QA » openQA Project

My draft:

{{Short description|non-commercial free software}}
{{Draft topics|internet-culture|software|computing|technology}}
{{AfC topic|other}}

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'''openQA''' is an automated test tool for operating systems and application stacks using virtual as well as physical machines simulating user interactions..<ref>{{citation |url=https://open.qa/ |title=official homepage of openQA |publisher=openQA development team |date=2022-11-18 |access-date=2022-11-18}}</ref>. openQA was first developed by the openSUSE community as an integral part of the '''factory-tested''' Linux distribution in 2010. <ref>{{citation |url=https://lizards.opensuse.org/2010/11/29/announcing-factory-tested/ |title=Announcing factory-tested |publisher=openSUSE community |date=2010-11-29 |access-date=2022-11-18}}</ref>.

== Known uses of openQA ==

openQA is used for the openSUSE Linux distribution as well as within SUSE to develop multiple products <ref>{{citation |url=https://progress.opensuse.org/projects/qa/wiki/Tools |title=description of uses at SUSE |publisher=openQA development team |date=2022-11-18 |access-date=2022-11-18}}</ref>. 
Other GNU/Linux distributions like Fedora <ref>{{citation |url=https://openqa.fedoraproject.org/ |title=Fedora openQA instance |publisher=Fedora Linux distribution |date=2022-11-18 |access-date=2022-11-18}}</ref>, Debian <ref>{{citation |url=https://openqa.debian.net/ |title=Debian openQA instance |publisher=Debian Linux distribution |date=2022-11-18 |access-date=2022-11-18}}</ref>, <ref>{{citation |url=https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy/Round15/Projects/TestingDebianWithOpenQA |title=use of openQA at Debian |publisher=Debian |date=2018-09-09 |access-date=2022-11-18}}</ref>, Qubes OS<ref>{{citation |url=https://openqa.qubes-os.org/ |title=Qubes OS openQA instance |publisher=Qubes OS distribution |date=2022-11-18 |access-date=2022-11-18}}</ref>, https://openqa.endlessm.com/ (not reachable at current time), the GNOME project <ref>{{citation |url=https://openqa.gnome.org |title=GNOME openQA instance |publisher=the GNOME project |date=2022-11-18 |access-date=2022-11-18}}</ref> use it. openQA is also used for system integration purposes, e.g. automated kernel testing by Codethink<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.codethink.co.uk/articles/2021/automated-linux-kernel-testing/ |title=TL;DR - LAVA + openQA = automated, continuous kernel testing |publisher=Codethink |date=2021-09-21 |access-date=2022-11-18}}</ref> and EuroLinux<ref>{{citation |url=https://en.euro-linux.com/blog/openqa-or-how-we-test-eurolinux/ |title=openQA testing for EuroLinux |publisher=eurolinux |date=2022-03-17 |access-date=2022-11-18}}</ref>.

openQA is shipped as part of multiple Linux distribution for direct installation, e.g. openSUSE<ref>{{citation |url=https://software.opensuse.org/package/openQA |title=openQA package for openSUSE |publisher=openSUSE |date=2022-11-18 |access-date=2022-11-18}}</ref>, Fedora<ref>{{citation |url=https://packages.fedoraproject.org/pkgs/openqa/ |title=openQA package for Fedora |publisher=Fedora |date=2022-11-18 |access-date=2022-11-18}}</ref>, <ref>{{citation |url=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OpenQA_direct_installation_guide |title=openQA installation instructions for Fedora |publisher=Fedora |date=2022-06-08 |access-date=2022-11-18}}</ref>, Debian<ref>{{citation |url=https://packages.debian.org/sid/main/openqa-worker |title=openQA package for Debian |publisher=Debian |date=2022-11-18 |access-date=2022-11-18}}</ref>

[[GNU Health|GNU_Health]] uses openQA tests for its system verification during development.

==See also==
* [[openSUSE]]
* [[GNU Health|GNU_Health]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://open.qa/}}

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[[:Category:Free_software_testing_tools]]
[[:Category:Graphical_user_interface_testing]]
[[:Category:Build automation]]
[[:Category:SUSE Linux]]

I have submitted https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:OpenQA. This is pending review. Can take 3 months, it says. If it's accepted then we should reference on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_GUI_testing_tools

No joy