Problems when running the integration tests locally

Summary

There are several problems when attempting to run the scripts locally against LinkAhead. for the missing/wrong/contradictory documentation, see #22 and https://gitlab.indiscale.com/caosdb/src/caosdb-deploy/-/issues/363. Further problems concern the authtokens: In a local setup, you have to docker cp the auth tokens from within the server container to a location specified in your pylinkahead.ini.

Expected Behavior

It should be possible and documented to run the integration tests.

Actual Behavior

There are errors because of unclear config and

Steps to Reproduce the Problem

Follow the instructions on how to run the tests.

Specifications

• Version: LinkAhead 0.14
• Platform: any

Possible fixes

• Add an integration-test profile to this Repo
• Improve, unify, and fix documentation
• Skip tests that don't really make sense for local execution?

Workarounds

• Use pipelines for integration tests
• docker cp authtokens before every run of the inttests
• Run integration tests within docker container?
• Use plain linkahead-server without docker

changed milestone to %Development Taskforce

added BugConfirmed EnhancementProposed labels

assigned to @florian

marked this issue as blocking caosdb-pylib#182