Petr Hracek's contributions
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Schedule tests the GitOps way with Testing Farm as GitHub Action
A new GitHub Action, used by Red Hat and related open source projects, lets you choose when tests are triggered by GitHub events, with minimal configuration.
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Test GitHub projects with GitHub Actions and Testing Farm
Use Testing Farm to test GitHub projects in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, or CentOS environment before committing them to dist-git.
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Test container images in Red Hat OpenShift 4 with Ansible and CI/CD
Ensure optimal operation by testing container images. Learn how Red Hat OpenShift 4 works with Ansible and the CI/CD process to submit and download tests.
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Container Testing in OpenShift with Meta Test Family
Using Meta Test Family, writing tests for containers is really easy. Container testing helps you guarantee that a container is working properly just as an RPM package would.
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How to start with Containers and OpenShift for newcomers in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
The document covers the initial steps that describe how to play with containers and OpenShift. The article was written together with Jiri Hornicek. Prerequisites For more information about installing containers i n RHEL, see Installation Guide - Red Hat Customer Portal Download OpenShift binaries from Releases - openshift/origin - GitHub . Extract the binaries to your / home / directory and copy them to the /usr/bin / directory : $ tar -xzvf <origin_tarball> # like openshift-origin-server-v1.3.1-dad658de7465ba8a234a4fb40b5b446a45a4cee1-linux-64bit.tar.gz $ cd <origin_dir_name> $...
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Migration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 or 6 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 with the Preupgrade Assistant
This article describes how an administrator can migrate Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 with the help of the Preupgrade Assistant. The Preupgrade Assistant is a tool which assesses your running system for anything that might adversely affect the success of your migration. As Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 will have only extended update support after March 2017, administrators will find a tool like that useful to help them...
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Refine your Linux package maintenance process with 'rebase-helper'
Rebase-helper is a tool that helps Linux package maintainers update their to the latest upstream version. New maintainers and experts alike will find value in the convenience this tool can offer. Rebase-helper applies patches, packages, and reports differences between the patched and un-patched versions.In summary, it automates some of the manual tasks usually performed by package maintainers when a new upstream version of that package is released. This article will explain how to get started using rebase-helper, and also demonstrate...
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Project: Remote Dependency Solving
Abstract This project (part of Red Hat Lab Q ) was initiated by Jan Zeleny to accommodate low-end and low-cost devices, which have usually slower hardware, and has particular usefulness to Fedora. Three students (Josef Řídký, Michal Ruprich, Šimon Matěj) from Faculty of Information Technology (FIT VUT Brno, Czech Republic) began work on the project with me (Petr Hracek) as a leader of the team. The aim Let’s say we have a device with low-cost hardware and we have Fedora/EPEL...
Article
Schedule tests the GitOps way with Testing Farm as GitHub Action
A new GitHub Action, used by Red Hat and related open source projects, lets you choose when tests are triggered by GitHub events, with minimal configuration.
Article
Test GitHub projects with GitHub Actions and Testing Farm
Use Testing Farm to test GitHub projects in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, or CentOS environment before committing them to dist-git.
Article
Test container images in Red Hat OpenShift 4 with Ansible and CI/CD
Ensure optimal operation by testing container images. Learn how Red Hat OpenShift 4 works with Ansible and the CI/CD process to submit and download tests.
Article
Container Testing in OpenShift with Meta Test Family
Using Meta Test Family, writing tests for containers is really easy. Container testing helps you guarantee that a container is working properly just as an RPM package would.
Article
How to start with Containers and OpenShift for newcomers in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
The document covers the initial steps that describe how to play with containers and OpenShift. The article was written together with Jiri Hornicek. Prerequisites For more information about installing containers i n RHEL, see Installation Guide - Red Hat Customer Portal Download OpenShift binaries from Releases - openshift/origin - GitHub . Extract the binaries to your / home / directory and copy them to the /usr/bin / directory : $ tar -xzvf <origin_tarball> # like openshift-origin-server-v1.3.1-dad658de7465ba8a234a4fb40b5b446a45a4cee1-linux-64bit.tar.gz $ cd <origin_dir_name> $...
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Migration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 or 6 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 with the Preupgrade Assistant
This article describes how an administrator can migrate Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 with the help of the Preupgrade Assistant. The Preupgrade Assistant is a tool which assesses your running system for anything that might adversely affect the success of your migration. As Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 will have only extended update support after March 2017, administrators will find a tool like that useful to help them...
Article
Refine your Linux package maintenance process with 'rebase-helper'
Rebase-helper is a tool that helps Linux package maintainers update their to the latest upstream version. New maintainers and experts alike will find value in the convenience this tool can offer. Rebase-helper applies patches, packages, and reports differences between the patched and un-patched versions.In summary, it automates some of the manual tasks usually performed by package maintainers when a new upstream version of that package is released. This article will explain how to get started using rebase-helper, and also demonstrate...
Article
Project: Remote Dependency Solving
Abstract This project (part of Red Hat Lab Q ) was initiated by Jan Zeleny to accommodate low-end and low-cost devices, which have usually slower hardware, and has particular usefulness to Fedora. Three students (Josef Řídký, Michal Ruprich, Šimon Matěj) from Faculty of Information Technology (FIT VUT Brno, Czech Republic) began work on the project with me (Petr Hracek) as a leader of the team. The aim Let’s say we have a device with low-cost hardware and we have Fedora/EPEL...
