X-Git-Url: http://nitlanguage.org

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+# Local setup of services for tests
+
+Some tests and libs require specific external services like postgres.
+To simplify the automation and the setup, we just assume these services are accessible at specific hostnames.
+
+When running and testing nit within a docker, it is easy to compose/link nit with other dockers/services.
+See also .gitlab-ci.yml
+
+~~~
+$ docker run --link postgres [...]
+~~~
+
+When running and testing on a local host, one can setup those services locally then add aliases for localhost in `/etc/hosts`.
+
+~~~
+$ cat /etc/hosts
+[...]
+127.0.0.1 postgres
+~~~
+
+An other way is to run/test on a local host and have the services running in dockers.
+
+Because accessing a specific container by its name is cumbersome, a proposed way is to:
+
+* run these services with specific and fixed IPs
+* add these IPs to `/etc/hosts`
+
+~~~
+$ cd misc/docker/ci-local
+$ docker-compose up -d
+$ cat /etc/hosts
+[...]
+172.16.238.4 postgres
+~~~