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Revision as of 08:30, 11 July 2012
, 11 July 2012Added link to deploy key help text
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We are using a [https://github.com/mozilla/webqa-credentials private GitHub repository] to store credentials for WebQA projects. These credentials can be used by automation projects. | We are using a [https://github.com/mozilla/webqa-credentials private GitHub repository] to store credentials for WebQA projects. These credentials can be used by automation projects. | ||
To read/write to this repository you must first have access to it. The CI server (qa-selenium.mv.mozilla.com) has a deploy key configured so it can pull updates for the automated tests. The repository is currently checked out to <tt>/Users/webqa/webqa-credentials</tt>, and can be updated using the command <tt>git pull</tt>. | To read/write to this repository you must first have access to it. The CI server (qa-selenium.mv.mozilla.com) has a [https://help.github.com/articles/managing-deploy-keys deploy key] configured so it can pull updates for the automated tests. The repository is currently checked out to <tt>/Users/webqa/webqa-credentials</tt>, and can be updated using the command <tt>git pull</tt>. | ||
The first automated project to use this | The first automated project to use this was [https://github.com/mozilla/Addon-Tests AMO], where the credentials are stored in a simple [http://www.yaml.org/ YAML] format. The credentials file is then passed to the tests on the command line by specifying <tt>--credentialsfile=<file></tt>. This means that we keep our passwords secure, and allow anyone running the tests locally to use the provided <tt>credentials.yaml</tt> template to provide their own login details. | ||