3 This directory contains test scripts that are useful for running a
4 bunch of tests all at once.
6 There are two parts to this:
8 * The test runner (selftest/selftest.pl)
11 selftest.pl simply outputs subunit, which can then be formatted or analyzed
12 by tools that understand the subunit protocol. One of these tools is
13 format-subunit.pl, which is used by default as part of "make test".
17 The available testsuites are obtained from a script, usually
18 selftest/samba{3,4}_tests.sh. This script should for each testsuite output
19 the name of the test, the command to run and the environment that should be
20 provided. Use the included "plantest" function to generate the required output.
27 The testsuites should exit with a non-zero exit code if at least one
28 test failed. Skipped tests should not influence the exit code.
32 Testsuites can simply use the exit code to indicate whether all of their
33 tests have succeeded or one or more have failed. It is also possible to
34 provide more granular information using the Subunit protocol.
36 This protocol works by writing simple messages to standard output. Any
37 messages that can not be interpreted by this protocol are considered comments
38 for the last announced test.
40 Accepted commands are:
46 Announce that a new test with the specified name is starting
52 Announce that the test with the specified name is done and ran successfully.
57 failure: <NAME> [ REASON ]
59 Announce that the test with the specified name failed. Optionally, it is
60 possible to specify a reason it failed.
62 The alias "fail" will also work.
67 xfail: <NAME> [ REASON ]
69 Announce that the test with the specified name failed but that the failure
70 was expected, e.g. it's a test for a known bug that hasn't been fixed yet.
71 Alternatively it is also possible to simply return "failure:" here but
72 specify in the samba4-knownfailures file that it is failing.
77 skip: <NAME> [ REASON ]
79 Announce that the test with the specified name was skipped. Optionally a
80 reason can be specified.
84 time: YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ssZ
86 Announce the current time. This may be used to calculate the duration of
89 The following are Samba extensions to Subunit:
93 testsuite-count: number
95 Announce the number of tests that is going to be run.
101 The testsuite name is used as prefix for all containing tests.
107 Mark the testsuite with the specified name as skipped.
111 testsuite-success: name
113 Indicate that the testsuite has succeeded successfully.
119 Indicate that a testsuite has failed.
123 Tests often need to run against a server with particular things set up,
124 a "environment". This environment is provided by the test "target": Samba 3,
127 The following environments are currently available:
129 - none: No server set up, no variables set.
130 - dc: Domain controller set up. The following environment variables will
133 * USERNAME: Administrator user name
134 * PASSWORD: Administrator password
135 * DOMAIN: Domain name
137 * SERVER: DC host name
138 * SERVER_IP: DC IPv4 address
139 * NETBIOSNAME: DC NetBIOS name
140 * NETIOSALIAS: DC NetBIOS alias
142 - member: Domain controller and member server that is joined to it set up. The
143 following environment variables will be set:
145 * USERNAME: Domain administrator user name
146 * PASSWORD: Domain administrator password
147 * DOMAIN: Domain name
149 * SERVER: Name of the member server
155 To run all the tests use::
159 To run a quick subset (aiming for about 1 minute of testing) run::
163 To run a specific test, use this syntax::
165 make test TESTS=testname
169 make test TESTS=samba4.BASE-DELETE