Seamlessly build and test current iterations of your chain both locally and within GitHub's continuous integration (CI) pipeline.
- Chain code altered
- Dev runs
make local-image
-> builds current iteration of chain inside the docker image - Dev runs
make test-the-thing
-> runs test using new image - -- Development is done, code pushed, PR created --
- GitHub Action Builds Docker image (on PR)
- GitHub Action runs tests as part of CI (on PR)
- The team can ensure all tests pass before merging
We recommend creating a separate directory in your chain's repo and importing Interchaintest as its own module. This will allow you to keep the extra imports needed for interchaintest
separate from your chain.
See noble
chains interchaintest e2e
folder as an example.
Nobles' CI workflow is a great example to follow along with throughout this guide.
Goal: Dev runs make local-image
to create a docker container of the chain's current code base. They can then use that image in the E2E tests.
interchaintest
relies on docker images containing your chains binary.
We recommend leveraging heighliner
to build the docker image for your chain. Ideally, you won't even need a local Dockerfile in your repo as Heighliner covers this.
Add this to your Makefile:
get-heighliner:
git clone https://github.com/strangelove-ventures/heighliner.git
cd heighliner && go install
local-image:
ifeq (,$(shell which heighliner))
echo 'heighliner' binary not found. Consider running `make get-heighliner`
else
heighliner build -c noble --local --dockerfile cosmos --build-target "make install" --binaries "/go/bin/nobled"
endif
In the example above, make local-image
will build image: noble:local
.
You'll need to change -c
arg to your chain name, and the --binaries
arg to your binary's install location.
While Heighliner works out of the box with most Cosmos-based chains. Other chains or non-standard Cosmos chains may require extra args. See the Heighliner repo for more info.
It's important to realize the image will be named using the arg from the -c
flag. The --local
flag builds from your local repository (as opposed to the remote git repository) and tags the docker image as local
. The image name and tag will be integrated into your tests in the step below
Goal: When a PR is created, have a GitHub workflow that:
- Builds a Docker image with the latest code changes to the binary.
- Synchronously spin up runners (one for each test), load Docker image, and run tests.
We recommend having this workflow run only on PR's.
There are two jobs in this workflow.
build-docker
e2e-tests
Full workflow file example
name: End to End Tests
on:
pull_request:
env:
TAR_PATH: heighliner.tar
concurrency:
group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
cancel-in-progress: true
jobs:
build-docker:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Build Docker image
uses: strangelove-ventures/[email protected]
with:
registry: "" # empty registry, image only shared for e2e testing
tag: local # emulate local environment for consistency in interchaintest cases
tar-export-path: ${{ env.TAR_PATH }} # export a tarball that can be uploaded as an artifact for the e2e jobs
platform: linux/amd64 # test runner architecture only
git-ref: ${{ github.head_ref }} # source code ref
# Heighliner chains.yaml config
chain: noble
dockerfile: cosmos
build-target: make install
binaries: |
- /go/bin/nobled
- name: Publish Tarball as Artifact
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
with:
name: noble-docker-image
path: ${{ env.TAR_PATH }}
e2e-tests:
needs: build-docker
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
strategy:
matrix:
# names of `make` commands to run tests
test:
- ictest-tkn-factory
- ictest-packet-forward
- ictest-paramauthority
- ictest-chain-upgrade-noble-1
- ictest-chain-upgrade-grand-1
- ictest-globalFee
- ictest-ics20-bps-fees
- ictest-client-substitution
- ictest-cctp
fail-fast: false
steps:
- name: Set up Go 1.19
uses: actions/setup-go@v3
with:
go-version: 1.19
- name: checkout chain
uses: actions/checkout@v3
- name: Download Tarball Artifact
uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
with:
name: noble-docker-image
- name: Load Docker Image
run: docker image load -i ${{ env.TAR_PATH }}
- name: run test
run: make ${{ matrix.test }}
This example is broken down in the steps below.
Goal: Builds Docker image based on the pushed chain code. Then upload the image as a GitHub artifact.
Artifacts allow you to share data between jobs in a workflow. You can read more about them here
We recommend to use the Heighliner Action (strangelove-ventures/heighliner-build-action). This action streamlines setting up Go, checking out the repo, and building the image with the proper tags. Like the local build step above, this removes the need for a local Dockerfile.
Note the tar-export-path
. This is the artifact that will be uploaded and used by the other GitHub runners.
env:
TAR_PATH: heighliner.tar
jobs:
build-docker:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Build Docker image
uses: strangelove-ventures/[email protected]
with:
registry: "" # empty registry, image only shared for e2e testing
tag: local # emulate local environment for consistency in interchaintest cases
tar-export-path: ${{ env.TAR_PATH }} # export a tarball that can be uploaded as an artifact for the e2e jobs
platform: linux/amd64 # test runner architecture only
git-ref: ${{ github.head_ref }} # source code ref
# Heighliner chains.yaml config
chain: noble
dockerfile: cosmos
build-target: make install
binaries: |
- /go/bin/nobled
As noted in the previous step, unless you are working with a non-Cosmos chain or a non-standard Cosmos chain, the only args you'll likely need to alter are the chain
and binaries
arguments.
This step uploads the artifact:
...
env:
TAR_PATH: heighliner.tar
jobs:
build-docker:
...
...
- name: Publish Tarball as Artifact
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
with:
name: chain-docker-image
path: ${{ env.TAR_PATH }}
You shouldn't need to change anything in this step.
Goal: Synchronously spin up a runner for each test, download the artifact (Docker image) to each runner, load the image into Docker, and run the test.
The example below will spin up 9 runners, one for each test.
e2e-tests:
needs: build-docker
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
strategy:
matrix:
# names of `make` commands to run tests
test:
- ictest-tkn-factory
- ictest-packet-forward
- ictest-paramauthority
- ictest-chain-upgrade-noble-1
- ictest-chain-upgrade-grand-1
- ictest-globalFee
- ictest-ics20-bps-fees
- ictest-client-substitution
- ictest-cctp
fail-fast: false
steps:
- name: Set up Go 1.19
uses: actions/setup-go@v3
with:
go-version: 1.19
- name: checkout chain
uses: actions/checkout@v3
- name: Download Tarball Artifact
uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
with:
name: chain-docker-image
- name: Load Docker Image
run: docker image load -i ${{ env.TAR_PATH }}
- name: run test
run: make ${{ matrix.test }}
The only thing you'll need to change is the test
names in the strategy matrix. These should match Makefile
commands.
For example in the Makefile:
ictest-tkn-factory:
cd interchaintest && go test -race -v -run ^TestTokenFactory$$ .
There are also environment variables you can set to alter logging settings. See all options here
The final part is to specify the proper Docker Repository
(image name) and Version
(image tag) in your ibc.ChainConfig
.
Repository
= chain name (same as the -c
arg in the heighliner command)
Version
= "local"
cf := interchaintest.NewBuiltinChainFactory(zaptest.NewLogger(t), []*interchaintest.ChainSpec{
{
Name: "noble",
ChainConfig: ibc.ChainConfig{
Images: []ibc.DockerImage{
{
Repository: "noble",
Version: "local",
UidGid: "1025:1025",
},
},
},
NumValidators: &numVals,
NumFullNodes: &numFullNodes,
},
})
Note
When running tests, you may see a ERROR Failed to pull image
at the start of the test. This is expected when running local images.
With that, you should be set up for streamlined E2E testing!
- Noble Chain - https://github.com/strangelove-ventures/noble
- Juno Chain https://github.com/CosmosContracts/juno
- Go Relayer - https://github.com/cosmos/relayer/blob/main/.github/workflows/interchaintest.yml
- IBC-Go e2e tests - https://github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/blob/main/.github/workflows/e2e-test-workflow-call.yml