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os-autoinst architecture

This document gives an overview about the multi-process architecture of os-autoinst.

Process tree

Once everything is running, the process tree looks like this:

  • isotovideo: spawns further processes, IO-loop for passing commands (main occupation), cleanup relevant files: isotovideo, needle.pm (initial needle scan)

    • backend: spawns and handles backend (eg. qemu), receives commands from isotovideo IO-loop, handles the VNC connections, makes regular screenshots relevant files: baseclass.pm and derived, console.pm and derived, needle.pm (reloading, matching), cv.pm, ppmclibs/*

      • qemu (for instance)

      • videoencoder: encodes the Ogg Theora file relevant files: videoencoder.cpp

    • autotest: determines test order, runs test code and thus testapi functions, sends commands to isotovideo IO-loop (via query_isotovideo) relevant files: autotest.pm, testapi.pm, console_proxy.pm, basetest.pm and derived, needle.pm (needles are instantiated here as well)

    • command server: provides GET/POST HTTP routes and WS server, passes commands received via WS to isotovideo IO-loop relevant files: commands.pm, OpenQA/Commands.pm

Further notes

  • The lists of relevant files has been reduced to the most important ones.
  • isotovideo starts everything and passes commands between the other processes.
  • All processes have an IO loop except autotest. The latter mainly executes the test code and everything else reacts to it.
  • The command server is accessed by the openQA worker and livehandler.