# Gophercloud Acceptance tests The purpose of these acceptance tests is to validate that SDK features meet the requirements of a contract - to consumers, other parts of the library, and to a remote API. > **Note:** Because every test will be run against a real API endpoint, you > may incur bandwidth and service charges for all the resource usage. These > tests *should* remove their remote products automatically. However, there may > be certain cases where this does not happen; always double-check to make sure > you have no stragglers left behind. ### Step 1. Creating a Testing Environment Running tests on an existing OpenStack cloud can be risky. Malformed tests, especially ones which require Admin privileges, can cause damage to the environment. Additionally, you may incur bandwidth and service charges for the resources used, as mentioned in the note above. Therefore, it is usually best to first practice running acceptance tests in an isolated test environment. Two options to easily create a testing environment are [DevStack](https://docs.openstack.org/devstack/latest/) and [PackStack](https://www.rdoproject.org/install/packstack/). The following blog posts detail how to create reusable PackStack environments. These posts were written with Gophercloud in mind: * http://terrarum.net/blog/building-openstack-environments.html * http://terrarum.net/blog/building-openstack-environments-2.html * http://terrarum.net/blog/building-openstack-environments-3.html ### Step 2. Set environment variables A lot of tests rely on environment variables for configuration - so you will need to set them before running the suite. If you're testing against pure OpenStack APIs, you can download a file that contains all of these variables for you: just visit the `project/access_and_security` page in your control panel and click the "Download OpenStack RC File" button at the top right. For all other providers, you will need to set them manually. #### Authentication |Name|Description| |---|---| |`OS_USERNAME`|Your API username| |`OS_PASSWORD`|Your API password| |`OS_AUTH_URL`|The identity URL you need to authenticate| |`OS_TENANT_NAME`|Your API tenant name| |`OS_TENANT_ID`|Your API tenant ID| #### General |Name|Description| |---|---| |`OS_REGION_NAME`|The region you want your resources to reside in| #### Compute |Name|Description| |---|---| |`OS_IMAGE_ID`|The ID of the image your want your server to be based on| |`OS_FLAVOR_ID`|The ID of the flavor you want your server to be based on| |`OS_FLAVOR_ID_RESIZE`|The ID of the flavor you want your server to be resized to| |`OS_POOL_NAME`|The Pool from where to obtain Floating IPs| |`OS_NETWORK_NAME`|The internal/private network to launch instances on| |`OS_EXTGW_ID`|The external/public network| #### Database |Name|Description| |---|---| |`OS_DB_DATASTORE_TYPE`|The Datastore type to use. Example: `mariadb`| |`OS_DB_DATASTORE_VERSION`|The Datastore version to use. Example: `mariadb-10`| #### Shared file systems |Name|Description| |---|---| |`OS_SHARE_NETWORK_ID`| The share network ID to use when creating shares| ### 3. Run the test suite From the root directory, run: ``` ./script/acceptancetest ``` Alternatively, add the following to your `.bashrc`: ```bash gophercloudtest() { if [[ -n $1 ]] && [[ -n $2 ]]; then pushd $GOPATH/src/devel.mephi.ru/iacherepanov/openstack-gophercloud go test -v -tags "fixtures acceptance" -run "$1" devel.mephi.ru/iacherepanov/openstack-gophercloud/acceptance/openstack/$2 | tee ~/gophercloud.log popd fi } ``` Then run either groups or individual tests by doing: ```shell $ gophercloudtest TestFlavorsList compute/v2 $ gophercloudtest TestFlavors compute/v2 $ gophercloudtest Test compute/v2 ``` ### 4. Notes #### Compute Tests * In order to run the `TestBootFromVolumeMultiEphemeral` test, a flavor with ephemeral disk space must be used. * The `TestDefSecRules` tests require a compatible network driver and admin privileges.