Inspect: fixes all, by name and topology file

.gitignore

@@ -39,3 +39,5 @@ tests/out
 # ignore backup clab topo files
 **/.*clab.y*ml.bak
 **/*.y*ml.bak
+
+.python-version

clab/clab.go

@@ -546,6 +546,7 @@ func (c *CLab) createWaitForDependency() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// skipcq: GO-R1005
 func (c *CLab) scheduleNodes(ctx context.Context, maxWorkers int, skipPostDeploy bool) (*sync.WaitGroup, *exec.ExecCollection) {
 	concurrentChan := make(chan *depMgr.DependencyNode)
 
@@ -828,7 +829,7 @@ func (c *CLab) ListContainers(ctx context.Context, filter []*types.GenericFilter
 }
 
 // ListNodesContainers lists all containers based on the nodes stored in clab instance.
-func (c *CLab) listNodesContainers(ctx context.Context) ([]runtime.GenericContainer, error) {
+func (c *CLab) ListNodesContainers(ctx context.Context) ([]runtime.GenericContainer, error) {
 	var containers []runtime.GenericContainer
 
 	for _, n := range c.Nodes {
@@ -882,7 +883,7 @@ func (c *CLab) getLinkNodes() map[string]links.Node {
 // GetSpecialLinkNodes returns a map of special nodes that are used to resolve links.
 // Special nodes are host and mgmt-bridge nodes that are not typically present in the topology file
 // but are required to resolve links.
-func (c *CLab) getSpecialLinkNodes() map[string]links.Node {
+func (*CLab) getSpecialLinkNodes() map[string]links.Node {
 	// add the virtual host and mgmt-bridge nodes to the resolve nodes
 	specialNodes := map[string]links.Node{
 		"host":     links.GetHostLinkNode(),
@@ -957,6 +958,7 @@ func (c *CLab) extractDNSServers(filesys fs.FS) error {
 }
 
 // Deploy the given topology.
+// skipcq: GO-R1005
 func (c *CLab) Deploy(ctx context.Context, options *DeployOptions) ([]runtime.GenericContainer, error) {
 	var err error
 
@@ -1088,7 +1090,7 @@ func (c *CLab) Deploy(ctx context.Context, options *DeployOptions) ([]runtime.Ge
 		}
 	}
 
-	containers, err := c.listNodesContainers(ctx)
+	containers, err := c.ListNodesContainers(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

clab/hostsfile.go

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func (c *CLab) appendHostsFileEntries(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	containers, err := c.listNodesContainers(ctx)
+	containers, err := c.ListNodesContainers(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -53,11 +53,13 @@ func (c *CLab) appendHostsFileEntries(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	defer f.Close()
+	defer f.Close() // skipcq: GO-S2307
+
 	_, err = f.Write(data)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -84,18 +86,21 @@ func generateHostsEntries(containers []runtime.GenericContainer, labname string)
 	entries.Write(v6entries.Bytes())
 	fmt.Fprintf(&entries, clabHostEntryPostfix, labname)
 	entries.WriteByte('\n')
+
 	return entries.Bytes()
 }
 
 func (c *CLab) DeleteEntriesFromHostsFile() error {
 	if c.Config.Name == "" {
 		return errors.New("missing containerlab name")
 	}
+
 	f, err := os.OpenFile(clabHostsFilename, os.O_RDWR, 0644) // skipcq: GSC-G302
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	defer f.Close()
+	defer f.Close() // skipcq: GO-S2307
+
 	reader := bufio.NewReader(f)
 	skiplines := false
 	output := bytes.Buffer{}

cmd/inspect.go

@@ -73,25 +73,21 @@ func inspectFn(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 		)
 	}
 
-	if name != "" {
-		opts = append(opts, clab.WithLabName(name))
-	}
-
 	c, err := clab.NewContainerLab(opts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not parse the topology file: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	var containers []runtime.GenericContainer
+	var glabels []*types.GenericFilter
 
 	// if the topo file is available, use it
 	if topo != "" {
-		containers, err = c.ListContainers(ctx, nil)
+		containers, err = c.ListNodesContainers(ctx)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to list containers: %s", err)
 		}
 	} else {
-		var glabels []*types.GenericFilter
 		// or when just the name is given
 		if name != "" {
 			// if name is set, filter for name
@@ -106,6 +102,7 @@ func inspectFn(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 				Field:      labels.Containerlab, Operator: "exists",
 			}}
 		}
+
 		containers, err = c.ListContainers(ctx, glabels)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to list containers: %s", err)

docs/manual/dev/index.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Developers Guide
+
+This is a start of the developers documentation. Stay tuned for more content!

docs/manual/dev/test.md

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+# Testing Containerlab
+
+Containerlab's test program largely consists of:
+
+- Go-based unit tests
+- RobotFramework-based integration tests
+
+## Integration Tests
+
+The integration tests are written in RobotFramework and are located in the [`tests`][tests-dir] directory. The tests are run using the [`rf-run`][rf-run] command that wraps `robot` command. The tests are run in a Docker container, so you don't need to install RobotFramework on your local machine.
+
+### Local execution
+
+To execute the integration tests locally you have to install the python environment with the required dependencies. If you're using `pyenv` you can use the following commands:
+
+1. Create a venv and activate it
+
+    ```bash
+    pyenv virtualenv 3.11 clab-rf
+    pyenv shell clab-rf
+    ```
+
+2. Install the dependencies
+
+    ```bash
+    pip install -r tests/requirements.txt
+    ```
+
+Usually you would run the tests using the locally built containerlab binary that contains the unreleased changes. The typical workflow then starts with building the containerlab binary:
+
+```bash
+make build
+```
+
+The newly built binary is located in the `bin` directory. In order to let the test runner script know where to find the binary, you have to set the `CLAB_BIN` environment variable before calling the `rf-run` script:
+
+```bash
+CLAB_BIN=$(pwd)/bin/containerlab ./tests/rf-run.sh <runtime> <test suite>
+```
+
+/// note
+The test runner script requires you to specify the runtime as its first argument. The runtime can be either `docker` or `podman`. Containerlab primarily uses Docker as the default runtime, hence the number of tests written for docker outnumber the podman tests.
+///
+
+#### Selecting the test suite
+
+Containerlab's integration tests are grouped by a topic, and each topic is mapped to a directory under the [`tests`][tests-dir] directory and RobotFramework allows for a flexible selection of tests/test suites to run. For example, to run all the smoke test cases, you can use the following command:
+
+```bash
+CLAB_BIN=$(pwd)/bin/containerlab ./tests/rf-run.sh docker tests/01-smoke
+```
+
+since [`01-smoke`][01-smoke-dir] is a directory containing all the smoke test suites.
+
+Consequently, in order to run a specific test suite you just need to provide a path to it. E.g. running the `01-basic-flow.robot` test suite from the `01-smoke` directory:
+
+```bash
+CLAB_BIN=$(pwd)/bin/containerlab ./tests/rf-run.sh docker tests/01-smoke/01-basic-flow.robot
+```
+
+/// note
+Selecting a specific test case in a test suite is not supported, since test suites are written in a way that test cases depend on previous ones.
+///
+
+#### Inspecting the test results
+
+RobotFramework generates a detailed report in HTML and XML formats that can be found in the `tests/out` directory. The exact paths to the reports are printed to the console after the test run.
+
+[tests-dir]: https://github.com/srl-labs/containerlab/tree/main/tests
+[rf-run]: https://github.com/srl-labs/containerlab/blob/main/tests/rf-run.sh
+[01-smoke-dir]: https://github.com/srl-labs/containerlab/tree/main/tests/01-smoke

mkdocs.yml

@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ nav:
       - Certificate management: manual/cert.md
       - Inventory: manual/inventory.md
       - Image management: manual/images.md
+      - Developers guide:
+          - manual/dev/index.md
+          - Testing: manual/dev/test.md
   - Command reference:
       - deploy: cmd/deploy.md
       - destroy: cmd/destroy.md

tests/01-smoke/01-basic-flow.robot

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ Ensure CLAB_INTFS env var is set
     # the result is printed today.
     Should Contain    ${output.stderr}    stdout:\\n3
 
-Inspect ${lab-name} lab
+Inspect ${lab-name} lab using its name
     ${rc}    ${output} =    Run And Return Rc And Output
     ...    sudo -E ${CLAB_BIN} --runtime ${runtime} inspect --name ${lab-name}
     Log    ${output}
@@ -271,7 +271,10 @@ Verify iptables allow rule is set
     ${ipt} =    Run
     ...    sudo iptables -vnL DOCKER-USER
     Log    ${ipt}
-    Should Contain    ${ipt}    ACCEPT all -- * ${MgmtBr}
+    # debian 12 uses `0` for protocol, while previous versions use `all`
+    Should Contain Any    ${ipt}
+    ...    ACCEPT all -- * ${MgmtBr}
+    ...    ACCEPT 0 -- * ${MgmtBr}
     ...    ignore_case=True
     ...    collapse_spaces=True
 

tests/01-smoke/02-destroy-all.robot

@@ -15,28 +15,67 @@ Suite Teardown      Run    sudo -E ${CLAB_BIN} --runtime ${runtime} destroy --al
 
 *** Variables ***
 ${runtime}      docker
+${lab1-file}    01-linux-nodes.clab.yml
+${lab1-name}    2-linux-nodes
+${lab2-file}    01-linux-single-node.clab.yml
+${lab2-name}    single-node
+# ${orig_dir}    ${EMPTY}
 
 
 *** Test Cases ***
 Deploy first lab
     ${result} =    Run Process
-    ...    sudo -E ${CLAB_BIN} --runtime ${runtime} deploy -t ${CURDIR}/01-linux-nodes.clab.yml
+    ...    sudo -E ${CLAB_BIN} --runtime ${runtime} deploy -t ${CURDIR}/${lab1-file}
     ...    shell=True
     Log    ${result.stdout}
     Log    ${result.stderr}
     Should Be Equal As Integers    ${result.rc}    0
     Should Exist    %{PWD}/clab-2-linux-nodes
 
+    Set Suite Variable    ${orig_dir}    ${CURDIR}
+
 Deploy second lab
     ${result} =    Run Process
-    ...    sudo -E ${CLAB_BIN} --runtime ${runtime} deploy -t ${CURDIR}/01-linux-single-node.clab.yml
+    ...    sudo -E ${CLAB_BIN} --runtime ${runtime} deploy -t ${CURDIR}/${lab2-file}
     ...    cwd=/tmp    # using a different cwd to check lab resolution via container labels
     ...    shell=True
     Log    ${result.stdout}
     Log    ${result.stderr}
     Should Be Equal As Integers    ${result.rc}    0
     Should Exist    /tmp/clab-single-node
 
+Inspect ${lab2-name} lab using its name
+    ${rc}    ${output} =    Run And Return Rc And Output
+    ...    sudo -E ${CLAB_BIN} --runtime ${runtime} inspect --name ${lab2-name}
+    Log    ${output}
+    Should Be Equal As Integers    ${rc}    0
+
+    ${num_lines} =    Run    bash -c "echo '${output}' | wc -l"
+    # lab2 only has 1 nodes and therefore inspect output should contain only 1 node (+4 lines for the table header and footer)
+    Should Be Equal As Integers    ${num_lines}    5
+
+Inspect ${lab2-name} lab using topology file reference
+    ${result} =    Run Process
+    ...    sudo -E ${CLAB_BIN} --runtime ${runtime} inspect -t ${orig_dir}/${lab2-file}
+    ...    shell=True
+    Log    ${result.stdout}
+    Log    ${result.stderr}
+    Should Be Equal As Integers    ${result.rc}    0
+
+    ${num_lines} =    Run    bash -c "echo '${result.stdout}' | wc -l"
+    # lab2 only has 1 nodes and therefore inspect output should contain only 1 node
+    Should Be Equal As Integers    ${num_lines}    5
+
+Inspect all
+    ${rc}    ${output} =    Run And Return Rc And Output
+    ...    sudo -E ${CLAB_BIN} --runtime ${runtime} inspect --all
+    Log    ${output}
+    Should Be Equal As Integers    ${rc}    0
+
+    ${num_lines} =    Run    bash -c "echo '${output}' | wc -l"
+    # 3 nodes in lab1 and 1 node in lab2 (+4 lines for the header and footer)
+    Should Be Equal As Integers    ${num_lines}    8
+
 Verify host mode networking for node l3
     # l3 node is launched with host mode networking
     # since it is the nginx container, by launching it in the host mode

tests/06-ext-container/01-ext-container.robot

@@ -41,6 +41,18 @@ Verify ip and thereby exec on ext1
     Should Be Equal As Integers    ${rc}    0
     Should Contain    ${output}    192.168.0.1/24
 
+Inspect the lab using topology file reference
+    ${result} =    Run Process
+    ...    sudo -E ${CLAB_BIN} --runtime ${runtime} inspect -t ${CURDIR}/${lab-file-name}
+    ...    shell=True
+    Log    ${result.stdout}
+    Log    ${result.stderr}
+    Should Be Equal As Integers    ${result.rc}    0
+
+    ${num_nodes} =    Run    bash -c "echo '${result.stdout}' | wc -l"
+    # the inspect command should return only two external nodes (+4 lines for the header and footer)
+    Should Be Equal As Integers    ${num_nodes}    6
+
 Verify links in node ext2
     ${rc}    ${output} =    Run And Return Rc And Output
     ...    sudo -E ${CLAB_BIN} --runtime ${runtime} exec --label clab-node-name\=ext2 --cmd "ip link show dev eth1"