Dockerize a RobotFramework

Main focus of this project is to get Robot Framework http://robotframework.org/ , needed libraryes https://github.com/robotframework , Jenkins-slave tools https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Docker+Plugin and RIDE https://github.com/robotframework/RIDE to be dockerized.
Long time focus is get official Robot Framework base image to docker hub https://hub.docker.com/explore/ and based tools/libraryes & development images to Robot Framework base image (more info in "Enhancements to existing implementation"). Contributing of this project should follow guidlines that are defined in here https://github.com/docker-library/official-images

Benefits of Robot Framework container

• Easy installation just docker run -P -d robot_framework
• Container include: a) IDE and execution tools b) Libraryes c) Jenkins slave tools => No any more version conflicts between development/testing pipeline
• Easy to scale multiple instances by using docker micro servers => Papot library https://github.com/mkorpela/pabot change sequentally test cases execution to parallel execution that brings many huge benefits to picture (e.g. poor man performance testing and speed up of testing pipelines)
• Get test automation container integrated to Jenkins by using dynamicly way with https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Docker+Plugin

Container deploy time usage:

Define user to SSH connection: -e SSHUSER=< username >
Basic auth: Define user password to SSHUSER: -e SSHUSERPW=< password >
OR Key based auth: Define user public key to SSHUSER: -e SSHUSERKEY="ssh-rsa < public key >"

Add more libraries to container:

• Base your docker file to robot framework container FROM robotframework
• Add required libraryes to your docker file by using any method what you want (e.g. pip, easyinstall, apt-get, etc.)
• Define your docker file entrypoint as ENTRYPOINT ["/rfw_df_entrypoint.sh"]

Test cases development inside of container:

Use e.g. volume mount to get test cases from desktop git checkout to inside of TA-container.
Get GUI open to desktop (In linux xauth package is required to desktop):

• Get X-server to desktop machine (In windows https://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/ is ok).
• Activate X11 forwarding in SSH connection from desktop to container (In windows http://www.putty.org/ is ok).

OR in linux world

docker run -ti --rm \
-e DISPLAY=$DISPLAY \
-v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix \
< TA_container_image >

Enhancements to existing implementation:

Split existing content to different images:

• robot_framework_base container that include Robot Framework, installed by using pip
• rf_jenkins_slave container, based to robot_framework_base and include needed tools: https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Docker+Plugin => This just bring ssh server and jre to container.
• rf_exectools customer specifig library container that based to rf_jenkins_slave container and customer required libraries are installed by using pip => This container is under execution in pipeline. It is light waith container to customer purposes. In here also papot could be installed by using pip.
• rf_tests_development test suites/cases development container. Based to rf_exectools container and RIDE is installed by using pip => This made possible test case development by using exactly same version of robot/libraryes than is used in pipeline.

Endpoint of containers: endpoint to every container could be https://github.com/symbionext/DockerizedRobotFramework/blob/master/rfw_df_entrypoint.sh
Benefit: Minimize content of containers. Just usage purpose guided stuff included to containers. Other benefits are same than before.

INFO:

• Daylight of idea released in http://www.cs.tut.fi/tapahtumat/testaus16/
• Slides "Scalable Test Automation with Docker http://www.cs.tut.fi/tapahtumat/testaus16/kalvot/TTY-Sakari_Hoisko_TestingDay2016-Scalable_Test_Automation_with_Docker.pdf
• Demo Video "Scalable Test Automation with Docker" https://youtu.be/2nQ-xng4m4w
• Fellow behind of idea https://www.linkedin.com/in/sakarihoisko

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