conf-bench.adoc

Bench configuration file

A bench configuration file describes the test bench, i.e. how the controlling machine (aka host), running dsatest, is connected to the target machine.

It must have one section describing the host machine and one section describing the target machine.

The purpose of this configuration file is to describe the names of the host and target interfaces connected on both ends of links.

An optional control key is used to describe how to access a machine in the form of an URI. Several control protocols are available.

• local control

• SSH control

• Telnet control

A bench running tests on a target machine via SSH is described as follow:

bench.cfg

[host] ; (1)
link0 = eth1
link1 = eth2
link2 = eth3 ; (2)
link3 = eth4

[target] ; (3)
name = router ; (4)
control = "ssh://target" ; (5)
;username = foo
;password = bar ; (6)
link0 = lan0
link1 = lan1
link2 = lan2 ; (7)
link3 = lan3

1. Host machine section

2. Interface name of a link on host side

3. Target machine section

4. Refers to a router.cfg target configuration file

5. Control to access the target machine

6. Control specific keys

7. Interface name of a link on target side