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

Erik Skultety eskultet at redhat.com
Tue Jul 12 12:44:40 UTC 2022


Signed-off-by: Erik Skultety <eskultet at redhat.com>
---
 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).
 
 
 
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