wiki:GENIRacksHome/InstageniRacks/AcceptanceTestStatus/IG-ADM-5

Detailed test plan for IG-ADM-5: Software Update Test

This page is GPO's working page for performing IG-ADM-5. It is public for informational purposes, but it is not an official status report. See GENIRacksHome/InstageniRacks/AcceptanceTestStatus for the current status of InstaGENI acceptance tests.

Page format

  • The status chart summarizes the state of this test
  • The high-level description from test plan contains text copied exactly from the public test plan and acceptance criteria pages.
  • The steps contain things i will actually do/verify:
    • Steps may be composed of related substeps where i find this useful for clarity
    • Each step is either a preparatory step (identified by "(prep)") or a verification step (the default):
      • Preparatory steps are just things we have to do. They're not tests of the rack, but are prerequisites for subsequent verification steps
      • Verification steps are steps in which we will actually look at rack output and make sure it is as expected. They contain a Using: block, which lists the steps to run the verification, and an Expect: block which lists what outcome is expected for the test to pass.

Status of test

See GENIRacksHome/InstageniRacks/AcceptanceTestStatus for the meanings of test states.

Step State Date completed Open Tickets Closed Tickets/Comments
1 Color(green,Pass)? 2013-03-14
2 Color(green,Pass)? 2013-03-14
3 Color(green,Pass)? 2013-03-14
4 Color(green,Pass)? 2013-03-14
5 Color(green,Pass)? 2013-03-14


High-level description from test plan

In this test, we update software on the rack as a test of the software update procedure.

Procedure

  1. Review relevant rack documentation about software upgrades.
  2. Identify one or more software packages to upgrade.
  3. For each package, test the software before upgrading it.
  4. Upgrade each package.
  5. For each package, test the software after upgrading it.

Criteria to verify as part of this test

  • VII.07. A site administrator can perform software and OS updates on the rack. (F.5)

Step 1: Review relevant rack documentation about software upgrades

Results of testing Step 1 on 2013-03-14

http://www.protogeni.net/wiki/instageni/software-update-process, has documentation about the InstaGENI software update process; it needs to be fleshed out, but at least there's a page.

Step 2: Identify one or more software packages to upgrade

We decided to upgrade tango-monitor-foam, as documented at http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/TangoGeniMonitoring/FoamConfiguration.

Step 3: For each package, test the software before upgrading it

I browsed to https://gmoc-db.grnoc.iu.edu/protected-openid/index.pl?method=aggregate_details;aggregate=foam.instageni.gpolab.bbn.com%3A3626 at 10:39 Eastern, logged in, and observed that the "Last Updated" time was "2013-03-14 14:35:27" (UTC). That's about four minutes in the past, which shows that updates are currently working. I also observed that the "Version" string was "0.8.2". That format shows that the data is being reported by tango-monitor-foam 0.4.

Step 4: Upgrade each package

I followed the instructions at http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/TangoGeniMonitoring/FoamConfiguration.

I downloadeded the the tango-monitor-foam_0.5.0-1.deb package file from http://software.geni.net/local-sw/, and copied it into my home directory as ~/tango-monitor-foam_0.5.0-1_all.deb.

Then, I installed tango-monitor-gmoc, following the instructions at http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/TangoGeniMonitoring/GmocConfiguration.

I downloaded the tango-monitor-gmoc_1.2.12-1_all.deb package file from http://software.geni.net/local-sw/, and copied it into my home directory as ~/tango-monitor-gmoc_1.2.12-1_all.deb.

Since I'm installing tango-monitor-gmoc as part of a tango-monitor-foam upgrade, I installed both packages at once. On foam.instageni.gpolab.bbn.com:

[10:49:44] jbs@foam.instageni.gpolab.bbn.com:/home/jbs
+$ sudo dpkg -i ~/tango-monitor-gmoc_1.2.12-1_all.deb ~/tango-monitor-foam_0.5.0-1_all.deb
Selecting previously unselected package tango-monitor-gmoc.
(Reading database ... 54595 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking tango-monitor-gmoc (from .../tango-monitor-gmoc_1.2.12-1_all.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /home/jbs/tango-monitor-gmoc_1.2.12-1_all.deb (--install):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/local/lib/gmoc.py', which is also in package tango-monitor-foam 0.4-2
Preparing to replace tango-monitor-foam 0.4-2 (using .../tango-monitor-foam_0.5.0-1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement tango-monitor-foam ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of tango-monitor-foam:
 tango-monitor-foam depends on tango-monitor-gmoc; however:
  Package tango-monitor-gmoc is not installed.
dpkg: error processing tango-monitor-foam (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /home/jbs/tango-monitor-gmoc_1.2.12-1_all.deb
 tango-monitor-foam

[10:49:49] jbs@foam.instageni.gpolab.bbn.com:/home/jbs
+$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libnumber-compare-perl ttf-dejavu-extra ttf-dejavu-core
  libfile-find-rule-perl libdbi1 librrd4 libcairo2 libthai-data librrds-perl
  libdatrie1 fontconfig libpixman-1-0 libxml-writer-perl python-rrdtool
  libxft2 fontconfig-config libthai0 libxrender1 libtext-glob-perl ttf-dejavu
  libfontconfig1 libpango1.0-0 libxcb-render0 libxcb-shm0
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  tango-monitor-foam
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? 
(Reading database ... 54593 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing tango-monitor-foam ...
dpkg: warning: while removing tango-monitor-foam, directory '/usr/local/lib' not empty so not removed.

[10:52:53] jbs@foam.instageni.gpolab.bbn.com:/home/jbs
+$ sudo dpkg -i ~/tango-monitor-gmoc_1.2.12-1_all.deb ~/tango-monitor-foam_0.5.0-1_all.deb
(Reading database ... 54579 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking tango-monitor-gmoc (from .../tango-monitor-gmoc_1.2.12-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package tango-monitor-foam.
Unpacking tango-monitor-foam (from .../tango-monitor-foam_0.5.0-1_all.deb) ...
Setting up tango-monitor-gmoc (1.2.12-1) ...
Setting up tango-monitor-foam (0.5.0-1) ...

That's all as expected, according to the docs.

None of the other steps from the docs are necessary if you're upgrading rather than installing for the first time.

Step 5: For each package, test the software after upgrading it

I browsed to https://gmoc-db.grnoc.iu.edu/protected-openid/index.pl?method=aggregate_details;aggregate=foam.instageni.gpolab.bbn.com%3A3626 at 11:02 Eastern, and observed that the "Last Updated" time was "2013-03-14 15:00:22" (UTC). That's about two minutes in the past, which shows that updates are still (or again) working.

I also observed that the "Version" string was "foam-0.8.2,flowvisor-0.8.14". That format shows that the data is being reported by tango-monitor-foam 0.5.

So, everything seems to have worked as expected, with no issues.

Last modified 11 years ago Last modified on 03/14/13 11:26:40