I think this is a good idea and you should look to Apache Whirr for the launch automation.
On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 7:53 PM, Nick Dimiduk <[email protected]> wrote: > Heya, > > I'm interested in running integration tests that require a (small) > distributed cluster via the regular jenkins build. Any advice on how to go > about doing thing? Launch the jobs via maven doesn't produce a realistic > runtime, so this would be launching jobs with a bash script and validating > the exit code. It will probably involve deploying and tearing down a > pseudo-distributed cluster too. > > I'm also thinking of changing the IntegrationTests category, breaking it > into {Small,Large}IntegrationTests. Small are tests that require a > distributed cluster to run but don't require lots of nodes or process huge > amounts of data. Think 10-20 minutes to run on a single pseudo-distributed > deployment. Large would be the catch-all bucket for everything else. > > This would also give us a harness from which we can automate the RC build > validation. > > What do you guys think? > > -n > -- Best regards, - Andy Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back. - Piet Hein (via Tom White)
