This blog post details the installation process for Ubuntu when I’m using it for testing web applications. The builds are designed to conduct meaningful tests on Oracle cloud applications but should be suitable for testing any similar web application.
Test Build 1 (all tests)
Installation
- Installed in a VM running in VirtualBox
- Give the VM 4Gb of Ram, a 10Gb hard drive, and enable 3D acceleration
- Install from
ubuntu-18.04-desktop-amd64.iso - Minimal installation
- Download updates
- Don’t install 3rd party software
Post installation tasks
- Launch
gnome-terminal - Install all updates by typing
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y - Reboot if required
Smoke tests
- VM boots
- User can log in
- User can connect to internet
- User can open Firefox and browse to a website
Test Build 2 (all tests that fail on Test Build 1)
- Installed in a VM running in VirtualBox
- Give the VM 4Gb of Ram, a 10Gb hard drive, and enable 3D acceleration
- Install from
ubuntu-18.04-desktop-amd64.iso - Normal installation
- Download updates
- Install 3rd party software
Post installation tasks
- Launch Software & Updates
- Under Ubuntu Software ensure that all 4 repositories are enabled (main, universe, restricted, multiverse)
- Under Other Software enable Canonical Partners
- Launch
gnome-terminal - Install all updates by typing
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y - Reboot if required
- Install some software by typing
sudo apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras adobe-flashplugin browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash chromium-browser
Smoke tests
- VM boots
- User can log in
- User can connect to internet
- User can open Firefox and browse to a website
- User can open Chromium and browse to a website
- User can open LibreOffice Calc
- User can open LibreOffice Writer