new: dev: Support jinja2 templates in pytest runner
Configuration files in system tests which require some variables (e.g.
port numbers) filled in during test setup, can now use jinja2 templates
when jinja2
python package is available.
Any *.j2
file found within the system test directory will be
automatically rendered with the environment variables into a file
without the .j2
extension by the pytest runner. E.g.
ns1/named.conf.j2
will become ns1/named.conf
during test setup. To
avoid automatic rendering, use .j2.manual
extension and render the
files manually at test time.
New templates
pytest fixture has been added. Its render()
function
can be used to render a template with custom test variables. This can be
useful to fill in different config options during the test. With
advanced jinja2 template syntax, it can also be used to include/omit
entire sections of the config file rather than using named1.conf.in
,
named2.conf.in
etc.
Closes #4938 (closed)