commit 27964b5bd61b1afe685bce4180f1e37faabf3f39
author E. Scott Daniels <daniels@research.att.com> Mon Oct 12 09:36:39 2020 -0400
committer E. Scott Daniels <daniels@research.att.com> Mon Oct 12 09:36:39 2020 -0400
tree 2767bbbac4a7f555c91826431730a47bc93f9e31
parent a653bc4c33f3a023cb90844717fbb1cb8436de15

Remove use of "localhost" in unit tests

In some container environments localhost is defined multiple times
in /etc/hosts. This can cause unit tests to fail if "localhost" is
used to create a connection. This change switches to use the loop
back address (127.0.0.1) for unit tests.

Issue-ID: RIC-654

Signed-off-by: E. Scott Daniels <daniels@research.att.com>
Change-Id: Ia48ffac700b54dce59f878f46f1f011dce1df260

tests/test_alarm.py

diff --git a/tests/test_alarm.py b/tests/test_alarm.py
index df8b2d4..2eec9c9 100644
--- a/tests/test_alarm.py
+++ b/tests/test_alarm.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
         alarm.AlarmManager(MRC_SEND, "bogus", "envvars")
 
     # good environment variables
-    monkeypatch.setenv(ALARM_MGR_SERVICE_NAME_ENV, "localhost")
+    monkeypatch.setenv(ALARM_MGR_SERVICE_NAME_ENV, "127.0.0.1")     # do NOT use localhost
     monkeypatch.setenv(ALARM_MGR_SERVICE_PORT_ENV, "4567")  # any int is ok here
     mgr = alarm.AlarmManager(MRC_SEND, "moid2", "appid2")
     assert mgr is not None
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     """
     test send functions and ensure a message arrives
     """
-    monkeypatch.setenv(ALARM_MGR_SERVICE_NAME_ENV, "localhost")
+    monkeypatch.setenv(ALARM_MGR_SERVICE_NAME_ENV, "127.0.0.1")     # do NOT use localhost
     monkeypatch.setenv(ALARM_MGR_SERVICE_PORT_ENV, "4567")  # must match rcv port above
     mgr = AlarmManager(MRC_SEND, "moid", "appid")
     assert mgr is not None