Running the Tests

Generic help

In order to have complete help on how to use the provtest plugin for provadmin, use the following command.

$ provadmin help provtest

Usage: provadmin [param=value,...] <command> <target> [param=value,...]

		global parameters:
			hostname:  application host (default localhost)
			adminport: application admin port (no default)
			debug:     true or false (default false)
			trace:     true or false (default false)

		valid commands and parameters for target "provtest":
		run provtest [ nodename=<value> ]
					filename=<value>
					[ testlist=<value> ]
					[ timeout=<value> ]
					[ verbose=<value> ]
					[ stoponfail=<value> ]
					[ libxml2=<value> ]
			validate provtest filename=<value>
					[ libxml2=<value> ]

			clean provtest [ nodename=<value> ]
					[ timeout=<value> ]
					[ verbose=<value> ]

	install provtest [ nodename=<value> ]
					[ configpath=<value> ]

	runtest provtest [ nodename=<value> ]
					filename=<value>
					[ timeout=<value> ]
					[ verbose=<value> ]
					[ stoponfail=<value> ]
					[ libxml2=<value> ]

	remove provtest [ nodename=<value> ]

	<==Commands==>
	run	Clean 	every provtest object, load the configuration file and run the testlist.
				If testlist is specified, only the testlist will be run.
		validate Validate a file with the provtest schema.

	<==Deprecated commands==>
	install		install xml files from
	runtest		run the tests
	remove		remove provtest installation
	clean		clean up objects created by provtest and remove checkpoints

	<==Parameters==>
	nodename:	application node name (default hostname of the server)
	filename:	the provtest XML configuration file
	testlist:	a list of tests to run; each test name should be
				separated from the other by the character ':'
				if not provided, all the tests are run
	verbose:	verbose level among
					* MinVerbose
					* MediumVerbose
					* MaxVerbose
					(default MediumVerbose)
	timeout:	maximum test duration (in seconds) before test
				failure is forced
				(default 180)
	stoponfail:	the tester will stop testing if an
				error is met and stoponfail is set to 1
	libxml2:	path to the libxml2 library which is used for
				validation only (the binary xmllint will be used if found under $libxml2/bin)
				(default /opt/softwire/develop/users/prov/rrocca/3rdparty/sol/libxml/2.7.6)
	configpath:	upon installation, the script will load files from this directory (default .)

Running an entire provtest file

The simplest way to run a provtest file is :

$ provadmin run provtest filename=../testdriver.xml

Running a subset of a provtest file

In order to run a subset of a provtest file, you may use the "testlist".

The following example will only run the tests named "test1" and "test2".

$ provadmin run provtest filename=../testdriver.xml testlist=test1:test2