Monthly Archives: January 2022

openQA

Steps to install and configure openQA in my own VM:

  1. Boot from a live image of GNOME unstable 2022-01-21T03:08Z
  2. Install to a harddisk with Calamares
  3. Install the Debian package openqa
    echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian sid main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
    apt-get update
    apt-get install openqa
  4. Configure openqa
    cd /etc/apache2/sites-enabled
    ln -s ../sites-available/openqa.conf.template openqa.conf
    # Replace #ServerName with 'ServerName localhost'
    a2enmod headers
    a2enmod proxy
    a2enmod proxy_http
    a2enmod proxy_wstunnel
    a2enmod rewrite
    a2enmod expires
    systemctl restart apache2
    Configure openqa version 2:
    /usr/share/openqa/script/configure-web-proxy
    -> However:
    26: cannot create /etc/apach2/vhosts.d/openqa.conf: Directory nonexistent
  5. This might have been required: /usr/share/openqa/script/initdb
  6. Configure the login procedure:
    Edit /etc/openqa/openqa.ini
    In the section [auth]: place ‘method = Fake‘
    Edit /etc/openqa/client.conf:
    [localhost]
    key = 1234567890ABCDEF
    secret = 1234567890ABCDEF
    Restart the openQA webui:
    systemctl restart openqa-webui
  7. Prepare salsa
    ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "VM Debian-openQA"
    gedit ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
    -> paste in SSH Keys for Salsa
  8. Prepare the git repository:
    cd /var/lib/openqa/tests
    git clone git@salsa.debian.org:rclobus-guest/openqa-tests-debian.git debian
  9. Initialise the default test settings:
    apt-get install python3-jsonschema
    cd /var/lib/openqa/tests/debian
    python3 fifloader.py templates.fif.json --update --load
  10. Install a local openQA-worker:
    apt-get install openqa-worker
  11. Download the netinst image and run it:
    cd /var/lib/openqa/share/factory/iso
    wget https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/debian-11.2.0-amd64-netinst.iso
    openqa-cli api -X POST isos ISO=debian-11.2.0-amd64-netinst.iso DISTRI=debian VERSION=stable FLAVOR=netinst-iso ARCH=x86_64 BUILD=1120
  12. Issue: the tooltip with the guided tour did not disappear after being logged in:
    su geekotest
    psql openqa
    update users set feature_version=0;
    \q