Integration Tests

All minikube integration tests

TestDownloadOnly

makes sure the –download-only parameter in minikube start caches the appropriate images and tarballs.

TestDownloadOnlyKic

makes sure –download-only caches the docker driver images as well.

TestOffline

makes sure minikube works without internet, once the user has cached the necessary images. This test has to run after TestDownloadOnly.

TestAddons

tests addons that require no special environment in parallel

validateIngressAddon

tests the ingress addon by deploying a default nginx pod

validateRegistryAddon

tests the registry addon

validateMetricsServerAddon

tests the metrics server addon by making sure “kubectl top pods” returns a sensible result

validateHelmTillerAddon

tests the helm tiller addon by running “helm version” inside the cluster

validateOlmAddon

tests the OLM addon

validateCSIDriverAndSnapshots

tests the csi hostpath driver by creating a persistent volume, snapshotting it and restoring it.

validateGCPAuthAddon

tests the GCP Auth addon with either phony or real credentials and makes sure the files are mounted into pods correctly

TestCertOptions

makes sure minikube certs respect the –apiserver-ips and –apiserver-names parameters

TestDockerFlags

makes sure the –docker-env and –docker-opt parameters are respected

TestForceSystemdFlag

tests the –force-systemd flag, as one would expect.

validateDockerSystemd

makes sure the –force-systemd flag worked with the docker container runtime

validateContainerdSystemd

makes sure the –force-systemd flag worked with the containerd container runtime

TestForceSystemdEnv

makes sure the MINIKUBE_FORCE_SYSTEMD environment variable works just as well as the –force-systemd flag

TestKVMDriverInstallOrUpdate

makes sure our docker-machine-driver-kvm2 binary can be installed properly

TestHyperKitDriverInstallOrUpdate

makes sure our docker-machine-driver-hyperkit binary can be installed properly

TestHyperkitDriverSkipUpgrade

makes sure our docker-machine-driver-hyperkit binary can be installed properly

TestErrorSpam

asserts that there are no unexpected errors displayed in minikube command outputs.

TestFunctional

are functionality tests which can safely share a profile in parallel

validateNodeLabels

checks if minikube cluster is created with correct kubernetes’s node label

validateLoadImage

makes sure that minikube image load works as expected

validateLoadImageFromFile

makes sure that minikube image load works from a local file

validateRemoveImage

makes sures that minikube image rm works as expected

validateBuildImage

makes sures that minikube image build works as expected

validateListImages

makes sures that minikube image ls works as expected

validateDockerEnv

check functionality of minikube after evaluating docker-env

validatePodmanEnv

check functionality of minikube after evaluating podman-env

validateStartWithProxy

makes sure minikube start respects the HTTP_PROXY environment variable

validateStartWithCustomCerts

makes sure minikube start respects the HTTPS_PROXY environment variable and works with custom certs a proxy is started by calling the mitmdump binary in the background, then installing the certs generated by the binary mitmproxy/dump creates the proxy at localhost at port 8080 only runs on Github Actions for amd64 linux, otherwise validateStartWithProxy runs instead

validateAuditAfterStart

makes sure the audit log contains the correct logging after minikube start

validateSoftStart

validates that after minikube already started, a “minikube start” should not change the configs.

validateKubeContext

asserts that kubectl is properly configured (race-condition prone!)

validateKubectlGetPods

asserts that kubectl get pod -A returns non-zero content

validateMinikubeKubectl

validates that the minikube kubectl command returns content

validateMinikubeKubectlDirectCall

validates that calling minikube’s kubectl

validateExtraConfig

verifies minikube with –extra-config works as expected

validateComponentHealth

asserts that all Kubernetes components are healthy NOTE: It expects all components to be Ready, so it makes sense to run it close after only those tests that include ‘–wait=all’ start flag

validateStatusCmd

makes sure minikube status outputs correctly

validateDashboardCmd

asserts that the dashboard command works

validateDryRun

asserts that the dry-run mode quickly exits with the right code

validateInternationalLanguage

asserts that the language used can be changed with environment variables

validateCacheCmd

tests functionality of cache command (cache add, delete, list)

validateConfigCmd

asserts basic “config” command functionality

validateLogsCmd

asserts basic “logs” command functionality

validateLogsFileCmd

asserts “logs –file” command functionality

validateProfileCmd

asserts “profile” command functionality

validateServiceCmd

asserts basic “service” command functionality

validateAddonsCmd

asserts basic “addon” command functionality

validateSSHCmd

asserts basic “ssh” command functionality

validateCpCmd

asserts basic “cp” command functionality

validateMySQL

validates a minimalist MySQL deployment

validateFileSync

to check existence of the test file

validateCertSync

checks to make sure a custom cert has been copied into the minikube guest and installed correctly

validateNotActiveRuntimeDisabled

asserts that for a given runtime, the other runtimes disabled, for example for containerd runtime, docker and crio needs to be not running

validateUpdateContextCmd

asserts basic “update-context” command functionality

validateVersionCmd

asserts minikube version command works fine for both –short and –components

validateMountCmd

verifies the minikube mount command works properly

validatePersistentVolumeClaim

makes sure PVCs work properly

validateTunnelCmd

makes sure the minikube tunnel command works as expected

validateTunnelStart

starts minikube tunnel

validateServiceStable

starts nginx pod, nginx service and waits nginx having loadbalancer ingress IP

validateAccessDirect

validates if the test service can be accessed with LoadBalancer IP from host

validateDNSDig

validates if the DNS forwarding works by dig command DNS lookup NOTE: DNS forwarding is experimental: https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/handbook/accessing/#dns-resolution-experimental

validateDNSDscacheutil

validates if the DNS forwarding works by dscacheutil command DNS lookup NOTE: DNS forwarding is experimental: https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/handbook/accessing/#dns-resolution-experimental

validateAccessDNS

validates if the test service can be accessed with DNS forwarding from host NOTE: DNS forwarding is experimental: https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/handbook/accessing/#dns-resolution-experimental

validateTunnelDelete

stops minikube tunnel

TestGuestEnvironment

verifies files and packges installed inside minikube ISO/Base image

TestGvisorAddon

tests the functionality of the gVisor addon

TestJSONOutput

makes sure json output works properly for the start, pause, unpause, and stop commands

validateDistinctCurrentSteps

validateDistinctCurrentSteps makes sure each step has a distinct step number

validateIncreasingCurrentSteps

verifies that for a successful minikube start, ‘current step’ should be increasing

TestErrorJSONOutput

makes sure json output can print errors properly

TestKicCustomNetwork

verifies the docker driver works with a custom network

TestKicExistingNetwork

verifies the docker driver and run with an existing network

TestingKicBaseImage

will return true if the integraiton test is running against a passed –base-image flag

TestMultiNode

tests all multi node cluster functionality

validateMultiNodeStart

makes sure a 2 node cluster can start

validateAddNodeToMultiNode

uses the minikube node add command to add a node to an existing cluster

validateProfileListWithMultiNode

make sure minikube profile list outputs correct with multinode clusters

validateCopyFileWithMultiNode

validateProfileListWithMultiNode make sure minikube profile list outputs correct with multinode clusters

validateStopRunningNode

tests the minikube node stop command

validateStartNodeAfterStop

tests the minikube node start command on an existing stopped node

validateRestartKeepsNodes

restarts minikube cluster and checks if the reported node list is unchanged

validateStopMultiNodeCluster

runs minikube stop on a multinode cluster

validateRestartMultiNodeCluster

verifies a soft restart on a multinode cluster works

validateDeleteNodeFromMultiNode

tests the minikube node delete command

validateNameConflict

tests that the node name verification works as expected

validateDeployAppToMultiNode

deploys an app to a multinode cluster and makes sure all nodes can serve traffic

validatePodsPingHost

uses app previously deplyed by validateDeployAppToMultiNode to verify its pods, located on different nodes, can resolve “host.minikube.internal”.

TestNetworkPlugins

tests all supported CNI options Options tested: kubenet, bridge, flannel, kindnet, calico, cilium Flags tested: enable-default-cni (legacy), false (CNI off), auto-detection

validateFalseCNI

checks that minikube returns and error if container runtime is “containerd” or “crio” and –cni=false

validateHairpinMode

makes sure the hairpinning (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairpinning) is correctly configured for given CNI try to access deployment/netcat pod using external, obtained from ‘netcat’ service dns resolution, IP address should fail if hairpinMode is off

TestChangeNoneUser

tests to make sure the CHANGE_MINIKUBE_NONE_USER environemt variable is respected and changes the minikube file permissions from root to the correct user.

TestPause

tests minikube pause functionality

validateFreshStart

just starts a new minikube cluster

validateStartNoReconfigure

validates that starting a running cluster does not invoke reconfiguration

validatePause

runs minikube pause

validateUnpause

runs minikube unpause

validateDelete

deletes the unpaused cluster

validateVerifyDeleted

makes sure no left over left after deleting a profile such as containers or volumes

validateStatus

makes sure paused clusters show up in minikube status correctly

TestDebPackageInstall

TestPackageInstall tests installation of .deb packages with minikube itself and with kvm2 driver on various debian/ubuntu docker images

TestPreload

verifies the preload tarballs get pulled in properly by minikube

TestScheduledStopWindows

tests the schedule stop functionality on Windows

TestScheduledStopUnix

tests the schedule stop functionality on Unix

TestSkaffold

makes sure skaffold run can be run with minikube

TestStartStop

tests starting, stopping and restarting a minikube clusters with various Kubernetes versions and configurations The oldest supported, newest supported and default Kubernetes versions are always tested.

validateFirstStart

runs the initial minikube start

validateDeploying

deploys an app the minikube cluster

validateEnableAddonWhileActive

makes sure addons can be enabled while cluster is active.

validateStop

tests minikube stop

validateEnableAddonAfterStop

makes sure addons can be enabled on a stopped cluster

validateSecondStart

verifies that starting a stopped cluster works

validateAppExistsAfterStop

verifies that a user’s app will not vanish after a minikube stop

validateAddonAfterStop

validates that an addon which was enabled when minikube is stopped will be enabled and working..

validateKubernetesImages

verifies that a restarted cluster contains all the necessary images

validatePauseAfterStart

verifies that minikube pause works

TestInsufficientStorage

makes sure minikube status displays the correct info if there is insufficient disk space on the machine

TestRunningBinaryUpgrade

upgrades a running legacy cluster to minikube at HEAD

TestStoppedBinaryUpgrade

starts a legacy minikube, stops it, and then upgrades to minikube at HEAD

TestKubernetesUpgrade

upgrades Kubernetes from oldest to newest

TestMissingContainerUpgrade

tests a Docker upgrade where the underlying container is missing

Last modified August 9, 2021: Update auto-generated docs and translations (2c23bbefb)