Spread - The snaps testing tool
summary
Spread is an open source test runner that executes integration suites for snapd and snaps across kernels, architectures and distributions by allocating containers, QEMU VMs, cloud instances or connected devices, running tests in parallel and then deallocating them. Configuration is YAML with prepare/restore hooks, data‑driven variants, tests are simple bash scripts (or import Python), logs merge into a unified result file, CI integration scales to 11,000 tests in one hour, and failing workers drop into a debug shell on failing worker.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Spread and testing challenges
- 1:11Testing problems solved
- 2:37Parallel testing with Spread
- 5:32Spread commands and config
- 8:45Test organization in Spread
- 11:58Spread workflow and backends
- 16:56Cloud and device backends
- 18:47Live demo of Spread
- 21:37Debugging Spread tests
- 23:04Conclusion and Q&A
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