Running automated tests with containerized workbench and agents on IBM® Cloud Private

To adopt IBM® Cloud Private fully and manage the entire development to deployment workflow on the cloud, you would want to start and stop capabilities with fewer clicks. By providing both the workbench and agents in containers, you can dynamically provision capability as required and run the test automation suites without procuring the machines and installing the products.

Before you begin

You must have configured IBM® Cloud Private as per the instructions in Configuring IBM Cloud Private.

About this task

You must use only floating licenses for the product and VT-pack when playing back tests. These licenses should be hosted on a server that can be accessed by the workbench.

Note: The version number of the container images and the desktop products must match. If you have previous version of the container image, uninstall it and install the current version. To uninstall the image, use these commands:

Stop the container by running
```
docker stop "CONTAINER  ID"
```
.
Uninstall the image by running
```
docker rmi -f "image ID"
```
.

Procedure

In IBM® Cloud Private, create services for the workbench and agents by creating the services.yml file. Services are logical set of pods that can provide a single IP address and DNS name by which the pods can be accessed. Creating the services only reserves the IPs and does not create the actual workbench or agent pods. See the sample services.yml file.

Sample services file:

cat services.yml

apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  labels:
    io.kompose.service: <workbench_name>
  name: <workbench_name>
spec:
  type: NodePort
  ports:
  - name: "7080"
    port: 7080
    targetPort: 7080
  - name: "7443"
    port: 7443
    targetPort: 7443
  selector:
    io.kompose.service: <workbench_name>
status:
  loadBalancer: {}
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  labels:
    io.kompose.service: agent1
  name: agent1
spec:
  ports:
  - name: "7080"
    port: 7080
    targetPort: 7080
  selector:
    io.kompose.service: agent1
status:
  loadBalancer: {}

Run the command to create the service.
```
kubectl create -f services.yml
```
Pass the command to get the IP addresses of the workbench and the agents so that you can use them in the deployment.yml file to connect the agents with the workbench.
```
kubectl get services
```

Create a deployment.yml file to specify the license, agents, workbench, license, and test asset information in the yml file.

Sample deployment file:

cat deployment.yml
apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  labels:
    io.kompose.service: <workbench_name>
    pt.classification: workbench
  name: <workbench_name>
spec:
  replicas: 1
  strategy:
    type: Recreate
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        io.kompose.service: <workbench_name>
        pt.classification: workbench
        pt.name: <workbench_name>
    spec:
      containers:
      - command:
        - cmdline
        - -workspace
        - /runData/<WORKSPACE_NAME>
        - -project
        - <TEST_PROJECT_NAME>
        - -suite
        - Tests/<TEST_SUITE>.testsuite
        - -results
        - autoResults
        - -stdout
        - -exportlog
        - /runData/<TEST_LOG>.txt
        - -protocolinput
        - distributed.tests=/Tests/<AFT_INPUT>.xml

        env:
          - name: RATIONAL_LICENSE_FILE
            value: <licenseServerPort>@<licenseServerIPAddress>
          - name: TEST_IMPORT_PATH
            value: /Tests/<TEST_ASSET_NAME>.zip
        image: mycluster.icp:8500/default/<imageName>:<imageVersion>
        name: <workbench_name>
        ports:
        - containerPort: 7080
        - containerPort: 7443
        resources: {}
      restartPolicy: Always
        volumeMounts:
        - mountPath: /Tests
          name: ft-wb-claim0
#       Optional
#        - mountPath: /runData
#          name: ft-wb-claim1
      restartPolicy: Always
      volumes:
      - name: ft-wb-claim0
        hostPath:
          path: /pathToTestAsset.zip
#      - name: ft-wb-claim1
#        hostPath:
#          path: /pathForWorkspace

status: {}
---
apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  labels:
    io.kompose.service: agent1
    pt.classification: agent
  name: agent1
spec:
  replicas: 1
  strategy: {}
  template:
    metadata:
      creationTimestamp: null
      labels:
        io.kompose.service: agent1
        pt.classification: agent
        pt.name: agent1
    spec:
      containers:
      - env:
        - name: AGENT_NAME
          value: agent1
        - name: AGENT_IP
          value: <ClusterIPAddress>
        - name: MASTER_NAME
          value: <workbench_name>
        image: mycluster.icp:8500/default/<imageName>:<imageVersion>
        name: agent1
        resources: {}
      restartPolicy: Always
status: {}

Run the deployment.yml file to create the workbench and agent containers.
```
kubectl create -f deployment.yml
```
Create PersistentVolume and PersistentVolumeClaim in IBM® Cloud Private. To create PersistentVolume, see this topic. To create PersistentVolumeClaim, see this topic.
Use IBM® Cloud Private Console to verify that the workbench and agent deployments are created and running successfully. Refer the test execution logs in the workbench and agent pod deployments.
Run the commands to stop the workbench and agent containers and verify the test run status in the exported logs.
```
kubectl delete -f deployment.yml
kubectl delete -f services.yml
```