====== CIP Testing Working Group ======
In order to drive testing activities within the CIP project a working group has been created.

===== Structure =====
The working group meets as part of CIP's weekly IRC meetings on Thursdays at 0900 UTC on irc.libera.chat #cip.

Status updates are provided to the fortnightly CIP TSC meetings.

As with all CIP projects, the testing WG can be contacted on the [[https://lists.cip-project.org/mailman/listinfo/cip-dev|cip-dev mailing list]]: cip-dev@lists.cip-project.org
===== Goals =====

The aim of this this working group is to design and implement centralised testing infrastructure that can be used to test CIP software on the [[civilinfrastructureplatform:ciptesting:cipreferencehardware|CIP reference hardware]].

See the wiki for more details on CIP's [[civilinfrastructureplatform:ciptesting:centalisedtesting|centralised testing]].

===== Wiki Content =====
A number of wiki pages that are relevant to CIP testing have been created. A link to each is below:
  * [[civilinfrastructureplatform:ciptesting:centalisedtesting|CIP Centralised Testing]]
  * [[civilinfrastructureplatform:ciptesting:centalisedtesting:ciplava|CIP LAVA Wiki]]
  * [[civilinfrastructureplatform:ciptesting:centalisedtesting:cioverview|Continuous Integration Testing Overview]]
  * [[civilinfrastructureplatform:ciptesting:cipreferencehardware|CIP Reference Hardware]]
  * [[civilinfrastructureplatform:ciptesting:centalisedtesting:submittinglavajobs|Submitting a LAVA test job]]
  * [[civilinfrastructureplatform:ciptesting:centalisedtesting:releasecandidatetesting|CIP Kernel Release Candidate Testing]]
===== Collaborations =====
There are a number of public projects (hosted by the Linux Foundation or otherwise) who are working towards similar testing goals as CIP. Wherever possible this working group hopes to collaborate and re-use, rather than create yet another automated testing implementation.

An "Automated Test Summit" was held in Edinburgh after ELC 2018. A full list of interested projects can be seen in the [[https://elinux.org/Automated_Testing_Summit#Attendees|attendee list]] in the meeting minutes. One output from the summit was a [[https://elinux.org/Test_Glossary|Test Glossary]] that covers frequently used terminology. Where possible we will follow these definitions to help others understand our work.

In October 2019 the CIP project sponsored the [[https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/ats-2019/|Automated Test Summit]] in Lyon. Notes and presentations from the event are available on the [[https://elinux.org/Automated_Testing_Summit_2019|E-Linux Wiki]].