community.general/docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/testing_httptester.rst

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Overview
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``httptester`` is a docker container used to host certain resources required by :doc:`testing_integration`. This is to avoid CI tests requiring external resources (such as git or package repos) which, if temporarily unavailable, would cause tests to fail.

HTTP Testing endpoint which provides the following capabilities:

* httpbin
* nginx
* SSL
* SNI


Source files can be found in the `http-test-container <https://github.com/ansible/http-test-container>`_ repository.

Extending httptester
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If you have sometime to improve ``httptester`` please add a comment on the `Testing Working Group Agenda <https://github.com/ansible/community/blob/master/meetings/README.md>`_ to avoid duplicated effort.
Docs how to test (2nd) (#24094) * Big testing doc refactor * Combine all the testing documentation in to one place to make it easier to find * Convert everything to RST * Create testing_network guide * Create testing landing page * For each section detail "how to run" and "how to extend testing" * More examples * Lots more detail 2017-04-28 10:08:26 +02:00			`**********`
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			`.. contents:: Topics`

			`Overview`
			`========`

			``httptester`` is a docker container used to host certain resources required by :doc:`testing_integration`. This is to avoid CI tests requiring external resources (such as git or package repos) which, if temporarily unavailable, would cause tests to fail.

			`HTTP Testing endpoint which provides the following capabilities:`

			`* httpbin`
			`* nginx`
			`* SSL`
			`* SNI`


Update httptester docs. 2018-04-17 23:30:14 +02:00			Source files can be found in the `http-test-container <https://github.com/ansible/http-test-container>`_ repository.
Docs how to test (2nd) (#24094) * Big testing doc refactor * Combine all the testing documentation in to one place to make it easier to find * Convert everything to RST * Create testing_network guide * Create testing landing page * For each section detail "how to run" and "how to extend testing" * More examples * Lots more detail 2017-04-28 10:08:26 +02:00
			`Extending httptester`
			`====================`

docs: fix community meetings link (#27264) 2017-07-25 15:23:01 +02:00			If you have sometime to improve ``httptester`` please add a comment on the `Testing Working Group Agenda <https://github.com/ansible/community/blob/master/meetings/README.md>`_ to avoid duplicated effort.