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Fixed case where run of zero seconds length causes crash in run times view check-in: 5c384769c5 user: matt tags: v1.61
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<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="_megatest_design_philosophy">Megatest Design Philosophy</h3>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Megatest is intended to provide the minimum needed resources to make
writing a suite of tests and tasks for implementing continuous build
for software, design engineering or process control (via owlfs for
example) without being specialized for any specific problem
space. Megatest in of itself does not know what constitutes a PASS or
FAIL of a test. In most cases megatest is best used in conjunction
with logpro or a similar tool to parse, analyze and decide on the test
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<h3 id="_megatest_architecture">Megatest Architecture</h3>
<div class="paragraph"><p>All data to specify the tests and configure the system is stored in
plain text files. All system state is stored in an sqlite3
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<h3 id="_megatest_design_philosophy">Megatest Design Philosophy</h3>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Megatest is intended to provide the minimum needed resources to make
writing a suite of tests and tasks for implementing continuous build
for software, design engineering or process control (via owlfs for
example) without being specialized for any specific problem
space. Megatest in of itself does not know what constitutes a PASS or
FAIL of a test or task. In most cases megatest is best used in
conjunction with logpro or a similar tool to parse, analyze and decide
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Self-checking -Repeatable strive for directed or self-checking test
   as opposed to delta based tests
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Traceable - environment variables, host OS and other possibly influential
   variables are captured and kept recorded.
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Immutable - once this test is run it cannot be easily overwritten or
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Repeatable - this test result can be recreated in the future
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Relocatable - the testsuite or automation area can be checked out and the tests run anywhere
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Encapsulated - the area where the tests run are self-contained and all inputs
   and outputs to the process can be found in the run areas.
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Deployable - anyone on the team, at any site, at any time can run the flow
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<h3 id="_megatest_architecture">Megatest Architecture</h3>
<div class="paragraph"><p>All data to specify the tests and configure the system is stored in
plain text files. All system state is stored in an sqlite3
database. Tests are launched using the launching system available for
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<h3 id="_trim_trailing_spaces">Trim trailing spaces</h3>
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<h3 id="_submit_jobs_to_host_types_based_on_test_name_2">Submit jobs to Host Types based on Test Name</h3>
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general   nbfake
remote    bsub

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runfirst/sum% remote
% general

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launcher bsub
# if defined and not "no" flexi-launcher will bypass launcher unless there is no
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flexi-launcher yes</pre>
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<h4 id="_host_types">host-types</h4>
<div class="paragraph"><p>List of host types and the commandline to run a job on that host type.</p></div>
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<div class="title">host-type &#8658; launch command</div>
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<pre>general nbfake</pre>
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<h4 id="_launchers">launchers</h4>
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<div class="title">test/itempath &#8658; host-type</div>
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<pre>runfirst/sum% remote</pre>
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<h4 id="_miscellaneous_setup_items">Miscellaneous Setup Items</h4>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Attempt to rerun tests in "STUCK/DEAD", "n/a", "ZERO_ITEMS" states.</p></div>
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<div class="title">In megatest.config</div>
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reruns 5</pre>
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<h4 id="_run_time_limit">Run time limit</h4>
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runtimelim 1h 2m 3s  # this will automatically kill the test if it runs for more than 1h 2m and 3s</pre>

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<div class="sect3">
<h4 id="_tests_browser_view">Tests browser view</h4>
<div class="paragraph"><p>The tests browser (see the Run Control tab on the dashboard) has two views for displaying the tests.</p></div>
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<h4 id="_host_types">host-types</h4>
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<div class="paragraph"><p>Attempt to rerun tests in "STUCK/DEAD", "n/a", "ZERO_ITEMS" states.</p></div>
<div class="listingblock">
<div class="title">In megatest.config</div>
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reruns 5</pre>
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<pre>[setup]
# this will automatically kill the test if it runs for more than 1h 2m and 3s
runtimelim 1h 2m 3s</pre>
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<h4 id="_tests_browser_view">Tests browser view</h4>
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<h3 id="_database_settings">Database settings</h3>
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<td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock">delay-on-busy</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced">Prevent concurrent access issues</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced">yes|no or not defined</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced">Default=no, may help on some network file systems, may slow things down also.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock">daemonize</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced">Daemonize the server on start</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced">yes|no or not defined</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced">Default=no</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock">faststart</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced">All direct file access to sqlite db files</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced">yes|no or not defined</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced">Default=yes, suggest no for central automated systems and yes for interactive use</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced">Start servers on this host</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced">&lt;hostname&gt;</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced">Hostname to bind to</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced">&lt;hostname&gt;|-</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced">On multi-homed hosts allows binding to specific hostname</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-center valign-top" ><p class="tableblock">lowport</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced">Start searching for a port at this portnum</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced">32768</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced"></p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top" ><p class="tableblock monospaced">yes|no or not defined</p></td>
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Megatest is intended to provide the minimum needed resources to make
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 * Self-checking -Repeatable strive for directed or self-checking test
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   variables are captured and kept recorded.

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Megatest Architecture
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|Var                       | Purpose            | Valid values            | Comments
|delay-on-busy             | Prevent concurrent access issues | yes\|no or not defined | Default=no, may help on some network file systems, may slow things down also.
|daemonize                 | Daemonize the server on start | yes\|no or not defined | Default=no
|faststart		   | All direct file access to sqlite db files | yes\|no or not defined | Default=yes, suggest no for central automated systems and yes for interactive use
|homehost 		   | Start servers on this host | <hostname> | Defaults to local host
|hostname		   | Hostname to bind to | <hostname>\|-	  | On multi-homed hosts allows binding to specific hostname
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|required		   | Server required    | yes\|no or not defined  | Default=no, force start of server always
|server-query-threshold	   | Start server when queries take longer than this | number in milliseconds | Default=300
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