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Subject:    [asterisk-dev] [Code Review] 3489: testsuite: Improve logging
From:       "Matt Jordan" <reviewboard () asterisk ! org>
Date:       2014-04-28 20:18:41
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Review request for Asterisk Developers.


Repository: testsuite


Description
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This patch changes up the logging in the Asterisk Test Suite. It dramatically reduces \
the amount of logging done in the logs/ directory by default (although this can \
always be bumped up), and it redirects the vast majority of the test suite logs to \
the actual sandboxed test run directories themselves.

When we first added Python logging (it didn't always used to be there!) there were \
far fewer tests. Having all tests dump into the same log files actually felt like a \
benefit, since during test development (or when developing many tests) it made it \
easier to debug test failures. Over time, however, this approach has run into a \
number of problems: (1) Many of the tests are much 'chattier' than they used to be. \
Having twisted, starpy, websockets, requests, and other libraries dump information \
has greatly increased the number of log messages. Not to mention logging out every \
SIPp screen received... (2) There are a lot more tests than there were when this was \
added. (3) Tailing a log file is not always the best way to debug. Sometimes you have \
to search through an entire log file for one run. Finding the error becomes \
problematic when your editor of choice chokes on the size of the file.

Hence, this patch.

Logging now works in the following way:
(1) The test_case.TestCase class now always sets up the logging. The logging set up \
done by test_runner was removed (as it only logged out a few messages before an \
instance of TestCase was created anyway). (2) A global logger can still be configured \
in logger.conf. It now only sets up a logger of INFO messages and higher. This allows \
a test executor to watch which tests are being run, without getting spammed. During \
test development, the log message level can be increased to DEBUG. (3) TestCase now \
places the Asterisk directories created by the test execution in a further subfolder, \
run_N (where N increases with each execution of that test). Where before you might \
have:

tests/my_test/ast1
tests/my_test/ast2
tests/my_test/ast3
tests/my_test/ast4

You will now have:

tests/my_test/run_1/ast1
tests/my_test/run_1/ast2
tests/my_test/run_2/ast1
tests/my_test/run_2/ast2

This lets you determine which Asterisk instances belong together, and also makes it \
possible for only the erroring test run to be archived when a test fails (as opposed \
to every Asterisk directory) (4) TestCase now creates a DEBUG and INFO log file(s) in \
the run directory. These contain the full Asterisk logs for the test run.


Diffs
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  /asterisk/trunk/runtests.py 5002 
  /asterisk/trunk/logger.conf 5002 
  /asterisk/trunk/lib/python/asterisk/test_runner.py 5002 
  /asterisk/trunk/lib/python/asterisk/test_case.py 5002 
  /asterisk/trunk/lib/python/asterisk/asterisk.py 5002 

Diff: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3489/diff/


Testing
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I've actually been running an instance of the test suite with this set up for several \
months, using it for development of several tests and generally tweaking it. I \
finally felt like it was "good enough".

Tested:
* Failing tests archive appropriately
* Crashing Asterisk gets archived
* Global log file is still created with expected message levels
* Test specific log files are created appropriately with expected message levels
* Tested a pluggable module based test (pbx/dialplan) and a 'traditional' Python test \
(channels/SIP/sip_hold)


Thanks,

Matt Jordan


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<div>Review request for Asterisk Developers.</div>
<div>By Matt Jordan.</div>










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 <b style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt;">Repository: </b>
testsuite
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<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Description </h1>
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-moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: \
break-word;">This patch changes up the logging in the Asterisk Test Suite. It \
dramatically reduces the amount of logging done in the logs/ directory by default \
(although this can always be bumped up), and it redirects the vast majority of the \
test suite logs to the actual sandboxed test run directories themselves.

When we first added Python logging (it didn&#39;t always used to be there!) there \
were far fewer tests. Having all tests dump into the same log files actually felt \
like a benefit, since during test development (or when developing many tests) it made \
it easier to debug test failures. Over time, however, this approach has run into a \
number of problems: (1) Many of the tests are much &#39;chattier&#39; than they used \
to be. Having twisted, starpy, websockets, requests, and other libraries dump \
information has greatly increased the number of log messages. Not to mention logging \
out every SIPp screen received... (2) There are a lot more tests than there were when \
this was added. (3) Tailing a log file is not always the best way to debug. Sometimes \
you have to search through an entire log file for one run. Finding the error becomes \
problematic when your editor of choice chokes on the size of the file.

Hence, this patch.

Logging now works in the following way:
(1) The test_case.TestCase class now always sets up the logging. The logging set up \
done by test_runner was removed (as it only logged out a few messages before an \
instance of TestCase was created anyway). (2) A global logger can still be configured \
in logger.conf. It now only sets up a logger of INFO messages and higher. This allows \
a test executor to watch which tests are being run, without getting spammed. During \
test development, the log message level can be increased to DEBUG. (3) TestCase now \
places the Asterisk directories created by the test execution in a further subfolder, \
run_N (where N increases with each execution of that test). Where before you might \
have:

tests/my_test/ast1
tests/my_test/ast2
tests/my_test/ast3
tests/my_test/ast4

You will now have:

tests/my_test/run_1/ast1
tests/my_test/run_1/ast2
tests/my_test/run_2/ast1
tests/my_test/run_2/ast2

This lets you determine which Asterisk instances belong together, and also makes it \
possible for only the erroring test run to be archived when a test fails (as opposed \
to every Asterisk directory) (4) TestCase now creates a DEBUG and INFO log file(s) in \
the run directory. These contain the full Asterisk logs for the test run. </pre>
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<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Testing </h1>
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-moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: \
break-word;">I&#39;ve actually been running an instance of the test suite with this \
set up for several months, using it for development of several tests and generally \
tweaking it. I finally felt like it was &quot;good enough&quot;.

Tested:
* Failing tests archive appropriately
* Crashing Asterisk gets archived
* Global log file is still created with expected message levels
* Test specific log files are created appropriately with expected message levels
* Tested a pluggable module based test (pbx/dialplan) and a &#39;traditional&#39; \
Python test (channels/SIP/sip_hold)</pre>  </td>
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<h1 style="color: #575012; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1.5em;">Diffs</b> </h1>
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 <li>/asterisk/trunk/runtests.py <span style="color: grey">(5002)</span></li>

 <li>/asterisk/trunk/logger.conf <span style="color: grey">(5002)</span></li>

 <li>/asterisk/trunk/lib/python/asterisk/test_runner.py <span style="color: \
grey">(5002)</span></li>

 <li>/asterisk/trunk/lib/python/asterisk/test_case.py <span style="color: \
grey">(5002)</span></li>

 <li>/asterisk/trunk/lib/python/asterisk/asterisk.py <span style="color: \
grey">(5002)</span></li>

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<p><a href="https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/3489/diff/" style="margin-left: \
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