[erlang-questions] Struggling with ct_master and ssh

[Mahesh Paolini-Subramanya]

This isn't really a solution - but I'd strongly recommend getting this working on the same node first (multiple vms, but the same node), and then moving on to multiple nodes…

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Mahesh Paolini-Subramanya
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On Jul 19, 2013, at 8:31 AM, Fred Hebert <mononcqc@REDACTED> wrote:

> Answers inline.
> 
> On 07/18, Sylvain Benner wrote:
>> I'm currently learning Common Test via the great LYSE book and I am not
>> able to make the distributed tests work.
>> 
> 
> Glad you like it! Let's see for the CT stuff.
> 
>> %%
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> {node, a, 'a@REDACTED'}.
>> {node, b, 'b@REDACTED'}.
> < [...]
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> 1) If I create manually the nodes a and b, the spec runs flawlessly.
>> 2) If I don't than I've got boot_timeout errors:
>> 
>> %%
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> (ct@REDACTED)13> ct_master:run("dist.spec").
>> === Master Logdir ===
> 
> First problem is right here! You started a node with a short name
> (-sname) but the spec mentions nodes with long names (-name, using a '.'
> in their name elevates them to FQDN). Start the master node with
> 
>    erl -name ct@REDACTED ...
> 
> And it should probably fix it. It's not possible for a short name node
> to discuss with a long-name node.
> 
>> 
>> I dug into ct_slave.erl and replicated the ssh commands of
>> spawn_remote_node/3 in a shell:
>> 
>> %%
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> (testssh@REDACTED)5> {ok, SSHConnRef} =
>> ssh:connect("localhost.local", 22, []).
>> ssh password:
>> ...
>> (testssh@REDACTED)9> net_adm:ping('node_from_ssh@REDACTED').
>> pong
>> %%
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> It works.
>> 
> 
> And I would expect so given your node name tells me this one is actually
> using a long name to connect! That sounds like a confirmation for the
> soliution.
> 
>> So here are the questions:
>> 
>> 1) Do you have any idea about the ssh_connection:setenv failure ?
> 
> No specific idea, but I'm guessing it's the name of the nodes that is
> your first issue. Once that's cleared, you can check and try over again.
> 
>> 2) Do I need ct_master to test a protocol ? What is the erlang way for
>> testing protocols between 2 nodes ?
> 
> To test between two nodes it can make sense to have two nodes. I like to
> try and find ways to avoid that, although it's not necessarily easy. For
> most TCP-based protocols, I try to just have the test code have a
> 'trusted' side and spawn a server, my test behaving as the client, or
> the other way around. It helps to test some behaivour, but not all of
> it.
> 
> If you've got more time and want to make sure the protocol stands on its
> own, I would look into Quickcheck or PropEr as a way to model everything
> and do fancier testing. It's considerably trickier to get things right
> in there if you haven't done it before, though.
> 
> Regards,
> Fred.
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