CloudBees Test Runner (CBRT)

WHAT IT IS:

This is the solution to take-home exercise Part I.

Solution to Part II can be found in Risk Analysis pdf file located inside docs subfolder.

This is a simple script that automates the setup of acceptance test harness (ATH) in order to run tests with a specifc jenkins version.

REQUIREMENTS:

CBRT requires:

• Mac-OSx
• Java 8
• Curl
• Chrome
• IntelliJ IDEA, if running IDE

WHY?

• Script was developed using my personal Mac laptop.
• Java, Chrome and Curl require admin priviledges to be installed.
• Java 8 is required due to compatibility with the specific checked-out code revision.
• I chose Chrome as it is one of most used and spread web explorers.
• Rest of dependecies like maven, chromedriver, jenkins war and ATH code are fetched using curl.

HOW TO USE IT:

1. FIRST, clone the sources.
2. SECOND, Run ./run_test.sh and it will setup everything:
   • Download dependecies
   • Setup dependecies
   • Run test
   • Generate and open test report
3. THIRD, Run ./run_test.sh -h to get some help about usage.

OBSERVATIONS:

• Specific ATH revision is checked-out as it is known to be compatible with Jenkins 2.61.
• CBTR offers the possibility of running test using different versions of Jenkins, Maven and Chrome driver.
• First time running would take longer as needs to setup everything. Consecutives runs would be faster as eveything is already setup.

EXAMPLES OF USAGE:

Juans-MacBook-Pro:cloudbees jmcruz$ ./run_test.sh -h
Usage: run_test.sh options (-c chromedriver_version) (-m mvn_version) (-j jenkins_version) (-t test_name) (-d) (-n) (-u) (-h)
-c chromedriver_version  :  specify chrome driver version (default 2.36)
-m mvn_version           :  specify mvn version (default 3.5.2)
-j jenkins_version       :  specify jenkins version (default 2.61)
-t test_name             :  specify test to run (default ScriptTest)
-d                       :  enable verbose output
-n                       :  skip tests and run IDE
-u                       :  clean-up before testing
-h                       :  show this help

RUNNING IDE

You can avoid to run test automatically and open the IDE. For this you need to run following command ./run_test.sh -n.

This option allows you to debug and run test manually on the IntelliJ IDEA IDE.