# STEPS TO START DEVELOPING TESTS LOCALLY - install virtualenv - generate environment using virtualenv: # cd $ROOT # virtualenv env # source env/bin/activate - install python requirements for this project by executing: # pip install -r requirements.txt - make sure user mentioned in topology.py has NOPASSWD sudo access to vpp_api_test Note: You can alternatively create the virtualenv with the flag --system-site-packages It give access to the global site-packages dir to the virtual environment, which is faster, but you may end up with some conflicts. Done. # STEPS TO START THE TESTS export PYTHONPATH=. # create topology, edit ip addresses cp topologies/available/3_node_hw_topo1.yaml.example topologies/available/topology.yaml ln -s ../available/topology.yaml topologies/enabled/topology.yaml pybot -L TRACE -v TOPOLOGY_PATH:topologies/enabled/topology.yaml tests or ./main.py -t topologies/enabled/topology.yaml -i test_tag or ./main.py # Dependencies on Nodes - virtualenv - pip - python2.7 - python-dev package - gcc (pycrypto) - libpcap-devel (pypcap) ``` bash # on fedora26 yum install -y python-virtualenv python-pip python python-devel libpcap-devel gcc # if you have the following error during pycrypto # gcc: error: /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 No such file or directory yum install -y redhat-rpm-config ```