Fix Flaky docker tests

Fixes #27 It seems that the issue was caused by an overloaded file system: Copying large amounts of data inside the docker containers would cause spikes in IO usage which, in turn, caused freezes, which then caused test cases to fail because we're using timeouts in Flexo. Storing the packages in a tmpfs means that the files are stored in RAM, not on disk. This is more of a workaround and it also has the added disadvantage that running the test cases using docker now requires substantial amounts of RAM. The test cases will most likely not run successfully with less than 32 GB of RAM.
nroi · May 16, 2021 · 60e4df4 · 60e4df4
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ how TCP packets are assembled by the kernel's TCP stack, etc.).
 As a result, a failing end-to-end test may indicate that a new bug was introduced, but it might also have been bad luck
 or a badly written test case.
 
+Also notice that the Docker test cases currently require at least 32 GB of RAM, because all files are downloaded
+in a tmpfs.
+
 In order to run the Docker test cases, run the shell script to set up everything:
 
 ```

diff --git a/test/docker-test-local/docker-compose.yml b/test/docker-test-local/docker-compose.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ services:
   flexo-server:
     build: flexo-server
     container_name: flexo-server
+    tmpfs:
+      - /tmp
     depends_on:
       - mirror-delay-mock
       - mirror-fast-mock
@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@ services:
   flexo-server-fast:
     build: flexo-server-fast
     container_name: flexo-server-fast
+    tmpfs:
+      - /tmp
     depends_on:
       - mirror-fast-mock
     healthcheck:
@@ -38,27 +42,37 @@ services:
   flexo-server-delay:
     build: flexo-server-delay
     container_name: flexo-server-delay
+    tmpfs:
+      - /tmp
     depends_on:
       - mirror-delay-mock
       - mirror-fast-mock
       - flexo-server
   flexo-server-slow-primary:
     build: flexo-server-slow-primary
     container_name: flexo-server-slow-primary
+    tmpfs:
+      - /tmp
     depends_on:
       - mirror-fast-mock
       - mirror-low-bandwidth-mock
   flexo-server-delay-primary:
+    tmpfs:
+      - /tmp
     build: flexo-server-delay-primary
     container_name: flexo-server-delay-primary
     depends_on:
       - mirror-delay-mock
   flexo-server-mirror-stalling:
+    tmpfs:
+      - /tmp
     build: flexo-server-mirror-stalling
     container_name: flexo-server-mirror-stalling
     depends_on:
       - mirror-stalling-mock
   flexo-client:
+    tmpfs:
+      - /tmp
     build: flexo-client
     container_name: flexo-client
     environment:

diff --git a/test/docker-test-local/flexo-server-delay-primary/Dockerfile b/test/docker-test-local/flexo-server-delay-primary/Dockerfile
@@ -24,26 +24,13 @@ EXPOSE 7878
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y curl
 
-RUN mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg && \
-    mkdir /var/cache/flexo/state && \
-    mkdir /etc/flexo && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/community/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/community-staging/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/community-testing/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/core/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/extra/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/gnome-unstable/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/kde-unstable/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/multilib/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/multilib-testing/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/staging/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/testing/os/x86_64
-
-ENV FLEXO_CACHE_DIRECTORY="/var/cache/flexo/pkg" \
-    FLEXO_MIRRORLIST_FALLBACK_FILE="/var/cache/flexo/state/mirrorlist" \
-    FLEXO_MIRRORLIST_LATENCY_TEST_RESULTS_FILE="/var/cache/flexo/state/latency_test_results.json" \
-    FLEXO_LISTEN_IP_ADDRESS="0.0.0.0" \
+RUN mkdir /etc/flexo
+
+ENV FLEXO_CACHE_DIRECTORY="/tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg" \
+    FLEXO_MIRRORLIST_FALLBACK_FILE="/tmp/var/cache/flexo/state/mirrorlist" \
+    FLEXO_MIRRORLIST_LATENCY_TEST_RESULTS_FILE="/tmp/var/cache/flexo/state/latency_test_results.json" \
     FLEXO_PORT=7878 \
+    FLEXO_LISTEN_IP_ADDRESS="0.0.0.0" \
     FLEXO_MIRROR_SELECTION_METHOD="predefined" \
     FLEXO_MIRRORS_PREDEFINED="['http://mirror-delay-mock']" \
     FLEXO_MIRRORS_BLACKLIST=[] \
@@ -55,4 +42,6 @@ ENV RUST_BACKTRACE="full" \
 
 COPY --from=build /tmp/build_output/flexo /usr/bin/flexo
 
-ENTRYPOINT /usr/bin/flexo
+COPY start_flexo.sh /usr/bin
+
+ENTRYPOINT /usr/bin/start_flexo.sh
diff --git a/test/docker-test-local/flexo-server-delay-primary/start_flexo.sh b/test/docker-test-local/flexo-server-delay-primary/start_flexo.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/state && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/community/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/community-staging/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/community-testing/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/core/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/extra/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/gnome-unstable/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/kde-unstable/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/multilib/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/multilib-testing/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/staging/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/testing/os/x86_64
+
+exec /usr/bin/flexo
diff --git a/test/docker-test-local/flexo-server-delay/start_flexo.sh b/test/docker-test-local/flexo-server-delay/start_flexo.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/state && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/community/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/community-staging/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/community-testing/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/core/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/extra/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/gnome-unstable/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/kde-unstable/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/multilib/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/multilib-testing/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/staging/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/testing/os/x86_64
+
+exec /usr/bin/flexo
diff --git a/test/docker-test-local/flexo-server-fast/Dockerfile b/test/docker-test-local/flexo-server-fast/Dockerfile
@@ -24,26 +24,13 @@ EXPOSE 7878
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y curl attr
 
-RUN mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg && \
-    mkdir /var/cache/flexo/state && \
-    mkdir /etc/flexo && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/community/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/community-staging/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/community-testing/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/core/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/extra/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/gnome-unstable/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/kde-unstable/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/multilib/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/multilib-testing/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/staging/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/testing/os/x86_64
-
-ENV FLEXO_CACHE_DIRECTORY="/var/cache/flexo/pkg" \
-    FLEXO_MIRRORLIST_FALLBACK_FILE="/var/cache/flexo/state/mirrorlist" \
-    FLEXO_MIRRORLIST_LATENCY_TEST_RESULTS_FILE="/var/cache/flexo/state/latency_test_results.json" \
-    FLEXO_LISTEN_IP_ADDRESS="0.0.0.0" \
+RUN mkdir /etc/flexo
+
+ENV FLEXO_CACHE_DIRECTORY="/tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg" \
+    FLEXO_MIRRORLIST_FALLBACK_FILE="/tmp/var/cache/flexo/state/mirrorlist" \
+    FLEXO_MIRRORLIST_LATENCY_TEST_RESULTS_FILE="/tmp/var/cache/flexo/state/latency_test_results.json" \
     FLEXO_PORT=7878 \
+    FLEXO_LISTEN_IP_ADDRESS="0.0.0.0" \
     FLEXO_MIRROR_SELECTION_METHOD="auto" \
     FLEXO_MIRRORS_PREDEFINED=[] \
     FLEXO_MIRRORS_BLACKLIST=[] \
@@ -64,9 +51,8 @@ ENV RUST_BACKTRACE="full" \
 ENV FLEXO_MIRRORS_AUTO_MIRRORS_STATUS_JSON_ENDPOINT="file:///root/mirrors.json"
 COPY mirrors.json /root
 
-RUN echo 'test-malformed-xattr' > /var/cache/flexo/pkg/test-malformed-xattr
-RUN setfattr -n user.content_length -v 'not-a-number' /var/cache/flexo/pkg/test-malformed-xattr
-
 COPY --from=build /tmp/build_output/flexo /usr/bin/flexo
 
-ENTRYPOINT /usr/bin/flexo
+COPY start_flexo.sh /usr/bin
+
+ENTRYPOINT /usr/bin/start_flexo.sh
diff --git a/test/docker-test-local/flexo-server-fast/start_flexo.sh b/test/docker-test-local/flexo-server-fast/start_flexo.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/state && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/community/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/community-staging/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/community-testing/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/core/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/extra/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/gnome-unstable/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/kde-unstable/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/multilib/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/multilib-testing/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/staging/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/testing/os/x86_64
+
+exec /usr/bin/flexo
diff --git a/test/docker-test-local/flexo-server-mirror-stalling/Dockerfile b/test/docker-test-local/flexo-server-mirror-stalling/Dockerfile
@@ -24,26 +24,13 @@ EXPOSE 7878
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y curl
 
-RUN mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg && \
-    mkdir /var/cache/flexo/state && \
-    mkdir /etc/flexo && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/community/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/community-staging/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/community-testing/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/core/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/extra/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/gnome-unstable/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/kde-unstable/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/multilib/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/multilib-testing/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/staging/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/testing/os/x86_64
-
-ENV FLEXO_CACHE_DIRECTORY="/var/cache/flexo/pkg" \
-    FLEXO_MIRRORLIST_FALLBACK_FILE="/var/cache/flexo/state/mirrorlist" \
-    FLEXO_MIRRORLIST_LATENCY_TEST_RESULTS_FILE="/var/cache/flexo/state/latency_test_results.json" \
-    FLEXO_LISTEN_IP_ADDRESS="0.0.0.0" \
+RUN mkdir /etc/flexo
+
+ENV FLEXO_CACHE_DIRECTORY="/tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg" \
+    FLEXO_MIRRORLIST_FALLBACK_FILE="/tmp/var/cache/flexo/state/mirrorlist" \
+    FLEXO_MIRRORLIST_LATENCY_TEST_RESULTS_FILE="/tmp/var/cache/flexo/state/latency_test_results.json" \
     FLEXO_PORT=7878 \
+    FLEXO_LISTEN_IP_ADDRESS="0.0.0.0" \
     FLEXO_MIRROR_SELECTION_METHOD="predefined" \
     FLEXO_MIRRORS_PREDEFINED="['http://mirror-stalling-mock', 'http://mirror-fast-mock']" \
     FLEXO_MIRRORS_BLACKLIST=[] \
@@ -55,4 +42,6 @@ ENV RUST_BACKTRACE="full" \
 
 COPY --from=build /tmp/build_output/flexo /usr/bin/flexo
 
-ENTRYPOINT /usr/bin/flexo
+COPY start_flexo.sh /usr/bin
+
+ENTRYPOINT /usr/bin/start_flexo.sh
diff --git a/test/docker-test-local/flexo-server-mirror-stalling/start_flexo.sh b/test/docker-test-local/flexo-server-mirror-stalling/start_flexo.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/state && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/community/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/community-staging/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/community-testing/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/core/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/extra/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/gnome-unstable/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/kde-unstable/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/multilib/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/multilib-testing/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/staging/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/testing/os/x86_64
+
+exec /usr/bin/flexo
diff --git a/test/docker-test-local/flexo-server-slow-primary/Dockerfile b/test/docker-test-local/flexo-server-slow-primary/Dockerfile
@@ -24,26 +24,13 @@ EXPOSE 7878
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y curl
 
-RUN mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg && \
-    mkdir /var/cache/flexo/state && \
-    mkdir /etc/flexo && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/community/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/community-staging/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/community-testing/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/core/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/extra/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/gnome-unstable/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/kde-unstable/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/multilib/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/multilib-testing/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/staging/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/testing/os/x86_64
-
-ENV FLEXO_CACHE_DIRECTORY="/var/cache/flexo/pkg" \
-    FLEXO_MIRRORLIST_FALLBACK_FILE="/var/cache/flexo/state/mirrorlist" \
-    FLEXO_MIRRORLIST_LATENCY_TEST_RESULTS_FILE="/var/cache/flexo/state/latency_test_results.json" \
-    FLEXO_LISTEN_IP_ADDRESS="0.0.0.0" \
+RUN mkdir /etc/flexo
+
+ENV FLEXO_CACHE_DIRECTORY="/tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg" \
+    FLEXO_MIRRORLIST_FALLBACK_FILE="/tmp/var/cache/flexo/state/mirrorlist" \
+    FLEXO_MIRRORLIST_LATENCY_TEST_RESULTS_FILE="/tmp/var/cache/flexo/state/latency_test_results.json" \
     FLEXO_PORT=7878 \
+    FLEXO_LISTEN_IP_ADDRESS="0.0.0.0" \
     FLEXO_MIRROR_SELECTION_METHOD="predefined" \
     FLEXO_MIRRORS_PREDEFINED="['http://mirror-low-bandwidth-mock', 'http://mirror-fast-mock']" \
     FLEXO_MIRRORS_BLACKLIST=[] \
@@ -55,4 +42,6 @@ ENV RUST_BACKTRACE="full" \
 
 COPY --from=build /tmp/build_output/flexo /usr/bin/flexo
 
-ENTRYPOINT /usr/bin/flexo
+COPY start_flexo.sh /usr/bin
+
+ENTRYPOINT /usr/bin/start_flexo.sh
diff --git a/test/docker-test-local/flexo-server-slow-primary/start_flexo.sh b/test/docker-test-local/flexo-server-slow-primary/start_flexo.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/state && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/community/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/community-staging/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/community-testing/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/core/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/extra/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/gnome-unstable/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/kde-unstable/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/multilib/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/multilib-testing/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/staging/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/testing/os/x86_64
+
+exec /usr/bin/flexo
diff --git a/test/docker-test-local/flexo-server/Dockerfile b/test/docker-test-local/flexo-server/Dockerfile
@@ -24,26 +24,13 @@ EXPOSE 7878
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y curl
 
-RUN mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg && \
-    mkdir /var/cache/flexo/state && \
-    mkdir /etc/flexo && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/community/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/community-staging/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/community-testing/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/core/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/extra/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/gnome-unstable/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/kde-unstable/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/multilib/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/multilib-testing/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/staging/os/x86_64 && \
-    mkdir -p /var/cache/flexo/pkg/testing/os/x86_64
-
-ENV FLEXO_CACHE_DIRECTORY="/var/cache/flexo/pkg" \
-    FLEXO_MIRRORLIST_FALLBACK_FILE="/var/cache/flexo/state/mirrorlist" \
-    FLEXO_MIRRORLIST_LATENCY_TEST_RESULTS_FILE="/var/cache/flexo/state/latency_test_results.json" \
-    FLEXO_LISTEN_IP_ADDRESS="0.0.0.0" \
+RUN mkdir /etc/flexo
+
+ENV FLEXO_CACHE_DIRECTORY="/tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg" \
+    FLEXO_MIRRORLIST_FALLBACK_FILE="/tmp/var/cache/flexo/state/mirrorlist" \
+    FLEXO_MIRRORLIST_LATENCY_TEST_RESULTS_FILE="/tmp/var/cache/flexo/state/latency_test_results.json" \
     FLEXO_PORT=7878 \
+    FLEXO_LISTEN_IP_ADDRESS="0.0.0.0" \
     FLEXO_MIRROR_SELECTION_METHOD="auto" \
     FLEXO_MIRRORS_PREDEFINED=[] \
     FLEXO_MIRRORS_BLACKLIST=[] \
@@ -66,4 +53,6 @@ COPY mirrors.json /root
 
 COPY --from=build /tmp/build_output/flexo /usr/bin/flexo
 
-ENTRYPOINT /usr/bin/flexo
+COPY start_flexo.sh /usr/bin
+
+ENTRYPOINT /usr/bin/start_flexo.sh
diff --git a/test/docker-test-local/flexo-server/start_flexo.sh b/test/docker-test-local/flexo-server/start_flexo.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/state && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/community/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/community-staging/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/community-testing/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/core/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/extra/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/gnome-unstable/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/kde-unstable/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/multilib/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/multilib-testing/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/staging/os/x86_64 && \
+mkdir -p /tmp/var/cache/flexo/pkg/testing/os/x86_64
+
+exec /usr/bin/flexo
diff --git a/test/docker-test-local/mirror-delay-mock/create_test_files b/test/docker-test-local/mirror-delay-mock/create_test_files
@@ -3,6 +3,3 @@
 for i in $(seq 0 999); do
     echo "test_$i" > "/usr/share/nginx/html/test_$i"
 done
-
-
-echo 'test-malformed-xattr' > /usr/share/nginx/html/test-malformed-xattr
diff --git a/test/docker-test-local/mirror-fast-mock/create_test_files b/test/docker-test-local/mirror-fast-mock/create_test_files
@@ -3,6 +3,3 @@
 for i in $(seq 0 999); do
     echo "test_$i" > "/usr/share/nginx/html/test_$i"
 done
-
-
-echo 'test-malformed-xattr' > /usr/share/nginx/html/test-malformed-xattr