Speaker
Mr
Andreas Unterkircher
(CERN)
Description
We describe the methodology for testing gLite releases. Starting from the needs given
by the EGEE software management process we illustrate our design choices for testing
gLite.
For certifying patches different test scenarios have to be considered: regular
regression tests, stress tests and manual verification of bug fixes. Conflicts arise
if these tests are all carried out at the same time on the same infrastructure. Thus
virtualisation is used and its benefits are shown by several examples. Furthermore we
sketch the architecture of our distributed testbed including lessons learnt from such
a distributed test environment. Finally we describe the test framework we're using.
We also give an overview of the tests that have been developed to test the different
gLite services. Some statistics on the patches certified with this process are also
presented. Apart from these more conventional testing activities we describe how we
address testing
maturing complex services for scalability and long term stability which require
excessive testbed sizes.
Author
Mr
Andreas Unterkircher
(CERN)
