[Testing] Automation Scripts

[Mel Chua]

More generalized: a framework that would let you write scripts like the 
one Joe described below.

types of actions it would be great to script
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* connect to the internet
* verify connection
* olpc-update
* check current build
* run something in Terminal Activity or in the VT - this would allow you 
to do all sorts of stuff, like netstat and pwr-log, and hook in other 
test tools - including gui test tools that can be called from terminal.
* in order to do the above, it'd help to be able to wget/yum-install 
packages/scripts on the remote XO, and scp logs back up to somewhere 
afterwards (this should be doable if you can remotely ssh in as root).

when run, this framework would
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* remotely login to every listed laptop
* run your script
* report results

-Mel

Joseph A. Feinstein wrote:
> Reuben,
>
> The absolutely first thing that comes to mind: having a script which 
> (based on a "tester's given" list of laptop names and parameters of 
> the olpc-update command) will remotely login into every listed laptop, 
> connect it to the Internet, verify the connection, start the 
> olpc-update command and (possibly) verify that the update successfully 
> happened.
>
> Joe
> ---------
> At 05:43 PM 10/10/2008, Reuben K. Caron wrote:
>> I'd like to think about automation scripts over the break. Please let 
>> me know what you need and have in mind.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Reuben
>>
>> -- 
>> Reuben K. Caron
>> Country Support Engineer
>> One Laptop per Child
>> Mobile: +1-617-230-3893
>> reuben at laptop.org
>>
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