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kevinveenbirkenbachandClaude Opus 4.7 dd1481a9b3 feat(bundles): add deploy-bundles / redeploy-bundles flow
- new utils.inventory.bundle_apps resolver aggregates and dedupes role
  groups from inventories/bundles/{servers,workstations}/<name>/inventory.yml
- new make targets deploy-bundles (fresh-purged) and redeploy-bundles
  (reuse-kept), driven by BUNDLES=... env, wrapped by
  scripts/tests/deploy/local/deploy/{bundles,redeploy-bundles}.sh
- unit tests for the resolver under tests/unit/utils/inventory/
- document the new targets in docs/contributing/tools/make.md,
  docs/contributing/actions/testing.md, inventories/bundles/README.md
- collapse multi-line Makefile comments to one-liners for consistency
- disable nextcloud bbb plugin auto-enable (commented out)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-19 16:55:00 +02:00

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Testing and Validation ✅

Use the real commands from the repository. Run them from the repository root.

This repository uses several test and validation types:

  • Lint and syntax checks catch style, formatting, and Ansible syntax problems early.
  • Unit tests verify isolated logic.
  • Integration tests verify behavior across modules and runtime boundaries.
  • External tests verify live third-party state such as public registries or services when hermetic checks are insufficient.
  • Combined validation runs the standard main verification flow.
  • Local deploy and E2E validation checks whether apps and deployment flows work in a realistic local stack.

Code Quality and Automated Checks 🔎

Use the following table to choose the right lint, syntax, unit, integration, or combined validation command for your change.

Validation Commands 🛠️

Category Command What it does When to use it
Lint make lint Runs the main lint checks for the repository. Use this when you want a broad lint pass before pushing.
Syntax make lint-ansible Runs the Ansible syntax validation for playbook.yml. Use this when you changed Ansible roles, inventories, or playbook-related files.
Lint tests make test-lint Runs the lint test suite inside the development environment. Use this when you want CI-like lint validation.
Unit tests make test-unit Runs the unit test suite. Use this when you changed Python logic or other isolated code paths.
Integration tests make test-integration Runs the integration test suite. Use this when your change affects behavior across modules or runtime boundaries.
External tests make test-external Runs opt-in tests that depend on live third-party systems such as public registries. Use this when you need live external verification. It is intentionally excluded from make test.
Combined validation make test Runs the main combined validation flow without the opt-in external suite. Use this whenever a change touches at least one file that is not .md or .rst, or before opening a Pull Request.

Local Deploy and End-to-End Checks 🚀

For the retry-loop policy, use Role Loop as the SPOT. The table below is a command reference for the supported local deployment paths.

Local Validation Commands 🏠

Use the following table when you need realistic local deployment validation or app-level end-to-end checks.

Category Command What it does When to use it
Local deploy make deploy-fresh-kept-apps APPS=web-app-nextcloud Creates the needed inventory and deploys one or more apps. Fresh deploy for a specific app set.
Local deploy make deploy-reuse-kept-apps APPS=web-app-nextcloud Reuses an existing devices.yml inventory and redeploys one or more apps quickly. Fast reuse path.
Local deploy make deploy-reuse-purged-apps APPS=web-app-nextcloud Reuses an existing devices.yml inventory, purges the entity first, and redeploys one or more apps quickly. Fast reuse path after a state reset.
Local deploy and E2E make deploy-fresh-purged-apps APPS=web-app-matomo Runs a dedicated local validation flow for one or more apps against the dev stack, creating and re-initializing the inventory first. Baseline and recovery path.
Full local validation make deploy-fresh-kept-all Builds the broader local deployment flow across apps. Broad coverage when you explicitly need it.
Bundle deploy BUNDLES="<bundle>[,<bundle>]" make deploy-bundles Aggregates the role groups from one or more inventories/bundles/ entries into APPS and runs the fresh-purged deploy. Set FULL_CYCLE=true for the async update pass. One-shot validation of a curated app shape (e.g. education-suite).
Bundle redeploy BUNDLES="<bundle>[,<bundle>]" make redeploy-bundles Same bundle resolution as deploy-bundles, but routes through the reuse-kept path (no down/up, no entity purge). Fast iteration loop after a prior deploy-bundles run.
Local reset make container-refresh-inventory Recreates the local inventory without deploying apps. Use this when your local inventory is broken or you want a clean reset.
Local cleanup make container-purge-system Deletes local deploy artifacts and cleanup data. Use this only when you really want to remove local state.

Important:

Suite Selection 🎯

  • When exactly one test file changes inside one test family, you MAY scope the run with TEST_PATTERN.
  • When two or more test files change inside the same test family, you MUST run the matching suite command without TEST_PATTERN: make test-lint, make test-unit, make test-integration, or make test-external.
  • When a change touches multiple test families, you MUST run every affected suite.

Testing Standards 📋

For test-type-specific requirements, framework, and creation procedures see: