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Read and run the setup script:

./bin/setup

To run a script with environment files loaded (using Foreman):

foreman run --env .env.shared,.env python src/...

make test

or

pytest <dir>
ptw <dir>

Some scripts (e.g. kubernetes_export) interact with Staging/Production Kubernetes clusters. The scripts are usually run by Kubernetes as CronJobs that are tied to opstools Kubernetes service account which has the required permissions for the work.

When you test run the script locally, your kubectl authenticates to Kubernetes by KubernetesDev IAM role which ultimately maps to permissions that are much more than that of opstools service account. Therefore, you may find that the script works locally but when run in Staging/Production, it lacks permissions.

To make local testing accurate, we have created a KubernetesOpstools IAM role which ultimately maps to the same permissions that opstools service account has. So before testing, switch your kubectl to KubernetesOpstools role as follows:

• Download config-opstools Kubeconfig file from S3 to ~/.kube directory. See setup script.
• Symlink ~/.kube/config to ~/.kube/config-opstools.
• Run the script that you wish to test, for example:

  python src/kubernetes_export/export.py staging
  

• When done with testing, switch Kubeconfig back.