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<title>Testing BOINC</title>
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<h2>Testing BOINC</h2>
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<h3>1) PHP-based testing framework</h3>
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doc/test.php is a library of PHP classes that make it easy to
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write scripts that perform end-to-end tests of BOINC.
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<h4>1.1) Goals of the testing framework</h4>
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The goal of the framework is to support automated testing of BOINC itself,
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and of BOINC applications.
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Each test is performed by a PHP script that initializes
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the system to a deterministic state, executes the system,
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detects termination, and returns success or failure depending
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on the final state.
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Many BOINC features involve multiple projects and/or multiple hosts.
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It would be prohibitively complex to do automated testing
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on multiple physical hosts.
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Fortunately the BOINC architecture makes it possible for
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multiple projects and (virtual) hosts to reside on a single physical host.
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So the testing framework uses this approach.
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The framework lets you test systems with any of the following attributes:
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<ul>
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<li> Multiple projects
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<li> Multiple applications per project
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<li> Multiple participants per project
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<li> Multiple hosts, with arbitrary enrollment in projects
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</ul>
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The following system attributes are planned but not implemented yet:
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<ul>
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<li> Multiple data servers or scheduling servers per project.
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<li> Simulated failures of servers and network connections.
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<li> Simulations of various host conditions
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(out of disk space, crash/reboot, etc.).
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</ul>
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<h4>1.2) Directory structure</h4>
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To use the testing framework,
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you must designate a "BOINC projects" directory on your test host.
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The framework will create subdirectories as follows:
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<pre>
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boinc_projects/
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proj1/
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cgi/
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download/
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html_ops/
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html_user/
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keys/
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upload/
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proj2/
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...
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</pre>
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where proj1, proj2 etc. are the names of the projects in your scripts.
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<p>
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Similarly, you must designate a "BOINC hosts" directory on your test host.
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The framework will create subdirectories as follows:
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boinc_hosts/
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host1/
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projects/
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slots/
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client_state.xml
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log_flags.xml
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host2/
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...
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</pre>
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where host1, host2 etc. are the names of the hosts in your scripts.
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<h4>1.3) Classes</h4>
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The framework provides the following classes
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class Project { // represents a project
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var $name; // defaults to "test"; override if needed
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var $generate_keys; // set to true if you want to generate
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// encryption keys for this project (slow)
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function add_user($user); // add a User to project's DB
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function add_app($app); // add an application
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function add_app_version($app_version); // add an app version
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function install(); // set up directories and DB
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function start(); // start feeder
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function stop(); // stop feeder
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function check_results_done(); // verify that all results are in state DONE
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function compare_file($out, $correct); // verify that a result file
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// matches a known-correct file
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}
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class User { // represents an account on a project
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var $name; // override if needed
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var $email_addr;
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var $authenticator;
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}
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class Host { // represents a (virtual) host
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function Host($user);
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function add_project($project);
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function install();
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function run($flags);
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}
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class App { // represents an application
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function App($name);
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}
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class App_Version { // represents an application version
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var $version; // defaults to 1
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var $exec_name; // name of executable; default to app name
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function App_Version($app);
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}
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class Work { // represents a workunit and some results
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var $wu_template; // name of workunit template file
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var $result_template; // name of result template file
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var $nresults; // number of results for this WU
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var $input_files; // array of input file names
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function Work($project, $app);
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function install(); // install in DB and directories
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}
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</pre>
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A test script instantiates one or more instances of
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these classes, links them as needed,
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installs them, starts the projects, runs the hosts.
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It then checks the final state
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(typically, that results are done and result files are correct).
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<h4>1.4) Environment vars</h4>
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Before using the test framework,
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you must define the following environment variables
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(example values are given - you must supply your own):
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setenv BOINC_PROJECTS_DIR /home/david/boinc_projects
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# BOINC projects directory
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setenv BOINC_HOSTS_DIR /home/david/boinc_hosts
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# BOINC hosts directory
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setenv BOINC_USER_NAME david
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# part of DB name, and prepended to web error log entries
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setenv BOINC_SRC_DIR /home/david/boinc_cvs/boinc
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# BOINC source directory
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setenv BOINC_CGI_DIR /home/david/cgi-bin
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# path of a CGI directory
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setenv BOINC_CGI_URL http://localhost/cgi-bin
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# URL of that directory
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setenv BOINC_HTML_DIR /home/david/html
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# path of a web-page directory
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setenv BOINC_HTML_URL http://localhost
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# URL of that directory
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setenv BOINC_KEY_DIR /home/david/boinc_keys
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# path of some pre-generated security keys
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setenv BOINC_PLATFORM i686-pc-linux-gnu
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# platform name of this machine
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<h4>1.5) Example script</h4>
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The following script (test/test_uc.php)
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illustrates the use of the testing framework.
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#! /usr/local/bin/php
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<?php
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include_once("test.inc");
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$project = new Project;
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$user = new User();
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$host = new Host($user);
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$app = new App("upper_case");
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$app_version = new App_Version($app);
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$project->add_user($user);
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$project->add_app($app);
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$project->add_app_version($app_version);
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$project->install(); // must install projects before adding to hosts
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$host->add_project($project);
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$host->install();
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echo "adding work\n";
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$work = new Work($project, $app);
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$work->wu_template = "uc_wu";
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$work->result_template = "uc_result";
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$work->nresults = 2;
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array_push($work->input_files, "input");
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$work->install();
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$project->start();
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$host->run("-exit_when_idle");
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$project->stop();
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$project->check_results_done();
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$project->compare_file("uc_wu_0_0", "uc_correct_output");
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$project->compare_file("uc_wu_1_0", "uc_correct_output");
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?>
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</pre>
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<h4>1.6) Implementation</h4>
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Project->Install() does the following:
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<li> Create the project directory and its subdirectories.
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<li> Create encryption keys if needed.
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<li> Create a database for this project,
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named (BOINC_USER_NAME)_(project-name).
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This is done by macro-substituting the database name
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into db/drop.sql, db/schema.sql, and db/constraints.sql.
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<li> Insert initial records in the project, platform, user, and app tables.
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<li> Run tools/add to create app_version records,
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to copy the application executables from the source directory
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to the download directory, and to compute their digital signatures.
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<li> Copy the server programs (cgi, feeder, file_upload_handler)
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from the source directory to the project/cgi directory.
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<li> Generate the configuration file (config.xml) used by
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the server programs.
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<li> Copy the user and administrative PHP files to the
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project directories html_user and html_ops.
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<li> Create a file "db_name" in project/html_user and project/html_ops.
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<li> Macro-process html_user/index.html to insert the correct
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scheduler URL.
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<li> Create symbolic links (with the project name)
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from the main HTML and CGI directories to the project directory.
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Host->install() does the following:
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<ul>
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<li> Delete and recreate the directory for this host.
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<li> Create an account file (account_masterURL.xml) for
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each project in which this host participates.
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</ul>
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<h3>2) Test applications</h3>
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The <b>apps</b> directory contains the following test applications:
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<ul>
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<li>
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<b>concat</b>: concatenates its input files.
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Input and output filenames are passed on the command line.
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<b>upper_case</b>: reads from stdin, converts to upper case,
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writes to stdout.
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<li>
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<b>uc_slow</b>: like upper_case, but processes only one
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character per second.
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Checkpoints every 5 characters. Restartable.
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<h3>3) Test scripts</h3>
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<p>
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The <b>test</b> directory contains PHP scripts, together with XML
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templates and sample input files, for initializing and testing the
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entire system:
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<b>test_uc.php</b>: tests I/O connection using descriptors.
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<b>test_concat.php</b>: tests I/O connection using command-line
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args and filenames.
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<li>
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<b>test_uc_slow.php</b>: tests checkpoint/restart.
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You have to run the client yourself, kill and restart it a few times.
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<li>
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<b>test_prefs.php</b>: tests some aspects of preferences.
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<b>test_api.php</b>: tests to ensure the api is working properly.
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<li>
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<b>test_water.php</b>: tests some aspects of water marks.
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<li>
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<b>test_rsc.php</b>: tests that scheduling server only sends
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feasible work units.
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