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This commit is the start of a new doc guide for helping people figure out how to write good tempest tests. This is just a starting point for the document and doesn't cover every aspect of writing a test case in tempest. Right now it just covers the setupClass phase for writing TestCases. It will be expanded upon in future commits to give a complete guide to writing tests in Tempest. Change-Id: Ie0db2079163f536ae72668c8fc9129ae4c6389e2
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.. _tempest_test_writing:
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Tempest Test Writing Guide
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==========================
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This guide serves as a starting point for developers working on writing new
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Tempest tests. At a high level tests in Tempest are just tests that conform to
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the standard python `unit test`_ framework. But there are several aspects of
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that are unique to tempest and it's role as an integration test suite running
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against a real cloud.
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.. _unit test: https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/unittest.html
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.. note:: This guide is for writing tests in the tempest repository. While many
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parts of this guide are also applicable to tempest plugins, not all
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the APIs mentioned are considered stable or recommended for use in
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plugins. Please refer to :ref:`tempest_plugin` for details about
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writing plugins
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Adding a New TestCase
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=====================
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The base unit of testing in Tempest is the `TestCase`_ (also called the test
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class). Each TestCase contains test methods which are the individual tests that
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will be executed by the test runner. But, the TestCase is the smallest self
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contained unit for tests from the tempest perspective. It's also the level at
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which tempest is parallel safe. In other words, multiple TestCases can be
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executed in parallel, but individual test methods in the same TestCase can not.
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Also, all test methods within a TestCase are assumed to be executed serially. As
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such you can use the test case to store variables that are shared between
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methods.
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.. _TestCase: https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/unittest.html#unittest.TestCase
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In standard unittest the lifecycle of a TestCase can be described in the
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following phases:
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#. setUpClass
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#. setUp
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#. Test Execution
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#. tearDown
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#. doCleanups
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#. tearDownClass
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setUpClass
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----------
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The setUpClass phase is the first phase executed by the test runner and is used
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to perform any setup required for all the test methods to be executed. In
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Tempest this is a very important step and will automatically do the necessary
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setup for interacting with the configured cloud.
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To accomplish this you do **not** define a setUpClass function, instead there
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are a number of predefined phases to setUpClass that are used. The phases are:
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* skip_checks
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* setup_credentials
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* setup_clients
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* resource_setup
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which is executed in that order. An example of a TestCase which defines all
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of these would be::
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from tempest import config
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from tempest import test
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CONF = config.CONF
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class TestExampleCase(test.BaseTestCase):
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@classmethod
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def skip_checks(cls):
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"""This section is used to evaluate config early and skip all test
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methods based on these checks
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"""
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super(TestExampleCase, cls).skip_checks()
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if not CONF.section.foo
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cls.skip('A helpful message')
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@classmethod
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def setup_credentials(cls):
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"""This section is used to do any manual credential allocation and also
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in the case of dynamic credentials to override the default network
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resource creation/auto allocation
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"""
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# This call is used to tell the credential allocator to not create any
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# network resources for this test case. It also enables selective
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# creation of other neutron resources. NOTE: it must go before the
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# super call
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cls.set_network_resources()
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super(TestExampleCase, cls).setup_credentials()
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@classmethod
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def setup_clients(cls):
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"""This section is used to setup client aliases from the manager object
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or to initialize any additional clients. Except in a few very
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specific situations you should not need to use this.
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"""
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super(TestExampleCase, cls).setup_clients()
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cls.servers_client = cls.os.servers_client
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@classmethod
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def resource_setup(cls):
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"""This section is used to create any resources or objects which are
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going to be used and shared by **all** test methods in the
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TestCase. Note then anything created in this section must also be
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destroyed in the corresponding resource_cleanup() method (which will
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be run during tearDownClass())
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"""
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super(TestExampleCase, cls).resource_setup()
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cls.shared_server = cls.servers_client.create_server(...)
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Allocating Credentials
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''''''''''''''''''''''
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Since Tempest tests are all about testing a running cloud, every test will need
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credentials to be able to make API requests against the cloud. Since this is
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critical to operation and, when running in parallel, easy to make a mistake,
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the base TestCase class will automatically allocate a regular user for each
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TestCase during the setup_credentials() phase. During this process it will also
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initialize a client manager object using those credentials, which will be your
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entry point into interacting with the cloud. For more details on how credentials
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are allocated the :ref:`tempest_cred_provider_conf` section of the Tempest
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Configuration Guide provides more details on the operation of this.
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There are some cases when you need more than a single set of credentials, or
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credentials with a more specialized set of roles. To accomplish this you have
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to set a class variable ``credentials`` on the TestCase directly. For example::
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from tempest import test
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class TestExampleAdmin(test.BaseTestCase):
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credentials = ['primary', 'admin']
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@classmethod
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def skip_checks(cls):
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...
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In this example the ``TestExampleAdmin`` TestCase will allocate 2 sets of
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credentials, one regular user and one admin user. The corresponding manager
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objects will be set as class variables cls.os and cls.os_adm respectively. You
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can also allocate a second user by putting **'alt'** in the list too. A set of
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alt credentials are the same as primary but can be used for tests cases that
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need a second user/project.
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You can also specify credentials with specific roles assigned. This is useful
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for cases where there are specific RBAC requirements hard coded into an API.
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The canonical example of this are swift tests which often want to test swift's
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concepts of operator and reseller_admin. An actual example from tempest on how
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to do this is::
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class PublicObjectTest(base.BaseObjectTest):
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credentials = [['operator', CONF.object_storage.operator_role],
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['operator_alt', CONF.object_storage.operator_role]]
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@classmethod
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def setup_credentials(cls):
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super(PublicObjectTest, cls).setup_credentials()
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...
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In this case the manager objects will be set to ``cls.os_roles_operator`` and
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``cls.os_roles_operator_alt`` respectively.
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There is no limit to how many credentials you can allocate in this manner,
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however in almost every case you should **not** need more than 3 sets of
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credentials per test case.
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To figure out the mapping of manager objects set on the TestCase and the
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requested credentials you can reference:
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+-------------------+---------------------+
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| Credentials Entry | Manager Variable |
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+===================+=====================+
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| primary | cls.os |
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+-------------------+---------------------+
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| admin | cls.os_adm |
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+-------------------+---------------------+
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| alt | cls.os_alt |
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+-------------------+---------------------+
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| [$label, $role] | cls.os_roles_$label |
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+-------------------+---------------------+
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By default cls.os is available since it is allocated in the base tempest test
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class. (located in tempest/test.py) If your TestCase inherits from a different
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direct parent class (it'll still inherit from the BaseTestCase, just not
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directly) be sure to check if that class overrides allocated credentials.
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Dealing with Network Allocation
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'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
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When neutron is enabled and a testing requires networking this isn't normally
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automatically setup when a tenant is created. Since tempest needs isolated
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tenants to function properly it also needs to handle network allocation. By
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default the base test class will allocate a network, subnet, and router
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automatically. (this depends on the configured credential provider, for more
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details see: :ref:`tempest_conf_network_allocation`) However, there are
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situations where you do no need all of these resources allocated. (or your
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TestCase inherits from a class that overrides the default in tempest/test.py)
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There is a class level mechanism to override this allocation and specify which
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resources you need. To do this you need to call `cls.set_network_resources()`
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in the `setup_credentials()` method before the `super()`. For example::
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from tempest import test
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class TestExampleCase(test.BaseTestCase):
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@classmethod
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def setup_credentials(cls):
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cls.set_network_resources(network=True, subnet=True, router=False)
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super(TestExampleCase, cls).setup_credentials()
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There are 2 quirks with the usage here. First for the set_network_resources
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function to work properly it **must be called before super()**. This is so
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that children classes' settings are always used instead of a parent classes'.
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The other quirk here is that if you do not want to allocate any network
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resources for your test class simply call `set_network_resources()` without
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any arguments. For example::
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from tempest import test
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class TestExampleCase(test.BaseTestCase):
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@classmethod
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def setup_credentials(cls):
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cls.set_network_resources()
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super(TestExampleCase, cls).setup_credentials()
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This will not allocate any networking resources. This is because by default all
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the arguments default to False.
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It's also worth pointing out that it is common for base test classes for
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different services (and scenario tests) to override this setting. When
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inheriting from classes other than the base TestCase in tempest/test.py it is
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worth checking the immediate parent for what is set to determine if your
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class needs to override that setting.
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