Switch unit test to dedicated Armbian VM images

.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml

@@ -19,136 +19,106 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
 
-  test:
-    name: "Unit tests"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+  prepare:
+    name: "Armbian configurator unit tests"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-24.04"
     outputs:
-      matrix:  ${{steps.json.outputs.JSON_CONTENT}}
+      DEPLOYMENT_MATRIX: "${{ steps.json.outputs.DEPLOYMENT_MATRIX }}"
     steps:
 
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          path: 'config'
 
       - name: Get changed files
         id: changed-files
         uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v45
         with:
-          path: config
           files: |
               tests/*.conf
 
       - name: "Make JSON ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}"
         id: json
         run: |
 
-          echo 'JSON_CONTENT<<EOF' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          # define docker images where we will run test install
-          dockerimages=("debian:bookworm" "ubuntu:jammy" "ubuntu:noble")
-
-          # go to repo folder
-          cd config
-
+          delimiter="$(openssl rand -hex 8)"
+          echo "DEPLOYMENT_MATRIX<<${delimiter}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+          # define OS variants where we can run test install
+          images=("bookworm" "jammy" "noble")
           # read tests cases
           if [[ -n "${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}" ]]; then
               tests=($(grep -rwl ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }} -e "ENABLED=true" | cut -d":" -f1))
               else
               tests=($(grep -rwl tests/*.conf -e "ENABLED=true" | cut -d":" -f1))
           fi
-
           # loop enabled test cases
           for i in "${tests[@]}"; do
              unset RELEASE
              source "${i}"
              if [[ -z "${RELEASE}" ]]; then RELEASE=all; fi
              # if we speficy releases, we need to loop docker images and use if there is a match
              if [[ $RELEASE != all || -z $RELEASE ]]; then
-                for j in ${dockerimages[@]}; do
+                for j in ${images[@]}; do
                     elements=($(echo $RELEASE | tr ':' "\n"))
+                    testid=($(echo $i | cut -d"/" -f2 | cut -d"." -f1))
                     for SELECTED_RELEASE in "${elements[@]}"; do
                         if [[ $j == *"${SELECTED_RELEASE}"* ]]; then
-                           echo "{\"package\":\"${i}\",\"image\":\"$j\"}"
+                           echo "{\"package\":\"${i}\",\"os\":\"$j\",\"id\":\"$testid\"}"
                         fi
                     done
                 done
              else
-                for j in ${dockerimages[@]}; do
-                    echo "{\"package\":\"${i}\",\"image\":\"$j\"}"
+                for j in ${images[@]}; do
+                    testid=($(echo $i | cut -d"/" -f2 | cut -d"." -f1))
+                    echo "{\"package\":\"${i}\",\"os\":\"$j\",\"id\":\"$testid\"}"
                 done
              fi
-
           done | jq -s >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo 'EOF' >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "${delimiter}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
 
   gradle:
-    needs: test
-    if: ${{ needs.test.outputs.matrix != '[]' && needs.test.outputs.matrix != '' }}
+    needs: prepare
+    if: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.DEPLOYMENT_MATRIX != '[]' }}
     strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      max-parallel: 32
       matrix:
-        image: ${{ fromJSON(needs.test.outputs.matrix) }}
-
-    name: "I"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+        server: ${{ fromJSON(needs.prepare.outputs.DEPLOYMENT_MATRIX) }}
+    name: "${{ matrix.server.id }} on ${{ matrix.server.os }}"
+    runs-on: "${{ matrix.server.os }}"
     timeout-minutes: 7
-    container:
-        image: "${{ matrix.image.image }}"
     steps:
 
+      - name: "Install dependencies"
+        uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@latest
+        with:
+          packages: screen
+          version: 1.0
+
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           path: 'config'
 
-      - name: Install
+      - name: "Run test ${{ matrix.server.id }} "
         run: |
 
-            mkdir -p test
-
-            RELEASE=$(echo "${{ matrix.image.image }}" | cut -d":" -f2)
-            TEST_ID=$(echo "${{ matrix.image.package }}" | cut -d "/" -f2 | cut -d "." -f1)
-
-            # store to GH environment
-            echo "TEST_ID=${TEST_ID}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-            echo "RELEASE=${RELEASE}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-            # update index
-            apt update
-            # install basics
-            DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive TZ=Etc/UTC apt-get -y install tzdata keyboard-configuration wget gpg netcat-traditional lsof
-
-            # add armbian repository
-            URL=apt.armbian.com
-            wget https://${URL}/armbian.key -O key
-            gpg --dearmor < key | tee /usr/share/keyrings/armbian.gpg > /dev/null
-            chmod go+r /usr/share/keyrings/armbian.gpg
-            echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/armbian.gpg] http://${{ env.REPOSITORY }} $RELEASE main ${RELEASE}-utils ${RELEASE}-desktop" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/armbian.list
-            apt update -y
-            apt upgrade -y
-            apt -y -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confold" install sudo procps systemd whiptail jq lsb-release iproute2 armbian-bsp-cli-wsl2-x86-current-grub
-            sudo -b unshare --pid --fork --mount-proc /lib/systemd/systemd --system-unit=basic.target            
-
-            # install packages / except howdy as its too large
-            export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-            cd config
-            bash tools/config-assemble.sh -p
-            #eval $"( "${PREINSTALL}" )"
-            eval "$PREINSTALL"
-            sudo bash bin/armbian-config --cmd "$TEST_ID"
-            #eval $"( "${CONDITION}" )"
-            eval "$CONDITION"
-
-            RAWCOMMAND=$(bash bin/armbian-config --cmd | grep "${TEST_ID}" | xargs)
-            COMMAND=$(echo $RAWCOMMAND | cut -d" " -f1,2)
-            DESCRIPTION=$(echo $RAWCOMMAND | cut -d" " -f4-)
-            echo "|${RELEASE}|\`armbian-config ${COMMAND}\`| ${DESCRIPTION} |" > ../test/${TEST_ID}-${RELEASE}
-
-      - name: "Upload ${{ env.TEST_ID }} for ${{ env.RELEASE }}"
+          rm -rf test
+          mkdir -p test
+          cd config
+          bash tools/config-assemble.sh -p
+          RAWCOMMAND=$(./bin/armbian-config --cmd | grep "${{ matrix.server.id }}" | xargs)
+          COMMAND=$(echo $RAWCOMMAND | cut -d" " -f1,2)
+          DESCRIPTION=$(echo $RAWCOMMAND | cut -d" " -f4-)          
+          echo "${{ matrix.server.package }}"
+          echo $PREINSTALL
+          script
+          screen -L -Logfile -${{ matrix.server.id }}.log -m bin/armbian-config --cmd ${{ matrix.server.id }}
+          exit
+          echo "|${{ matrix.server.os }}|\`armbian-config ${COMMAND}\`| ${DESCRIPTION} |" > \
+          ../test/${{ matrix.server.id }}-${{ matrix.server.os }}
+
+      - name: "Upload ${{ matrix.server.id }} for ${{ matrix.server.os }}"
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: test-${{ env.TEST_ID }}-${{ env.RELEASE }}
+          name: test-${{ matrix.server.id }}-${{ matrix.server.os }}
           path: test
           if-no-files-found: ignore
 
@@ -177,4 +147,4 @@ jobs:
       - uses: geekyeggo/delete-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: |
-            test-*
+            test-*

tests/MAN001.conf

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 ENABLED=true
-PREINSTALL="./bin/armbian-config --api module_cockpit install" in order to satisfy test case
+PREINSTALL="./bin/armbian-config --api module_cockpit install" # in order to satisfy test case
 CONDITION="[ -f /usr/bin/cockpit-bridge ]"
-RELEASE="bookworm:jammy:noble" run on specific or leave empty to run on all
+RELEASE="bookworm:noble" # run on specific or leave empty to run on all