[Freeipa-devel] Testing Migration

[Martin Basti]

On 28/05/15 21:47, Drew Erny wrote:
> Hi, freeipa-devel,
>
> More newbie questions. I have what I believe to be a fix for Ticket 
> #2547 (https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/2547) written, but I 
> need to test this fix. I need to migrate an LDAP database that is in 
> the previously expected for (all users and groups under 1 level) and 
> migrate an LDAP database that is in a nested form where there might be 
> many sub-ou's to search for users and groups. I need to make sure the 
> outcome of both migrations is the same.
>
> What would be the best way to go about this, more specifically than 
> "set up two LDAP server and migrate them". Like, what tools are 
> available to help me get this set up? Also, how can I preserve my work 
> so that next time we have to modify migration code, it can be easily 
> tested? Should I spin up VMs and save the images?
>
> Also, I can just send a patch if someone feels so utterly confident in 
> the codebase that they can tell if the thing I've done is right or 
> wrong just by looking at it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Drew Erny
> derny at redhat.com
>

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