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EGI Quality Criteria Verification

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Objective

The main objective of the TSA2.3 is to verify the quality of the software provided by the TP before entering the SR phase and going to production. By doing so we prevent that software that might work enters into the SR and even goes into production but that doesn´t follow the quality criteria defined in TSA2.2. Some of the reasons for doing the verification before the software enters the stage rollout are:

- Check that the bugs reported in the previous release of the software have been corrected (work in collaboration with DMSU) by the TP.

- Software can work well in the SR but might not have all the functionalities required

- Software might not be safe, well documented, or have the necessary installation rules or licenses

The Verification Process

When a new product is available, the TP has to follow the NSRW. Once the software is correctly uploaded to the repository, the release enters into the verification phase. The requirements are that the TP has to provide all the necessary information to the verifier (QCV) so that the QCV can assess that the TP has tested in advance the quality of the software. Depending on the type of release, different actions will be taken by the QCV, Verification process is described in detail in the EGI Verifier Guideline.

QC Verification Reports

RT workflow and Verification Templates links are available in this page. First of all verifiers must check QC service mapping to know which test must be verified for each product. This service mapping is available here QC Verification service mapping and Verification/Executive Summary templates are available here: QC Verification Templates.

Verifiers must fill all required fields for each product and write a Verification process summary into Executive Summary, this summary should include:

  • A short summary of the installation and configuration process: Installation and configuration were successful?, If not explain any issue or bug found. If the product was rejected explain why.
  • If its necessary Verifiers should include a comment for StageRollout: Configuration changes or minor issues found verifying the product.
  • If a new QC is necessary and is not included, Verifiers must write a comment to SA2.2 to change current QC.


UMD Release Candidate Testing

Before each UMD release the verification team checks the new RC. To perform this task SA2.3 VMs have included the RC_testing script. This script is available after each SA2 VM instantiation (into /root/configuration_templates/tools directory). This script is able to detect any package inconsistency after UMD RC repo configuration. The RC testing process is as follows:

  • Verifier should instantiate different Linux flavours VM. For UMD case SL5, SL6 and debian.
  • Install UMD RC repo files from UMDx RC page.
  • Check RC_tester "PRODUCTS" array. This array must be updated to include all UMD products!
  • It is recommended to use screen program before RC_tester execution. RC tests take about 2h/3h to finish (depends on OS used and the number of products).
  • Run RC_tester and follows its instructions.
  • RC_tester generates several logs into log directory, after its execution SA2 verifier should check:
    • installator_OK.log: List of metapackages installed correctly.
    • installator_ERROR.log: List of metapackages which contain any issue.
    • <PRODUCT_NAME>_OUTPUT.log: Complete Product installation log.
    • <PRODUCT_NAME>_postupdate.log: Info about product update execution. It detects any issue updating current UMD products.


Verification Work Effort Metrics

Each verification process and change is registered by EGI RT. A complete report is generated on a daily basis each midnight. The XLS file can be downloaded from here SA2 Verification Metrics


Verification Team

Verifiers team is updated for each UMD release and it is available here: SA2.3 Verifiers List. All verifiers are included in the SSO sw-rel-qc group that includes a mailing list and permissions to modify RT tickets related with the verification process.

Reference Documents

DocDB link Release Date Document
QCv6 10 2013 UMD Quality Criteria
QCv5 08. 05. 2013 UMD Quality Criteria
418 08. 05. 2013 UMD Products service mapping
417 08. 05. 2013 QC Verification Templates

Metrics

Metric Description
M.SA2.4 Number of new releases validated against defined criteria: Measures the workload on the validation team.
M.SA2.5 Mean time taken to validate a releas: Indicates how responsive the team is to validating releases.
M.SA2.6 Number of releases failing validation: Indicates the quality assurance process of the software providers.

SLAs

EGI SLAs negotiated with the TPs

EMI-EGI SLA

Verification engineer skill matrix

Verification Cheat Sheet
Product\Institute CESGA IFCA IFIC INFN IN2P3 JÜLICH LIP LRZ UTC-N CSC GRNET RAL FZU COMMENTS
EMI ARC CE * *
EMI ARC compute cli * *
EMI ARC Infosys * *
EMI dCache *
EMI gLite MPI * *
EMI CREAM_torque * *
EMI CREAM_lsf *
EMI EMIR * *
EMI WMS * * *
EMI LB * *
EMI FTS *
EMI DPM *
EMI LFC_mySQL *
EMI LFC_Oracle *
EMI StoRM * *
EMI APEL *
EMI DGAS *
EMI BDII *
EMI UI *
EMI PX *
EMI VOMS_mySQL * *
EMI VOMS_Oracle No verifiers available yet. Oracle training required.
EMI HYDRA No verifiers available yet.
EMI Wnodes No verifiers available yet.
EMI NAGIOS No verifiers available yet.
EMI Pseudonymity No verifiers available yet.
EMI ARGUS *
EMI UNICORE TSI *
EMI UNICORE WS *
EMI UNICORE Client *
EMI UNICORE Registry *
EMI UNICORE Gateway *
EMI UNICORE Hila *
EMI UNICORE xuudb *
EMI UNICORE Uvos *
EMI AMGA *
IGE SAGA-SD * No verifiers available yet.
IGE GRAM5 *
IGE GSISSH *
IGE GridFTP *
IGE myProxy *
IGE RLS *
IGE GridWay *
IGE SAM *
IGE OGSA-DAI *
IGE Security *
IGE Gridsafe *


Early Adopters list

Early Adopters per UMD product