aitbc/docs/10_plan/admin-test-scenarios.md

Admin Commands Test Scenarios

Overview

This document provides comprehensive test scenarios for the AITBC CLI admin commands, designed to validate system administration capabilities and ensure robust infrastructure management.

Test Environment Setup

Prerequisites

• AITBC CLI installed and configured
• Admin privileges or appropriate API keys
• Test environment with coordinator, blockchain node, and marketplace services
• Backup storage location available
• Network connectivity to all system components

Environment Variables

export AITBC_ADMIN_API_KEY="your-admin-api-key"
export AITBC_BACKUP_PATH="/backups/aitbc-test"
export AITBC_LOG_LEVEL="info"

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Test Scenario Matrix

Scenario	Command	Priority	Expected Duration	Dependencies
13.1	admin backup	High	5-15 min	Storage space
13.2	admin logs	Medium	1-2 min	Log access
13.3	admin monitor	High	2-5 min	Monitoring service
13.4	admin restart	Critical	1-3 min	Service control
13.5	admin status	High	30 sec	All services
13.6	admin update	Medium	5-20 min	Update server
13.7	admin users	Medium	1-2 min	User database

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Detailed Test Scenarios

Scenario 13.1: System Backup Operations

Test Case 13.1.1: Full System Backup

# Command
aitbc admin backup --type full --destination /backups/aitbc-$(date +%Y%m%d) --compress

# Validation Steps
1. Check backup file creation: `ls -la /backups/aitbc-*`
2. Verify backup integrity: `aitbc admin backup --verify /backups/aitbc-20260305`
3. Check backup size and compression ratio
4. Validate backup contains all required components

Expected Results

• ✅ Backup file created successfully
• ✅ Checksum verification passes
• ✅ Backup size reasonable (< 10GB for test environment)
• ✅ All critical components included (blockchain, configs, user data)

Test Case 13.1.2: Incremental Backup

# Command
aitbc admin backup --type incremental --since "2026-03-04" --destination /backups/incremental

# Validation Steps
1. Verify incremental backup creation
2. Check that only changed files are included
3. Test restore from incremental backup

Expected Results

• ✅ Incremental backup created
• ✅ Significantly smaller than full backup
• ✅ Can be applied to full backup successfully

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Scenario 13.2: View System Logs

Test Case 13.2.1: Service-Specific Logs

# Command
aitbc admin logs --service coordinator --tail 50 --level info

# Validation Steps
1. Verify log output format
2. Check timestamp consistency
3. Validate log level filtering
4. Test with different services (blockchain, marketplace)

Expected Results

• ✅ Logs displayed in readable format
• ✅ Timestamps are current and sequential
• ✅ Log level filtering works correctly
• ✅ Different services show appropriate log content

Test Case 13.2.2: Live Log Following

# Command
aitbc admin logs --service all --follow --level warning

# Validation Steps
1. Start log following
2. Trigger a system event (e.g., submit a job)
3. Verify new logs appear in real-time
4. Stop following with Ctrl+C

Expected Results

• ✅ Real-time log updates
• ✅ New events appear immediately
• ✅ Clean termination on interrupt
• ✅ Warning level filtering works

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Scenario 13.3: System Monitoring Dashboard

Test Case 13.3.1: Basic Monitoring

# Command
aitbc admin monitor --dashboard --refresh 10 --duration 60

# Validation Steps
1. Verify dashboard initialization
2. Check all metrics are displayed
3. Validate refresh intervals
4. Test metric accuracy

Expected Results

• ✅ Dashboard loads successfully
• ✅ All key metrics visible (CPU, memory, disk, network)
• ✅ Refresh interval works as specified
• ✅ Metrics values are reasonable and accurate

Test Case 13.3.2: Alert Threshold Testing

# Command
aitbc admin monitor --alerts --threshold cpu:80 --threshold memory:90

# Validation Steps
1. Set low thresholds for testing
2. Generate load on system
3. Verify alert triggers
4. Check alert notification format

Expected Results

• ✅ Alert configuration accepted
• ✅ Alerts trigger when thresholds exceeded
• ✅ Alert messages are clear and actionable
• ✅ Alert history is maintained

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Scenario 13.4: Service Restart Operations

Test Case 13.4.1: Graceful Service Restart

# Command
aitbc admin restart --service coordinator --graceful --timeout 120

# Validation Steps
1. Verify graceful shutdown initiation
2. Check in-flight operations handling
3. Monitor service restart process
4. Validate service health post-restart

Expected Results

• ✅ Service shuts down gracefully
• ✅ In-flight operations completed or queued
• ✅ Service restarts successfully
• ✅ Health checks pass after restart

Test Case 13.4.2: Emergency Service Restart

# Command
aitbc admin restart --service blockchain-node --emergency --force

# Validation Steps
1. Verify immediate service termination
2. Check service restart speed
3. Validate service recovery
4. Test data integrity post-restart

Expected Results

• ✅ Service stops immediately
• ✅ Fast restart (< 30 seconds)
• ✅ Service recovers fully
• ✅ No data corruption or loss

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Scenario 13.5: System Status Overview

Test Case 13.5.1: Comprehensive Status Check

# Command
aitbc admin status --verbose --format json --output /tmp/system-status.json

# Validation Steps
1. Verify JSON output format
2. Check all services are reported
3. Validate status accuracy
4. Test with different output formats

Expected Results

• ✅ Valid JSON output
• ✅ All services included in status
• ✅ Status information is accurate
• ✅ Multiple output formats work

Test Case 13.5.2: Health Check Mode

# Command
aitbc admin status --health-check --comprehensive --report

# Validation Steps
1. Run comprehensive health check
2. Verify all components checked
3. Check health report completeness
4. Validate recommendations provided

Expected Results

• ✅ All components undergo health checks
• ✅ Detailed health report generated
• ✅ Issues identified with severity levels
• ✅ Actionable recommendations provided

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Scenario 13.6: System Update Operations

Test Case 13.6.1: Dry Run Update

# Command
aitbc admin update --component coordinator --version latest --dry-run

# Validation Steps
1. Verify update simulation runs
2. Check compatibility analysis
3. Review downtime estimate
4. Validate rollback plan

Expected Results

• ✅ Dry run completes successfully
• ✅ Compatibility issues identified
• ✅ Downtime accurately estimated
• ✅ Rollback plan is viable

Test Case 13.6.2: Actual Update (Test Environment)

# Command
aitbc admin update --component coordinator --version 2.1.0-test --backup

# Validation Steps
1. Verify backup creation
2. Monitor update progress
3. Validate post-update functionality
4. Test rollback if needed

Expected Results

• ✅ Backup created before update
• ✅ Update progresses smoothly
• ✅ Service functions post-update
• ✅ Rollback works if required

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Scenario 13.7: User Management Operations

Test Case 13.7.1: User Listing and Filtering

# Command
aitbc admin users --action list --role miner --status active --format table

# Validation Steps
1. Verify user list display
2. Test role filtering
3. Test status filtering
4. Validate output formats

Expected Results

• ✅ User list displays correctly
• ✅ Role filtering works
• ✅ Status filtering works
• ✅ Multiple output formats available

Test Case 13.7.2: User Creation and Management

# Command
aitbc admin users --action create --username testuser --role operator --email test@example.com

# Validation Steps
1. Create test user
2. Verify user appears in listings
3. Test user permission assignment
4. Clean up test user

Expected Results

• ✅ User created successfully
• ✅ User appears in system listings
• ✅ Permissions assigned correctly
• ✅ User can be cleanly removed

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Emergency Response Test Scenarios

Scenario 14.1: Emergency Service Recovery

Test Case 14.1.1: Full System Recovery

# Simulate system failure
sudo systemctl stop aitbc-coordinator aitbc-blockchain aitbc-marketplace

# Emergency recovery
aitbc admin restart --service all --emergency --force

# Validation Steps
1. Verify all services stop
2. Execute emergency restart
3. Monitor service recovery sequence
4. Validate system functionality

Expected Results

• ✅ All services stop successfully
• ✅ Emergency restart initiates
• ✅ Services recover in correct order
• ✅ System fully functional post-recovery

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Performance Benchmarks

Expected Performance Metrics

Operation	Expected Time	Acceptable Range
Full Backup	10 min	5-20 min
Incremental Backup	2 min	1-5 min
Service Restart	30 sec	10-60 sec
Status Check	5 sec	2-10 sec
Log Retrieval	2 sec	1-5 sec
User Operations	1 sec	< 3 sec

Load Testing Scenarios

High Load Backup Test

# Generate load while backing up
aitbc client submit --type inference --model llama3 --data '{"prompt":"Load test"}' &
aitbc admin backup --type full --destination /backups/load-test-backup

# Expected: Backup completes successfully under load

Concurrent Admin Operations

# Run multiple admin commands concurrently
aitbc admin status &
aitbc admin logs --tail 10 &
aitbc admin monitor --duration 30 &

# Expected: All commands complete without interference

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Test Automation Script

Automated Test Runner

#!/bin/bash
# admin-test-runner.sh

echo "Starting AITBC Admin Commands Test Suite"

# Test configuration
TEST_LOG="/tmp/admin-test-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).log"
FAILED_TESTS=0

# Test functions
test_backup() {
    echo "Testing backup operations..." | tee -a $TEST_LOG
    aitbc admin backup --type full --destination /tmp/test-backup --dry-run
    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
        echo "✅ Backup test passed" | tee -a $TEST_LOG
    else
        echo "❌ Backup test failed" | tee -a $TEST_LOG
        FAILED_TESTS=$((FAILED_TESTS + 1))
    fi
}

test_status() {
    echo "Testing status operations..." | tee -a $TEST_LOG
    aitbc admin status --format json > /tmp/status-test.json
    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
        echo "✅ Status test passed" | tee -a $TEST_LOG
    else
        echo "❌ Status test failed" | tee -a $TEST_LOG
        FAILED_TESTS=$((FAILED_TESTS + 1))
    fi
}

# Run all tests
test_backup
test_status

# Summary
echo "Test completed. Failed tests: $FAILED_TESTS" | tee -a $TEST_LOG
exit $FAILED_TESTS

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Troubleshooting Guide

Common Issues and Solutions

Backup Failures

• Issue: Insufficient disk space
• Solution: Check available space with df -h, clear old backups

Service Restart Issues

• Issue: Service fails to restart
• Solution: Check logs with aitbc admin logs --service <service> --level error

Permission Errors

• Issue: Access denied errors
• Solution: Verify admin API key permissions and user role

Network Connectivity

• Issue: Cannot reach services
• Solution: Check network connectivity and service endpoints

Debug Commands

# Check admin permissions
aitbc auth status

# Verify service connectivity
aitbc admin status --health-check

# Check system resources
aitbc admin monitor --duration 60

# Review recent errors
aitbc admin logs --level error --since "1 hour ago"

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Test Reporting

Test Result Template

# Admin Commands Test Report

**Date**: 2026-03-05
**Environment**: Test
**Tester**: [Your Name]

## Test Summary
- Total Tests: 15
- Passed: 14
- Failed: 1
- Success Rate: 93.3%

## Failed Tests
1. **Test Case 13.6.2**: Actual Update - Version compatibility issue
   - **Issue**: Target version not compatible with current dependencies
   - **Resolution**: Update dependencies first, then retry

## Recommendations
1. Implement automated dependency checking before updates
2. Add backup verification automation
3. Enhance error messages for better troubleshooting

## Next Steps
1. Fix failed test case
2. Implement recommendations
3. Schedule re-test

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Last updated: March 5, 2026
Test scenarios version: 1.0
Compatible with AITBC CLI version: 2.x