Chapter 5. Performing Certification

Following are the required prerequisites for creating a certification:

  • You must select Red Hat OpenStack Platform Bare Metal Cert as the program, and
  • Depending which certification you are trying to achieve, select either an already certified server or add a new BMC component.

5.1. Creating a Bare Metal Cert from an Existing Certification

This process is used while creating a Red Hat OpenStack Platform Bare Metal certification request from an existing RHEL 7 system certification. You are expected to have a corresponding published RHOSP Nova certificate. Perform the following steps to create a bare metal cert from an existing certification:

  1. Go to the rhcert web UI and select a certification from the base RHEL certification.
  2. Click on the Certificate.
  3. Click the Related Certifications tab.
  4. From the Product drop down list, select Red Hat OpenStack Platform, and from the Version drop down list select RHOSP 13.0. For Format drop down list, select Bare Metal.
  5. Click Create.

Figure 5.1. Creating a new certification from an existing certification

Bare Metal Certificate

After the request is created, monitor the request for questions from the certification team.

Important

To create a Bare Metal certificate from a pass-through RHEL cert, Partners should have a Bare Metal cert in the original RHEL cert.

5.2. Receiving the Test Plan

The test plan is available on the test server. The following screenshot illustrates an example of a test plan and describes the tests required to run Bare Metal.

Figure 5.2. Test Plan

Test Plan

5.3. Registering the System

Perform the following steps to register your system using Red Hat Certification:

  1. In your test server launch Red Hat certification web UI in a browser using the http://machine-ip link
  2. Type Red Hat account credentials enabled for certification in the Username and Password fields. Click Login .

  3. On the Red Hat Certification Home Page, click the Server settings tab.

    Figure 5.3. Server Setting Tab

    Server Setting Tab
  4. In the Register a System field, type the hostname or IP address of the Undercloud node where the plugin-under-test/driver-under-test is installed and then click Add.
Important

For more information on registering a system, refer to Registering a System using Redhat-Certification.

5.4. Executing Tests

  1. Click the Certifications tab, and select the relevant bare metal certification. If the Certification section of the certification entry is highlighted, go to step 3.

  2. If the Certification section of the certification entry is not highlighted, perform the following steps:

    1. Click the Testing tab > Certification.
    2. Click Continue Testing and go to Step 3.

  3. Select the check box corresponding to the test you wish to run and click Run selected.

    Note

    You can run tests in any order and combination. If the test is interactive, you will be prompted for additional information during the test. For example, insert or remove a USB3 device.

  4. After the run is completed, it will appear in the list of runs and the Continue Testing button is enabled again. You can then run additional tests or view the logs from the previous run(s) and submit results.

5.5. Viewing the Test Logs

To view the test logs using Red Hat Certification web UI, perform the following steps.

  1. Launch Red Hat Certification web UI on the test server.
  2. On Red Hat Certification Home Page, click the relevant certification entry.
  3. Click the Testing link to open the Testing Page.
  4. In the Testing Page, click the timestamp under the relevant hostname that corresponds to the results you wish to view.

Next Steps:

You may view the results of each test from the Results column on the table. From the Actions list, select an appropriate action based on the following details:

  • Submit Test Logs: To submit the test log file for validation, select Submit. To close the test log file, select Close
  • Save Test Logs: To save the test log file on a Red Hat Certification server, select Save. The save action transfers the test log file in .xml.gz format to a remote server which has Red Hat Certification application installed
  • Download Test Logs: To download the test log file in .xml.gz format, select Download
  • Delete Test Logs: To delete the test log file from the server, select Delete