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Test Kitchen Driver for LXD
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Runtime

>= 0.9.9, ~> 0.9
 Project Readme

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Test Kitchen driver for LXD. This gem provides a driver, and a transport allowing native access to your containers running under LXD.

Requirements

  • test-kitchen
  • LXD host running version >= 2.0
  • Authority to access your LXD host:
    • be a member of the lxd group if accessing LXD locally
    • or have an already trusted client cert if accessing remotely

Installation

$ gem install kitchen-lxd_sling

And if you're testing with inspec, you'll also need to install our Train transport: (Requires kitchen-inspec ~> 0.22)

$ gem install train-lxd

Usage

Basic kitchen.yml entries with a local LXD host:

driver: lxd
transport: lxd
...

And if your host is remote to where you're running kitchen, then this is 'likely' all that you will need:

driver:
  name: lxd
  server: <hostname>
  rest_options:
    verify_ssl: false

transport: lxd
...

Available options

driver:
  name: lxd
  server: <hostname>
  port: 8443
  username: ubuntu
  image_server:
    server: https://images.linuxcontainers.org
    protocol: simplestreams
  alias: ubuntu/xenial
  fingerprint: ce8d746a8567
  properties:
    architecture: amd64
    os: Ubuntu
    release: xenial
  profiles:
    - default
    - kitchen
    ...
  config:
    security.privileged: true
    security.nesting: true
    linux.kernel_modules: ip_tables,ip6_tables
    ...
  devices:
    vda:
      type: unix-block
      source: /dev/storage/ceph-01
      path: /dev/vda
  ssh_login:
    username: ubuntu
    public_key: <local path to file: ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub>
  rest_options:
    verify_ssl: false
    ssl:
      verify: false
      client_cert: <local path to file: ~/.config/lxc/client.crt>
      client_key: <local path to file: ~/.config/lxc/client.key>
...

Options (explained)

option default description
server Hostname of a remote LXD server. If left unspecified, then local CLI commands will be issued via lxc.
port 8443 Port on server where LXD is listening. Ignored unless server is specified.
username root If the base image has additional user accounts built-in, then change this value to run all commands as a different user. Warning: passwordless sudo may be required by the remainder of the test suite
image_server.server https://images.linuxcontainers.org Default source for base container images
image_server.protocol <calculated> simplestreams or lxd protocol with which to communicate with the image_server
alias <calculated> Name of the image on the image_server. Derived from platform name in kitchen.yml's platforms: section unless specified here, and unless fingerprint or properties are specified.
fingerprint Fingerprint of a specific image on the image_server
properties Search parameters for finding an image on the image_server
profiles default Profiles on the LXD host to apply to any newly created containers
config Additional container properties passed verbatim to the LXD Host. Refer to LXD's documentation for valid values https://github.com/lxc/lxd/blob/master/doc/containers.md
ssh_login.username If the base image has sshd enabled and running, specify the username here and the driver will set up the container for ssh access. Overrides the base username
ssh_login.public_key ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub Public key to use for authenticating ssh connections.
rest_options.verify_ssl true Convenience option When connecting to a remote LXD host, should the hosts SSL certificate be verified
rest_options.ssl.verify true Overrides rest_options.verify_ssl.
rest_options.ssl.client_cert ~/.config/lxc/client.crt Client certificate authenticating access to the LXD host.
rest_options.ssl.client_key ~/.config/lxc/client.key Private key for the client certificate.