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gaugeExecuteTests

Installs gauge and executes specified gauge tests.

Description

In this step Gauge (getgauge.io) acceptance tests are executed. Using Gauge it will be possible to have a three-tier test layout:

Acceptance Criteria Test implemenation layer Application driver layer

This layout is propagated by Jez Humble and Dave Farley in their book "Continuous Delivery" as a way to create maintainable acceptance test suites (see "Continuous Delivery", p. 190ff).

Using Gauge it is possible to write test specifications in Markdown syntax and therefore allow e.g. product owners to write the relevant acceptance test specifications. At the same time it allows the developer to implement the steps described in the specification in her development environment.

You can use the sample projects of Gauge.

Usage

We recommend to define values of step parameters via .pipeline/config.yml file.
In this case, calling the step is essentially reduced to defining the step name.
Calling the step can be done either in an orchestrator specific way (e.g. via a Jenkins library step) or on the command line.

library('piper-lib-os')

gaugeExecuteTests script: this

piper gaugeExecuteTests

Outputs

Output type Details
influx measurement step_data
  • gauge

Prerequisites

none

Parameters

Overview - Step

Name Mandatory Additional information
runCommand yes
script (yes) Jenkins only reference to Jenkins main pipeline script
installCommand no
languageRunner no
testOptions no
verbose no activates debug output

Overview - Execution Environment

Orchestrator-specific only

These parameters are relevant for orchestrator usage and not considered when using the command line option.

Name Mandatory Additional information
containerCommand no Jenkins only
containerName no Jenkins only
containerShell no Jenkins only
dockerEnvVars no
dockerImage no
dockerName no
dockerOptions no
dockerPullImage no
dockerVolumeBind no Jenkins only
dockerWorkspace no Jenkins only
sidecarEnvVars no
sidecarImage no
sidecarName no
sidecarOptions no
sidecarPullImage no
sidecarReadyCommand no Jenkins only
sidecarVolumeBind no
sidecarWorkspace no Jenkins only
stashContent no Jenkins only

Details

containerCommand

Jenkins-specific: Used for proper environment setup.

Kubernetes only: Allows to specify start command for container created with dockerImage parameter to overwrite Piper default (/usr/bin/tail -f /dev/null).

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Scope Details
Aliases -
Type string
Mandatory no
Default
Secret no
Configuration scope
  • ☒ parameter
  • ☒ general
  • ☒ steps
  • ☒ stages
Resource references none

containerName

Jenkins-specific: Used for proper environment setup.

Optional configuration in combination with containerMap to define the container where the commands should be executed in.

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Scope Details
Aliases -
Type string
Mandatory no
Default gauge
Secret no
Configuration scope
  • ☒ parameter
  • ☒ general
  • ☒ steps
  • ☒ stages
Resource references none

containerShell

Jenkins-specific: Used for proper environment setup.

Allows to specify the shell to be executed for container with containerName.

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Scope Details
Aliases -
Type string
Mandatory no
Default
Secret no
Configuration scope
  • ☒ parameter
  • ☒ general
  • ☒ steps
  • ☒ stages
Resource references none

dockerEnvVars

Jenkins-specific: Used for proper environment setup.

Environment variables to set in the container, e.g. [http_proxy: "proxy:8080"].

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Scope Details
Aliases -
Type map[string]string
Mandatory no
Default map[NO_PROXY:localhost,selenium,$NO_PROXY no_proxy:localhost,selenium,$no_proxy]
Secret no
Configuration scope
  • ☒ parameter
  • ☒ general
  • ☒ steps
  • ☒ stages
Resource references none

dockerImage

Jenkins-specific: Used for proper environment setup.

Name of the docker image that should be used. If empty, Docker is not used and the command is executed directly on the Jenkins system.

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Scope Details
Aliases -
Type string
Mandatory no
Default node:lts-buster
Secret no
Configuration scope
  • ☒ parameter
  • ☒ general
  • ☒ steps
  • ☒ stages
Resource references none

dockerName

Jenkins-specific: Used for proper environment setup.

Kubernetes only: Name of the container launching dockerImage. SideCar only: Name of the container in local network.

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Scope Details
Aliases -
Type string
Mandatory no
Default gauge
Secret no
Configuration scope
  • ☒ parameter
  • ☒ general
  • ☒ steps
  • ☒ stages
Resource references none

dockerOptions

Jenkins-specific: Used for proper environment setup.

Docker options to be set when starting the container.

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Scope Details
Aliases -
Type []string
Mandatory no
Default
Secret no
Configuration scope
  • ☒ parameter
  • ☒ general
  • ☒ steps
  • ☒ stages
Resource references none

dockerPullImage

Jenkins-specific: Used for proper environment setup.

Set this to 'false' to bypass a docker image pull. Useful during development process. Allows testing of images which are available in the local registry only.

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Scope Details
Aliases -
Type bool
Mandatory no
Default true
Possible values - true
- false
Secret no
Configuration scope
  • ☒ parameter
  • ☒ general
  • ☒ steps
  • ☒ stages
Resource references none

dockerVolumeBind

Jenkins-specific: Used for proper environment setup.

Volumes that should be mounted into the docker container.

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Scope Details
Aliases -
Type map[string]string
Mandatory no
Default
Secret no
Configuration scope
  • ☒ parameter
  • ☒ general
  • ☒ steps
  • ☒ stages
Resource references none

dockerWorkspace

Jenkins-specific: Used for proper environment setup.

Kubernetes only: Specifies a dedicated user home directory for the container which will be passed as value for environment variable HOME.

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Scope Details
Aliases -
Type string
Mandatory no
Default /home/node
Secret no
Configuration scope
  • ☒ parameter
  • ☒ general
  • ☒ steps
  • ☒ stages
Resource references none

installCommand

Defines the command for installing Gauge. Gauge should be installed using npm. Example: npm install -g @getgauge/cli@1.2.1

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Scope Details
Aliases -
Type string
Mandatory no
Default curl -SsL https://downloads.gauge.org/stable | sh -s -- --location=$HOME/bin/gauge
Secret no
Configuration scope
  • ☒ parameter
  • ☐ general
  • ☒ steps
  • ☒ stages
Resource references none

languageRunner

Defines the Gauge language runner to be used. Example: java

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Scope Details
Aliases -
Type string
Mandatory no
Default $PIPER_languageRunner (if set)
Secret no
Configuration scope
  • ☒ parameter
  • ☐ general
  • ☒ steps
  • ☒ stages
Resource references none

runCommand

Defines the command which is used for executing Gauge. Example: run -s -p specs/

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Scope Details
Aliases -
Type string
Mandatory yes
Default $PIPER_runCommand (if set)
Secret no
Configuration scope
  • ☒ parameter
  • ☐ general
  • ☒ steps
  • ☒ stages
Resource references none

script

Jenkins-specific: Used for proper environment setup.

The common script environment of the Jenkinsfile running. Typically the reference to the script calling the pipeline step is provided with the this parameter, as in script: this. This allows the function to access the commonPipelineEnvironment for retrieving, e.g. configuration parameters.

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Scope Details
Aliases -
Type Jenkins Script
Mandatory yes
Default
Secret no
Configuration scope
  • ☐ parameter
  • ☐ general
  • ☐ steps
  • ☐ stages
Resource references none

sidecarEnvVars

Jenkins-specific: Used for proper environment setup.

A map of environment variables to set in the sidecar container, similar to dockerEnvVars.

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Scope Details
Aliases -
Type map[string]string
Mandatory no
Default
Secret no
Configuration scope
  • ☒ parameter
  • ☒ general
  • ☒ steps
  • ☒ stages
Resource references none

sidecarImage

Jenkins-specific: Used for proper environment setup.

The name of the docker image of the sidecar container. If empty, no sidecar container is started. Similar to dockerImage.

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Scope Details
Aliases -
Type string
Mandatory no
Default
Secret no
Configuration scope
  • ☒ parameter
  • ☒ general
  • ☒ steps
  • ☒ stages
Resource references none

sidecarName

Jenkins-specific: Used for proper environment setup.

Name of the sidecar container. Similar to dockerName.

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Scope Details
Aliases -
Type string
Mandatory no
Default
Secret no
Configuration scope
  • ☒ parameter
  • ☒ general
  • ☒ steps
  • ☒ stages
Resource references none

sidecarOptions

Jenkins-specific: Used for proper environment setup.

Options to be set when starting the sidecar container. Similar to dockerOptions.

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Scope Details
Aliases -
Type []string
Mandatory no
Default
Secret no
Configuration scope
  • ☒ parameter
  • ☒ general
  • ☒ steps
  • ☒ stages
Resource references none

sidecarPullImage

Jenkins-specific: Used for proper environment setup.

Set this to 'false' to bypass a docker image pull. Useful during development process. Allows testing of images which are available in the local registry only.

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Scope Details
Aliases -
Type bool
Mandatory no
Default false
Possible values - true
- false
Secret no
Configuration scope
  • ☒ parameter
  • ☒ general
  • ☒ steps
  • ☒ stages
Resource references none

sidecarReadyCommand

Jenkins-specific: Used for proper environment setup.

Command executed inside the container which returns exit code 0 when the container is ready to be used.

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Scope Details
Aliases -
Type string
Mandatory no
Default
Secret no
Configuration scope
  • ☒ parameter
  • ☒ general
  • ☒ steps
  • ☒ stages
Resource references none

sidecarVolumeBind

Jenkins-specific: Used for proper environment setup.

Volumes that should be mounted into the sidecar container. Similar to dockerVolumeBind.

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Scope Details
Aliases -
Type map[string]string
Mandatory no
Default
Secret no
Configuration scope
  • ☒ parameter
  • ☒ general
  • ☒ steps
  • ☒ stages
Resource references none

sidecarWorkspace

Jenkins-specific: Used for proper environment setup.

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Scope Details
Aliases -
Type string
Mandatory no
Default
Secret no
Configuration scope
  • ☒ parameter
  • ☒ general
  • ☒ steps
  • ☒ stages
Resource references none

stashContent

Jenkins-specific: Used for proper environment setup.

Specific stashes that should be considered for the step execution.

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Scope Details
Aliases -
Type []string
Mandatory no
Default - buildDescriptor
- tests
Secret no
Configuration scope
  • ☒ parameter
  • ☒ general
  • ☒ steps
  • ☒ stages
Resource references none

testOptions

Allows to set specific options for the Gauge execution. Details can be found for example in the Gauge Maven plugin documentation

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Scope Details
Aliases -
Type string
Mandatory no
Default $PIPER_testOptions (if set)
Secret no
Configuration scope
  • ☒ parameter
  • ☐ general
  • ☒ steps
  • ☒ stages
Resource references none

verbose

verbose output

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Scope Details
Aliases -
Type bool
Mandatory no
Default false
Possible values - true
- false
Secret no
Configuration scope
  • ☒ parameter
  • ☒ general
  • ☒ steps
  • ☒ stages
Resource references none

seleniumHubCredentialsId

Jenkins-specific: Used for proper environment setup. See using credentials for details.

Defines the id of the user/password credentials to be used to connect to a Selenium Hub. The credentials are provided in the environment variables PIPER_SELENIUM_HUB_USER and PIPER_SELENIUM_HUB_PASSWORD.

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Scope Details
Aliases -
Type string
Configuration scope
  • ☒ parameter
  • ☒ general
  • ☒ steps
  • ☒ stages

We recommend to define values of step parameters via config.yml file.

Example

Pipeline step:

gaugeExecuteTests script: this, testServerUrl: 'http://test.url'