
within the upstream project repository. However, in some cases it
might be worth to fetch tests for Fedora CI from the upstream
repository as well.
 
=== Test Code ===
 
Tests may be written all sorts of different ways, but have to be
exposed and invoked in a standard way. Tests are enabled by
including the <code>tests/tests.yml</code> file in the package
dist-git repository as defined by the Standard Test Interface.
Test code itself can be stored directly in the dist-git or fetched
from another repository. Shared tests namespace can be used for
storing test code relevant for multiple packages.
 
* [[CI/Tests|Tests]] ... How to run, write and wrap tests
* [[CI/Share_Test_Code|Share Test Code]] ... Shared tests namespace
 
=== Test Execution ===
 
Executing a test written with the use of Standard Test Roles is as
simple as running an ansible playbook <code>ansible-playbook
tests.yml</code>. However, a set of environment variables needs to
be set properly in order to execute the test against the desired
test subject. The '''Tests''' wiki contains detailed instructions
about running tests and adding new test coverage.
 
* [[CI/Tests|Tests]] ... How to run, write and wrap tests
 
=== Test Porting ===
 
There is an active effort to open source existing internal Red Hat
tests to Fedora called Upstream First. There's a separate upstream
first repository with tests to be ported and a stats page tracking
the progress:
 
* [https://upstreamfirst.fedorainfracloud.org/ Upstream First]
* [[CI/Tests/stat|Progress Status]]
 
= More =
 
== Contact ==
 
If you have questions or would like to get involved:
 
* IRC channel: <code>#fedora-ci</code> on FreeNode
* Mailing list: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/ci@lists.fedoraproject.org/
* Issues: [https://pagure.io/fedora-ci/AtomicCi pagure.io/fedora-ci/AtomicCi]
 
== Links ==
 
Here's a summary of useful links:
 
* [[CI/Standard_Test_Interface|Standard Test Interface]] ... definition of the process
* [[CI/Standard_Test_Roles|Standard Test Roles]] ... set of ansible roles
* [[CI/Tests|Tests]] ... executing and adding tests
* [https://upstreamfirst.fedorainfracloud.org/ Upstream First] ... tests to be ported to dist-git
 
== FAQ ==
 
* Where do I get the latest Atomic Host images for testing?

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