modifications realted to special account
[tests.git] / system / TestPlc.py
index 331cfc0..377c4a4 100644 (file)
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ from TestSliver import TestSliver
 from TestBox import TestBox
 from TestSsh import TestSsh
 from TestApiserver import TestApiserver
+from TestSliceSfa import TestSliceSfa
+from TestUserSfa import TestUserSfa
 
 # step methods must take (self) and return a boolean (options is a member of the class)
 
@@ -44,6 +46,8 @@ def node_mapper (method):
                 test_node = TestNode (self,test_site,node_spec)
                 if not node_method(test_node): overall=False
         return overall
+    # restore the doc text
+    actual.__doc__=method.__doc__
     return actual
 
 def slice_mapper_options (method):
@@ -56,6 +60,23 @@ def slice_mapper_options (method):
             test_slice=TestSlice(self,test_site,slice_spec)
             if not slice_method(test_slice,self.options): overall=False
         return overall
+    # restore the doc text
+    actual.__doc__=method.__doc__
+    return actual
+
+def slice_mapper_options_sfa (method):
+    def actual(self):
+       test_plc=self
+        overall=True
+        slice_method = TestSliceSfa.__dict__[method.__name__]
+        for slice_spec in self.plc_spec['sfa']['slices_sfa']:
+            site_spec = self.locate_site (slice_spec['sitename'])
+            test_site = TestSite(self,site_spec)
+            test_slice=TestSliceSfa(test_plc,test_site,slice_spec)
+            if not slice_method(test_slice,self.options): overall=False
+        return overall
+    # restore the doc text
+    actual.__doc__=method.__doc__
     return actual
 
 SEP='<sep>'
@@ -63,26 +84,29 @@ SEP='<sep>'
 class TestPlc:
 
     default_steps = [
-        'display','uninstall','install','install_rpm', 
-        'configure', 'start', 'fetch_keys', SEP,
-        'store_keys', 'clear_known_hosts', 'initscripts', SEP,
-        'sites', 'nodes', 'slices', 'nodegroups', SEP,
-        'init_node','bootcd', 'configure_qemu', 'export_qemu',
-        'kill_all_qemus', 'reinstall_node','start_node', SEP,
+        'display', 'local_pre', SEP,
+        'delete','create','install', 'configure', 'start', SEP,
+        'fetch_keys', 'store_keys', 'clear_known_hosts', SEP,
+        'initscripts', 'sites', 'nodes', 'slices', 'nodegroups', SEP,
+        'reinstall_node', 'init_node','bootcd', 'configure_qemu', 'export_qemu',
+        'kill_all_qemus', 'start_node', SEP,
         # better use of time: do this now that the nodes are taking off
         'plcsh_stress_test', SEP,
         'nodes_ssh_debug', 'nodes_ssh_boot', 'check_slice', 'check_initscripts', SEP,
-        'check_tcp',  SEP,
-        'force_gather_logs', 'force_record_tracker','force_free_tracker',
+       'install_sfa', 'configure_sfa', 'import_sfa', 'start_sfa', SEP,
+        'setup_sfa', 'add_sfa', 'update_sfa', SEP,
+        'view_sfa', 'check_slice_sfa', 'delete_sfa', 'stop_sfa', SEP,
+        'check_tcp',  'check_hooks',  SEP,
+        'force_gather_logs', 'force_local_post',
         ]
     other_steps = [ 
-        'stop_all_vservers','fresh_install', 'cache_rpm', 'stop', 'vs_start', SEP,
-        'check_sanity',  SEP,
+        'fresh_install', 'stop', 'vs_start', SEP,
         'clean_initscripts', 'clean_nodegroups','clean_all_sites', SEP,
-        'clean_sites', 'clean_nodes', 
-        'clean_slices', 'clean_keys', SEP,
-        'show_boxes', 'list_all_qemus', 'list_qemus', SEP,
-        'db_dump' , 'db_restore', 'cleanup_trackers', 'cleanup_all_trackers',
+        'clean_sites', 'clean_nodes', 'clean_slices', 'clean_keys', SEP,
+        'populate' , SEP,
+        'show_boxes', 'list_all_qemus', 'list_qemus', 'kill_qemus', SEP,
+        'db_dump' , 'db_restore', SEP,
+        'local_list','local_cleanup',SEP,
         'standby_1 through 20',
         ]
 
@@ -243,6 +267,7 @@ class TestPlc:
 
     # make this a valid step
     def kill_all_qemus(self):
+        "all qemu boxes: kill all running qemus (even of former runs)"
         # this is the brute force version, kill all qemus on that host box
         for (box,nodes) in self.gather_hostBoxes().iteritems():
             # pass the first nodename, as we don't push template-qemu on testboxes
@@ -275,6 +300,7 @@ class TestPlc:
 
     #################### display config
     def display (self):
+        "show test configuration after localization"
         self.display_pass (1)
         self.display_pass (2)
         return True
@@ -299,61 +325,61 @@ class TestPlc:
                         self.display_key_spec (key)
             elif passno == 1:
                 if key not in ['sites','initscripts','slices','keys']:
-                    print '*   ',key,':',val
+                    print '+   ',key,':',val
 
     def display_site_spec (self,site):
-        print '* ======== site',site['site_fields']['name']
+        print '+ ======== site',site['site_fields']['name']
         for (k,v) in site.iteritems():
             if k=='nodes':
                 if v: 
-                    print '*       ','nodes : ',
+                    print '+       ','nodes : ',
                     for node in v:  
                         print node['node_fields']['hostname'],'',
                     print ''
             elif k=='users':
                 if v: 
-                    print '*       users : ',
+                    print '+       users : ',
                     for user in v:  
                         print user['name'],'',
                     print ''
             elif k == 'site_fields':
-                print '*       login_base',':',v['login_base']
+                print '+       login_base',':',v['login_base']
             elif k == 'address_fields':
                 pass
             else:
-                print '*       ',k,
+                print '+       ',k,
                 PrettyPrinter(indent=8,depth=2).pprint(v)
         
     def display_initscript_spec (self,initscript):
-        print '* ======== initscript',initscript['initscript_fields']['name']
+        print '+ ======== initscript',initscript['initscript_fields']['name']
 
     def display_key_spec (self,key):
-        print '* ======== key',key['name']
+        print '+ ======== key',key['name']
 
     def display_slice_spec (self,slice):
-        print '* ======== slice',slice['slice_fields']['name']
+        print '+ ======== slice',slice['slice_fields']['name']
         for (k,v) in slice.iteritems():
             if k=='nodenames':
                 if v: 
-                    print '*       nodes : ',
+                    print '+       nodes : ',
                     for nodename in v:  
                         print nodename,'',
                     print ''
             elif k=='usernames':
                 if v: 
-                    print '*       users : ',
+                    print '+       users : ',
                     for username in v:  
                         print username,'',
                     print ''
             elif k=='slice_fields':
-                print '*       fields',':',
+                print '+       fields',':',
                 print 'max_nodes=',v['max_nodes'],
                 print ''
             else:
-                print '*       ',k,v
+                print '+       ',k,v
 
     def display_node_spec (self,node):
-        print "*           node",node['name'],"host_box=",node['host_box'],
+        print "+           node",node['name'],"host_box=",node['host_box'],
         print "hostname=",node['node_fields']['hostname'],
         print "ip=",node['interface_fields']['ip']
     
@@ -365,112 +391,47 @@ class TestPlc:
 
     @staticmethod
     def display_mapping_plc (plc_spec):
-        print '* MyPLC',plc_spec['name']
-        print '*\tvserver address = root@%s:/vservers/%s'%(plc_spec['hostname'],plc_spec['vservername'])
-        print '*\tIP = %s/%s'%(plc_spec['PLC_API_HOST'],plc_spec['vserverip'])
+        print '+ MyPLC',plc_spec['name']
+        print '+\tvserver address = root@%s:/vservers/%s'%(plc_spec['hostname'],plc_spec['vservername'])
+        print '+\tIP = %s/%s'%(plc_spec['PLC_API_HOST'],plc_spec['vserverip'])
         for site_spec in plc_spec['sites']:
             for node_spec in site_spec['nodes']:
                 TestPlc.display_mapping_node(node_spec)
 
     @staticmethod
     def display_mapping_node (node_spec):
-        print '*   NODE %s'%(node_spec['name'])
-        print '*\tqemu box %s'%node_spec['host_box']
-        print '*\thostname=%s'%node_spec['node_fields']['hostname']
-
-    ### utility methods for handling the pool of IP addresses allocated to plcs
-    # Logic
-    # (*) running plcs are recorded in the file named ~/running-test-plcs
-    # (*) this file contains a line for each running plc, older first
-    # (*) each line contains the vserver name + the hostname of the (vserver) testbox where it sits
-    # (*) the free_tracker method performs a vserver stop on the oldest entry
-    # (*) the record_tracker method adds an entry at the bottom of the file
-    # (*) the cleanup_tracker method stops all known vservers and removes the tracker file
-
-    TRACKER_FILE=os.environ['HOME']+"/running-test-plcs"
-    # how many concurrent plcs are we keeping alive - adjust with the IP pool size
-    TRACKER_KEEP_VSERVERS = 12
-
-    def record_tracker (self):
-        try:
-            lines=file(TestPlc.TRACKER_FILE).readlines()
-        except:
-            lines=[]
-
-        this_line="%s %s\n"%(self.vservername,self.test_ssh.hostname)
-        for line in lines:
-            if line==this_line:
-                print 'this vserver is already included in %s'%TestPlc.TRACKER_FILE
-                return True
-        if self.options.dry_run:
-            print 'dry_run: record_tracker - skipping tracker update'
-            return True
-        tracker=file(TestPlc.TRACKER_FILE,"w")
-        for line in lines+[this_line]:
-            tracker.write(line)
-        tracker.close()
-        print "Recorded %s in running plcs on host %s"%(self.vservername,self.test_ssh.hostname)
-        return True
-
-    def free_tracker (self, keep_vservers=None):
-        if not keep_vservers: keep_vservers=TestPlc.TRACKER_KEEP_VSERVERS
-        try:
-            lines=file(TestPlc.TRACKER_FILE).readlines()
-        except:
-            print 'dry_run: free_tracker - skipping tracker update'
-            return True
-        how_many = len(lines) - keep_vservers
-        # nothing todo until we have more than keep_vservers in the tracker
-        if how_many <= 0:
-            print 'free_tracker : limit %d not reached'%keep_vservers
-            return True
-        to_stop = lines[:how_many]
-        to_keep = lines[how_many:]
-        for line in to_stop:
-            print '>%s<'%line
-            [vname,hostname]=line.split()
-            command=TestSsh(hostname).actual_command("vserver --silent %s stop"%vname)
-            utils.system(command)
-        if self.options.dry_run:
-            print 'dry_run: free_tracker would stop %d vservers'%len(to_stop)
-            for line in to_stop: print line,
-            print 'dry_run: free_tracker would keep %d vservers'%len(to_keep)
-            for line in to_keep: print line,
-            return True
-        print "Storing %d remaining vservers in %s"%(len(to_keep),TestPlc.TRACKER_FILE)
-        tracker=open(TestPlc.TRACKER_FILE,"w")
-        for line in to_keep:
-            tracker.write(line)
-        tracker.close()
-        return True
-
-    # this should/could stop only the ones in TRACKER_FILE if that turns out to be reliable
-    def cleanup_trackers (self):
-        try:
-            for line in TestPlc.TRACKER_FILE.readlines():
-                [vname,hostname]=line.split()
-                stop="vserver --silent %s stop"%vname
-                command=TestSsh(hostname).actual_command(stop)
-                utils.system(command)
-            clean_tracker = "rm -f %s"%TestPlc.TRACKER_FILE
-            utils.system(self.test_ssh.actual_command(clean_tracker))
-        except:
-            return True
-
-    # this should/could stop only the ones in TRACKER_FILE if that turns out to be reliable
-    def cleanup_all_trackers (self):
-        stop_all = "cd /vservers ; for i in * ; do vserver --silent $i stop ; done"
-        utils.system(self.test_ssh.actual_command(stop_all))
-        clean_tracker = "rm -f %s"%TestPlc.TRACKER_FILE
-        utils.system(self.test_ssh.actual_command(clean_tracker))
-        return True
-
-    def uninstall(self):
+        print '+   NODE %s'%(node_spec['name'])
+        print '+\tqemu box %s'%node_spec['host_box']
+        print '+\thostname=%s'%node_spec['node_fields']['hostname']
+
+    def local_pre (self):
+        "run site-dependant pre-test script as defined in LocalTestResources"
+        from LocalTestResources import local_resources
+        return local_resources.step_pre(self)
+    def local_post (self):
+        "run site-dependant post-test script as defined in LocalTestResources"
+        from LocalTestResources import local_resources
+        return local_resources.step_post(self)
+    def local_list (self):
+        "run site-dependant list script as defined in LocalTestResources"
+        from LocalTestResources import local_resources
+        return local_resources.step_list(self)
+    def local_cleanup (self):
+        "run site-dependant cleanup script as defined in LocalTestResources"
+        from LocalTestResources import local_resources
+        return local_resources.step_cleanup(self)
+    def delete(self):
+        "vserver delete the test myplc"
         self.run_in_host("vserver --silent %s delete"%self.vservername)
         return True
 
     ### install
-    def install(self):
+    def create (self):
+        "vserver creation (no install done)"
         if self.is_local():
             # a full path for the local calls
             build_dir=os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])
@@ -506,7 +467,8 @@ class TestPlc:
         return self.run_in_host(create_vserver) == 0
 
     ### install_rpm 
-    def install_rpm(self):
+    def install(self):
+        "yum install myplc, noderepo, and the plain bootstrapfs"
         if self.options.personality == "linux32":
             arch = "i386"
         elif self.options.personality == "linux64":
@@ -514,12 +476,13 @@ class TestPlc:
         else:
             raise Exception, "Unsupported personality %r"%self.options.personality
         return \
-            self.run_in_guest("yum -y install myplc-native")==0 and \
+            self.run_in_guest("yum -y install myplc")==0 and \
             self.run_in_guest("yum -y install noderepo-%s-%s"%(self.options.pldistro,arch))==0 and \
             self.run_in_guest("yum -y install bootstrapfs-%s-%s-plain"%(self.options.pldistro,arch))==0 
 
     ### 
     def configure(self):
+        "run plc-config-tty"
         tmpname='%s.plc-config-tty'%(self.name())
         fileconf=open(tmpname,'w')
         for var in [ 'PLC_NAME',
@@ -528,6 +491,8 @@ class TestPlc:
                      'PLC_MAIL_ENABLED',
                      'PLC_MAIL_SUPPORT_ADDRESS',
                      'PLC_DB_HOST',
+                     'PLC_DB_PASSWORD',
+                    # Above line was added for integrating SFA Testing
                      'PLC_API_HOST',
                      'PLC_WWW_HOST',
                      'PLC_BOOT_HOST',
@@ -543,10 +508,12 @@ class TestPlc:
         return True
 
     def start(self):
+        "service plc start"
         self.run_in_guest('service plc start')
         return True
 
     def stop(self):
+        "service plc stop"
         self.run_in_guest('service plc stop')
         return True
         
@@ -556,6 +523,7 @@ class TestPlc:
 
     # stores the keys from the config for further use
     def store_keys(self):
+        "stores test users ssh keys in keys/"
         for key_spec in self.plc_spec['keys']:
                TestKey(self,key_spec).store_key()
         return True
@@ -566,16 +534,12 @@ class TestPlc:
     # fetches the ssh keys in the plc's /etc/planetlab and stores them in keys/
     # for later direct access to the nodes
     def fetch_keys(self):
+        "gets ssh keys in /etc/planetlab/ and stores them locally in keys/"
         dir="./keys"
         if not os.path.isdir(dir):
             os.mkdir(dir)
         vservername=self.vservername
         overall=True
-        prefix = 'root_ssh_key'
-        for ext in [ 'pub', 'rsa' ] :
-            src="/vservers/%(vservername)s/etc/planetlab/%(prefix)s.%(ext)s"%locals()
-            dst="keys/%(vservername)s.%(ext)s"%locals()
-            if self.test_ssh.fetch(src,dst) != 0: overall=False
         prefix = 'debug_ssh_key'
         for ext in [ 'pub', 'rsa' ] :
             src="/vservers/%(vservername)s/etc/planetlab/%(prefix)s.%(ext)s"%locals()
@@ -584,9 +548,11 @@ class TestPlc:
         return overall
 
     def sites (self):
+        "create sites with PLCAPI"
         return self.do_sites()
     
     def clean_sites (self):
+        "delete sites with PLCAPI"
         return self.do_sites(action="delete")
     
     def do_sites (self,action="add"):
@@ -612,8 +578,10 @@ class TestPlc:
             self.apiserver.DeleteSite(self.auth_root(),site_id)
 
     def nodes (self):
+        "create nodes with PLCAPI"
         return self.do_nodes()
     def clean_nodes (self):
+        "delete nodes with PLCAPI"
         return self.do_nodes(action="delete")
 
     def do_nodes (self,action="add"):
@@ -634,8 +602,10 @@ class TestPlc:
         return True
 
     def nodegroups (self):
+        "create nodegroups with PLCAPI"
         return self.do_nodegroups("add")
     def clean_nodegroups (self):
+        "delete nodegroups with PLCAPI"
         return self.do_nodegroups("delete")
 
     # create nodegroups if needed, and populate
@@ -687,7 +657,7 @@ class TestPlc:
                         expect_yes = self.apiserver.GetNodeTags(auth,
                                                                 {'hostname':nodename,
                                                                  'tagname':nodegroupname},
-                                                                ['tagvalue'])[0]['tagvalue']
+                                                                ['value'])[0]['value']
                         if expect_yes != "yes":
                             print 'Mismatch node tag on node',nodename,'got',expect_yes
                             overall=False
@@ -770,7 +740,7 @@ class TestPlc:
             local_key = "keys/%(vservername)s-debug.rsa"%locals()
         else: 
             message="boot"
-            local_key = "keys/%(vservername)s.rsa"%locals()
+           local_key = "keys/key1.rsa"
         tocheck = self.all_hostnames()
         utils.header("checking ssh access (expected in %s mode) to nodes %r"%(message,tocheck))
         utils.header("max timeout is %d minutes, silent for %d minutes (period is %s)"%\
@@ -814,30 +784,43 @@ class TestPlc:
         return True
         
     def nodes_ssh_debug(self):
+        "Tries to ssh into nodes in debug mode with the debug ssh key"
         return self.check_nodes_ssh(debug=True,timeout_minutes=30,silent_minutes=10)
     
     def nodes_ssh_boot(self):
+        "Tries to ssh into nodes in production mode with the root ssh key"
         return self.check_nodes_ssh(debug=False,timeout_minutes=30,silent_minutes=10)
     
     @node_mapper
-    def init_node (self): pass
+    def init_node (self): 
+        "all nodes : init a clean local directory for holding node-dep stuff like iso image..."
+        pass
     @node_mapper
-    def bootcd (self): pass
+    def bootcd (self): 
+        "all nodes: invoke GetBootMedium and store result locally"
+        pass
     @node_mapper
-    def configure_qemu (self): pass
+    def configure_qemu (self): 
+        "all nodes: compute qemu config qemu.conf and store it locally"
+        pass
     @node_mapper
-    def reinstall_node (self): pass
+    def reinstall_node (self): 
+        "all nodes: mark PLCAPI boot_state as reinstall"
+        pass
     @node_mapper
-    def export_qemu (self): pass
+    def export_qemu (self): 
+        "all nodes: push local node-dep directory on the qemu box"
+        pass
         
-    ### check sanity : invoke scripts from qaapi/qa/tests/{node,slice}
-    def check_sanity_node (self): 
-        return self.locate_first_node().check_sanity()
-    def check_sanity_sliver (self) : 
-        return self.locate_first_sliver().check_sanity()
+    ### check hooks : invoke scripts from hooks/{node,slice}
+    def check_hooks_node (self): 
+        return self.locate_first_node().check_hooks()
+    def check_hooks_sliver (self) : 
+        return self.locate_first_sliver().check_hooks()
     
-    def check_sanity (self):
-        return self.check_sanity_node() and self.check_sanity_sliver()
+    def check_hooks (self):
+        "runs unit tests in the node and slice contexts - see hooks/{node,slice}"
+        return self.check_hooks_node() and self.check_hooks_sliver()
 
     ### initscripts
     def do_check_initscripts(self):
@@ -858,15 +841,18 @@ class TestPlc:
         return overall
            
     def check_initscripts(self):
-           return self.do_check_initscripts()
-                   
+        "check that the initscripts have triggered"
+        return self.do_check_initscripts()
+    
     def initscripts (self):
+        "create initscripts with PLCAPI"
         for initscript in self.plc_spec['initscripts']:
             utils.pprint('Adding Initscript in plc %s'%self.plc_spec['name'],initscript)
             self.apiserver.AddInitScript(self.auth_root(),initscript['initscript_fields'])
         return True
 
     def clean_initscripts (self):
+        "delete initscripts with PLCAPI"
         for initscript in self.plc_spec['initscripts']:
             initscript_name = initscript['initscript_fields']['name']
             print('Attempting to delete %s in plc %s'%(initscript_name,self.plc_spec['name']))
@@ -879,9 +865,11 @@ class TestPlc:
 
     ### manage slices
     def slices (self):
+        "create slices with PLCAPI"
         return self.do_slices()
 
     def clean_slices (self):
+        "delete slices with PLCAPI"
         return self.do_slices("delete")
 
     def do_slices (self,  action="add"):
@@ -899,15 +887,22 @@ class TestPlc:
         return True
         
     @slice_mapper_options
-    def check_slice(self): pass
+    def check_slice(self): 
+        "tries to ssh-enter the slice with the user key, to ensure slice creation"
+        pass
 
     @node_mapper
-    def clear_known_hosts (self): pass
+    def clear_known_hosts (self): 
+        "remove test nodes entries from the local known_hosts file"
+        pass
     
     @node_mapper
-    def start_node (self) : pass
+    def start_node (self) : 
+        "all nodes: start the qemu instance (also runs qemu-bridge-init start)"
+        pass
 
     def check_tcp (self):
+        "check TCP connectivity between 2 slices (or in loopback if only one is defined)"
         specs = self.plc_spec['tcp_test']
         overall=True
         for spec in specs:
@@ -925,17 +920,202 @@ class TestPlc:
         return overall
 
     def plcsh_stress_test (self):
+        "runs PLCAPI stress test, that checks Add/Update/Delete on all types - preserves contents"
         # install the stress-test in the plc image
-        location = "/usr/share/plc_api/plcsh-stress-test.py"
+        location = "/usr/share/plc_api/plcsh_stress_test.py"
         remote="/vservers/%s/%s"%(self.vservername,location)
-        self.test_ssh.copy_abs("plcsh-stress-test.py",remote)
+        self.test_ssh.copy_abs("plcsh_stress_test.py",remote)
         command = location
         command += " -- --check"
         if self.options.size == 1:
             command +=  " --tiny"
         return ( self.run_in_guest(command) == 0)
 
+    # populate runs the same utility without slightly different options
+    # in particular runs with --preserve (dont cleanup) and without --check
+    # also it gets run twice, once with the --foreign option for creating fake foreign entries
+
+    ### install_sfa_rpm
+    def install_sfa(self):
+        "yum install sfa, sfa-plc and sfa-client"
+        if self.options.personality == "linux32":
+            arch = "i386"
+        elif self.options.personality == "linux64":
+            arch = "x86_64"
+        else:
+            raise Exception, "Unsupported personality %r"%self.options.personality
+        return \
+            self.run_in_guest("yum -y install sfa")==0 and \
+            self.run_in_guest("yum -y install sfa-client")==0 and \
+            self.run_in_guest("yum -y install sfa-plc")==0 and \
+            self.run_in_guest("yum -y install sfa-sfatables")==0
+    ###
+    def configure_sfa(self):
+        "run sfa-config-tty"
+        tmpname='%s.sfa-config-tty'%(self.name())
+        fileconf=open(tmpname,'w')
+        fileconf.write ('u\n')
+        for var in [ 'SFA_REGISTRY_ROOT_AUTH',
+                     'SFA_REGISTRY_LEVEL1_AUTH',
+                     'SFA_PLC_USER',
+                     'SFA_PLC_PASSWORD',
+                     'SFA_PLC_DB_HOST',
+                     'SFA_PLC_DB_USER',
+                     'SFA_PLC_DB_PASSWORD']:
+            fileconf.write ('%s\n'%(self.plc_spec['sfa'][var]))
+        fileconf.write('w\n')
+        fileconf.write('q\n')
+        fileconf.close()
+        utils.system('cat %s'%tmpname)
+        self.run_in_guest_piped('cat %s'%tmpname,'sfa-config-tty')
+        utils.system('rm %s'%tmpname)
+        return True
+
+    def import_sfa(self):
+        "sfa-import-plc"
+       auth=self.plc_spec['sfa']['SFA_REGISTRY_ROOT_AUTH']
+        self.run_in_guest('sfa-import-plc.py')
+        self.run_in_guest('cp /etc/sfa/authorities/%s/%s.pkey /etc/sfa/authorities/server.key'%(auth,auth))
+        return True
+
+    def start_sfa(self):
+        "service sfa start"
+        self.run_in_guest('service sfa start')
+        return True
+
+    def setup_sfa(self):
+        "sfi client configuration"
+       dir_name=".sfi"
+       if os.path.exists(dir_name):
+           utils.system('rm -rf %s'%dir_name)
+       utils.system('mkdir %s'%dir_name)
+       file_name=dir_name + os.sep + 'fake-pi1.pkey'
+        fileconf=open(file_name,'w')
+        fileconf.write (self.plc_spec['keys'][0]['private'])
+        fileconf.close()
+
+       file_name=dir_name + os.sep + 'sfi_config'
+        fileconf=open(file_name,'w')
+       SFI_AUTH=self.plc_spec['sfa']['SFA_REGISTRY_ROOT_AUTH']+".main"
+        fileconf.write ("SFI_AUTH='%s'"%SFI_AUTH)
+       fileconf.write('\n')
+       SFI_USER=SFI_AUTH+'.fake-pi1'
+        fileconf.write ("SFI_USER='%s'"%SFI_USER)
+       fileconf.write('\n')
+        fileconf.write ("SFI_REGISTRY='http://localhost:12345/'")
+       fileconf.write('\n')
+        fileconf.write ("SFI_SM='http://localhost:12347/'")
+       fileconf.write('\n')
+        fileconf.close()
+
+       file_name=dir_name + os.sep + 'person.xml'
+        fileconf=open(file_name,'w')
+       for record in self.plc_spec['sfa']['sfa_person_xml']:
+          person_record=record
+       fileconf.write(person_record)
+       fileconf.write('\n')
+        fileconf.close()
+
+       file_name=dir_name + os.sep + 'slice.xml'
+        fileconf=open(file_name,'w')
+       for record in self.plc_spec['sfa']['sfa_slice_xml']:
+           slice_record=record
+       #slice_record=self.plc_spec['sfa']['sfa_slice_xml']
+       fileconf.write(slice_record)
+       fileconf.write('\n')
+        fileconf.close()
+
+       file_name=dir_name + os.sep + 'slice.rspec'
+        fileconf=open(file_name,'w')
+       slice_rspec=''
+       for (key, value) in self.plc_spec['sfa']['sfa_slice_rspec'].items():
+           slice_rspec +=value 
+       fileconf.write(slice_rspec)
+       fileconf.write('\n')
+        fileconf.close()
+        location = "root/"
+        remote="/vservers/%s/%s"%(self.vservername,location)
+       self.test_ssh.copy_abs(dir_name, remote, recursive=True)
+
+        #utils.system('cat %s'%tmpname)
+        utils.system('rm -rf %s'%dir_name)
+        return True
+
+    def add_sfa(self):
+        "run sfi.py add (on Registry) and sfi.py create (on SM) to form new objects"
+       test_plc=self
+        test_user_sfa=TestUserSfa(test_plc,self.plc_spec['sfa'])
+        success=test_user_sfa.add_user()
+
+       for slice_spec in self.plc_spec['sfa']['slices_sfa']:
+            site_spec = self.locate_site (slice_spec['sitename'])
+            test_site = TestSite(self,site_spec)
+           test_slice_sfa=TestSliceSfa(test_plc,test_site,slice_spec)
+           success1=test_slice_sfa.add_slice()
+           success2=test_slice_sfa.create_slice()
+       return success and success1 and success2
+
+    def update_sfa(self):
+        "run sfi.py update (on Registry) and sfi.py create (on SM) on existing objects"
+       test_plc=self
+       test_user_sfa=TestUserSfa(test_plc,self.plc_spec['sfa'])
+       success1=test_user_sfa.update_user()
+       
+       for slice_spec in self.plc_spec['sfa']['slices_sfa']:
+           site_spec = self.locate_site (slice_spec['sitename'])
+           test_site = TestSite(self,site_spec)
+           test_slice_sfa=TestSliceSfa(test_plc,test_site,slice_spec)
+           success2=test_slice_sfa.update_slice()
+       return success1 and success2
+
+    def view_sfa(self):
+        "run sfi.py list and sfi.py show (both on Registry) and sfi.py slices and sfi.py resources (both on SM)"
+       auth=self.plc_spec['sfa']['SFA_REGISTRY_ROOT_AUTH']
+       return \
+       self.run_in_guest("sfi.py -d /root/.sfi/ list %s.main"%auth)==0 and \
+       self.run_in_guest("sfi.py -d /root/.sfi/ show %s.main"%auth)==0 and \
+       self.run_in_guest("sfi.py -d /root/.sfi/ slices")==0 and \
+       self.run_in_guest("sfi.py -d /root/.sfi/ resources")==0
+
+    @slice_mapper_options_sfa
+    def check_slice_sfa(self): 
+       "tries to ssh-enter the SFA slice"
+        pass
+
+    def delete_sfa(self):
+       "run sfi.py delete (on SM), sfi.py remove (on Registry)"
+       test_plc=self
+       test_user_sfa=TestUserSfa(test_plc,self.plc_spec['sfa'])
+       success1=test_user_sfa.delete_user()
+       for slice_spec in self.plc_spec['sfa']['slices_sfa']:
+            site_spec = self.locate_site (slice_spec['sitename'])
+            test_site = TestSite(self,site_spec)
+           test_slice_sfa=TestSliceSfa(test_plc,test_site,slice_spec)
+           success2=test_slice_sfa.delete_slice()
+
+       return success1 and success2
+
+    def stop_sfa(self):
+        "service sfa stop"
+        self.run_in_guest('service sfa stop')
+        return True
+
+    def populate (self):
+        "creates random entries in the PLCAPI"
+        # install the stress-test in the plc image
+        location = "/usr/share/plc_api/plcsh_stress_test.py"
+        remote="/vservers/%s/%s"%(self.vservername,location)
+        self.test_ssh.copy_abs("plcsh_stress_test.py",remote)
+        command = location
+        command += " -- --preserve --short-names"
+        local = (self.run_in_guest(command) == 0);
+        # second run with --foreign
+        command += ' --foreign'
+        remote = (self.run_in_guest(command) == 0);
+        return ( local and remote)
+
     def gather_logs (self):
+        "gets all possible logs from plc's/qemu node's/slice's for future reference"
         # (1.a) get the plc's /var/log/ and store it locally in logs/myplc.var-log.<plcname>/*
         # (1.b) get the plc's  /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_log/ -> logs/myplc.pgsql-log.<plcname>/*
         # (2) get all the nodes qemu log and store it as logs/node.qemu.<node>.log
@@ -989,9 +1169,9 @@ class TestPlc:
             test_site = TestSite (self,site_spec)
             for node_spec in site_spec['nodes']:
                 test_node=TestNode(self,test_site,node_spec)
-                test_ssh = TestSsh (test_node.name(),key="/etc/planetlab/root_ssh_key.rsa")
-                to_plc = self.actual_command_in_guest ( test_ssh.actual_command("tar -C /var/log -cf - ."))
-                command = to_plc + "| tar -C logs/node.var-log.%s -xf -"%test_node.name()
+                test_ssh = TestSsh (test_node.name(),key="keys/key1.rsa")
+                command = test_ssh.actual_command("tar -C /var/log -cf - .")
+                command = command + "| tar -C logs/node.var-log.%s -xf -"%test_node.name()
                 utils.system("mkdir -p logs/node.var-log.%s"%test_node.name())
                 utils.system(command)
 
@@ -1068,4 +1248,3 @@ class TestPlc:
     def standby_19(): pass
     @standby_generic 
     def standby_20(): pass
-