Do we need jenkins to integrate jmeter for Azure pipeline tests? Or Without Jenkins, can we upload scripts to GitHub and run pipeline tests?
You don't need Jenkins, Azure Pipelines is Microsoft's continuous integration solution
So you can run JMeter as:
Simple Shell Script task (but in that case you need to install JMeter on the machine which will be running the task beforehand). JMeter command-line execution is pretty straightforward
Maven task, in this case you need to come up with a Maven pom.xml file and Maven will download and install JMeter for you
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I created a release pipeline in Azure DevOps to run my Cypress tests. Currently it hae the following tasks:
Use Node (Node.js tool installer)
Install Dependencies (nmp)
Run Tests (npm)
Publish Test Results (test result format JUnit)
Send Email (powershell script)
my challange is - how to send TestResults_runId.zip as an $Attachment using my pwershell script ?
test results where number is generetated Id
my powershell script
There are many Azure DevOps MarketPlace extension automate this, you can refer to GitHub Send Email and apply to your PowerShell script, or you can just install it and use it within your Task YAML.
I have a nodejs web application that I build in Azure Pipelines. I am planning to deploy the generated artifacts on a Azure VM (probably a dev test labs), as part of one of the pipeline steps.
I want to now run browser tests by pointing the browser to the hosted URL in the Azure VM. I want to use the Azure windows and linux VMs in a build pipeline to run the tests on this remote Azure VM and publish the results to the pipeline. These would be karma tests essentially running on the nodejs server.
In my current design, the test results are going to be available on the Azure VM hosting the nodejs application.
What I don't understand is how can I get these test results back to
the Azure Pipeline for publishing the same?
Is there a way I can architect this solution without having to setup my Azure VM as a
pipeline agent in Azure DevOps?
Is there a standard pattern to design such continuous test infrastructure using Azure DevOps?
Thanks
According to your description, you just want to use Microsoft host agent to access an url on your self-host agent (ignore it's Azure VM or your own physical machine, same to host agent).
It depends if that url are accessible through public internet.
The simplest solution here is deploy your build agent on that Azure VM directly. Then run build and test. You can do this through the following script and tasks:
run ng test or any command to raise your tests
publish test results with PublishTestResults task
publish code coverage results with PublishCodeCoverageResults task
Microsoft-hosted agent pool will not work for you with every scenarios. For many teams this is the simplest way to run your jobs. You can try it first and see if it works for your build or deployment. If not, you can use a self-hosted agent. Self-hosted agents give you more control for your builds, tests and deployments.
In your scenario, setup your Azure VM as a pipeline agent and run build/test on it should be the simplest and convenient solution.
I have a requirement to integrate the JMeter scripts, checked-in a Git repository, with a DevOps pipeline so that I can run the JMeter scripts using a specific VM in Azure.
Basically, I should have all my jmxs and csvs in a git repository and when I run the pipeline, having a parameter of the script name, it should run the script on a specific VM (not with a static IP) and copy the jtl in some storage.
What is the best way to achieve this?
With a DevOps pipeline so that I can run the JMeter scripts using a
specific VM in Azure. What is the best way to achieve this?
If the specific VM exists before the current pipeline, you can consider installing self-hosted agent there.
To do CI/CD using Azure pipelines, we need at least one agent. If we use microsoft-hosted agent, it will provide one fresh VM for us to run jobs. Since you need to run the script in your own specific VM, I suggest using self-hosted agent. You can follow the steps here to install one agent into your own VM. (The steps are quite easy and only cost several minutes)
After making your VM a self-hosted agent, the pipeline will call your VM to run the jobs. Now your original issue turns into how to run JMeter locally with command-line. See similar issues here: Five Ways To Launch a JMeter Test without Using the JMeter GUI and Run .jmx file through command line ....
1.So now we can use a command-line task in pipeline to run the JMeter related commands shared in the similar topics above. And these jobs are done in your specific VM.
2.I'm not sure which location you want to copy the jtl to, but you can use Azure File Copy task to copy files to Microsoft Azure storage blobs or virtual machines (VMs). Or a simple copy/xcopy command in your command line task to copy files to another location in same machine. (Specific VM)
Hope all above helps :)
I have Use following Task in Azure CD pipeline.
"Run Taurus" Task is as following.
Where "_WM WebClient TestArtifacts" is git/Azure Repo directory where .jmx file kept(in Code).
I need assistance in running my test scripts built-in Java platform with selenium webdriver using Eclipse IDE for my repo and used git to push my repo to Azure DevOps. The project is set up in Maven. How do I run my test scripts using pipelines in Azure DevOps?
Not sure get more details from you. So here just share my suggestion on how to run Selenium tests in the release pipeline for Java application.
In my scenario, I deploy my Java application to azure web app service then run it. If you don't want, you can also deploy to local tomcat by using this extension.
1) After the Java application build, copy the project to the artifact of the release during Build pipeline via copy files and publish artifact task.
2) Create release pipeline, then add Azure app service task to deploy my Java application to azure.
3) Add a Maven task to the release pipeline, configure the task to make it point to pom.xml file which located in artifact.
4) Trigger the Selenium tests in pom.xml.
Now you can run browser to view the test.
You can check this lab blog to get more details. Just focus on the design logic of pipeline execution, because the sample in that blog is running with vstest.exe.
I have a staged release pipeline that deploys to Development and then to Staging.
I want my Integration Test project to run during release pipeline only before deployment to staging. How do I do that? is there a specific test task that I will be able to hook into before the staging deployment? like a pre-deploy task or something?
In order to run Integration Tests in your release pipeline. You should include your Test projects or test assembly dll files in the artifacts published in your build pipeline. So that your Integration test projects are accessible to the test tasks in your release pipeline.
To Include your test files in the artifacts. You can add a second publish build artifacts task in your Build Pipeline. Specify Path to publish to the location of your test files. Fore below example.
I add a another publish build artifacts task to publish all the test files that needed to run the tests.
Then I specify the Path to publish field to folder that contains all the test files.
After the build pipeline completed. You will see the Test folder being added to the build artifacts and published to the azure devops pipeline server.
Now you can run your tests in your release pipeline by adding the VsTest task or other test tasks in your release pipeline. The release pipeline will download your artifacts to
folder $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)(eg. C:\agent_work\r1\a).
For above example you will find the test files in folder $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)\artifact_alias\Test and the artifacts to be deployed in $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)\artifact_alias\drop.
Then you can either create a new stage with vstest task before deployment stage as #Kontekst mentioned, or just add the vstest task on the top of your deployment stage before your deployment task.
In above screenshot I add the Vstest task before the Azure deployment task and point the Search folder to the Test folder where the test files reside.
Update:
You can find the artifacts-alias in the field shown in below screenshot.
The main idea is to publish the test files in the artifacts in build pipeline and then add the test tasks in the release pipeline to run the tests.
I suppose you are using C# unit tests.
Add new stage "Integration tests" right before stage "Deployment to Staging".
Add task installing VSTest Platform. It will be cached in agent folder.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/tool/vstest-platform-tool-installer?view=azure-devops
Add to your tests projects proper unit tests adapter NuGet package, so that VSTest Platform will be able to find unit tests in dll assemblies, for example for NUnit tests it will be "NUnit 3 Test Adapter".
Add VSTest task specyfing:
a) Test files -> for example "***IntegrationTests.dll"
b) Test platform version -> "Installed by Tools Installer"
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/test/vstest?view=azure-devops
All test results returned by VSTest task will be integrated with Azure DevOps services.
I Love both answers by Levi Lu-MSFT and Kontekst!
My team used to do it like that and it got the job done.
However if you'd like more "fancier" reporting and if like me, you were looking for something out of the box that Microsoft was offering specifically for integration tests or automated tests then Azure DevOps' Test Plan feature might be what you're looking for.
Test Plans really seem to be catering for actual web automated tests but you can basically run any tests that you can fit in a release pipeline.
It integrates well with Visual Studio Test Manager.
Here's the link to the documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/test/run-automated-tests-from-test-hub?view=azure-devops
And here's some screenshots in case the link fails in the future: