Is anaconda broken roadmap

This page provides a high-level roadmap for implementing the Is_anaconda_broken_proposal project. More detailed tasks can be found in autoqa TRAC roadmap. We follow these steps to define the methods by which we initiate testing

Step 1: Identify boot methods, retrieve files and check file sanity

Method	Files	Sanity	Implementation
URL	initrd.img, vmlinuz	sha256sum,md5sum	/autoinstall/url_install/url_sanity.py
DVD	DVD.iso	size,sha256sum, md5sum	/autoinstall/dvd_install/dvd_sanity.py
CD	4 CDs	size,sha256sum, md5sum	/autoinstall/cd_install/cd_sanity.py
Minimal Boot Media	boot.iso	size,sha256sum, md5sum	/autoinstall/bootiso_install/bootiso_sanity.py
Live	live.iso	size,sha256sum, md5sum	/autoinstall/live_install/live_sanity.py

Step 2: Prepare kick start file to cover test cases

Most of the test cases can be covered by configure different kick start files. There are kickstart templates in different installation method folders.

Method	Kick Start File Template
URL	/autoinstall/url_install/url_ks.cfg
DVD	/autoinstall/dvd_install/dvd_ks.cfg
CD	/autoinstall/cd_install/cd_ks.cfg
Minimal Boot Media	/autoinstall/bootiso_install/bootiso_ks.cfg
Live	/autoinstall/live_install/live_ks.cfg

The kick start options are below :

Kick start options
Operation	Options	Values	Description	Install Required	Typical Install Options	Upgrade Required	Typical Upgrade Options
Install or Upgrade
	install	cdrom		yes	install	no
		harddrive
		nfs
		url
	upgrade	--root-device=<root> (optional)		no		yes	upgrade
mode	text		yes	text or graphical	yes	text or graphical
	graphical
After Installation
	reboot	--reject
	firstboot	--enable or --enabled		no		no
		--disable or --disabled
		--reconfig
	shutdown	shutdown
	poweroff	poweroff		no	poweroff	no	poweroff
	halt	halt		no	halt	no	halt
keyboard			yes		yes
lang			yes		yes
Disk Operation
	clearpart	--all		no		no
		--drives
		--initlabel
		--linux
		--none
	autopart	--encrypted
		--passphrase
	part or partition	--size		yes		no
		--grow
		--maxsize
		--noformat
		--onpart= or --usepart=
		--ondisk= or --ondrive=
		--asprimary
		--fsprofile=
		--fstype=
		--fsoptions=
		--label=
		--recommended
		--onbiosdisk=
		--encrypted
		--passphrase=
		--escrowcert=<url>
		--backuppassphrase
	ignoredisk	ignoredisk --drives=[disk1,disk2,...]		no		no
		ignoredisk --only-use=[disk1,disk2,...]
	zerombr	zerombr
autostep	--autoscreenshot		no		no
bootloader	--append		yes		yes
	--driveorder
	--location
	--password
	--md5pass
	--upgrade
	--timeout
comdline
device	--opts
dmraid	dmraid --name= --dev=
firewall	--enabled or --enable		no		no
	--disabled or --disable
	--trust=
	<incoming>
	--port=
	--service=
group	group --name=<name> [--gid=<gid>]
logging	--host=		no		no
	--port=
	--level=
raid	--level		no		no
	--device
	--spares=
	--fstype
	--fsoptions
	--label=
	--noformat
	--useexisting
	--encrypted
	--passphrase=
	--escrowcert=<url>
	--backuppassphrase
repo	--name=		no		no
	--baseurl=
	--mirrorlist=
	--cost=
	--excludepkgs=
	--includepkgs=
	--proxy=[protocol://][username[:password]@]host[:port]
	--ignoregroups=true
	--noverifyssl
rescue	--romount]		no		no
rootpw	--plaintext		yes
	--lock
selinux	--disabled		no		no
	--enforcing
	--permissive
services	--enabled=		no		no
	--disabled=
sshpw	--username		no		no
	--plaintext
	--lock
skipx	skipx		no	skipx	no	skipx
timezone	--utc		yes
updates	updates [URL]
user	--name=		no		no
	--gecos=
	--groups=
	--homedir=
	--lock
	--password=
	--plaintext
	--shell=
	--uid=
vnc	--host=		no		no
	--port=
	--password=
volgroup	<name>		no		no
	--noformat
	--useexiting
	--pesize
xconfig	--defaultdesktop=
	--startxonboot
zfcp	--devnum=
	--fcplun=
	--wwpn=

List test scenarios,it will make clear that which suite needs to support.

Test Scenarios
	Boot Method
Test	DVD	CD	boot.iso	PXE images	efidisk.img	Live Image
Installation Method
autodetect cdrom	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
repo=cdrom	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
repo=http://host/path	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
repo=ftp://[user:passwd@]server/path	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
repo=nfs:server:/path	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
repo=nfsiso:server:/path	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
repo=hd:device/path	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
repo=hdiso:	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
repo=livecd:	no	no	no	no	no	yes
Methods to locate kickstart file
ks (autodetect from dhcp ???(default is nfs))	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	unknown
ks=http://server/path	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	unknown
ks=ftp://[user:passwd@]server/path	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	unknown
ks=nfs:server:/path	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	unknown
ks=file:/path	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	unknown
ks=hd:device:/path	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	unknown
ks=bd:biosdevice:/path	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	unknown
ks=floppy	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	unknown
ks=cdrom	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	unknown
Methods to locate updates.img
updates	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
updates=http	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
images/updates.img	no	no	no	yes	yes	no
RHUpdates	no	no	no	yes	yes	no
Methods to determine display device
graphical	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
text	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
vnc	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
cmdline	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
serial console=ttyS0	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
telnet	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
Methods to choose kickstart network device
ksdevice=link	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
ksdevice=bootif	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
ksdevice=eth0	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
ksdevice=AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
Methods to activate network device
ip=dhcp	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
ip=a.b.c.d	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
dns=	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
gateway=	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
netmask=	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no

Step 3: Install Fedora with virt-install

from virtguest import VirtGuest, the methods to initialize a guest for both tree compose and iso image have been implemented.

step 4

Identify potential test drivers that trigger off of those events.

• URL install source available (typically, http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/13/i386/os)
  • url_install.py
  • iso_sanity.py (for provided images/boot.iso)
  • bootiso_install.py
  • pxe_install.py (kind of silly, but a possible future test)
• DVD image(s) available (typically, somewhere on http://serverbeach1.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/)
  • iso_sanity.py
  • dvd_install.py
  • hdiso_install.py
  • nfsiso_install.py
• CD image(s) available (typically, somewhere on http://serverbeach1.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/)
  • iso_sanity.py
  • cd_install.py
  • hdiso_install.py
  • nfsiso_install.py

Step 5

Write test drivers using requirements gathered in steps #2,#3,#4

Key

Set priorities for each test. The test drivers will support the tests with high priority.

Colour	Explanation
yes	supported and default (high priority)
yes	supported (medium priority)
yes	supported (low priority)
no	unsupported configuration
unknown	unknown