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3.1. Execute Command

Goal

  • Create a new test suite named 03-Remote, which has a suite named 01-connection.
  • Create a new keyword named Open Connection And Log In With Password which establish connection to the remote host.
  • Create a new test case named Get Date From Remote Host which will execute date command on the remote host and log the output to the console.

Solution

Hints

You can use SSHLibrary to open connection to a remote host using SSH.

Click here to learn more about SSHLibrary and its keywords..

Solution: tests/03-remote/01-connection.robot
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*** Test Cases ***
Get Date From Remote Host
    Switch Connection    ${HOST}[alias]
    ${date}=    Execute Command    date

    Log To Console    ${date}

*** Keywords ***
Open Connection And Log In With Password
    Open Connection
    ...    ${HOST}[name]
    ...    port=${HOST}[port]
    ...    alias=${HOST}[alias]

    Login
    ...    ${AUTH}[username]
    ...    ${AUTH}[password]

*** Settings ***
Library        SSHLibrary
Suite Setup    Open Connection And Log In With Password

*** Variables ***
&{HOST}    name=localhost    port=2222    alias=openssh-server-for-robot
&{AUTH}    username=robotdev    password=Hn7c5%lyBpIn8*8Z

Results

Inside the tests folder, execute the following command to execute 03-Remote suite.

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robot --suite 03-remote .

The output should be something like this:

==============================================================================
Tests.03-Remote                                                               
==============================================================================
Tests.03-Remote.01-Connection                                                 
==============================================================================
Get Date From Remote Host                                             ..Sun Jun 14 21:13:28 CEST 2020
Get Date From Remote Host                                             | PASS |

You can check the generated log.html file to see how your test cases worked.

Last update: June 22, 2020