2023-08-28 Anaconda Web UI

Anaconda Web UI


Date	2023-08-28 to 2023-09-04
Time	all day

Website	QA/Test Days
Matrix	#test-day:fedoraproject.org
IRC	#fedora-test-day (webirc)
Mailing list	test

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What to test?[edit]

This Test Day will focus on AnacondaWebUIforFedoraWorkstation

Who's available[edit]

The following cast of characters will be available testing, workarounds, bug fixes, and general discussion:

Development - Vojtěch Trefný (vtrefny), Martin Kolman (mkolman)
Quality Assurance - Sumantro Mukherjee (sumantrom), Geoffrey Marr (coremodule), Kamil Paral (kparal), Adam Williamson (adamw)

You can chat with us on Matrix or IRC. See the infobox on top of the page to learn where to join.

Prerequisite for Test Day[edit]

A virtual machine or a bare metal machine
An installation of Fedora 39 Workstation. Make sure to fully update your system. If installing a fresh system, it's recommended to use the latest nightly image.

How to test?[edit]

The new web UI is not just a change of the UI technology, which is based on the React and Cockpit framework, but also a complete overhaul of the user experience. The new UI is trying to be easier to use by removing most of the complexities but still leaving possibilities to do everything you might need to do. We are trying to achieve a state where even users who don’t have previous experience with the Linux operating system will be able to do the installation smoothly.

List of what is part of the new UI:

Wizard solution instead of hub and spoke
New welcome screen to select language (will be preselected from a language configured in system)
Timezone and date configuration
Disk selection
Guided partitioning
Review configuration
Installation progress
Build-in help

Visit the results page and click on the column title links to see the tests that need to be run: most column titles are links to a specific test case. Follow the instructions there, then enter your results by clicking the Enter result button for the test.

Please also try to experiment and explore and perform tasks not mentioned in any of the pre-defined test cases.

Reporting bugs[edit]

Perhaps you've found an already-reported bug. Please look at:

New bugs should be filed into Red Hat Bugzilla, in most cases against the anaconda component.

We really need bug reports!
Please note that just mentioning your problem into the comments section on the results page is not very helpful. Very often those problems only happen in specific circumstances, or with specific steps taken. We need the logs and screenshots, and we need to be able to ask you followup questions. Please file bug reports, it's much more useful than a short comment. Thank you!

When filing the bug, it's very helpful to include:

exact steps you've performed (and whether you can reproduce it again)
screenshots or videos, if applicable
system journal (log), which you can retrieve by journalctl -b > journal.txt
all output in a terminal, if started from a terminal
your system description

If you are unsure about exactly how to file the report or what other information to include, just ask us.

Please make sure to link to the bug when submitting your test result, thanks!

Test Results[edit]

Guided storage configuration[edit]

User	Profile	Testcase_partitioning_custom_software_RAID	Testcase_partitioning_custom_btrfs	Testcase_partitioning_custom_lvmthin	Testcase_partitioning_custom_standard_partition_ext3	Testcase_partitioning_custom_standard_partition_xfs	Testcase_partitioning_custom_no_swap	References
Dskobra			pass ^[1]					↑ Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-39-20230902.n.0.iso via virt-manager. installed using automatic/manual with/without encryption with bios and uefi. Manual partitions were bios/efi partition(default bios size and 2gb efi), /boot (ext4 2gb), btrfs volume (w/ label="system") with default luks2 and no swap. Only issue I had was when doing manual encrypted partitions i wouldn't get a popup asking for password to unlock when going to set the mountpoints. Rescanning a 2nd time fixed it.
FST777	Fedora-Everything-netinst-x86_64-39-20230828.n.0.iso on KVM via virt-manager		pass	pass ^[1] pass ^[2]				↑ Previous reboot issues were not apparent on the second try (with the exact same installation options) ↑ The installation did not cleanly reboot after finishing. It waited for a long time and, after sending it a reboot signal from Virt-Manager, for an instant displayed a message about cleanly unmounting oldroot before shutting down. It needed a manual start to boot the installed system, which was functioning as expected. The only non-standard option selected during install was a minimal installation instead of the default "Custom" one.
FST777	Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-39-20230828.n.0.iso on KVM via virt-manager		fail ^[1]	fail ^[2]				↑ The Installation Destination screen is not available in the Anaconda WebUI, nor is there any other way for guided custom partitioning. ↑ The Installation Destination screen is not available in the Anaconda WebUI, nor is there any other way for guided custom partitioning. LVM-based installation is only available manually through Blivet-GUI.
hricky	Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-39-20230830.n.0.iso, Bare Metal, MB: ASRock H97 Pro4, RAM: 32 GiB, CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4790, VGA: Intel® HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2), Disks: 2 SSD + 2 HDD	pass ^[1] pass ^[2]						↑ mountpoint /: RAID-1 on SSDs, mountpoint /home: RAID-1 on HDDs ↑ RAID-1 on SSDs
idanka	FUJITSU ESPRIMO P520 libvrt - Intel Core i5-4570, Nvidia GTX 1650	pass ^[1]	pass	pass	pass	pass		↑ use "raid 0"
idanka	Fedora-Everything-netinst-x86_64-39-20230827.n.0.iso / virt-manager						fail pass ^[1]	↑ failed to execute
lbazan	Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-39-20230828.n.0.iso on KVM via virt-manager	pass	pass
seem	Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-39-20230901.n.0.iso					warn ^[1]		↑ When disk has partitions created by fdisk, but not formatted, nor tagged as "linux" type, "Mount point assignment" option is not available in the installer. Once they are properly formatted - in XFS, or swap - I can assign mount points and installation proceeds successfully.
steiner	Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-39-20230828.n.0.iso on KVM via virt-manager		pass
thewanderer	Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-39-20230831.n.0.iso virt-manager			pass

Installer Partitioning Test Cases[edit]

User	Profile	PartitioningEncryptedAll	PartitioningEncryptedMix	PartitioningExt2OnNativeDevice	PartitioningPreExistingLvm2Lvm2	PartitioningPreExistingRaidRaid	PartitioningRootfsOnLvmDevice	PartitioningSwapOnLvmDevice	Anaconda custom partitioning	Anaconda encrypted lvm on raid	Anaconda ext4 rootfs on disk partition	Anaconda partitioning uninitialized disks	References
geraldosimiao	Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-39-20230901.n.0.iso on KVM-QEMU-VirtManager (F38)										pass
hricky	Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-39-20230828.n.0.iso, virt-manager	pass	pass	pass	pass
hricky	Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-39-20230829.n.0.iso, virt-manager					pass ^[1]			pass	fail ^[2]	pass		↑ If I click the Rescan button in the first step (installation method) and select disks again, in the second step (manual disk configuration) the RAID disappears from the drop-down list. Otherwise is there and Anaconda completes successfully. ↑ RHBZ #2236096 blivet-gui (v2.4.1) crashes when deleting multiple partitions on multiple disks
hricky	Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-39-20230830.n.0.iso, Bare Metal, MB: ASRock H97 Pro4, RAM: 32 GiB, CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4790, VGA: Intel® HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2), Disks: 2 SSD + 2 HDD					pass ^[1] pass ^[2]							↑ mountpoint /: RAID-1 on SSDs, mountpoint /home: RAID-1 on HDDs ↑ RAID-1 on SSDs
hricky	Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-39-20230831.n.0.iso, Bare Metal, MB: ASRock H97 Pro4, RAM: 32 GiB, CPU: Intel Core i7-4790, VGA: Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2), Disks: 2xSSD + 2xHDD									fail ^[1]			↑ RHBZ #2236538 Installation of the system failed: LUKS on RAID
idanka	Fedora-Everything-netinst-x86_64-39-20230827.n.0.iso / virt-manager	pass	pass	pass	pass	pass ^[1] fail ^[2]	pass	pass	pass	pass	pass	pass ^[3]	↑ 1x blivet-gui using fails 2x manual install it worked ↑ When selecting multiple disks (4 virtIO Disk), it immediately switches to a black screen. ↑ "When prompted by anaconda, choose to re-initialize disks" - failed to execute
steiner	Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-39-20230828.n.0.iso on KVM via virt-manager	pass
thewanderer	Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-39-20230831.n.0.iso virt-manager	pass
yolo	Fedora-39-20230830.n.0 on VirtualBox	pass ^[1]											↑ French installation

Regression Test[edit]

User	Profile	Base Installation	Graphical Installation	Text Installation	Guided Partitioning - Encrypted	Guided Partitioning - Delete some volumes	Reporting bugs from Text Interface	anaconda-install-env-deps	References
FST777	Fedora-Everything-netinst-x86_64-39-20230828.n.0.iso on KVM via virt-manager		pass			pass
FST777	Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-39-20230828.n.0.iso on KVM via virt-manager	fail ^[1]							↑ RHBZ #2235610 Live image asks for language, English (US) is preselected. Installer partly displays Dutch and partly English text, installed system is Dutch. I am in the Netherlands and while I do speak Dutch it is not what I selected and the installer has no option to control this.
bittin	Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-39-20230828.n.0.iso on Virtualbox	pass	pass
bittin	Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-39-20230829.n.0.iso on Virtualbox	pass	pass
bittin	Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-39-20230830.n.0.iso on Virtualbox	pass	pass
bittin	Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-39-20230831.n.0.iso on Virtualbox	pass pass	pass pass		pass
bittin	Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-39-20230904.n.0.iso on Virtualbox	pass	pass
brianmcarey	Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-39-20230831.n.0.iso on KVM via virt-manager	pass	pass		pass
dturner		pass
ersen	Fedora-Everything-netinst-x86_64-39-20230829.n.0.iso on virt-manager		pass		pass			pass
geraldosimiao	Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-39-20230901.n.0.iso on KVM-QEMU-VirtManager (F38)	pass	pass
hricky	Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-39-20230829.n.0.iso, virt-manager	pass			pass
idanka	FUJITSU ESPRIMO P520 libvrt - Intel Core i5-4570, Nvidia GTX 1650	pass	pass	pass ^[1]	pass			pass	↑ after completing the text installation (workstation + office package), the graphical interface does not start
idanka	Fedora-Everything-netinst-x86_64-39-20230827.n.0.iso / virt-manager					pass	fail ^[1]		↑ 1, possible due to the use of libvirt 2, "boot menu, TAB" does nothing (boot menu "e" add grub menu after "quiet" inst.text and f10) 3, "switch to a different terminal" alt+tab does nothing, shell, log, storage log ..... not available
numbkaiya	Fedora-Everything-netinst-x86_64-39-20230828.n.0.iso	pass	pass
numbkaiya	Fedora-Everything-netinst-x86_64-39-20230828.n.0.iso on Gnome Boxes	pass	pass		pass
thewanderer	Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-39-20230831.n.0.iso virt-manager	pass	pass		pass			fail ^[1]	↑ On the installed system the following package is installed: thewanderer@f39-testvm:~$ rpm -q anaconda-install-env-deps anaconda-install-env-deps-39.32-1.fc39.x86_64
yolo	Fedora-39-20230830.n.0 on VirtualBox		warn ^[1]						↑ French encrypted installation ok. At reboot, the luks password is asked with the US keyboard layout. No possible to switch to another language (tab key add a char in the password field, the mouse doesn't apprear and seems inactive on the screen). So manage to PASS the test only with US keyboard.

[1] Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-39-20230902.n.0.iso via virt-manager. installed using automatic/manual with/without encryption with bios and uefi. Manual partitions were bios/efi partition(default bios size and 2gb efi), /boot (ext4 2gb), btrfs volume (w/ label="system") with default luks2 and no swap. Only issue I had was when doing manual encrypted partitions i wouldn't get a popup asking for password to unlock when going to set the mountpoints. Rescanning a 2nd time fixed it.

[2] Previous reboot issues were not apparent on the second try (with the exact same installation options)

[3] The installation did not cleanly reboot after finishing. It waited for a long time and, after sending it a reboot signal from Virt-Manager, for an instant displayed a message about cleanly unmounting oldroot before shutting down. It needed a manual start to boot the installed system, which was functioning as expected. The only non-standard option selected during install was a minimal installation instead of the default "Custom" one.

[4] The Installation Destination screen is not available in the Anaconda WebUI, nor is there any other way for guided custom partitioning.

[5] The Installation Destination screen is not available in the Anaconda WebUI, nor is there any other way for guided custom partitioning. LVM-based installation is only available manually through Blivet-GUI.

[6] untpoint /: RAID-1 on SSDs, mountpoint /home: RAID-1 on HDDs

[7] RAID-1 on SSDs

[8] use "raid 0"

[9] to execute

[10] When disk has partitions created by fdisk, but not formatted, nor tagged as "linux" type, "Mount point assignment" option is not available in the installer. Once they are properly formatted - in XFS, or swap - I can assign mount points and installation proceeds successfully.

[11] If I click the Rescan button in the first step (installation method) and select disks again, in the second step (manual disk configuration) the RAID disappears from the drop-down list. Otherwise is there and Anaconda completes successfully.

[12] RHBZ #2236096 blivet-gui (v2.4.1) crashes when deleting multiple partitions on multiple disks

[13] untpoint /: RAID-1 on SSDs, mountpoint /home: RAID-1 on HDDs

[14] RAID-1 on SSDs

[15] RHBZ #2236538 Installation of the system failed: LUKS on RAID

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