Reveal magic, parallel system-testing and system-testing simplification

.cirrus.yml

@@ -63,24 +63,52 @@ full_vm_testing_task:
 
     integration_test_script: $SCRIPT_BASE/integration_test.sh
 
-    optional_system_test_script: $SCRIPT_BASE/optional_system_test.sh
+    success_script: $SCRIPT_BASE/success.sh
+
+
+# Because system tests are stored within the repository, it is sometimes
+# necessary to execute them within a PR to validate changes.
+
+optional_system_testing_task:
 
+    # Only run system tests in PRs (not on merge) if magic string is present
+    # in the PR description.  Post-merge system testing is assumed to happen
+    # later from OS distribution's build systems.
+    only_if: >-
+        $CIRRUS_BRANCH != 'master' &&
+        $CIRRUS_CHANGE_MESSAGE =~ '.*\*\*\*\s*CIRRUS:\s*SYSTEM\s*TEST\s*\*\*\*.*'
+
+    gce_instance:
+        matrix:
+            image_name: "ubuntu-1804-bionic-v20180911-libpod-63a86a18"
+            # TODO: Make these work (also build_images_task below)
+            #image_name: "rhel-server-ec2-7-5-165-1-libpod-fce09afe"
+            #image_name: "centos-7-v20180911-libpod-fce09afe"
+            #image_name: "fedora-cloud-base-28-1-1-7-libpod-fce09afe"
+
+    timeout_in: 60m
+
+    setup_environment_script: $SCRIPT_BASE/setup_environment.sh
+    system_test_script: $SCRIPT_BASE/system_test.sh
     success_script: $SCRIPT_BASE/success.sh
 
 
-# This task build new images for future PR testing, but only after a PR merge.
-# These images save needing to install/setup the same environment to test every
-# PR.  The 'active' image for testing is selected by the 'image_name' items in
-# task above.  Currently this requires manually updating them, but this could
-# be automated (see comment at end).
+# This task builds new cache-images for future PR testing.  These images save
+# time installing/setting up the environment while an engineer is waiting.
+# The 'active' cache-images for full_vm_testing are selected by the
+# 'image_name' keys.  Updating those items requires manually modification,
+# but this could be automated (see comment at end of build_vm_images_task).
 
 build_vm_images_task:
-    # Only produce new images after a PR merge
-    only_if: $CIRRUS_BRANCH == 'master'
+    # Only produce new cache-images after a PR merge, and if a magic string
+    # is present in the most recent commit-message.
+    only_if: >-
+        $CIRRUS_BRANCH == 'master' &&
+        $CIRRUS_CHANGE_MESSAGE =~ '.*\*\*\*\s*CIRRUS:\s*REBUILD\s*IMAGES\s*\*\*\*.*'
 
     # Require tests to pass first.
     depends_on:
-        - test  # i.e. 'test_task'
+        - full_vm_testing  # i.e. 'full_vm_testing_task'
 
     env:
         # CSV of packer builder names to enable (see $PACKER_BASE/libpod_images.json)

contrib/cirrus/README.md

@@ -37,34 +37,41 @@ task (pass or fail) is set based on the exit status of the last script to execut
    Total execution time is capped at 2-hours (includes all the above)
    but this script normally completes in less than an hour.
 
-### ``build_vm_images`` Task
+### ``optional_system_testing`` Task
 
-1. When a PR is merged (``$CIRRUS_BRANCH`` == ``master``), run another
-   round of the ``full_vm_testing`` task (above).
+1. Optionally executes in parallel with ``full_vm_testing``.  Requires
+    **prior** to job-start, the magic string ``***CIRRUS: SYSTEM TEST***``
+   is found in the pull-request *description*.  The *description* is the first
+   text-box under the main *summary* line in the github WebUI.
 
-2. After confirming the tests all pass post-merge, spin up a special VM
-   capable of communicating with the GCE API.  Once accessible, ``ssh`` into
-   the special VM and run the following scripts.
+2. ``setup_environment.sh``: Same as for other tasks.
 
-3. ``setup_environment.sh``: Configure root's ``.bash_profile``
-   for all subsequent scripts (each run in a new shell).  Any
-   distribution-specific environment variables are also defined
-   here.  For example, setting tags/flags to use compiling.
+3. ``system_test.sh``: Build both dependencies and libpod, install them,
+   then execute `make localsystem` from the repository root.
+
+### ``build_vm_images`` Task
+
+1. When a PR is merged (``$CIRRUS_BRANCH`` == ``master``), Cirrus
+   checks the last commit message. If it contains the magic string
+   ``***CIRRUS: REBUILD IMAGES***``, then this task continues.
+
+2. Execute run another round of the ``full_vm_testing`` task (above).
+   After the tests pass (post-merge), spin up a special VM
+   (from the `image-builder-image`) capable of communicating with the
+   GCE API.  Once accessible, ``ssh`` into the VM and run the following scripts.
 
-4. ``build_vm_images.sh``: Examine the merged PR's description on github.
-   If it contains the magic string ``***CIRRUS: REBUILD IMAGES***``, then
-   continue.  Otherwise display a message, take no further action, and
-   exit successfully.  This prevents production of new VM images unless
-   they are called for, thereby saving the cost of needlessly storing them.
+3. ``setup_environment.sh``: Same as for other tasks.
 
-5. If the magic string was found, utilize [the packer tool](http://packer.io/docs/)
+4. ``build_vm_images.sh``: Utilize [the packer tool](http://packer.io/docs/)
    to produce new VM images.  Create a new VM from each base-image, connect
-   to them with ``ssh``, and perform these steps as defined by the
-   ``libpod_images.json`` file.
+   to them with ``ssh``, and perform the steps as defined by the
+   ``$PACKER_BASE/libpod_images.json`` file:
 
-    1. Copy the current state of the repository into ``/tmp/libpod``.
+    1. On a base-image VM, as root, copy the current state of the repository
+       into ``/tmp/libpod``.
     2. Execute distribution-specific scripts to prepare the image for
-       use by the ``full_vm_testing`` task (above).
+       use by the ``full_vm_testing`` task (above).  These scripts all
+       end with the suffix `_setup.sh` within the `$PACKER_BASE` directory.
     3. If successful, shut down each VM and create a new GCE Image
        named after the base image and the commit sha of the merge.
 

contrib/cirrus/build_vm_images.sh

@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ SCRIPT_BASE $SCRIPT_BASE
 PACKER_BASE $PACKER_BASE
 "
 
-require_regex '\*\*\*\s*CIRRUS:\s*REBUILD\s*IMAGES\s*\*\*\*' 'Not re-building VM images'
-
 show_env_vars
 
 # Everything here is running on the 'image-builder-image' GCE image

contrib/cirrus/lib.sh

@@ -120,23 +120,6 @@ cdsudo() {
     sudo --preserve-env=GOPATH --non-interactive bash -c "$CMD"
 }
 
-# Skip a build if $1 does not match in the PR Title/Description with message $2
-require_regex() {
-    req_env_var "
-        CIRRUS_CHANGE_MESSAGE $CIRRUS_CHANGE_MESSAGE
-        1 $1
-        2 $2
-    "
-    regex="$1"
-    msg="$2"
-    if ! echo "$CIRRUS_CHANGE_MESSAGE" | egrep -q "$regex"
-    then
-        echo "***** The PR Title/Description did not match the regular expression: $MAGIC_RE"
-        echo "***** $msg"
-        exit 0
-    fi
-}
-
 # Helper/wrapper script to only show stderr/stdout on non-zero exit
 install_ooe() {
     req_env_var "SCRIPT_BASE $SCRIPT_BASE"

contrib/cirrus/system_test.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+source $(dirname $0)/lib.sh
+
+req_env_var "
+GOSRC $GOSRC
+OS_RELEASE_ID $OS_RELEASE_ID
+OS_RELEASE_VER $OS_RELEASE_VER
+"
+
+show_env_vars
+
+set -x
+cd "$GOSRC"
+
+case "${OS_RELEASE_ID}-${OS_RELEASE_VER}" in
+    ubuntu-18)
+        make install.tools "BUILDTAGS=$BUILDTAGS"
+        make "BUILDTAGS=$BUILDTAGS"
+        make test-binaries "BUILDTAGS=$BUILDTAGS"
+        ;;
+    fedora-28) ;&
+    centos-7) ;&
+    rhel-7)
+        make install.tools
+        make
+        make test-binaries
+        ;;
+    *) bad_os_id_ver ;;
+esac
+
+make localsystem