QA/Mozmill Test Automation/Shadow Web Server

Overview

Lead:	Al Billings
Dates:	Server operational by end of 2011Q1
Status:	Waiting for web server to be provisioned.
Documentation:	TBD

Summary

The QA organization needs a web server to host test content and to act as a back end for various QA projects, such as the Mozilla Crowd extension and Continuous Integration.

Project Plan

Goal

• To have an apache web server in place hosting a mirror of all of the litmus-files HG repo content.
• To have CGI and PHP enabled to allow for testing of more complex scenarios than possible with simple HTML files.
• To have QA specific security certificates to support security testing not currently possible on Mozilla servers.
• To support new QA projects that require a web back end.

Milestones

Milestone 1

Completion of:

• Creation of Web Server
• Regular cloning of litmus-files HG repo to web root

Milestone 2

Completion of:

• Update existing TCM test cases to point manual tests to new server location.
• Purchase and configuration of security certificates for security testing.
• Configuration files for MozCrowd extension.

Milestone 3

Completion of:

• Continuous Integration files in place.
• something

Milestone 4

Completion of:

• something
• something