Release testing is an important practice of the Joomla development cycle. It helps ensure that new versions of the CMS are stable, bug-free, and ready for public release. Minor updates of Joomla are released every six (6) Tuesdays (schedule may change). One week prior to the release, the update is set for RC (Release Candidate) and available for testing. People are needed to conduct such tests. The more people that test, the better releases can be.

Don't want to waste time and resources clicking on every single item and testing them all? Here, we made an effort to offer a simple, one-step method for conducting the testing. Our objective was to provide a straightforward and understandable way to handle testing. With the help of our project, you can test a completely new Joomla site or even your own site by using the sql dump of the backed-up database and the backup zip archive for your Joomla site. This one repository handles all of the dependencies, so you don't have to worry about messing with them.

• Docker: This application relies on Docker to create isolated environments and manage its components efficiently. Please install Docker by following the official documentation.

• WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux 2): If you're using Windows, WSL2 is essential for running Docker containers seamlessly. First you need to install your preferred Distro into WSL2. Then start the WSL Console where you find yourself in a full Linux terminal.

Open a terminal or command prompt and run the following command to check if Docker is installed and running correctly:

Docker --version

Our release tests are conducted with Cypress. The setup comprises two folders— one for web servers and another for local mode and a run.sh script. The tests can be found in its System/integration folder. There are already some sample tests written that correspond to the names of the components in the CMS release sheet. You can find a comprehensive guide on writing tests here.

To run these tests on your Joomla site, put a zip-archive (excluding the installation folder) and also a sql dump file of an existing site into the folder local/joomla-backup.

You can also run these tests on a back up Joomla live site by providing the site username and password.

If you want to run these tests on a fresh joomla installation make sure the local/joomla-backup folder is empty.

• Download or clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/joomla-projects/release-testing.git

• Click on the start.exe file to start working in a WSL console.

1. With a zip-archive and a sql dump file of the site:

Put a zip-archive (excluding the installation folder) and also a sql dump file of an existing site into the folder local/joomla-backup. Run this in the start.exe file:

./run.sh

It will set up your own site. Subsequently, it prompts you for your site username and password to run the tests. It may take some time to establish a database connection, so please be patient.

2. On a back up Joomla site:

To initiate the process, use the following command in the start.exe file:

./run.sh <your-website-domain>

For example: ./run.sh https://example.joom.ws/

When you execute the command ./run.sh <website-domain>, the system launches the web-server script. Subsequently, it prompts you for your site username and password. Once provided, it inserts environment variables into the Cypress configuration file and runs Cypress tests. Notably, these tests work on your site's database.

3. Fresh Joomla installation:

Make sure the local/joomla-backup folder is empty and then run this in the start.exe file:

./run.sh

If you do not provide a backup of an existing site it will install a new Joomla! site for you. The site is available on localhost:3081 and you can login with
username: admin
password: admin12345678

The local mode also provides a phpmyadmin that you can reach under localhost:3082 to see what is going on in the DB. It is also set up a mailcatcher container reachable under localhost:3083 so you can test the system mail delivery from the site.

Afterwards the system automatically opens the tests. Press ctrl + c to stop all the containers.

The default credentials for a new installation are:

environment:
      JOOMLA_SITE_NAME: "Joomla Test Site"
      JOOMLA_ADMIN_USER: admin
      JOOMLA_ADMIN_USERNAME: admin
      JOOMLA_ADMIN_PASSOWRD: admin12345678
      JOOMLA_ADMIN_EMAIL: [email protected]
      JOOMLA_DB_HOST: mysql
      JOOMLA_DB_USER: root
      JOOMLA_DB_PASSWORD: example12345678
      JOOMLA_DB_NAME: joomla
      JOOMLA_INSTALLATION_DISABLE_LOCALHOST_CHECK: 1