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diff --git a/share/python/lib/daemon.md b/share/python/lib/daemon.md deleted file mode 100644 index c7bb49f..0000000 --- a/share/python/lib/daemon.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,189 +0,0 @@ -# Introduction - -The [Subplot][] library `daemon` for Python provides scenario steps -and their implementations for running a background process and -terminating at the end of the scenario. - -[Subplot]: https://subplot.liw.fi/ - -This document explains the acceptance criteria for the library and how -they're verified. It uses the steps and functions from the -`lib/daemon` library. The scenarios all have the same structure: run a -command, then examine the exit code, verify the process is running. - -# Daemon is started and terminated - -This scenario starts a background process, verifies it's started, and -verifies it's terminated after the scenario ends. - -~~~scenario -given there is no "/bin/sleep 12765" process -when I start "/bin/sleep 12765" as a background process as sleepyhead -then a process "/bin/sleep 12765" is running -when I stop background process sleepyhead -then there is no "/bin/sleep 12765" process -~~~ - - -# Daemon takes a while to open its port - -This scenario verifies that if the background process doesn't immediately start -listening on its port, the daemon library handles that correctly. We do this -with a helper script that waits 2 seconds before opening the port. The -lib/daemon code will wait for the script by repeatedly trying to connect. Once -successful, it immediately closes the port, which causes the script to -terminate. - -~~~scenario -given a daemon helper shell script slow-start-daemon.py -given there is no "slow-start-daemon.py" process -when I try to start "./slow-start-daemon.py" as slow-daemon, on port 8888 -then starting the daemon succeeds -when I stop background process slow-daemon -then there is no "slow-start-daemon.py" process -~~~ - -~~~{#slow-start-daemon.py .file .python .numberLines} -#!/usr/bin/env python3 - -import socket -import time - -time.sleep(2) - -s = socket.socket() -s.bind(("127.0.0.1", 8888)) -s.listen() - -(conn, _) = s.accept() -conn.recv(1) -s.close() - -print("OK") -~~~ - -# Daemon never opens the intended port - -This scenario verifies that if the background process never starts -listening on its port, the daemon library handles that correctly. - -~~~scenario -given there is no "/bin/sleep 12765" process -when I try to start "/bin/sleep 12765" as sleepyhead, on port 8888 -then starting daemon fails with "ConnectionRefusedError" -then a process "/bin/sleep 12765" is running -when I stop background process sleepyhead -then there is no "/bin/sleep 12765" process -~~~ - - -# Daemon stdout and stderr are retrievable - -Sometimes it's useful for the step functions to be able to retrieve -the stdout or stderr of of the daemon, after it's started, or even -after it's terminated. This scenario verifies that `lib/daemon` can do -that. - -~~~scenario -given a daemon helper shell script chatty-daemon.sh -given there is no "chatty-daemon" process -when I start "./chatty-daemon.sh" as a background process as chatty-daemon -when daemon chatty-daemon has produced output -when I stop background process chatty-daemon -then there is no "chatty-daemon" process -then daemon chatty-daemon stdout is "hi there\n" -then daemon chatty-daemon stderr is "hola\n" -~~~ - -We make for the daemon to exit, to work around a race condition: if -the test program retrieves the daemon's output too fast, it may not -have had time to produce it yet. - - -~~~{#chatty-daemon.sh .file .sh .numberLines} -#!/bin/bash - -set -euo pipefail - -trap 'exit 0' TERM - -echo hola 1>&2 -echo hi there -~~~ - -# Can specify additional environment variables for daemon - -Some daemons are configured through their environment rather than configuration -files. This scenario verifies that a step can set arbitrary variables in the -daemon's environment. - -~~~scenario -when I start "/usr/bin/env" as a background process as env, with environment {"custom_variable": "has a Value"} -when daemon env has produced output -when I stop background process env -then daemon env stdout contains "custom_variable=has a Value" -~~~ - -~~~scenario -given a daemon helper shell script env-with-port.py -when I try to start "./env-with-port.py 8765" as env-with-port, on port 8765, with environment {"custom_variable": "1337"} -when I stop background process env-with-port -then daemon env-with-port stdout contains "custom_variable=1337" -~~~ - -~~~scenario -given a daemon helper shell script env-with-port.py -when I start "./env-with-port.py 8766" as a background process as another-env-with-port, on port 8766, with environment {"subplot2": "000"} -when daemon another-env-with-port has produced output -when I stop background process another-env-with-port -then daemon another-env-with-port stdout contains "subplot2=000" -~~~ - -It's important that these new environment variables are not inherited by the -steps that follow. To verify that, we run one more scenario which *doesn't* set -any variables, but checks that none of the variables we mentioned above are -present. - -~~~scenario -when I start "/usr/bin/env" as a background process as env2 -when daemon env2 has produced output -when I stop background process env2 -then daemon env2 stdout doesn't contain "custom_variable=has a Value" -then daemon env2 stdout doesn't contain "custom_variable=1337" -then daemon env2 stdout doesn't contain "subplot2=000" -~~~ - -~~~{#env-with-port.py .file .python .numberLines} -#!/usr/bin/env python3 - -import os -import socket -import sys -import time - -for (key, value) in os.environ.items(): - print(f"{key}={value}") - -port = int(sys.argv[1]) -print(f"port is {port}") - -s = socket.socket() -s.bind(("127.0.0.1", port)) -s.listen() - -(conn, _) = s.accept() -conn.recv(1) -s.close() -~~~ - - ---- -title: Acceptance criteria for the lib/daemon Subplot library -author: The Subplot project -bindings: -- daemon.yaml -template: python -functions: -- daemon.py -- runcmd.py -... |