May I apply for a user account on jenkins.ovirt.org to run VDSM functional tests?

[Dan Kenigsberg]

On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 12:21:46PM +0100, Ewoud Kohl van Wijngaarden wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 06:15:08AM -0500, Eyal Edri wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Zhou Zheng Sheng" <zhshzhou at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > > To: infra at ovirt.org
> > > Cc: "ShaoHe Feng" <shaohef at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 12:24:27 PM
> > > Subject: May I apply for a user account on jenkins.ovirt.org to run VDSM	functional tests?
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I notice there is no VDSM functional tests running in oVirt Jenkins.
> > > Currently in VDSM we have some XML-RPC functional test cases for
> > > iSCSI,
> > > localfs and glusterfs storage as well as creating and destroying VMs
> > > on
> > > those storage. Functional tests through JSON-RPC are under review. I
> > > also submit a patch to Gerrit for running the tests easily
> > > (http://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/11238/). More test cases will be added
> > > to
> > > improve test coverage and reduce the chance of regression.
> > >
> > > Some bugs that can not be covered by unit test can be caught by
> > > functional tests. I think it would be helpful to run these functional
> > > tests continuously. We can also configure the Gerrit trigger in
> > > Jenkins
> > > to run functional tests when someone verifies the patch or when it
> > > gets
> > > approved but not merged. This may be helpful to the maintainer.
> > >
> > > I've setup a Jenkins job for VDSM functional tests in my lab server.
> > > You
> > > can refer to the job configuration of my current setup
> > > (https://github.com/edwardbadboy/vdsm-jenkins/blob/master/config.xml).
> > > After my patch in Gerrit is accepted, the job configuration will be
> > > simpler and the hacks can be removed. May I apply a user account for
> > > creating job in the oVirt Jenkins?
> > >
> >
> > Hi Zhou,
> > Basically there shouldn't be any problem with that.
> > we have an option for giving a 'power-user' permissions for certain
> > users on oVirt misc projects to add and and configure jobs for thier
> > project.
> >
> > it requires knowledge in jenkins, which it seems that you have and
> > recognition from the team/other developers from the relevant project
> > (in this case, VDSM) that you are an active member of the project.
> > (just a formality essentially)
> >
> > I've added engine-devel list to this thread so anyone from vdsm team
> > can vote +1 for adding you as a power user for jenkins.
> >
> > once we'll receive a few +1 and not objections i'll create a user for
> > you and send you the details.
> >
> 
> I think vdsm-devel is more relevant here.

Zhou has a lot of credibility in vdsm-devel, but we have a watchful eye
here as well.

Yes, I'd be proud to endorse Zhou as a Jenkins power user. I would only
like to warn that we must make sure that no more than one functional test
is being run per slave - vdsm process are quite primadonic. Is there a
Jenkins mechanism to ensure that only one job (of a certain job class)
is running on a specific host?

All and all, big +1.