Open Source Summit Europe 2024

Before setting up a test automation framework for your Yocto project, it is worth considering which options are available and most suitable. In this talk, we will explore which tools are appropriate depending on project complexity and scalability. For a small Yocto project where a test environment needs to be up and running as quickly as possible and only one piece of hardware is supported, a complete test setup can be created using only the testimage class for image testing and ptest for package testing. The tests can be carried out locally or in a CI/CD system. Using Gitlab CI/CD as an example, we will show how the results of testimage can be neatly displayed as a unit test report. For more complex projects that support a variety of architectures and require tests to be automatically scheduled on devices, it is advisable to use an automated test framework. We will demonstrate how ptest and pytest can be integrated into a LAVA test environment and what alternatives to LAVA exist.