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# GitLab QA - Integration tests for GitLab
This directory contains integration tests for GitLab.
It is part of the [GitLab QA project](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-qa).
## What is it?
GitLab QA is an integration tests suite for GitLab.
These are black-box and entirely click-driven integration tests you can run
against any existing instance.
## How does it work?
1. When we release a new version of GitLab, we build a Docker images for it.
1. Along with GitLab Docker Images we also build and publish GitLab QA images.
1. GitLab QA project uses these images to execute integration tests.
## Validating GitLab views / partials / selectors in merge requests
We recently added a new CI job that is going to be triggered for every push
event in CE and EE projects. The job is called `qa:selectors` and it will
verify coupling between page objects implemented as a part of GitLab QA
and corresponding views / partials / selectors in CE / EE.
Whenever `qa:selectors` job fails in your merge request, you are supposed to
fix [page objects](qa/page/README.md). You should also trigger end-to-end tests
using `package-and-qa` manual action, to test if everything works fine.
## How can I use it?
You can use GitLab QA to exercise tests on any live instance! For example, the
following call would login to a local [GDK] instance and run all specs in
`qa/specs/features`:
```
bin/qa Test::Instance::All http://localhost:3000
```
### Writing tests
1. [Using page objects](qa/page/README.md)
### Running specific tests
You can also supply specific tests to run as another parameter. For example, to
run the repository-related specs, you can execute:
```
bin/qa Test::Instance::All http://localhost qa/specs/features/repository/
```
Since the arguments would be passed to `rspec`, you could use all `rspec`
options there. For example, passing `--backtrace` and also line number:
```
bin/qa Test::Instance::All http://localhost qa/specs/features/project/create_spec.rb:3 --backtrace
```
### Overriding the authenticated user
Unless told otherwise, the QA tests will run as the default `root` user seeded
by the GDK.
If you need to authenticate as a different user, you can provide the
`GITLAB_USERNAME` and `GITLAB_PASSWORD` environment variables:
```
GITLAB_USERNAME=jsmith GITLAB_PASSWORD=password bin/qa Test::Instance::All https://gitlab.example.com
```
If your user doesn't have permission to default sandbox group
`gitlab-qa-sandbox`, you could also use another sandbox group by giving
`GITLAB_SANDBOX_NAME`:
```
GITLAB_USERNAME=jsmith GITLAB_PASSWORD=password GITLAB_SANDBOX_NAME=jsmith-qa-sandbox bin/qa Test::Instance::All https://gitlab.example.com
```
All [supported environment variables are here](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-qa/blob/master/docs/what_tests_can_be_run.md#supported-environment-variables).
### Building a Docker image to test
Once you have made changes to the CE/EE repositories, you may want to build a
Docker image to test locally instead of waiting for the `gitlab-ce-qa` or
`gitlab-ee-qa` nightly builds. To do that, you can run from this directory:
```sh
docker build -t gitlab/gitlab-ce-qa:nightly .
```
[GDK]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-development-kit/