CSIT-484: HC Test: Add scripts for new hc2vpp jobs

 - add package download script that also installs jvpp .jar
   to maven local repo
 - add bootstrap scripts for the new jobs

 Related ci-management commit: https://gerrit.fd.io/r/4171

Change-Id: I11ec3d93d3b6f6d84c0c1c5e54f166dab96a05ee
Signed-off-by: selias <samelias@cisco.com>

4 files changed, 505 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bootstrap-hc2vpp-integration.sh b/bootstrap-hc2vpp-integration.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..9554924122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bootstrap-hc2vpp-integration.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright (c) 2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -x
+
+cat /etc/hostname
+cat /etc/hosts
+
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+sudo apt-get -y update
+sudo apt-get -y install libpython2.7-dev python-virtualenv
+
+VIRL_SERVERS=("10.30.51.28" "10.30.51.29" "10.30.51.30")
+VIRL_SERVER=""
+
+VIRL_USERNAME=jenkins-in
+VIRL_PKEY=priv_key
+VIRL_SERVER_STATUS_FILE="status"
+VIRL_SERVER_EXPECTED_STATUS="PRODUCTION"
+
+VIRL_TOPOLOGY=double-ring-nested.trusty
+VIRL_RELEASE=csit-ubuntu-14.04.4_2016-10-07_1.3
+
+SSH_OPTIONS="-i ${VIRL_PKEY} -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o BatchMode=yes -o LogLevel=error"
+
+function ssh_do() {
+    echo
+    echo "### "  ssh $@
+    ssh ${SSH_OPTIONS} $@
+}
+
+rm -f ${VIRL_PKEY}
+cat > ${VIRL_PKEY} <<EOF
+-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
+MIIEpQIBAAKCAQEA+IHXq87GcqMR1C47rzx6Cbip5Ghq8pKrbqKrP5Nf41HcYrT6
+GOXl9nFWKsMOzIlIn+8y7Il27eZh7csQGApbg8QLiHMtcYEmWNzKZpkqg4nuAPxX
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+cWsudXjMki8734WSpMBqBp/J8wG3C9ZS6IpQD+U7UXA+roB7Qr+j4TqtWfM+87Rh
+maOpG56uAyR0w5Z9BhwzA3VakibVk9KwDgZ29WtKFzuATLFnOtCS46E=
+-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
+EOF
+chmod 600 ${VIRL_PKEY}
+
+#
+# Pick a random host from the array of VIRL servers, and attempt
+# to reach it and verify it's status.
+#
+# The server must be reachable, and have a "status" file with
+# the content "PRODUCTION", to be selected.
+#
+# If the server is not reachable, or does not have the correct
+# status, remove it from the array and start again.
+#
+# Abort if there are no more servers left in the array.
+#
+while [[ ! "$VIRL_SERVER" ]]
+do
+    num_hosts=${#VIRL_SERVERS[@]}
+    if [ $num_hosts == 0 ]
+    then
+        echo "No more VIRL candidate hosts available, failing."
+        exit 127
+    fi
+    element=$[ $RANDOM % $num_hosts ]
+    virl_server_candidate=${VIRL_SERVERS[$element]}
+    virl_server_status=$(ssh ${SSH_OPTIONS} ${VIRL_USERNAME}@${virl_server_candidate} cat $VIRL_SERVER_STATUS_FILE 2>&1)
+    echo VIRL HOST $virl_server_candidate status is \"$virl_server_status\"
+    if [ "$virl_server_status" == "$VIRL_SERVER_EXPECTED_STATUS" ]
+    then
+        # Candidate is in good status. Select this server.
+        VIRL_SERVER="$virl_server_candidate"
+    else
+        # Candidate is in bad status. Remove from array.
+        VIRL_SERVERS=("${VIRL_SERVERS[@]:0:$element}" "${VIRL_SERVERS[@]:$[$element+1]}")
+    fi
+done
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+# Download the latest VPP and HC .deb packages
+echo Downloading packages...
+bash ${SCRIPT_DIR}/resources/tools/download_hc_pkgs.sh
+
+VPP_DEBS=(*.deb)
+echo ${VPP_DEBS[@]}
+VIRL_DIR_LOC="/tmp"
+VPP_DEBS_FULL=(${VPP_DEBS[@]})
+
+# Prepend directory location at remote host to deb file list
+for index in "${!VPP_DEBS_FULL[@]}"; do
+    VPP_DEBS_FULL[${index}]=${VIRL_DIR_LOC}/${VPP_DEBS_FULL[${index}]}
+done
+
+echo "Updated file names: " ${VPP_DEBS_FULL[@]}
+
+cat ${VIRL_PKEY}
+
+# Copy the files to VIRL hosts
+DONE=""
+for index in "${!VIRL_SERVER[@]}"; do
+    # Do not copy files in case they have already been copied to the VIRL host
+    [[ "${DONE[@]}" =~ "${VIRL_SERVER[${index}]}" ]] && copy=0 || copy=1
+
+    if [ "${copy}" -eq "0" ]; then
+        echo "deb files have already been copied to the VIRL host ${VIRL_SERVER[${index}]}"
+    else
+        scp ${SSH_OPTIONS} *.deb \
+        ${VIRL_USERNAME}@${VIRL_SERVER[${index}]}:${VIRL_DIR_LOC}/
+         result=$?
+        if [ "${result}" -ne "0" ]; then
+            echo "Failed to copy deb files to VIRL host ${VIRL_SERVER[${index}]}"
+            echo ${result}
+            exit ${result}
+        else
+            echo "deb files successfully copied to the VIRL host ${VIRL_SERVER[${index}]}"
+        fi
+        DONE+=(${VIRL_SERVER[${index}]})
+    fi
+done
+
+# Start a simulation on VIRL server
+echo "Starting simulation on VIRL server"
+
+function stop_virl_simulation {
+    ssh ${SSH_OPTIONS} ${VIRL_USERNAME}@${VIRL_SERVER}\
+        "stop-testcase ${VIRL_SID}"
+}
+
+VIRL_SID=$(ssh ${SSH_OPTIONS} \
+    ${VIRL_USERNAME}@${VIRL_SERVER} \
+    "start-testcase -c ${VIRL_TOPOLOGY} -r ${VIRL_RELEASE} ${VPP_DEBS_FULL[@]}")
+retval=$?
+if [ "${retval}" -ne "0" ]; then
+    echo "VIRL simulation start failed"
+    exit ${retval}
+fi
+
+if [[ ! "${VIRL_SID}" =~ session-[a-zA-Z0-9_]{6} ]]; then
+    echo "No VIRL session ID reported."
+    exit 127
+fi
+
+# Upon script exit, cleanup the simulation execution
+trap stop_virl_simulation EXIT
+echo ${VIRL_SID}
+
+ssh_do ${VIRL_USERNAME}@${VIRL_SERVER} cat /scratch/${VIRL_SID}/topology.yaml
+
+# Download the topology file from virl session
+scp ${SSH_OPTIONS} \
+    ${VIRL_USERNAME}@${VIRL_SERVER}:/scratch/${VIRL_SID}/topology.yaml \
+    topologies/enabled/topology.yaml
+
+retval=$?
+if [ "${retval}" -ne "0" ]; then
+    echo "Failed to copy topology file from VIRL simulation"
+    exit ${retval}
+fi
+
+virtualenv --system-site-packages env
+. env/bin/activate
+
+echo pip install
+pip install -r ${SCRIPT_DIR}/requirements.txt
+
+pykwalify -s ${SCRIPT_DIR}/resources/topology_schemas/3_node_topology.sch.yaml \
+          -s ${SCRIPT_DIR}/resources/topology_schemas/topology.sch.yaml \
+          -d ${SCRIPT_DIR}/topologies/enabled/topology.yaml \
+          -vvv
+
+if [ "$?" -ne "0" ]; then
+    echo "Topology schema validation failed."
+    echo "However, the tests will start."
+fi
+
+PYTHONPATH=`pwd` pybot -L TRACE -W 136\
+    -v TOPOLOGY_PATH:${SCRIPT_DIR}/topologies/enabled/topology.yaml \
+    --suite "tests.func" \
+    --include honeycomb_sanity \
+    --noncritical EXPECTED_FAILING \
+    tests/
diff --git a/bootstrap-hc2vpp-verify.sh b/bootstrap-hc2vpp-verify.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..947ad95312
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bootstrap-hc2vpp-verify.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright (c) 2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -x
+
+cat /etc/hostname
+cat /etc/hosts
+
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+sudo apt-get -y update
+sudo apt-get -y install libpython2.7-dev python-virtualenv
+
+VIRL_SERVERS=("10.30.51.28" "10.30.51.29" "10.30.51.30")
+VIRL_SERVER=""
+
+VIRL_USERNAME=jenkins-in
+VIRL_PKEY=priv_key
+VIRL_SERVER_STATUS_FILE="status"
+VIRL_SERVER_EXPECTED_STATUS="PRODUCTION"
+
+VIRL_TOPOLOGY=double-ring-nested.trusty
+VIRL_RELEASE=csit-ubuntu-14.04.4_2016-10-07_1.3
+
+SSH_OPTIONS="-i ${VIRL_PKEY} -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o BatchMode=yes -o LogLevel=error"
+
+function ssh_do() {
+    echo
+    echo "### "  ssh $@
+    ssh ${SSH_OPTIONS} $@
+}
+
+rm -f ${VIRL_PKEY}
+cat > ${VIRL_PKEY} <<EOF
+-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
+MIIEpQIBAAKCAQEA+IHXq87GcqMR1C47rzx6Cbip5Ghq8pKrbqKrP5Nf41HcYrT6
+GOXl9nFWKsMOzIlIn+8y7Il27eZh7csQGApbg8QLiHMtcYEmWNzKZpkqg4nuAPxX
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+maOpG56uAyR0w5Z9BhwzA3VakibVk9KwDgZ29WtKFzuATLFnOtCS46E=
+-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
+EOF
+chmod 600 ${VIRL_PKEY}
+
+#
+# Pick a random host from the array of VIRL servers, and attempt
+# to reach it and verify it's status.
+#
+# The server must be reachable, and have a "status" file with
+# the content "PRODUCTION", to be selected.
+#
+# If the server is not reachable, or does not have the correct
+# status, remove it from the array and start again.
+#
+# Abort if there are no more servers left in the array.
+#
+while [[ ! "$VIRL_SERVER" ]]
+do
+    num_hosts=${#VIRL_SERVERS[@]}
+    if [ $num_hosts == 0 ]
+    then
+        echo "No more VIRL candidate hosts available, failing."
+        exit 127
+    fi
+    element=$[ $RANDOM % $num_hosts ]
+    virl_server_candidate=${VIRL_SERVERS[$element]}
+    virl_server_status=$(ssh ${SSH_OPTIONS} ${VIRL_USERNAME}@${virl_server_candidate} cat $VIRL_SERVER_STATUS_FILE 2>&1)
+    echo VIRL HOST $virl_server_candidate status is \"$virl_server_status\"
+    if [ "$virl_server_status" == "$VIRL_SERVER_EXPECTED_STATUS" ]
+    then
+        # Candidate is in good status. Select this server.
+        VIRL_SERVER="$virl_server_candidate"
+    else
+        # Candidate is in bad status. Remove from array.
+        VIRL_SERVERS=("${VIRL_SERVERS[@]:0:$element}" "${VIRL_SERVERS[@]:$[$element+1]}")
+    fi
+done
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+# VPP, VPP plugin and Honeycomb .deb packages should already be in working directory
+VPP_DEBS=(*.deb)
+echo ${VPP_DEBS[@]}
+VIRL_DIR_LOC="/tmp"
+VPP_DEBS_FULL=(${VPP_DEBS[@]})
+
+# Prepend directory location at remote host to deb file list
+for index in "${!VPP_DEBS_FULL[@]}"; do
+    VPP_DEBS_FULL[${index}]=${VIRL_DIR_LOC}/${VPP_DEBS_FULL[${index}]}
+done
+
+echo "Updated file names: " ${VPP_DEBS_FULL[@]}
+
+cat ${VIRL_PKEY}
+
+# Copy the files to VIRL hosts
+DONE=""
+for index in "${!VIRL_SERVER[@]}"; do
+    # Do not copy files in case they have already been copied to the VIRL host
+    [[ "${DONE[@]}" =~ "${VIRL_SERVER[${index}]}" ]] && copy=0 || copy=1
+
+    if [ "${copy}" -eq "0" ]; then
+        echo "deb files have already been copied to the VIRL host ${VIRL_SERVER[${index}]}"
+    else
+        scp ${SSH_OPTIONS} *.deb \
+        ${VIRL_USERNAME}@${VIRL_SERVER[${index}]}:${VIRL_DIR_LOC}/
+         result=$?
+        if [ "${result}" -ne "0" ]; then
+            echo "Failed to copy deb files to VIRL host ${VIRL_SERVER[${index}]}"
+            echo ${result}
+            exit ${result}
+        else
+            echo "deb files successfully copied to the VIRL host ${VIRL_SERVER[${index}]}"
+        fi
+        DONE+=(${VIRL_SERVER[${index}]})
+    fi
+done
+
+# Start a simulation on VIRL server
+echo "Starting simulation on VIRL server"
+
+function stop_virl_simulation {
+    ssh ${SSH_OPTIONS} ${VIRL_USERNAME}@${VIRL_SERVER}\
+        "stop-testcase ${VIRL_SID}"
+}
+
+VIRL_SID=$(ssh ${SSH_OPTIONS} \
+    ${VIRL_USERNAME}@${VIRL_SERVER} \
+    "start-testcase -c ${VIRL_TOPOLOGY} -r ${VIRL_RELEASE} ${VPP_DEBS_FULL[@]}")
+retval=$?
+if [ "${retval}" -ne "0" ]; then
+    echo "VIRL simulation start failed"
+    exit ${retval}
+fi
+
+if [[ ! "${VIRL_SID}" =~ session-[a-zA-Z0-9_]{6} ]]; then
+    echo "No VIRL session ID reported."
+    exit 127
+fi
+
+# Upon script exit, cleanup the simulation execution
+trap stop_virl_simulation EXIT
+echo ${VIRL_SID}
+
+ssh_do ${VIRL_USERNAME}@${VIRL_SERVER} cat /scratch/${VIRL_SID}/topology.yaml
+
+# Download the topology file from virl session
+scp ${SSH_OPTIONS} \
+    ${VIRL_USERNAME}@${VIRL_SERVER}:/scratch/${VIRL_SID}/topology.yaml \
+    topologies/enabled/topology.yaml
+
+retval=$?
+if [ "${retval}" -ne "0" ]; then
+    echo "Failed to copy topology file from VIRL simulation"
+    exit ${retval}
+fi
+
+virtualenv --system-site-packages env
+. env/bin/activate
+
+echo pip install
+pip install -r ${SCRIPT_DIR}/requirements.txt
+
+pykwalify -s ${SCRIPT_DIR}/resources/topology_schemas/3_node_topology.sch.yaml \
+          -s ${SCRIPT_DIR}/resources/topology_schemas/topology.sch.yaml \
+          -d ${SCRIPT_DIR}/topologies/enabled/topology.yaml \
+          -vvv
+
+if [ "$?" -ne "0" ]; then
+    echo "Topology schema validation failed."
+    echo "However, the tests will start."
+fi
+
+PYTHONPATH=`pwd` pybot -L TRACE -W 136\
+    -v TOPOLOGY_PATH:${SCRIPT_DIR}/topologies/enabled/topology.yaml \
+    --suite "tests.func" \
+    --include honeycomb_sanity \
+    --noncritical EXPECTED_FAILING \
+    tests/
diff --git a/resources/libraries/robot/honeycomb/honeycomb.robot b/resources/libraries/robot/honeycomb/honeycomb.robot
index 41bd45054d..8b0a788385 100644
--- a/resources/libraries/robot/honeycomb/honeycomb.robot
+++ b/resources/libraries/robot/honeycomb/honeycomb.robot
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 | | ...
 | | [Arguments] | @{duts}
 | | Start honeycomb on DUTs | @{duts}
-| | Wait until keyword succeeds | 3min | 10sec
+| | Wait until keyword succeeds | 4min | 15sec
 | | ... | Check honeycomb startup state | @{duts}
 
 | Stop honeycomb service on DUTs
diff --git a/resources/tools/download_hc_build_pkgs.sh b/resources/tools/download_hc_build_pkgs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..4dc49f9d82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/tools/download_hc_build_pkgs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright (c) 2016 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -ex
+
+trap 'rm -f *.deb.md5; exit' EXIT
+trap 'rm -f *.deb.md5;rm -f *.deb; exit' ERR
+
+# Download the latest VPP .deb packages, their matching JVPP .jar and VPP plugin .deb packages
+URL="https://nexus.fd.io/service/local/artifact/maven/content"
+VER="LATEST"
+REPO='fd.io.master.ubuntu.trusty.main'
+JVPP_REPO='fd.io.snapshot'
+VPP_GROUP="io.fd.vpp"
+HC_GROUP="io.fd.hc2vpp"
+NSH_GROUP="io.fd.nsh_sfc"
+VPP_ARTIFACTS="vpp vpp-dbg vpp-dev vpp-dpdk-dev vpp-dpdk-dkms vpp-lib vpp-plugins"
+JVPP_ARTIFACTS="jvpp-core jvpp-registry jvpp-acl jvpp-snat jvpp-ioam-pot jvpp-ioam-trace"
+HC_ARTIFACTS="honeycomb"
+NSH_ARTIFACTS="vpp-nsh-plugin"
+PACKAGE="deb deb.md5"
+JVPP_PACKAGE="jar jar.md5"
+CLASS="deb"
+
+for ART in ${VPP_ARTIFACTS}; do
+    for PAC in $PACKAGE; do
+        curl "${URL}?r=${REPO}&g=${VPP_GROUP}&a=${ART}&p=${PAC}&v=${VER}&c=${CLASS}" -O -J || exit
+    done
+done
+
+for ART in ${JVPP_ARTIFACTS}; do
+    for PAC in $JVPP_PACKAGE; do
+        curl "${URL}?r=${JVPP_REPO}&g=${VPP_GROUP}&a=${ART}&p=${PAC}&v=${VER}" -O -J || exit
+    done
+done
+
+for ART in ${HC_ARTIFACTS}; do
+    for PAC in $PACKAGE; do
+        curl "${URL}?r=${REPO}&g=${HC_GROUP}&a=${ART}&p=${PAC}&v=${VER}&c=${CLASS}" -O -J || exit
+    done
+done
+
+for ART in ${NSH_ARTIFACTS}; do
+    for PAC in $PACKAGE; do
+        curl "${URL}?r=${REPO}&g=${NSH_GROUP}&a=${ART}&p=${PAC}&v=${VER}&c=${CLASS}" -O -J || exit
+    done
+done
+
+for FILE in *.deb; do
+    echo " "${FILE} >> ${FILE}.md5
+done
+
+for FILE in *.jar; do
+    echo " "${FILE} >> ${FILE}.md5
+done
+
+for MD5FILE in *.md5; do
+    md5sum -c ${MD5FILE} || exit
+done
+
+# Install JVPP to maven local repo, to be used in HC2VPP build
+JVPP_JARS=$(find . -type f -iname '*.jar')
+for item in jvpp*.jar; do
+    # Example filename: jvpp-registry-17.01-20161206.125556-1.jar
+    # ArtifactId = jvpp-registry
+    # Version = 17.01
+    basefile=$(basename -s .jar "$item")
+    artifactId=$(echo "$basefile" | cut -d '-' -f 1-2)
+    version=$(echo "$basefile" | cut -d '-' -f 3)
+    mvn install:install-file -Dfile=${item} -DgroupId=io.fd.vpp -DartifactId=${artifactId} -Dversion=${version} -Dpackaging=jar -Dmaven.repo.local=/tmp/r -Dorg.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.localRepository=/tmp/r
+done