Test orchestration platform

A system comprising:

• at least one device including a hardware processor;
• the system being configured to perform operations comprising:
• executing a plurality of test execution plans using:
• instances of a same first container image that encapsulates a first test environment;
• and instances of at least two different test support container images that are specified by different user-defined test configurations and each configured to perform, respectively, one or more test support operations, wherein executing the plurality of test execution plans comprises:
• (a) based at least on a first user-defined test configuration, executing a first test execution plan comprising:
• generating a first test container comprising a first instance of the first container image that encapsulates the first test environment;
• generating a first test support container configured to supply input data to the first instance of the first container image and obtain output data from the first instance of the first container image during a first test;
• wherein the first test container and the first test support container are encapsulated reproducible software modules that may be executed on one or more container platforms;
• executing the first test container and the first test support container on a first container platform to perform the first test in the first test environment according to the first user-defined test configuration;
• (b) based at least on a second user-defined test configuration, executing a second test execution plan comprising:
• generating a second test container comprising a second instance of the first container image that encapsulates the first test environment;
• generating a second test support container that is specified in the second user-defined test configuration and configured to perform at least a first test support operation, wherein the second test support container is different from any test support container specified in the first user-defined test configuration;
• wherein the second test container and the second test support container are reproducible software modules that may be executed on the one or more container platforms;
• executing the second test container and the second test support container on a second container platform to perform a second test in the first test environment according to the second user-defined test configuration.

A method comprising:

• executing a plurality of test execution plans using:
• instances of a same first container image that encapsulates a first test environment;
• and instances of at least two different test support container images that are specified by different user-defined test configurations and each configured to perform, respectively, one or more test support operations, wherein executing the plurality of test execution plans comprises:
• (a) based at least on a first user-defined test configuration, executing a first test execution plan comprising:
• generating a first test container comprising a first instance of the first container image that encapsulates the first test environment;
• generating a first test support container configured to supply input data to the first instance of the first container image and obtain output data from the first instance of the first container image during a first test;
• wherein the first test container and the first test support container are encapsulated reproducible software modules that may be executed on one or more container platforms;
• executing the first test container and the first test support container on a first container platform to perform the first test in the first test environment according to the first user-defined test configuration;
• (b) based at least on a second user-defined test configuration, executing a second test execution plan comprising:
• generating a second test container comprising a second instance of the first container image that encapsulates the first test environment;
• generating a second test support container that is specified in the second user-defined test configuration and configured to perform at least a first test support operation,
• wherein the second test support container is different from any test support container specified in the first user-defined test configuration;
• wherein the second test container and the second test support container are reproducible software modules that may be executed on the one or more container platforms;
• executing the second test container and the second test support container on a second container platform to perform a second test in the first test environment according to the second user-defined test configuration,
• wherein the method is performed by at least one device comprising a hardware processor.