Running the tests

Before starting

In order to run ansible-freeipa tests you will need to have ansible and pytest installed on your machine. We'll call this local machine controller.

You will also need to have a remote host with freeipa server installed and configured. We'll call this remote host ipaserver.

Some other requirements:

• The controller must be able to connect to ipaserver through ssh using keys.
• ipaserver must be configured with DNS support. See ipaserver role.
• IPA admin password must be SomeADMINpassword.
• Directory Server admin password must be SomeDMpassword.

Running the tests

To run the tests run:

IPA_SERVER_HOST=<ipaserver_host_or_ip> pytest

If you need to run using a different user you can use ANSIBLE_REMOTE_USER environment variable. For example:

ANSIBLE_REMOTE_USER=root IPA_SERVER_HOST=<ipaserver_host_or_ip> pytest

To run a single test use the full path with the following format:

IPA_SERVER_HOST=<ipaserver_host_or_ip> pytest tests/test_playbook_runs.py::sudorule::test_sudorule

To select which tests to run based on search use the option -k. For example:

IPA_SERVER_HOST=<ipaserver_host_or_ip> pytest -k dnszone

To see the ansible output use the option --capture=sys. For example:

IPA_SERVER_HOST=<ipaserver_host_or_ip> pytest --capture=sys

To see why tests were skipped use -rs. For example:

IPA_SERVER_HOST=<ipaserver_host_or_ip> pytest -rs

For a complete list of options check pytest --help.

Running tests in a docker container

It's also possible to run the tests in a container.

Creating a container to run the tests

Before setting up a container you will need to install molecule framework:

pip install molecule[docker]>=3

Now you can start a test container using the following command:

molecule create -s centos-8

Note: Currently the containers available for running the tests are:

• centos-7
• centos-8

Running the tests inside the container

To run the tests you will use pytest (works the same as for VMs).

RUN_TESTS_IN_DOCKER=1 IPA_SERVER_HOST=centos-8 pytest

Cleaning up after tests

After running the tests you should probably destroy the test container using:

molecule destroy -s centos-8

See Running the tests section for more information on available options.

Upcoming/desired improvements:

• A script to pre-config the complete test environment using virsh.
• A test matrix to run tests against different distros in parallel (probably using tox).
• Allow to connect to ipaserver using ssh and password.