TestLink
TestLink is a web-based test management system that facilitates software quality assurance. It is developed and maintained by Teamtest. The platform offers support for test cases, test suites, test plans, test projects and user management, as well as various reports and statistics.
TL;DR;
$ helm install testlink-x.x.x.tgz
Introduction
Bitnami charts for Helm are carefully engineered, actively maintained and are the quickest and easiest way to deploy containers on a Kubernetes cluster that are ready to handle production workloads.
This chart bootstraps a TestLink deployment on a Kubernetes cluster using the Helm package manager.
It also packages the Bitnami MariaDB chart which is required for bootstrapping a MariaDB deployment for the database requirements of the TestLink application.
Get this chart
Download the latest release of the chart from the releases page.
Alternatively, clone the repo if you wish to use the development snapshot:
$ git clone https://github.com/bitnami/charts.git
Installing the Chart
To install the chart with the release name my-release:
$ helm install --name my-release testlink-x.x.x.tgz
Replace the x.x.x placeholder with the chart release version.
The command deploys TestLink on the Kubernetes cluster in the default configuration. The configuration section lists the parameters that can be configured during installation.
Tip
: List all releases using
helm list
Uninstalling the Chart
To uninstall/delete the my-release deployment:
$ helm delete my-release
The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and deletes the release.
Configuration
The following tables lists the configurable parameters of the TestLink chart and their default values.
| Parameter | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
imageTag |
bitnami/testlink image tag |
TestLink image version |
imagePullPolicy |
Image pull policy | Always if imageTag is latest, else IfNotPresent |
testlinkUsername |
Admin username | user |
testlinkPassword |
Admin user password | bitnami |
testlinkEmail |
Admin user email | user@example.com |
smtpEnable |
Enable SMTP | false |
smtpHost |
SMTP host | nil |
smtpPort |
SMTP port | nil |
smtpUser |
SMTP user | nil |
smtpPassword |
SMTP password | nil |
smtpConnectionMode |
SMTP connection mode [ssl, tls] |
nil |
mariadb.mariadbRootPassword |
MariaDB admin password | nil |
The above parameters map to the env variables defined in bitnami/testlink. For more information please refer to the bitnami/testlink image documentation.
Specify each parameter using the --set key=value[,key=value] argument to helm install. For example,
$ helm install --name my-release \
--set testlinkUsername=admin,testlinkPassword=password,mariadb.mariadbRootPassword=secretpassword \
testlink-x.x.x.tgz
The above command sets the TestLink administrator account username and password to admin and password respectively. Additionally it sets the MariaDB root user password to secretpassword.
Alternatively, a YAML file that specifies the values for the above parameters can be provided while installing the chart. For example,
$ helm install --name my-release -f values.yaml testlink-x.x.x.tgz
Tip
: You can use the default values.yaml
Persistence
The Bitnami TestLink image stores the TestLink data and configurations at the /bitnami/testlink path of the container.
As a placeholder, the chart mounts an emptyDir volume at this location.
"An emptyDir volume is first created when a Pod is assigned to a Node, and exists as long as that Pod is running on that node. When a Pod is removed from a node for any reason, the data in the emptyDir is deleted forever."
For persistence of the data you should replace the emptyDir volume with a persistent storage volume, else the data will be lost if the Pod is shutdown.
Step 1: Create a persistent disk
You first need to create a persistent disk in the cloud platform your cluster is running. For example, on GCE you can use the gcloud tool to create a gcePersistentDisk:
$ gcloud compute disks create --size=500GB --zone=us-central1-a testlink-data-disk
Step 2: Update templates/deployment.yaml
Replace:
volumes:
- name: testlink-data
emptyDir: {}
with
volumes:
- name: testlink-data
gcePersistentDisk:
pdName: testlink-data-disk
fsType: ext4
Note
:
You should also use a persistent storage volume for the MariaDB deployment.
Install the chart after making these changes.