testinfra is an extension to py.test framework to create infrastructure level testing. It provides means of connection to server and corresponding fixtures for server testing.
Questions tagged [testinfra]
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Using Ansible variables in testinfra
Using TestInfra with Ansible backend for testing purposes. Everything goes fine except using Ansible itself while running tests
test.py
import pytest
def test_zabbix_agent_package(host):
package = host.package("zabbix-agent")
assert…
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Accessing Ansible variables in molecule test, TestInfra
I picked up molecule while researching around inspec and how to use it in ansible. I found molecule very cool and adopted it. I wanted to use it in 2 ways.
1- When developing a role or playbook
2- After a particular playbook have been run on…
black sensei
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Relative import in the directory with dash in the name
I'm trying to build a test system with pytest/testinfra, and I use Python's relative imports to move settings from tests into a separate file (settings.py or __init__.py). All tests look similar:
from . import *
def test_port(host):
assert…
George Shuklin
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How to make pytest to pass test if any parametrized test passed?
We have a cluster where only a single server (master) can return a meaningful result. The master is selected automatically and at test time I don't know who is master and who is not. In our tests we are using testinfra which gives us a fixture…
George Shuklin
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pytest - Ignore test, not just skip
I am using testinfra to test if some services is running/enabled on different nodes. Testinfra can use ansible for getting the nodes to test and it will also make ansible groups available. Testinfra uses pytest.
I only want to test for services on…
xeor
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How to use Module from pytest testinfra to validate running docker container
All, i have been struggling with trying to use the modules example from https://testinfra.readthedocs.io/en/latest/examples.html#parametrize-your-tests.
Test Docker images
Scenario:
I have an image that is spun up through my CICD pipeline, and I…
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load base class for tests from conftest in pytest
We have a lot of repeated tests for many applications (testinfra). I want to create BaseClass to be inherited by app-specific test classes to reduce boilerplate of repeated tests (is this service running? is this port listen?).
We have tests in a…
George Shuklin
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Trigger Prow job reading parameters from the comment with some parameters
Git hub link to issue that i have raised:
https://github.com/kubernetes/test-infra/issues/25654
We have api tests that are triggered once user comments /test smoke on a PR request,but we want to make this job parametrized which will help run these…
Sumit Chauhan
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How to switch to a different Testinfra host mid-test?
I am trying to, within the same test, execute the code first on the machine A (aka The Host), make an assertion, then execute code on the machine B (aka The SNIC), make an assertion there, and then execute code on the machine A again.
Here is my…
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Using an array of testinfra_hosts, can you control the parametrized values used for each host in a test?
I'm trying to write a test suite for verifying the state of some servers using testinfra.
It's my first time working with python/testinfra/pytest.
As a brief pseudocodey example
test_files.py
testinfra_hosts=[server1,server2,server3]
with…
granthouston44
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Using fixtures at collect time in pytest
I use testinfra with ansible transport. It provides host fixture which has ansible, so I can do host.ansible.get_variables().
Now I need to create a parametrization of test based on value from this inventory.
Inventory:
foo:
hosts:
foo1:
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George Shuklin
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get variable available fto function and pytest function
i'm working on a script test with testinfra plugin to check and validate any servers deployment.
testinfra plugin has a fixture "host" which is used to connect to the server. we can use it with the argument "pytest --hosts=".
The idea here i need to…
NicoW
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Execute testinfra ssh using ssh identity file directly
Basically, I am trying to run some tests on a remote host using pytest.
Based on https://testinfra.readthedocs.io/en/latest/backends.html is it possible to do so.
I have tried commands like:
$ py.test --ssh-config=/path/to/ssh_config…
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How to fix text via the module testinfra?
wrote a dockerfile. in it, I run the test using module testinfra. image module, which is used in the dockerile FROM alpine:3.11
there is such an error
Step 24/27 : RUN py.test /etc/nginx/test/test.py
---> Running in…
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testinfra - ansible variables not interpreted correctly
With testinfra, I'm using
get_variables() method from testinfra.modules.ansible.Ansible but it seems that testinfra cannot evaluate my Ansible variable.
Let's describe my poc.
~/tmp/ansible-testinfra
├── inventories
│ ├── group_vars
│ │ └──…
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