Hi Brian, I am very interested. Can you show me more of the setup?
thanks Luc On Saturday, June 2, 2012 8:27:16 AM UTC-4, BrianParker wrote: > > Unless I'm mistaken, I think using the multiconfiguration job type would > require that the tests to run and the distribution of those tests is static > (at job config time) rather than dynamic (determined at job runtime). > > If you need it to be dynamic, you could do something like this using the > Parameterized Trigger plugin. Create a "test runner" job which accepts the > tests to run as a parameter (for example a string comma separated list of > tests). The "test runner" job should be configured to execute > concurrently. A "parent job" uses a "parameter factory" to trigger the > "test runner" multiple times, in parallel (concurrently). There is an > out-of-the-box "parameter factory" that looks for property files, that may > work for you. A build step that runs prior to the trigger (in the parent > job), will need to calculate the number to "test runner" jobs to invoke and > which tests they should each execute. Also, you'll have to collect the > test results. > > I hope that made sense. There are a lot of details left out that would > depend on the actual test framework you are using. Using that technique, we > dispatch the execution of around 200 JBehave stories (executing webdriver) > to the same number of parallel "test runner" invocations running across a > Jenkins grid of slaves (not Selenium grid). We have customized versions of > the parameterized trigger and copy artifacts plugins to achieve our > particular needs. A test run that would take over 10 hours serially can be > finished in under 20 mins. > > Cheers, > > Brian > > On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Harsh Kumar <harsh...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Hi, >> I intend to do parallel runs of my tests in multiple machines. >> For eg, i have a test suite of 10,000 tests. I have 100 test machines and >> hence if i could divide these 10,000 tests among 100 machines and run that >> would save me time. >> >> Do you think there is a plug-in to do something similar or do i need to >> write one. >> >> >> Regards, >> Harsh Kumar >> >> >> >> On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Sami Tikka <sjt...@gmail.com<javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >>> Of course, you can split the tests into groups and use e.g. >>> Multiconfiguration job to run the multiple test sets in multiple slaves at >>> the same time. >>> >>> -- Sami >>> >>> Harsh <harsh...@gmail.com <javascript:>> kirjoitti 28.5.2012 kello >>> 11.43: >>> >>> > Hi, >>> > I have UI Automated Tests which i intend to run in parallel and need a >>> > plug-in for that. DistTest looks to run only jUnit test cases in >>> > parallel. Can you suggest a plugin. >>> > >>> > Regards, >>> > Harsh >>> >> >> >
