Is anaconda broken solution

Step 1:Setup Test Environment and Check System Sanity

• Virtualization
  • python-fedora installed
  • libvirt installed
  • qemu-kvm installed
  • python-virtinst installed
  • pax installed
  • service libvirtd started

• Virtual disk (required for hd installation and ks hosted on hd)
  • libguestfs installed
  • python-libguestfs installed

• Interaction with Desktop
  • Linux Desktop Test Project (LDTP)
    • ldtp installed
    • python-ldtp installed
  • dogtail

• Logging
  • service rsyslog started on host
  • rsyslog listening on specific port on host

Step 2: Get Media and Check Media Sanity

• Get Media
  • Tree compose: http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/[$VERSION]/[$ARCH]/os/
  • DVD, Live, boot.iso, netinst.iso: http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/
    • Download by mirror
    • Download by proxy (squid)

• Check Media Sanity
  • size
  • sha256sum
  • md5sum
  • repoclosure for DVD
  • file conflict for DVD

Step 3: Identify Boot Methods, Install Repository, Partitioning, User Interface and Boot Loader

The test is divided into five Boot Methods as the media types: URL, DVD, Live, boot.iso and netinst.iso. All the boot methods should be able to accept different ks file, Install Repository, Partitioning, User Interface and Boot Loader.

• kick start can be passed by virt-install arguments for tree compose or terminal for ISOs
  • remote kickstart files: http, ftp, nfs
  • local kickstart files: ks file should be uploaded on to the virtdisk before using it

• repo
  • passed by terminal
  • passed by ks file

• partitioning
  • passed by ks file

• user interface
  • passed by terminal

• boot loader
  • passed by ks file

The mapping of test cases with kick start files can be found at Testcase_Kickstart_Mapping

Step 4: Creating Virt Guest

virt-install is adopted to initialize the guest. The functions to create guest with virt-install from url, DVD,ect. should be defined firstly. The following functions are defined in the class VirtGuest located in /lib/python/virtguest.py.

Method	Function
URL	url_create()
DVD,CD,boot.iso	iso_create()

Identify potential test drivers that trigger off of those events.

• URL install source available (typically, http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/15/i386/os)
  • url_sanity.py (for provided images/boot.iso)
  • url_install.py
  • 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/)
  • dvd_sanity.py
  • dvd_install.py
  • hddvc_install.py
  • nfsdvc_install.py
• CD image(s) available (typically, somewhere on http://serverbeach1.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/)
  • cd_sanity.py
  • cd_install.py
  • hdcd_install.py
  • nfscd_install.py

Step 5 : Logging and watching the steps of installation

Get the installation output and logs at every step:

Stage	Log file	End label
Boot	boot.log	Greetings
Stage1	stage1.log	Running anaconda [version], system installer - please wait
Stage2	stage2.log

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