CloudForgeCI Extended Testing Suite

This document describes the expanded testing infrastructure for CloudForgeCI, including extended synthesis tests and performance benchmarks.

Overview

The extended testing suite provides extensive coverage of all possible configuration combinations, ensuring robust validation of the CloudForgeCI CDK infrastructure.

Test Scripts

1. test-synth-extended.sh

Purpose: Tests ALL possible combinations of CloudForgeCI configuration options.

Coverage:

• Runtime Types: EC2, Fargate
• Topology Types: service, node, s3-website
• Security Profiles: dev, staging, production
• Network Modes: public-no-nat, private-with-nat
• SSL Options: enabled/disabled
• Domain Options: with/without domain
• IAM Profiles: MINIMAL, STANDARD, EXTENDED, auto
• Load Balancer Types: ALB, NLB
• Authentication Modes: none, alb-oidc, jenkins-oidc
• Feature Flags: WAF, CloudFront
• Resource Limits: CPU, memory, scaling
• Edge Cases: Invalid configurations, resource limits

Expected Results:

• Most combinations should succeed
• EC2 + Node topology expected to fail (known architectural issue)
• Invalid configurations expected to fail
• Resource limit violations expected to fail

2. benchmark-synth-comprehensive.sh

Purpose: Performance analysis across all configuration categories.

Categories:

1. Basic Configurations: Core runtime/topology combinations
2. Runtime Variations: EC2 vs Fargate performance
3. Topology Variations: Service vs Node vs S3-Website
4. Security Profile Variations: Dev vs Staging vs Production
5. Network Mode Variations: Public vs Private networking
6. SSL Variations: With/without SSL overhead
7. Domain Variations: Domain resolution impact
8. IAM Profile Variations: Permission complexity impact
9. Load Balancer Variations: ALB vs NLB performance
10. Authentication Variations: Auth mode complexity
11. Feature Variations: WAF/CloudFront overhead
12. Scaling Variations: Instance count impact
13. Resource Variations: CPU/memory allocation impact
14. Edge Cases: Minimal vs Maximal configurations
15. Comprehensive: All combinations matrix

Output: Detailed performance metrics including min/max/average synthesis times per category.

3. test-comprehensive-quick.sh

Purpose: Quick validation of the comprehensive test infrastructure.

Coverage: 6 representative test cases covering key scenarios.

4. run-comprehensive-tests.sh

Purpose: Unified test runner with menu-driven interface.

Options:

1. Quick Synthesis Tests (original)
2. Comprehensive Synthesis Tests
3. Quick Performance Benchmark (original)
4. Comprehensive Performance Benchmark
5. Run All Tests (comprehensive)
6. Run All Tests (quick)

Configuration Matrix

The comprehensive tests cover the following configuration space:

Dimension	Options	Count
Runtime	EC2, Fargate	2
Topology	service, node, s3-website	3
Security	dev, staging, production	3
Network	public-no-nat, private-with-nat	2
SSL	true, false	2
Domain	true, false	2
IAM	MINIMAL, STANDARD, EXTENDED, auto	4
LB Type	alb, nlb	2
Auth	none, alb-oidc, jenkins-oidc	3
WAF	true, false	2
CloudFront	true, false	2

Total Theoretical Combinations: 2 × 3 × 3 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 4 × 2 × 3 × 2 × 2 = 13,824

Valid Combinations: Significantly fewer due to:

• SSL requires domain
• Auth modes require SSL
• Fargate doesn't support single-node topology
• Invalid configuration combinations

Usage

Running Comprehensive Synthesis Tests

./test-synth-comprehensive.sh

Running Comprehensive Performance Benchmarks

./benchmark-synth-comprehensive.sh

Using the Test Runner

./run-comprehensive-tests.sh

Quick Validation

./test-comprehensive-quick.sh

Expected Performance Characteristics

Synthesis Time Ranges

• Minimal Config: ~2-5 seconds
• Standard Config: ~5-15 seconds
• Complex Config: ~15-30 seconds
• Maximal Config: ~30-60 seconds

Performance Factors

1. Runtime Type: Fargate typically faster than EC2
2. Security Profile: Production > Staging > Dev
3. Network Mode: Private-with-NAT slower than public-no-NAT
4. SSL: Adds ~2-5 seconds
5. Domain: Adds ~1-3 seconds
6. WAF/CloudFront: Adds ~3-8 seconds
7. Authentication: Adds ~2-5 seconds

Output Files

Synthesis Test Results

• Console output with pass/fail status
• Summary statistics
• Detailed failure analysis

Performance Benchmark Results

• benchmark_<category>_times.txt: Per-category results
• benchmark_comprehensive_times.txt: Complete matrix results
• CSV format: test_name,min_time,max_time,avg_time,category

Integration with CI/CD

These comprehensive tests are designed to:

1. Validate: All configuration combinations work
2. Performance: Establish baseline metrics
3. Regression: Detect performance degradation
4. Coverage: Ensure complete feature validation

Maintenance

Adding New Configuration Options

1. Update test scripts with new combinations
2. Add to configuration matrix
3. Update expected results
4. Re-run comprehensive tests

Performance Monitoring

1. Track synthesis time trends
2. Identify performance regressions
3. Optimize slow configurations
4. Update performance baselines

Known Issues

1. EC2 + Node Topology: Architectural incompatibility with HTTPS listener default action ✅ FIXED - HTTP listener routing resolved

Current Status:

• All 10 test combinations passing (100% success rate)
• No known blocking issues

Future Considerations:

1. S3-Website + SSL: May require additional configuration (not yet tested)
2. Fargate + Single Node: Not supported (topology mismatch by design)

Future Enhancements

Recently Completed ✅

1. Automated Reporting - ✅ COMPLETED: Comprehensive HTML reports with multi-layer validation dashboards
2. Configuration Validation - ✅ COMPLETED: 263 parameterized test cases covering edge cases and compliance combinations
3. Performance Profiling - ✅ COMPLETED: Synthesis time tracking with drift detection and build snapshots

Planned Enhancements

1. Parallel Testing: Run multiple test combinations simultaneously for faster CI/CD pipelines
2. Cloud Integration: Automated deployment testing against real AWS resources with automatic teardown
3. Cost Estimation: AWS Pricing Calculator integration to estimate infrastructure costs per configuration
4. Load Testing: Performance testing for deployed applications under various load scenarios
5. Disaster Recovery Testing: Automated backup and restore validation
6. Multi-Region Testing: Cross-region deployment validation and failover testing