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+// Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// chart-api-test-helm.groovy
+// Checks functionality of the helm-chart, without overriding the version/tag used
+
+pipeline {
+
+  /* no label, executor is determined by JJB */
+  agent {
+    label "${params.executorNode}"
+  }
+
+  stages {
+
+    stage('repo') {
+      steps {
+        checkout(changelog: false, \
+          poll: false,
+          scm: [$class: 'RepoScm', \
+            manifestRepositoryUrl: "${params.manifestUrl}", \
+            manifestBranch: "${params.manifestBranch}", \
+            currentBranch: true, \
+            destinationDir: 'cord', \
+            forceSync: true,
+            resetFirst: true, \
+            quiet: true, \
+            jobs: 4, \
+            showAllChanges: true] \
+          )
+      }
+    }
+
+    stage('minikube') {
+      steps {
+        /* see https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/#linux-continuous-integration-without-vm-support */
+        sh '''
+           export MINIKUBE_WANTUPDATENOTIFICATION=false
+           export MINIKUBE_WANTREPORTERRORPROMPT=false
+           export CHANGE_MINIKUBE_NONE_USER=true
+           export MINIKUBE_HOME=$HOME
+           mkdir -p $HOME/.kube || true
+           touch $HOME/.kube/config
+           export KUBECONFIG=$HOME/.kube/config
+           sudo -E /usr/bin/minikube start --vm-driver=none
+           '''
+        script {
+          timeout(3) {
+            waitUntil {
+              sleep 5
+              def kc_ret = sh script: "kubectl get po", returnStatus: true
+              return (kc_ret == 0);
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    stage('helm') {
+      steps {
+        sh '''
+           helm init
+           sleep 60
+           helm repo add incubator https://kubernetes-charts-incubator.storage.googleapis.com/
+           helm repo add cord https://charts.opencord.org
+           helm repo update
+           '''
+      }
+    }
+
+    stage('Build BBSIM') {
+      steps {
+        sh '''
+           git clone https://github.com/opencord/voltha-bbsim
+           cd voltha-bbsim/
+           make docker
+           '''
+      }
+    }
+
+    stage('Install BBSIM w/SEBA') {
+      steps {
+        sh """
+           #!/usr/bin/env bash
+           set -eu -o pipefail
+
+           pushd cord/helm-charts
+
+           helm install -f examples/kafka-single.yaml --version 0.13.3 -n cord-kafka incubator/kafka
+
+           git clone https://gerrit.opencord.org/helm-repo-tools
+           helm-repo-tools/wait_for_pods.sh
+
+           helm upgrade --install etcd-operator --version 0.8.3 stable/etcd-operator
+           JOBS_TIMEOUT=900 ./helm-repo-tools/wait_for_jobs.sh
+
+           helm dep up voltha
+           helm install voltha -n voltha
+           JOBS_TIMEOUT=900 ./helm-repo-tools/wait_for_jobs.sh
+
+           helm dep up xos-core
+           helm install xos-core -n xos-core
+
+           helm dep update xos-profiles/seba-services
+           helm install \${helm_install_args}  xos-profiles/seba-services
+           JOBS_TIMEOUT=900 ./helm-repo-tools/wait_for_jobs.sh
+
+           helm dep update workflows/att-workflow
+           helm install workflows/att-workflow -n att-workflow
+
+           helm install onos -n onos
+
+           helm repo add incubator http://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-charts-incubator
+
+           # wait for services to load
+           JOBS_TIMEOUT=900 ./helm-repo-tools/wait_for_jobs.sh
+           sleep 300
+           echo "# Checking helm deployments"
+           kubectl get pods
+           helm list
+
+           helm install bbsim --set images.bbsim.tag:latest -n bbsim
+
+           for hchart in \$(helm list -q);
+           do
+             echo "## 'helm status' for chart: \${hchart} ##"
+             helm status "\${hchart}"
+           done
+           popd
+           """
+      }
+    }
+
+    stage('Load BBSIM Tosca') {
+      steps {
+        sh '''
+           #!/usr/bin/env bash
+           set -eu -o pipefail
+
+           pushd cord/helm-charts
+
+           curl -H "xos-username: admin@opencord.org" -H "xos-password: letmein" -X POST --data-binary @examples/bbsim-dhcp.yaml http://127.0.0.1:30007/run
+           curl -H "xos-username: admin@opencord.org" -H "xos-password: letmein" -X POST --data-binary @examples/bbsim-16.yaml http://127.0.0.1:30007/run
+
+           popd
+           '''
+      }
+    }
+    stage('Test BBSIM') {
+      steps {
+        sh '''
+           #!/usr/bin/env bash
+           set -eu -o pipefail
+
+           helm test --timeout 1000 bbsim || true
+
+           popd
+           '''
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  post {
+    always {
+      sh '''
+
+         kubectl logs bbsim-api-test --namespace default
+         kubectl get pods --all-namespaces
+
+         # copy robot logs
+         if [ -d RobotLogs ]; then rm -r RobotLogs; fi; mkdir RobotLogs
+         cp -r /tmp/helm_test_bbsim_logs_*/*ml ./RobotLogs
+
+         echo "# removing helm deployments"
+         kubectl get pods
+         helm list
+
+         for hchart in \$(helm list -q);
+         do
+           echo "## Purging chart: \${hchart} ##"
+           helm delete --purge "\${hchart}"
+         done
+
+         sudo minikube delete
+         '''
+         step([$class: 'RobotPublisher',
+            disableArchiveOutput: false,
+            logFileName: 'RobotLogs/log*.html',
+            otherFiles: '',
+            outputFileName: 'RobotLogs/output*.xml',
+            outputPath: '.',
+            passThreshold: 100,
+            reportFileName: 'RobotLogs/report*.html',
+            unstableThreshold: 0]);
+         step([$class: 'Mailer', notifyEveryUnstableBuild: true, recipients: "kailash@opennetworking.org", sendToIndividuals: false])
+
+    }
+  }
+}