# Integration Tests Integration tests should be used to test a specific functionality of k3s that exists across multiple Go packages, either via exported function calls, or more often, CLI commands. Integration tests should be used for "black box" testing. ## Framework All integration tests in K3s follow a [Behavior Diven Development (BDD)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavior-driven_development) style. Specifically, K3s uses [Ginkgo](https://onsi.github.io/ginkgo/) and [Gomega](https://onsi.github.io/gomega/) to drive the tests. To generate an initial test, the command `ginkgo bootstrap` can be used. To facilitate K3s CLI testing, see `tests/util/cmd.go` helper functions. ## Format All integration tests should be placed under `tests/integration/`. All integration test files should be named: `_int_test.go`. All integration test functions should be named: `Test_Integration`. See the [local storage test](../tests/integration/localstorage/localstorage_int_test.go) as an example. ## Running Integration tests can be run with no k3s cluster present, each test will spin up and kill the appropriate k3s server it needs. Note: Integration tests must be run as root, prefix the commands below with `sudo -E env "PATH=$PATH"` if a sudo user. ```bash go test ./tests/integration/... -run Integration ``` Additionally, to generate JUnit reporting for the tests, the Ginkgo CLI is used ``` ginkgo --junit-report=result.xml ./tests/integration/... ``` Integration tests can be run on an existing single-node cluster via compile time flag, tests will skip if the server is not configured correctly. ```bash go test -ldflags "-X 'github.com/k3s-io/k3s/tests/integration.existingServer=True'" ./tests/integration/... -run Integration ``` Integration tests can also be run via a [Sonobuoy](https://sonobuoy.io/docs/v0.53.2/) plugin on an existing single-node cluster. ```bash ./scripts/build-tests-sonobuoy sudo KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml sonobuoy run --plugin ./dist/artifacts/k3s-int-tests.yaml ``` Check the sonobuoy status and retrieve results ``` sudo KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml sonobuoy status sudo KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml sonobuoy retrieve sudo KUBECONFIG=/etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml sonobuoy results ```