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What is a test step

A test step is made of three main components used to dermine the actions Chainsaw will perform when executing the step.

  1. The try statement (required)
  2. The catch statement (optional)
  3. The finally statement (optional)

Reference documentation

The full structure of the TestStep is documented here.

Test step lifecycle

Test step lifecycle

  1. The step starts executing operations in the try statement
  2. If an operation fails in the try statement
    1. If a catch statement is present, all operations and collectors are executed
  3. If a finally statement is present, all operations and collectors are executed

Example

Example

apiVersion: chainsaw.kyverno.io/v1alpha1
kind: Test
metadata:
  name: example
spec:
  steps:
  - try:
    - apply:
        file: path/to/apply.yaml
    - assert:
        file: path/to/assert.yaml
    catch: []
    finally: []