1 Autotest: Fully automated tests under the linux platform 2 -------------------------------------------------------- 3 4 Autotest is a framework for fully automated testing. It is designed primarily to 5 test the Linux kernel, though it is useful for many other functions such as 6 qualifying new hardware. It's an open-source project under the GPL and is used 7 and developed by a number of organizations, including Google, IBM, Red Hat, and 8 many others. 9 10 Autotest is composed of a number of modules that will help you to do stand alone 11 tests or setup a fully automated test grid, depending on what you are up to. 12 A non extensive list of modules is: 13 14 * Autotest client: The engine that executes the tests (dir client). Each 15 autotest test is a a directory inside (client/tests) and it is represented 16 by a python class that implements a minimum number of methods. The client 17 is what you need if you are a single developer trying out autotest and executing 18 some tests. Autotest client executes ''client side control files'', which are 19 regular python programs, and leverage the API of the client. 20 21 * Autotest server: A program that copies the client to remote machines and 22 controls their execution. Autotest server executes ''server side control files'', 23 which are also regular python programs, but leverage a higher level API, since 24 the autotest server can control test execution in multiple machines. If you 25 want to perform tests slightly more complex involving more than one machine you 26 might want the autotest server 27 28 * Autotest database: For test grids, we need a way to store test results, and 29 that is the purpose of the database component. This DB is used by the autotest 30 scheduler and the frontends to store and visualize test results. 31 32 * Autotest scheduler: For test grids, we need an utility that can schedule and 33 trigger job execution in test machines, the autotest scheduler is that utility. 34 35 * Autotest web frontend: For test grids, A web app, whose backend is written in 36 django (http://www.djangoproject.com/) and UI written in gwt 37 (http://code.google.com/webtoolkit/), lets users to trigger jobs and visualize 38 test results 39 40 * Autotest command line interface: Alternatively, users also can use the 41 autotest CLI, written in python 42 43 44 Getting started with autotest client 45 ------------------------------------ 46 47 For the impatient: 48 49 http://autotest.kernel.org/wiki/QuickStart 50 51 52 Check out the main project documentation source 53 ----------------------------------------------- 54 55 You can find plenty of information on the autotest wiki 56 57 http://autotest.kernel.org/ 58 59 That also contains references to the project activity 60 61 http://autotest.kernel.org/timeline 62 63 Links to an online view of the version control system 64 65 http://autotest.kernel.org/browser 66 67 68 Grabbing the latest source 69 -------------------------- 70 71 http://autotest.kernel.org/wiki/DownloadSource 72 73 74 Hacking and submitting patches 75 ------------------------------ 76 77 http://autotest.kernel.org/wiki/SubmissionChecklist 78 79 80 Downloading stable versions 81 --------------------------- 82 83 http://autotest.kernel.org/wiki/Download 84
