ENH: Add tests for minimal functionality

.docker/Dockerfile

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ RUN ./install_cpplib.sh
 COPY . /caosdb-juliainttest
 WORKDIR /caosdb-juliainttest
 
+COPY .docker/caosdb_client.json /caosdb_client.json
+
 # Set-up and run the integration test
 CMD export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/root/.local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH && \
     echo "F_BRANCH = $F_BRANCH" && \

.docker/caosdb_client.json

+{
+  "connections": {
+    "default": "julialib-integrationtest",
+    "julialib-integrationtest": {
+      "host": "caosdb-server",
+      "port": 8443,
+      "server_certificate_path": "/cert/caosdb.cert.pem",
+      "authentication": {
+        "type": "plain",
+        "username": "admin",
+        "password": "caosdb"
+      }
+    },
+    "local-caosdb": {
+      "host": "localhost",
+      "port": 8443,
+      "server_certificate_path": "some/path/cacert.pem",
+      "authentication": {
+        "type": "plain",
+        "username": "me",
+        "password": "secret!"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "extension": {
+    "this is my": "special option"
+  }
+}

.docker/tester.yml

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       CAOSDB_SERVER_HOST: caosdb-server
       CAOSDB_SERVER_CERT: /cert/caosdb.cert.pem
+      CAOSDB_CLIENT_CONFIGURATION: /caosdb_client.json
       F_BRANCH: $F_BRANCH
     networks:
       - docker_caosnet

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 * Basic CI infrastructure
 * Simple test for the connection to a CaosDB server
+* Tests for connecting via config files
 
 ### Changed
 

README_SETUP.md

@@ -7,10 +7,15 @@ environmental variable in such a way that a connection can be established with C
 
 ```julia
 using CaosDB
-CaosDB.Connection.connect()
+CaosDB.Connection.connect_manually()
 ```
 
-i.e., without any explicit arguments to the call to `connect`.
+i.e., without any explicit arguments to the call to
+`connect_manually`. Also set up a `caosdb_client.json` either in with
+a connection named `julialib-integrationtest` as default that connects
+to the above server. See the [documentation of
+libcaosdb](https://docs.indiscale.com/caosdb-cpplib/) for more
+information on the config file.
 
 # Tests
 

test/runtests.jl

@@ -55,5 +55,14 @@ catch e
     end
 end
 
-# test whether connection can be established without an error
-@test CaosDB.Connection.connect() != nothing
+@testset "Test CaosDB" begin
+
+    @testset "Test connection" begin
+        # test whether connection can be established without an error
+        @test CaosDB.Connection.connect() != nothing
+        @test CaosDB.Connection.connect("julialib-integrationtest") != nothing
+        # Test manually
+        @test CaosDB.Connection.connect_manually() != nothing
+    end
+
+end