Lets assume I connect through an SSH session to a linux/unix server.
For some reason a server restart is needed as part of the automation, then continue testing.
How do I do this in Itest? Because once I issue a "command" restart, the session will be closed, right?
yes, during interactive session , if you do a restart to the linux/dut environment and session terminates as the device restarts and closed all its active logins , but you can automate this feature in test cases and manage the flow with a login function call. Example of flow is
1. set the session id as a variable and in test case the session parameter replace with the variable.
2. Login to the device should a separate proc. Inputs would be the session id and device details.
3. Execute required commands
4. Say now you execute restart
i. sleep for few sec (may be the device will take little time )
ii. Go to step 2
5. Exit/Logoff - end of the test case
I would suggest that rather than sleep, put an analysis rule on the second login that will retry when it fails. This way, you don't have to mess with figuring out how long to sleep.
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