[pve-devel] [PATCH pve-network 0/8] SDN Vnet blackbox testing

[Max Carrara]

On Wed Jan 3, 2024 at 4:37 PM CET, Stefan Lendl wrote:
> Add several tests for Vnets. State setup as well as testing results is
> done only via the API to test on the API boundaries not not against the
> internal state. Internal state is mocked to avoid requiring access to
> system files or pmxcfs.
>
> Tests validate the events of a nic joining a Vnet or a nic staring on a vnet
> with different subnet configurations.
> Further descriptions in the commit.

I really like this! I'm always a fan of more testing being done.

There are some things I mentioned in patch 8, but I overall like this
series a lot.

>
> Stefan Lendl (8):
>   refactor(sdn): extract cfs_read_file(datacenter.cfg)
>   refactor(dnsmasq): extract systemctl_service function
>   refactor(dnsmasq): extract ethers_file function
>   refactor(dnsmasq): extract update_lease function
>   refactor(controllers): extract read_etc_network_interfaces
>   refactor(evpn): extract read_local_frr_config
>   refactor(api): extract create_etc_interfaces_sdn_dir

The naming here could be a little different though; I think you can just
skip the `refactor()` part, we don't really use that anywhere AFAIK.

>   test(vnets): add test_vnets_blackbox

Also, for this message you could just use "test: vnets: ..." instead.

See also: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Developer_Documentation#Commits_and_Commit_Messages

>
>  src/PVE/API2/Network/SDN/Zones.pm             |   6 +-
>  src/PVE/Network/SDN/Controllers.pm            |  16 +-
>  src/PVE/Network/SDN/Controllers/EvpnPlugin.pm |  10 +-
>  src/PVE/Network/SDN/Dhcp/Dnsmasq.pm           |  47 +-
>  src/PVE/Network/SDN/Zones/EvpnPlugin.pm       |   3 +-
>  src/PVE/Network/SDN/Zones/Plugin.pm           |   5 +
>  src/PVE/Network/SDN/Zones/SimplePlugin.pm     |   2 +-
>  src/test/Makefile                             |   5 +-
>  src/test/run_test_vnets_blackbox.pl           | 797 ++++++++++++++++++
>  9 files changed, 863 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100755 src/test/run_test_vnets_blackbox.pl