Remove Whitebox tests

This commit removes the whitebox tests from tempest. The proper place
for this type of testing is in nova unit tests not in tempest.

Fixes bug 1222852

Change-Id: I0fac7b030c51985f9d6d93129bf9bab75c18cd11

doc/source/index.rst

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ where your test contributions should go.
    field_guide/scenario
    field_guide/stress
    field_guide/thirdparty
-   field_guide/whitebox
    field_guide/unit_tests
 
 ------------------

etc/tempest.conf.sample

@@ -161,29 +161,6 @@ flavor_extra_enabled = true
 # Expected first device name when a volume is attached to an instance
 volume_device_name = vdb
 
-[whitebox]
-# Whitebox options for compute. Whitebox options enable the
-# whitebox test cases, which look at internal Nova database state,
-# SSH into VMs to check instance state, etc.
-
-# Should we run whitebox tests for Compute?
-whitebox_enabled = true
-
-# Path of nova source directory
-source_dir = /opt/stack/nova
-
-# Path of nova configuration file
-config_path = /etc/nova/nova.conf
-
-# Directory containing nova binaries such as nova-manage
-bin_dir = /usr/local/bin
-
-# Connection string to the database of Compute service
-db_uri = mysql://nova:secret@localhost/nova
-
-# Path to a private key file for SSH access to remote hosts
-path_to_private_key = /home/user/.ssh/id_rsa
-
 [compute-admin]
 # This should be the username of a user WITH administrative privileges
 # If not defined the admin user from the identity section will be used

requirements.txt

@@ -18,6 +18,4 @@ testresources>=0.2.4
 keyring>=1.6.1
 testrepository>=0.0.17
 oslo.config>=1.1.0
-# Needed for whitebox testing
-SQLAlchemy>=0.7.8,<=0.7.99
 eventlet>=0.13.0

run_tests.sh

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ function usage {
   echo "  -f, --force              Force a clean re-build of the virtual environment. Useful when dependencies have been added."
   echo "  -u, --update             Update the virtual environment with any newer package versions"
   echo "  -s, --smoke              Only run smoke tests"
-  echo "  -w, --whitebox           Only run whitebox tests"
   echo "  -t, --serial             Run testr serially"
   echo "  -c, --nova-coverage      Enable Nova coverage collection"
   echo "  -C, --config             Config file location"
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ update=0
 logging=0
 logging_config=etc/logging.conf
 
-if ! options=$(getopt -o VNnfuswtcphdC:lL: -l virtual-env,no-virtual-env,no-site-packages,force,update,smoke,whitebox,serial,nova-coverage,pep8,help,debug,config:,logging,logging-config: -- "$@")
+if ! options=$(getopt -o VNnfustcphdC:lL: -l virtual-env,no-virtual-env,no-site-packages,force,update,smoke,serial,nova-coverage,pep8,help,debug,config:,logging,logging-config: -- "$@")
 then
     # parse error
     usage
@@ -60,7 +59,6 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
     -C|--config) config_file=$2; shift;;
     -p|--pep8) let just_pep8=1;;
     -s|--smoke) testrargs="$testrargs smoke";;
-    -w|--whitebox) testrargs="$testrargs whitebox";;
     -t|--serial) serial=1;;
     -l|--logging) logging=1;;
     -L|--logging-config) logging_config=$2; shift;;

tempest/README.rst

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ to make this clear.
 |    scenario/ - complex scenario tests
 |    stress/ - stress tests
 |    thirdparty/ - 3rd party api tests
-|    whitebox/ - white box testing
 
 Each of these directories contains different types of tests. What
 belongs in each directory, the rules and examples for good tests, are
@@ -78,11 +77,3 @@ Many openstack components include 3rdparty API support. It is
 completely legitimate for Tempest to include tests of 3rdparty APIs,
 but those should be kept separate from the normal OpenStack
 validation.
-
-
-whitebox
---------
-
-Whitebox tests are tests which require access to the database of the
-target OpenStack machine to verify internal state after operations
-are made. White box tests are allowed to use the python clients.

tempest/config.py

@@ -238,36 +238,6 @@ def register_compute_admin_opts(conf):
     for opt in ComputeAdminGroup:
         conf.register_opt(opt, group='compute-admin')
 
-
-whitebox_group = cfg.OptGroup(name='whitebox',
-                              title="Whitebox Options")
-
-WhiteboxGroup = [
-    cfg.BoolOpt('whitebox_enabled',
-                default=False,
-                help="Does the test environment support whitebox tests for "
-                     "Compute?"),
-    cfg.StrOpt('db_uri',
-               default=None,
-               help="Connection string to the database of Compute service"),
-    cfg.StrOpt('source_dir',
-               default="/opt/stack/nova",
-               help="Path of nova source directory"),
-    cfg.StrOpt('config_path',
-               default='/etc/nova/nova.conf',
-               help="Path of nova configuration file"),
-    cfg.StrOpt('bin_dir',
-               default="/usr/local/bin/",
-               help="Directory containing nova binaries such as nova-manage"),
-]
-
-
-def register_whitebox_opts(conf):
-    conf.register_group(whitebox_group)
-    for opt in WhiteboxGroup:
-        conf.register_opt(opt, group='whitebox')
-
-
 image_group = cfg.OptGroup(name='image',
                            title="Image Service Options")
 
@@ -650,7 +620,6 @@ def __init__(self):
 
         register_compute_opts(cfg.CONF)
         register_identity_opts(cfg.CONF)
-        register_whitebox_opts(cfg.CONF)
         register_image_opts(cfg.CONF)
         register_network_opts(cfg.CONF)
         register_volume_opts(cfg.CONF)
@@ -663,7 +632,6 @@ def __init__(self):
         register_scenario_opts(cfg.CONF)
         register_service_available_opts(cfg.CONF)
         self.compute = cfg.CONF.compute
-        self.whitebox = cfg.CONF.whitebox
         self.identity = cfg.CONF.identity
         self.images = cfg.CONF.image
         self.network = cfg.CONF.network