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LAVA-TOOL(1) General Commands Manual LAVA-TOOL(1)
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NAME

lava-tool - LAVA Tool Command Line Support

SUMMARY

lava-tool is a command-line tool to interact with LAVA.

USAGE

lava-tool [-h] <subcommand> [args]

OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS

show this help message and exit



SUBCOMMANDS

Type lava-tool <subcommand> -h for help on a specific subcommand.

DEPRECATED V1 COMMANDS

The following commands are deprecated. Support will remain in lava-tool for a limited time only and some calls have already been disabled for some LAVA instances. Once the rest of the upstream V1 support is removed at the end of 2017, the deprecated functions within lava-tool will also be removed.

data-views, deserialize, get, put, bundles, server-version, query-data-view, streams, make-stream, pull.

AVAILABLE SUBCOMMANDS

Get job output from the scheduler
lava-tool job-output [-h] [--overwrite] [--output OUTPUT] SERVER JOB_ID
Host to download job output from
Job ID to download output file

show this help message and exit
Overwrite files on the local disk
Alternate name of the output file




lava-tool devices-list [-h] SERVER
Host to query for the list of devices

show this help message and exit



Show a summary of all available commands
Add an authentication token
lava-tool auth-add [-h] [--token-file TOKEN_FILE] [--no-check] HOST
Endpoint to add token for, in the form scheme://username@host. The username will default to the currently logged in user.

show this help message and exit
Read the secret from here rather than prompting for it.
By default, a call to the remote server is made to check that the added token works before remembering it. Passing this option prevents this check.
Shortcut name for the user.
Shortcut name for the endpoint.
Set this user as default user for the endpoint




Modify authentication configuration
Usage: lava-tool auth-config [-h] [--user-shortcut USER_SHORTCUT]
[--endpoint-shortcut ENDPOINT_SHORTCUT] [--default-user] HOST
Endpoint to add token for, in the form scheme://username@host.

show this help message and exit
Shortcut name for the user.
Shortcut name for the endpoint.
Set this user as default user for the endpoint.




List authentication configuration
Usage: lava-tool auth-list [-h] [HOST]
HOST Endpoint to list tokens for, in the form scheme://host.
show this help message and exit




Cancel job
lava-tool cancel-job [-h] SERVER JOB_ID
Host to cancel job on
Job ID to cancel

show this help message and exit




Resubmit job
lava-tool resubmit-job [-h] SERVER JOB_ID
Host to resubmit job on
Job ID to resubmit

show this help message and exit




Show the lava-tool client version
lava-tool version [-h]
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Submit a job to lava-scheduler
lava-tool submit-job [-h] [--block] SERVER JOB_FILE
Host to resubmit job on
JOB file with test definition to submit

show this help message and exit
Publish all file:/// references within job definition via publishing API and rewrite URL's. Job definition file must contain the 'secrets' section which includes API_USER and API_KEY which are used to authenticate with remote artifacts server.
Remote server which accepts file uploads via curl. Defaults to https://archive.validation.linaro.org If non-default url is used, user is responsible for setting up the artifacts upload server as well as relevant account and secret.
Location on the remote server to which artifacts will be uploaded. Defaults to team/lava.
Blocks until the job gets executed. Deprecated. This option adds unnecessary load on the server. Please use wait-job-events command instead.

Explain the nature of experimental commands




Wait for a job events from lava-publisher. Can also submit a job and wait for that particular one.
lava-tool wait-job-events [-h] (--job-definition JOB_DEFINITION | --job-id JOB_ID) [--timeout TIMEOUT] [--quiet] SERVER
Host to submit job on and/or listen to job events from.

show this help message and exit
Definition file path of the job that will be submitted.
ID of the job to wait for. If this argument is provided, this command will not submit new job.
Time to wait until the job is finished. Default will wait until manually canceled.
Publish all file:/// references within job definition via publishing API and rewrite URL's. Job definition file must contain the 'secrets' section which includes API_USER and API_KEY which are used to authenticate with remote artifacts server.
Remote server which accepts file uploads via curl. Defaults to https://archive.validation.linaro.org If non-default url is used, user is responsible for setting up the artifacts upload server as well as relevant account and secret.
Location on the remote server to which artifacts will be uploaded. Defaults to team/lava.
Do not print out interim messages (when job becomes Submitted or Running) but only when the job is finished.


Validate pipeline devices on the specified server. Print output in the form of "device_hostname: {'Valid': null} | {'Invalid': message}"
lava-tool validate-pipeline-devices [-h] [--name NAME] SERVER
SERVER
show this help message and exit
Hostname of the device or device_type name.


Compare device configurations and output a diff.
lava-tool compare-device-conf [-h] [--wdiff] [--use-stored USE_STORED] [--dispatcher-config-dir DISPATCHER_CONFIG_DIR] [CONFIGS [CONFIGS ...]]
List of device config paths, at least one, max two.

show this help message and exit
Use wdiff for parsing output
Use stored device config with specified device
Where to find the device_type templates.




Get pipeline device configuration to a local file or stdout.
lava-tool get-pipeline-device-config [-h] [--overwrite] [--output OUTPUT] [--output-to-stdout] SERVER DEVICE_HOSTNAME
Host to download pipeline device configuration from
HOSTNAME of the pipeline device for which configuration is required

show this help message and exit
Overwrite files on the local disk
Alternate name of the output file
Write output to stdout


Update or export device dictionary data as jinja2 data. [Superusers only.] Either [--update | -u] or [--export | -e] must be used. Wraps the import-device-dictionary and export-device-dictionary XMLRPC API calls on the specified server.
Usage: lava-tool device-dictionary [-h] [--update UPDATE] [--export]
SERVER DEVICE_HOSTNAME
SERVER Host to query or update the device dictionary on DEVICE_HOSTNAME DEVICE_HOSTNAME to query or update
show this help message and exit
Load a jinja2 file to update the device dictionary
Export the device dictionary for this device as jinja2


Download job results in either YAML or CSV format.

Usage: lava-tool job-results [-h] [--csv] SERVER JOB_ID

SERVER Host from where to download the results. JOB_ID ID of the job to get results for.
show this help message and exit
If this is specified, results will be printed out in CSV format, otherwise in YAML.


Download test suite results in either YAML or CSV format.

Usage: lava-tool test-suite-results [-h] [--csv] SERVER JOB_ID SUITE_NAME

SERVER Host from where to download the results. JOB_ID ID of the job to get results from. SUITE_NAME Name of the suite to get results for.
show this help message and exit
If this is specified, results will be printed out in CSV format, otherwise in YAML.


Download test case results in either YAML or CSV format.

Usage: lava-tool test-case-results [-h] [--csv] SERVER JOB_ID SUITE_NAME TEST_CASE

SERVER Host from where to download the results. JOB_ID ID of the job to get results from. SUITE_NAME Name of the suite to get results from. TEST_CASE Name of the test case to get results for.
show this help message and exit
If this is specified, results will be printed out in CSV format, otherwise in YAML.



LAVA TEST DEFINITIONS

A LAVA Test Definition comprises of two parts:

  • the data to setup the test, the job definition.
  • the instructions to run inside the test, expressed as a YAML file.

For help on writing job definitions and test definitions, please see the help available on the LAVA instance you want to use to run the test.

As a reminder, JSON job submissions relate to the deprecated LAVA V1 support which is superseded by LAVA V2 using YAML for the job submission.

The latest information and help on LAVA V2 is available via the staging instance:

https://staging.validation.linaro.org/static/docs/v2/

EXAMPLES

lava-tool simplifies the token handling required to interact with one or more LAVA instances using XML-RPC.

See the lava-tool help on the instance you want to use when running tests for more information on using lava-tool. For example, if you have LAVA installed on http://localhost, the lava-tool help will be available at: http://localhost/static/docs/v2/lava-tool.html#new-features

Make sure you have already logged into the instance and created an Authentication Token using the web UI.

Alternatively, admins of up to date LAVA instances can generate a token for a user with the lava-server manage tokens add command:

$ lava-tool auth-add
http://localuser@localhost/RPC2 Paste token for
http://localuser@localhost/RPC2/: Token added successfully for user localuser.


Now set the user for this authentication as the default user for this endpoint (localhost):

$ lava-tool auth-config --default-user http://localuser@localhost/RPC2
Auth configuration successfully updated on endpoint http://localhost/RPC2.


Now set a shortcut for http://localhost/RPC2 as local:

$ lava-tool auth-config --endpoint-shortcut local http://localuser@localhost/RPC2
Auth configuration successfully updated on endpoint http://localhost/RPC2.
$ lava-tool auth-list
Endpoint URL: http://localhost/RPC2/
endpoint-shortcut: local
default-user: localuser
Tokens found for users: localuser


NOTE:

For any instance other than localhost, always use https so that your token is protected during transmission.


BUGS AND ISSUES

NOTE:

lava-tool is intended for user command line interaction. For all scripting requirements use XMLRPC support directly. Help on using XMLRPC with python is in the API | Available Methods section of the LAVA instance. e.g. https://validation.linaro.org/api/help/ Other languages also have XMLRPC support.


AUTHOR

Linaro Validation Team

COPYRIGHT

2010-2018, Linaro Limited

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