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@@ -32,6 +32,23 @@ to HTTP mode if you are changing the CGI code by running: The protocol being used during a test run is exposed in the GTT_PROTO environment variable passed to implementations. +HTTP mode test dependencies +--------------------------- + +HTTP tests work via password access rather than key access, +so the `htpasswd` binary must be in your `PATH`. +In debian this can be accomplised by installing `apache2-utils`. + +HTTP tests require starting an HTTP server on an unused port. +The test suite implements this using `lighttpd`, +so that binary must be in your `PATH`. +In debian this can be accomplished by installing `lighttpd`. +This starts it by default, so you probably want to run +`systemctl disable --now lighttpd.service` to stop it. + +This defaults to starting at 8080 and walking up to find a free one. +If there is a better port to use set `HTTP_FIRST_TEST_PORT`. + The fundamental parts of the `testing/` directory are ===================================================== |