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.. _testing_running_locally:
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Testing Ansible
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This document describes how to:
* Run tests locally using ``ansible-test``
* Extend
Requirements
============
There are no special requirements for running ``ansible-test`` on Python 2.7 or later.
The ``argparse`` package is required for Python 2.6.
The requirements for each ``ansible-test`` command are covered later.
Test Environments
=================
Most ``ansible-test`` commands support running in one or more isolated test environments to simplify testing.
Remote
------
The ``--remote`` option runs tests in a cloud hosted environment.
An API key is required to use this feature.
Recommended for integration tests.
See the `list of supported platforms and versions <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/test/runner/completion/remote.txt>`_ for additional details.
Interactive Shell
=================
Use the ``ansible-test shell`` command to get an interactive shell in the same environment used to run tests. Examples:
* ``ansible-test shell --docker`` - Open a shell in the default docker container.
* ``ansible-test shell --tox --python 3.6`` - Open a shell in the Python 3.6 ``tox`` environment.
Code Coverage
=============
Code coverage reports make it easy to identify untested code for which more tests should
be written. Online reports are available but only cover the ``devel`` branch (see
:doc:`testing`). For new code local reports are needed.
Add the ``--coverage`` option to any test command to collect code coverage data. If you
aren't using the ``--tox`` or ``--docker`` options which create an isolated python
environment then you may have to use the ``--requirements`` option to ensure that the
correct version of the coverage module is installed
ansible-test units --coverage apt
ansible-test integration --coverage aws_lambda --tox --requirements
ansible-test coverage html
Reports can be generated in several different formats:
* ``ansible-test coverage report`` - Console report.
* ``ansible-test coverage html`` - HTML report.
* ``ansible-test coverage xml`` - XML report.
To clear data between test runs, use the ``ansible-test coverage erase`` command. For a full list of features see the online help::
ansible-test coverage --help