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# Open Source Firmware Remote Test Environment

The following repository contains set of tests and other features to conduct
Dasharo firmware validation procedures.

## Warning

**!!! WARNING !!!**
This repository is in the process of stabilization after migration
and multiple major reworks. Check the published tags and their descriptions
for information about the expected stability on selected platform.
It's recommended to run Dasharo regression tests on top of the most recent
version tags, like "v0.3.0". Use `git tag` to list all the published tags.

Use the top of the develop branch only if you are willing to risk unstable
regression runs and unexpected fails for the sake of the release_tests_devices features.
**!!! WARNING !!!**

## Table of contents

* [Lab architecture](#lab-architecture)
* [Test environment overview](#test-environment-overview)
* [Supported platforms](#supported-platforms)
* [Getting started](#getting-started)
    - [Initializing environment](#initializing-environment)
    - [Running tests](#running-tests)
    - [Running tests via wrapper](#running-tests-via-wrapper)
    - [Running regression tests](#running-regression-tests)
* [Checking Robot Framework syntax before committing](#checking-robot-framework-syntax-before-committing)
* [Useful refactoring tools](#useful-refactoring-tools)
* [OSFV Stability Checks](#osfv-stability-checks)
* [Generating documentation](#generating-documentation)
* [Additional documents](#additional-documents)

## Lab architecture

This graphic presents a rough overview on how DUT can be connected in the
Dasharo lab.

Following mechanisms may be used for DUT power control:
* [Sonoff WiFi smart plug](https://docs.dasharo.com/transparent-validation/sonoff/sonoff_preparation/)
* [RTE relay](https://docs.dasharo.com/transparent-validation/rte/introduction/)

Following mechanisms may be used for DUT control:
* serial port over telnet, exposed by [ser2net](https://github.com/cminyard/ser2net)
* [PiKVM](https://docs.dasharo.com/transparent-validation/pikvm/assembly-and-validation/)
  with USB keyboard emulatation
* for some platforms, a mixture of both (serial for output, PiKVM
  keyboard for input)

![regression-architecture](https://cloud.3mdeb.com/index.php/s/KkERgGoniBtjfC4/preview)

### Current OSFV architecture

![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Dasharo/open-source-firmware-validation/main/docs/img/osfv_cli_after.png)
Because of that the:
* [3mdeb/sonoff-rest-api](https://github.com/3mdeb/sonoff-rest-api)
* [3mdeb/rte-ctrl-rest-api](https://github.com/3mdeb/rtectrl-rest-api)

repositories were replaced by common libraries such as those contained [here](https://github.com/Dasharo/osfv-scripts/tree/main/osfv_cli/src/osfv/libs).
These and robot framework libraries (found [here](https://github.com/Dasharo/osfv-scripts/tree/main/osfv_cli/src/osfv/rf))
are attached to the environment itself via `requirements.txt` which needs to be
kept up to date to serve its purpose.

## Test environment overview

Dasharo OSFV consists of following modules:
* `dasharo-compatibility`,
* `dasharo-security`,
* `dasharo-performance`,
* `dasharo-stability`.

## Supported platforms

This table presents platform names along with their config names from
`platform-configs` directory. The support level (which test are supported per
different platform) may vary.

| Manufacturer | Platform             | Firmware                 |  $CONFIG                               |
|--------------|----------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| MSI          | PRO Z690 A DDR5      | Dasharo                  |  `msi-pro-z690-a-ddr5`                 |
| MSI          | PRO Z690 A WIFI DDR4 | Dasharo                  |  `msi-pro-z690-a-wifi-ddr4`            |
| NovaCustom   | NS50MU               | Dasharo                  |  `novacustom-ns50mu`                   |
| NovaCustom   | NS50PU               | Dasharo                  |  `novacustom-ns50pu`                   |
| NovaCustom   | NS70MU               | Dasharo                  |  `movacustom-ns70mu`                   |
| NovaCustom   | NS70PU               | Dasharo                  |  `novacustom-ns70pu`                   |
| NovaCustom   | NV41MB               | Dasharo                  |  `novacustom-nv41mb`                   |
| NovaCustom   | NV41MZ               | Dasharo                  |  `novacustom-nv41mz`                   |
| NovaCustom   | NV41PZ               | Dasharo                  |  `novacustom-nv41pz`                   |
| NovaCustom   | V540TND              | Dasharo                  |  `novacustom-v540tnd`                  |
| NovaCustom   | V540TU               | Dasharo                  |  `novacustom-v540tu`                   |
| NovaCustom   | V560TND              | Dasharo                  |  `novacustom-v560tnd`                  |
| NovaCustom   | V560TNE              | Dasharo                  |  `novacustom-v560tne`                  |
| NovaCustom   | V560TU               | Dasharo                  |  `novacustom-v560tu`                   |
| PC Engines   | apu4                 | Dasharo                  |  `pcengines-apu4`                      |
| Protectli    | V1210                | Dasharo                  |  `protectli-v1210`                     |
| Protectli    | V1410                | Dasharo                  |  `protectli-v1410`                     |
| Protectli    | V1610                | Dasharo                  |  `protectli-v1610`                     |
| Protectli    | VP2410               | Dasharo                  |  `protectli-vp2410`                    |
| Protectli    | VP2420               | Dasharo                  |  `protectli-vp2420`                    |
| Protectli    | VP4630               | Dasharo                  |  `protectli-vp4630`                    |
| Protectli    | VP4650               | Dasharo                  |  `protectli-vp4650`                    |
| Protectli    | VP4670               | Dasharo                  |  `protectli-vp4670`                    |
| QEMU         | Q35                  | Dasharo (UEFI)           |  `qemu`                                |
| Raptor-CS    | TalosII              | Dasharo                  |  `raptor-cs_talos2`                    |
| Raspberry Pi | RaspberryPi 3B       | Yocto                    |  `rpi-3b`                              |

`platform-configs` has recently been reworked- by using the tree
topology to group platforms by more generic settings up above and the
 more specific flags and settings much lower down to an exact platform
  model. Example:
![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Dasharo/open-source-firmware-validation/main/docs/img/platform-configs-protectli.png)

## DCU

The osfv uses the
[Dasharo Configuration Utility](https://github.com/Dasharo/dcu?tab=readme-ov-file#dasharo-configuration-container),
 it lets you set firmware settings directly in binary file.
![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Dasharo/open-source-firmware-validation/main/docs/img/osfv_dcu_integration.png)

## Getting started

### Initializing environment

* Clone repository and setup virtualenv:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/Dasharo/open-source-firmware-validation
cd open-source-firmware-validation
git checkout develop
git submodule update --init --checkout --recursive --remote
python3 -m virtualenv venv
source venv/bin/activate
```

* Install modules (in case of Raptor Talos II platform):

```bash
pip install -U -r requirements-openbmc.txt
```

* Install modules (in case of other platforms):

```bash
pip install -r requirements.txt
ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml
```

* Follow the initialization instructions in `osfv-test-data/README.md`:

```bash
cd osfv-test-data
git annex pull
./setup.sh
cd ..
```

If you try to run the environment again after the first initialization
  you must reinstall requirements.txt for it to work properly:

```bash
python3 -m virtualenv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r ./requirements.txt
ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml
```

* Or just create an alias:

```bash
alias penv="python3 -m virtualenv venv && source venv/bin/activate && \
            pip install -r ./requirements.txt && \
            ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml"
```

> NOTE: `keywords.robot` requires osfv_cli to be installed on the host system.
> Go through [these
> steps](https://github.com/Dasharo/osfv-scripts/tree/main/osfv_cli#installation)
> to configure the scripts

* Executing manual steps require that tkinter module be installed which can't be
done via pip

```bash
sudo dnf install python3-tkinter
```

### Running tests

When running tests on Dasharo platforms use the following commands:

* For running a single test case:

```bash
robot -L TRACE -v rte_ip:$RTE_IP -v config:$CONFIG -v device_ip:$DEVICE_IP \
-t $TEST_CASE_ID $TEST_MODULE/$TEST_SUITE
```

* For running a single test suite:

```bash
robot -L TRACE -v rte_ip:$RTE_IP -v config:$CONFIG -v device_ip:$DEVICE_IP \
$TEST_MODULE/$TEST_SUITE
```

* For running a single test module:

```bash
robot -L TRACE -v rte_ip:$RTE_IP -v config:$CONFIG -v device_ip:$DEVICE_IP \
$TEST_MODULE
```

Parameters should be defined as follows:

* $DEVICE_IP - IP address of the DUT. Required only when there is no serial
  input enabled for the device, or tests are executed over SSH. Currently, this
  is the case for NovaCustom and MSI devices.
* $RTE_IP - IP address of the RTE. Required only if RTE is used on a given test
  stand.
* $FW_FILE - path to and name of the coreboot firmware file. This is usually
  not required when running single tests or suites, where flashing is not
  necessary.
* $CONFIG - platform config - see the `platform-configs` directory for
  available configurations.
* $TEST_MODULE - name of the test module (i.e. `dasharo-compatibility`),
* $TEST_SUITE - name of the test suite (i.e. `uefi-shell.robot`),
* $TEST_CASE_ID - ID of the requested to run test case (i.e. `CBP001.001*`).
  Note that after test case ID asterisk should be added, if you do not wish
  to provide the full test name here.

You can also run tests with `-v snipeit:no` in order to skip checking whether
the platform is available on snipeit and fetching data from the asset page.
By default, this is enabled. Mind that if you choose to skip you may need to
provide the following parameters:

* $SONOFF_IP - IP of the Sonoff device. Required if the DUT uses Sonoff for
power control.
* $PIKVM_IP - IP of PiKVM. Required if the DUT's connection method is PiKVM.

The command below is an example of how to run tests without using SnipeIT on a
platform that uses both Sonoff and PiKVM:

```bash
robot -L TRACE -v snipeit:no -v rte_ip:$RTE_IP -v config:$CONFIG \
-v device_ip:$DEVICE_IP -v sonoff_ip:$SONOFF_IP -v pikvm_ip:$PIKVM_IP \
$TEST_MODULE
```

### Running tests via wrapper

Test can be run directly via `robot` command, but also via the `run.sh`
wrapper:

```bash
DEVICE_IP=$DEVICE_IP RTE_IP=$RTE_IP CONFIG=$CONFIG ./scripts/run.sh $TEST_SUITE
```

Running tests without snipeit requires additional variables:

```bash
DEVICE_IP=$DEVICE_IP RTE_IP=$RTE_IP CONFIG=$CONFIG SNIPEIT_NO="y" \
SONOFF_IP=$SONOFF_IP PIKVM_IP=$PIKVM_IP
./scripts/run.sh $TEST_SUITE
```

Mind that `SNIPEIT_NO`, only need to be set, meaning that whatever value it
has, it will be treated as true.

You may also specify a DIR_PREFIX when executing this wrapper script.
The given prefix will be added to the beginning of the test results
directory name.

### Running tests with additional arguments

Any additional parameters to `robot` can be passed using the wrapper by giving
them after a separator '--'. The arguments can be anything that `robot` accepts.
For example: specifying the tests to perform by giving a test case ID and
reducing the output verbosity:

```bash
DEVICE_IP=$DEVICE_IP RTE_IP=$RTE_IP CONFIG=$CONFIG ./scripts/run.sh $TEST_SUITE -- -t $TEST_CASE_ID --quiet
```

### Running regression tests

Regression tests involve running all OSFV tests supported by the given
platform. The support for certain tests is indicated by the flags in the
platform config file.

```bash
FW_FILE=$FW_FILE DEVICE_IP=$DEVICE_IP RTE_IP=$RTE_IP CONFIG=$CONFIG ./scripts/regression.sh
```

Running regression tests without snipeit works the same way as
[running regular tests](#running-tests-via-wrapper).

### Running regression tests with additional arguments

Giving additional arguments to `robot` can be done in the same way as in `run.sh`.
Example: running only minimal regression tests with given test ID and reduced verbosity:

```bash
FW_FILE=$FW_FILE DEVICE_IP=$DEVICE_IP RTE_IP=$RTE_IP CONFIG=$CONFIG ./scripts/regression.sh -- --include "minimal-regression" -t "BMM*" --quiet
```

### Basic Platform Setup

The test suite at `util/basic-platform-setup.robot` is supposed to check, or
if possible ensure, that the platform is prepared for performing tests.
The suite should be run at least once to make sure the platform is good to go,
and can be used to verify if everything works fine.

The `scripts/regression.sh` wrapper script runs this test suite automatically
before the Dasharo test modules. This behavior can be turned off by setting
the `NO_SETUP` environment variable to any value.

## Checking Robot Framework syntax before committing

Before pushing changes to the Open Source Firmware Remote Test Environment
repository, it's recommended to run:

```bash
pre-commit run --all-files
```

This command checks the code for syntax and style issues to ensure its
integrity before pushing to the remote repository.

## Useful refactoring tools

* [sherlock](https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-sherlock)
    - can detect unused keywords, and much more
* [./scripts/refactoring-state.sh](./scripts/refactoring-state.sh)
    - dedicated script for this repo
* [Renaming keywords](https://robotidy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/transformers/RenameKeywords.html)
* [Renaming Test Cases](https://robotidy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/transformers/RenameTestCases.html)
* [Renaming Variables](https://robotidy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/transformers/RenameVariables.html)

## git-cliff - Automating changelog generation

The OSFV uses `git-cliff` to automate the generation of changelogs based on
commit messages, following the [Conventional
Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/) specification.
`git-cliff` helps maintain a clear history of changes by categorizing them into
sections.

`git-cliff` is already included in the project's dependencies, so it will be
installed automatically [when setting up the
environment](#initializing-environment).

The configuration file `cliff.toml` is located in the repository and defines the
rules for how commit messages are grouped in the changelog.

### Generating changelogs

To generate a changelog for a specific tag (e.g., v0.2.0), run the following
command:

```bash
git cliff --tag v0.2.0 > CHANGELOG_NAME.md
```

This command generates a changelog for all commits from the previous tag to
v0.2.0 and saves it to a `CHANGELOG_NAME.md` file.

### Example usage

You are also able to generate a changelog for a specific range of commits
between two tags. For example:

```bash
git cliff --range v0.1.0..v0.2.0 > CHANGELOG_v0.2.0.md
```

### Customizing change categories

Commit messages are grouped based on the rules defined in the cliff.toml file.
To adjust these rules, you can modify the file to add custom commit categories
or tweak existing patterns.

## reuse - Automating license compliance

To ensure the project complies with licensing requirements, OSFV uses the reuse
tool. This tool helps automate the process of adding license headers and ensures
all files in the repository are compliant with SPDX license standards.

reuse is already included in the project’s dependencies, so it will be
automatically installed [when setting up the
environment](#initializing-environment).

### Adding license headers

After adding new files to the repository, ensure they have proper license
headers. You can do this manually or automate the process using reuse.

Some files already have rules inside `REUSE.toml`, therefore, there is no need
to add a license for them. You can check whether your files need a license to be
specified by running `reuse lint`.

If your file needs a custom license, but it is already included in some rule in
`REUSE.toml` - you can still add a separate `.license` file or a license header
for it. Just make sure that the rule that your file is subject to has a
`precedence` field set to `closest`.

Here are some examples:

1. **For files that support comments (e.g., .py, .sh):**

To add license headers to files like Python scripts, use the following
   command:

```bash
   reuse annotate --copyright="3mdeb <contact@3mdeb.com>" --license="Apache-2.0" <file.py>
   ```

2. **For files that don’t support comments (e.g., binary files):**

For files that cannot contain comment-based license headers (such as `.pem`
    or `.bin` files), add a `.license` file next to them:

```bash
    reuse annotate --force-dot-license <file.bin>
    ```

3. **Adding license headers in bulk:**

If you want to add license headers to multiple files at once, you can use
    the `find` command. For example, to add headers to all `.sh` files:

```bash
    find . -type f -name "*.sh" -exec reuse annotate --copyright="3mdeb <contact@3mdeb.com>" --license="Apache-2.0" {} \;
    ```

### Checking license compliance

After adding or modifying files, before releasing a new version of the project,
run the reuse lint tool to check if all files are compliant with the license
requirements:

```bash
reuse lint
```

This command will generate a report indicating any files missing proper license
headers or other licensing issues. Based on this report, you can make the
necessary corrections. Example workflow:

1. Add new files or make changes to existing ones.
2. use `reuse annotate` to add license headers to the new files.
3. Run `reuse lint` to ensure the project complyes with licensing
   requirements.
4. Address any issues reported by the tool.
5. Commit the changes and prepare the release.

## OSFV Stability Checks

OSFV evolves quickly and a lot of changes that often break tests in some corner
cases are being added. Due to that the releases of OSFV were stopped for a couple
months. In order to restore the releases and work towards improving the
reliability and reducing fail rate caused by errors in the testing environment,
regression tests of most OSFV test suites on multiple supported devices
will be run to verify how many tests pass "Out of the box", and without any
kind of maintenance.

### osfv_stability_run.py

`scripts/ci/osfv_stability_run.py` is used to run the test scope defined in
`scripts/ci/regression-scope/configs/release_tests_suite_list_minimal.txt` on devices
from `scripts/ci/regression-scope/configs/release_tests_devices.txt`, more
precisely defined in `scripts/ci/regression-scope/devices/`.
It reuses the system used for automatic CI runs on PRs.

The `osfv_stability_run.py` script will try to run the whole test scope on
all supported devices 2 times and wait until they're free for check-out on
Snipe-IT. It can easily take multiple hours, so always make sure to run it
on a stable device that always has the connection to the lab network.

Use `LOGS_DIR` env variable to redirect logs to NFS for future reference:
`export LOGS_DIR=/srv/nfs/logs/osfv_stability/ci_logs`

Use `MANUAL_TESTS_LIST` env var to select a list of tests to run, e.g. whole OSFV:
`export MANUAL_TESTS_LIST="scripts/ci/regression-scope/configs/release_tests_suite_list_minimal.txt"`

Use `DEVICES` env var to configure list of devices to run on:
`export DEVICES="scripts/ci/regression-scope/configs/release_tests_devices.txt"`

### osfv_stability_reports.py

After the results are created, use `scripts/ci/osfv_stability_reports.py` to
create a summary of all the runs. It can take a couple minutes to parse all
that logs.

Use `LOGS_DIR` env var to direct the parser to the directory with logs.
E.g. The NFS with all the historic official runs on OSFV releases.
`export LOGS_DIR=/srv/nfs/logs/osfv_stability/ci_logs`

Use `--json` option to format the output in json for easy processing
`./scripts/ci/osfv_stability_reports.py --json > reports.json`

## Generating documentation

Keywords documentation (Develop) deploy status: ![Build
Status](https://github.com/Dasharo/open-source-firmware-validation/actions/workflows/pages/pages-build-deployment/badge.svg)

Documentation in the form of auto-generated html documents can be created using
`libdoc` and `testdoc`.

Note: you should be in your python virtual environment. If you haven't
created any, please refer to [Getting Started](#getting-started)

To generate a document for a resource file
containing keywords, use these commands:

```bash
$(venv) libdoc keywords.robot keywords.html
```

Or in more general form:

```bash
$(venv) libdoc <file-with-keywords> <output filename>
```

The output file can be opened in any web-browser like so:

```bash
$ firefox keywords.html
```

Or use the provided `create-docs.sh` script, which automatically concatenates
all of the keyword-containing libraries from `lib/` directory with
`keywords.robot`, and generates one big html file containing all the
keywords within this repo.

```bash
$(venv) ./scripts/create-docs.sh
Documentation generated and saved as ./docs/index.html
$ firefox ./docs/index.html
```

The resulting file can be opened in any web-browser:

```bash
$ firefox docs/index.html
```

To generate documentation regarding a specific test, `testdoc` has to
be used, for example if we want documentation regarding the
`dasharo-compatibility/dasharo-tools-suite.robot` test, these commands would
need to be executed:

```bash
$ python3 robot.testdoc dasharo-compatibility/dasharo-tools-suite.robot test.html
$ firefox test.html
```

[This website](https://dasharo.github.io/open-source-firmware-validation/) shows
the current state of all keywords from all libraries as they appear right now on
the `develop` branch. It works by utilizing a workflow, so remember that local
changes that are made won't show up there, until they are pushed to the
`develop` branch.

## Additional documents

* [Adding new platforms](docs/adding-new-platforms.md) - Instructions for adding
  support for new platforms
* [Adding and naming test cases](docs/adding-and-naming-test-cases.md) -
  Instructions for adding new test cases and (re-)assigning IDs
* [Contributing](docs/contributing.md) - Instructions for first-time
  contributors
* [Raptor CS Talos II](docs/raptor-talos-2.md) - Documentation specific to the
  Raptor Computing Systems Talos II mainboard
* [QEMU](docs/qemu.md) - Documentation for running tests in QEMU
* [NovaCustom](docs/novacustom.md) - Documentation for running tests on
  NovaCustom laptops
* [Config parser](docs/config-parser.md) - Instructions for the
  `scripts/config-parser.py` utility for parsing coreboot config files into
  .robot platform configs for OSFV

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