I guess my trouble of understanding is how would this test be different than just the play itself. I'm not exactly an expert so forgive me, but given that plays are written in a declarative "This is what I want" style, wouldn't the tests essentially be saying exactly the same?
In other words why have more granularity than "start apache; test port 80" which can be done with existing modules? Or am I missing this whole conversation altogether? On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Aaron Hunter <[email protected]>wrote: > I should clarify a bit because it looks like I have given you the wrong > impression. I have confidence that the Ansible modules behave as > advertised. My experience with them to date has been excellent. The Ansible > code is not what I'm trying to test. > > What I want to test is that the *administrator *has used Ansible to > configure a system in a way that meets the spec. In other words, I want to > test that the admin has written a *correct *Ansible script. Writing an > Ansible playbook is like writing code. When you write code you have to test > it externally. I intend exactly what Michael wrote above: testing outcome > not implementation. If I don't test the results of the playbook, how do I > know the admin wrote the correct script? > > --Aaron > > > > On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 2:39:34 PM UTC-5, Brian Coca wrote: >> >> FYI, there are quite a few unit test already that verify that 'the file >> module' works as advertised, you can run 'make tests' in an ansible >> checkout to get them. There should be no need to do this per playbook. >> >> not all modules or cases are covered but if you want to add tests at this >> level I suggest looking into the 'test' dir in the ansible checkout. >> >> Do you tests all core java libraries when you deploy a war to tomcat? >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
