TESTING.md

Testing

This document covers the test suite for Netmiko.

The simple version

cd ./netmiko/tests/etc  
cp test_devices.yml.example test_devices.yml  
cp responses.yml.example responses.yml  
cp commands.yml.example commands.yml  

edit test_devices.yml

Pick the device_types you want to test against; update:

• ip
• username
• password
• secret (optional)

edit responses.yml

For the device_types that you are testing against, update the following to match the test device(s):

• the base_prompt
• router_prompt
• enable_prompt
• interface_ip

Execute the test

cd ./netmiko/tests

Note, the test_device is the name of the device from test_devices.yml and responses.yml:

py.test -v test_netmiko_show.py --test_device cisco881  
py.test -v test_netmiko_config.py --test_device cisco881

There are three tests available:

• test_netmiko_show.py
• test_netmiko_config.py
• test_netmiko_commit.py # currently only for Juniper and IOS-XR