Re: [libvirt PATCH 08/10] docs: ci: Add info about the two major types of jobs our CI runs

Signed-off-by: Erik Skultety <eskultet(a)redhat.com&gt; --- docs/ci.rst | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/ci.rst b/docs/ci.rst index d5282c4d25..bef023c521 100644 --- a/docs/ci.rst +++ b/docs/ci.rst @@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ The libvirt project uses GitLab CI for automated testing. `Here's <ci-dashboard.html>`__ our CI dashboard which shows the current status of our pipelines. +Libvirt builds +==============

+ Linux builds and cross-compiled Windows builds happen on GitLab CI's shared runners, while FreeBSD and macOS coverage is achieved by triggering `Cirrus CI <https://cirrus-ci.com/>`_ jobs behind the scenes. @@ -15,11 +18,28 @@ runners, while FreeBSD and macOS coverage is achieved by triggering `Cirrus CI Most of the tooling used to build CI pipelines is maintained as part of the `libvirt-ci <https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt-ci>`_ subproject. +Integration tests +================= +Integration tests in our CI pipelines require dedicated HW which is not +available to forks, see `GitLab CI Custom Runners <ci-runners.html>`__. +Therefore, in order to execute the integration tests as part of your libvirt +fork's GitLab CI you'll need to provide your own runner. You'll also need to +set a few CI variables to run the integration tests as part of the CI pipeline, +see below. +GitLab CI variables +------------------- +* ``LIBVIRT_CI_INTEGRATION`` - enables integration test runs manually or in forks +* ``LIBVIRT_CI_INTEGRATION_RUNNER_TAG`` - overrides the upstream runner tag on the +Retrieving test logs +-------------------- +In case the integration test suite fails in our CI pipelines, a job artifact is +generated containing Avocado logs, libvirt debug logs, and the latest traceback +(if one was produced during a daemon's execution). -- 2.36.1