Create local Kata CI environment

This setup is based on the Jenkins scripts for the Kata CI, and it locally reproduces the same environment used in the CI. More details about the environment in the Jenkins setup docs.

Create a VM with:

$ ./virt-build-kata -d <distro> -k <path-to-your-public-ssh-key> -o <image>

This script uses the default network, and you have to run it with sudo to configure it correctly. You can also run it as standard user, but you have to configure the network accordingly and pass it with the option -n.

Create a hosts.yaml file with the IP or name (if you have dns resolution) of your VM like this:

all:
  hosts:
    192.168.122.99

This setup syncronize your local kata-containers and tests repo inside the VM. As default, this setup looks for the kata repo in $HOME/go/src/github.com/kata-containers. If you have the code under under path, you have to change the variable kata_containers_repo_path in env_var.yaml.

Prepare and run the Kata CI tests:

$ ansible-playbook  -i hosts.yaml run-local-kata-ci.yaml

When the the ansible-playbook finishes (with errors or not), it will copy the output in the directory kata-ci-job.log.

If you want to check the log of the script while it is running:

$ ssh [email protected] tail -f /home/kata/kata_ci_job.log

You can customize the this setup by modifying the file env_var.yaml.