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Our draft requirements for Kinti.
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Updated Mar 4, 2008 by c...@novemberborn.net

Glossary

Service test: A small extension to the test runner which tests a specific network service. Bucket: A separate program which receives test results.

Framework Requirements

Functional Requirements

  • The system should be easily extensible.
  • The system should be easily configurable.
  • The system should allow the user to define specific network services which the system should monitor.
  • The system should allow the user to define service tests for the monitored services.
  • The system should be able to monitor multiple services on multiple servers.
  • The system should allow buckets to subscribe to test results.
  • The system should send test results to the subscribed buckets.
  • The test results should follow a pre-defined format.

Quality Requirements

  • The system should be able to dynamically add new service tests to the system, without having to be restarted.
  • The system should be able to use an updated configuration without having to be restarted.
  • The system should be a distributed service, such that parts of the system can run on different machines.
  • The system should use a protocol to communicate between the parts of the system.
  • The system should continue to run even if a service test causes exceptions or fails, when running a test.

Future Improvements

These requirements depend on technological advances in third-party software.

  • The system should optionally filter test results before sending them to the subscribed buckets.
  • The system should preserve test results if the connection to a subscribed bucket suddenly fails.
  • The system may preserve a maximum amount of test results.

Service Test Requirements

Functional Requirements

  • The service test should be able to interact with services to verify they are working correctly.
  • The results of the service test should follow the pre-defined format for test results.
  • The results of a service test should be discernible from the results of a different service test.

Bucket Requirements

  • The bucket should subscribe to the Kinti Framework when it wants to receive test results.
  • The bucket should unsubscribe from the Framework when it wants to stop receiving test results.

Future Improvements

These requirements depend on technological advances in third-party software.

  • The bucket may provide a test result filter to be run by the Framework.
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