Package Install Testing¶

Package install testing will use virtual machines along with vm templates and snapshots to accomplish the testing in a quick an timely manner. Snapshots will allow the restore of the system to it's pre-installed state. This will enable quick turnaround for testing.

Below is the list of VM systems that will be used to test 2.0 package testing:

1. fed15-32.ostt
2. fed15-64.ostt
3. u1043-32.ostt
4. u1043-64.ostt
5. rhel6-132.ostt
6. rhel6-164.ostt
7. u1104-32.ostt
8. u1104-64.ostt
9. ubun111032.ostt
10. ubun111064.ostt
11. squeze64.ostt

VM Creation¶

1. Use the vm client software (vSphere) to create each vm. For each vm, load the following additional software:

• Jenkins
• php (including posix features)
• subversion
• java2-runtime (sun version)
• others per distro (see below)

1. After each vm is installed, it is cloned as a template so that full recovery is faster.
2. As part of the initial set up, there should already be an existing vm. If needed, convert the template into a VM, see the page Converting a VM template to an Install VM.
3. After the vm is working and on the network, take a snapshot (with memory) of it using the vm client software. Take only 1 snapshot. For example, the rhel6-132.ostt vm was snapshoted as rhel6.1-32-snap1, with description of "rhel6-132.ostt ready for install test". In the description always use the real full name.
4. After the snapshot is saved (it can take a while), enable it with the snapshot manager. This is an important step. If this step is not done, after an install a 'revert' will not be to be done and the vm will have to be removed and recreated.

todo need a section on snapshots.

Setting up a Jenkins slave node (the vm)¶

Debian/Ubuntu¶

• install java2-runtime (sun version)
• install deamon
  

  sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jre openjdk-6-jre-headless daemon 
  

• download and install Jenkins, use the right bar to select the version, we have used the LTS releases with good results.

• Stop Jenkins and reset jenkins user password to jenkins.
• restart jenkins

  sudo /etc/init.d/jenkins start

• change root passwd to the standard. Ubuntu systems set it so it must be changed.

RedHat/Fedora/CentOS based systems¶

For all rhel systems, a proxy must be set so yum can reach the outside world. Modify /etc/yum.conf.

proxy=http://lart.usa.hp.com:3128

Fedora¶

Fedora is the easiest of the rhel based systems. It contains the material needed above without having to go to other repos (except jenkins).

• add a proxy to yum (see above)
• install material:

   yum install php php-process emacs subversion

Fedora, RedHat/Centos systems:¶

• download jenkins and get the rpm version we want:
  

  wget  http://mirrors.jenkins-ci.org/redhat-stable-rc/jenkins-1.424.2.SNAPSHOT-1.1.noarch.rpm

• install it:

  rpm -ivh jenkins-1.424.2.SNAPSHOT-1.1.noarch.rpm

• change jenkins to have a login: vipw /etc/passwd, change /bin/false to /bin/bash
• change jenkins user password to 'jenkins'.
• put jekins in sudo file (/etc/sudoers)

  jenkins ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL

• remove jenkins.repo in /etc/yum.repos.d/, if this is not done, the yum update will fail because we don't have the repo key. Plus we don't want the latest and greatest jenkins.
• RetroFit RedHat repos
  • For redhat systems, go to the linux coe page and create a retrofit program and run it on the system to enable the repos needed.
  • if not in any repos configured, get the php-process from centos:
    32 bit: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/i386/Packages/php-process-5.3.3-3.el6_1.3.i686.rpm
    64 bit: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/os/x86_64/Packages/php-process-5.3.3-3.el6_1.3.x86_64.rpm
    This is needed as it has posix routines we need for php. This may complain about not having a RSA/SHA1 signature key.
  • for 1.4.1 p7zip-plugins was also needed.
    32 bit: ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/i386/os/Packages/p7zip-plugins-9.20.1-2.fc16.i686.rpm
    64 bit: ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/epel/6/x86_64/p7zip-plugins-9.20.1-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • install php: yum install php
  • install posix support for php:

    yum install php-process or rpm -ivh correct-rpm file for system

• If you can't talk to apache or postgres over the network: Add this to /etc/sysconfig/iptables:

  -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --sport 80 -j ACCEPT
  -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
  -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 5432 -j ACCEPT

The above will enable apache and postgres

now as jenkins sudo

/etc/init.d/postgresql start

works.