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Improve the integration tests framework documentation (#5461)
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### Debugging tests
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#### Manually debugging tests on VMs
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Many of the integration tests will install the Elastic-Agent and/or
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require root to run, which makes it hard to just run them on our work
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machines, the best way to circumvent that is to debug the tests
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directly on a VM. `mage integration:DeployDebugTools` will show a menu
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to select a VM and then install the common debugging tools: Delve,
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Mage and Docker. It will also create the `~/elastic-agent` folder
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containing the Git repository (required to package from within the VM)
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#### Connecting to VMs
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All VMs (including Windows) support connections via SSH, the framework
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generates and stores the necessary SSH keys to access the VMs, the
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easiest way to connect to them is using the SSH command returned by
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`mage integration:SSH`. It will list the VMs and ask to select
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one.
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On a Unix shell you can run `$(mage integration:SSH)`, the menu is
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printed to stderr and the SSH command to stdout. After selecting the
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VM you will have shell connected to it.
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#### Credentials for cloud stack/projects
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All cloud deployments and projects can be listed with `mage
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integration:listStacks`, they can be used to manually connect to
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Kibana and Elasticsearch.
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If you need to manually run tests against any deployments, `mage
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integration:GenerateEnvFile` will generate a file called `env.sh` that
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exports environment variables for Unix compatible shells, you can load
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them into your shell by running `source ./env.sh`.
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To easily deploy the credentials to any VM, just run `mage
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integration:DeployEnvFile`. A menu will ask for the desired Stack and
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VM.
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#### Manually running the tests (using `go test`)
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If you want to run the tests manually, skipping the test runner, set the
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`TEST_DEFINE_PREFIX` environment variable to any value and run your tests normally
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with `go test`. E.g.:
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```shell
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TEST_DEFINE_PREFIX=gambiarra go test -v -tags integration -run TestProxyURL ./testing/integration/
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```
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You will need the environment variables containing the stack URL and
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credentials for the tests to succeed.
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#### Installing debug/build tools
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`mage integration:DeployDebugTools` will install a few tools necessary
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to build the Elastic-Agent in the VM and debug tests:
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- Docker
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- Delve
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- Mage
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When called, it will show a menu to select a VM and then install the
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tools listed above. It will also create the `~/elastic-agent` folder
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containing the Git repository (required o package from within the VM)
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and the last version of the code uploaded to the VM. This allows you
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to easily build/package the Elastic-Agent from within the VM as well
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as run any tests.
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After deploying the debug tools, `mage integrationDeployEnvFile` will
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create a `env.sh` and copy it to a selected VM, sourcing it will allow
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you to any test against the Cloud Stack you selected.
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In the VM there are two important folders:
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- `agent`: that is created by the integration test framework and used
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by `mage` to run the tests, it gets updated every time you run an
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integration test from your machine.
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- `elastic-agen`: that is a copy `agent` with Git information created
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by `mage integration:DeployDebugTools`, the Git information there is
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not a copy from your machine, but it will work if you need to
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package the Elastic-Agent from the VM. Most of the time you won't
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need it.
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Example of how to run a test from within the VM:
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```
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## Run a single test
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SNAPSHOT=true TEST_PLATFORMS="linux/amd64" mage integration:single TestLogIngestionFleetManaged
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## Let's suppose it has failed
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**Step-by-Step commands**
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```shell
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## Install DebugTools
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mage -v integration:DeployDebugTools
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## Generate and deploy env file
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mage -v integration:DeployEnvFile
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## SSH into the VM
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$(mage integration:SSHVM)
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$(mage integration:SSH)
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## From inside the VM, the test needs root
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sudo su
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source ./env.sh
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cd elastic-agent
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cd agent # That's the folder the mage automation uses to run the tests
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## Then run the test using `go test`
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TEST_DEFINE_PREFIX=gambiarra AGENT_VERSION="8.16.0-SNAPSHOT" go test -tags=integration -v ./testing/integration/ -run TestLogIngestionFleetManaged
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## Run the test using delve:
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## Any flags passed to the test binary go after the '--', they also need to
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## include the `test.` prefix if they're for `go test`
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TEST_DEFINE_PREFIX=gambiarra dlv test ./testing/integration/ --build-flags="-tags integration" -- -test.v -test.run TestLogIngestionFleetManaged
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**A Delve trick**
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**A Delve trick:**
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If you didn't build the Elastic-Agent directly on the machine you're
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debugging, it is very likely the location of the source code is
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different, hence delve cannot show you the code it is running. To
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solve this, once on Delve shell, run:
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config substitute-path /go/src/github.com/elastic/elastic-agent /home/ubuntu/elastic-agent`
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config substitute-path /go/src/github.com/elastic/elastic-agent /home/ubuntu/agent
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``
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- `/go/src/github.com/elastic/elastic-agent` is the path annotated in
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the binary you are debugging (the one Delve shows).
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- `/home/ubuntu/elastic-agent` is where Delve should read the source
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- `/home/ubuntu/agent` is where Delve should read the source
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code form.
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#### Other useful mage targets:
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- `integration:stacks` lists all stack deployments and connection
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information in a human readable table.
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- `integration:listInstances` lists all VMs and their connection
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command in a human readable table. It also lists the URL for the
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VM page on GCP, which is helpful to verify if the VM still exists
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(OGC VMs are automatically deleted)
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- `integration:printState` is a shortcut for running the two commands
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above.
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#### Auto diagnostics retrieval
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- `TEST_RUN_UNTIL_FAILURE=true mage integration:single [testName]`
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## Manually running the tests
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If you want to run the tests manually, skipping the test runner, set the
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`TEST_DEFINE_PREFIX` environment variable to any value and run your tests normally
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with `go test`. E.g.:
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```shell
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TEST_DEFINE_PREFIX=gambiarra go test -v -tags integration -run TestProxyURL ./testing/integration/
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```
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## Connecting to VMs and running tests
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### Connecting to VMs
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All VMs (including Windows) support connections via SSH, the framework
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generates and stores the necessary SSH keys to access the VMs, the
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easiest way to connect to them is using the SSH command returned by
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`mage integration:SSHVM`. It will list the VMs and ask to select
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one.
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On a Unix shell you can run `$(mage integration:SSHVM)`, the menu is
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printed to stderr and the SSH command to stdout. After selecting the
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VM you will have shell connected to it.
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### Credentials for cloud stack/projects
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All cloud deployments and projects can be listed with `mage
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integration:stacks`, they can be used to manually connect to
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Kibana and Elasticsearch.
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If you need to manually run tests against any deployments, `mage
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integration:GenerateEnvFile` will generate a file called `env.sh` that
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exports environment variables for Unix compatible shells, you can load
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them into your shell by running `source ./env.sh`.
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To easily deploy the credentials to any VM, just run `mage
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integration:DeployEnvFile`. A menu will ask for the desired Stack and
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VM.
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## Writing tests
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Write integration and E2E tests by adding them to the `testing/integration`

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