Change:
expectNoError(err) }) <del> It("should create and stop a replication controller", func() { defer cleanup(nautilusPath) By("creating a replication controller") runKubectl("create", "-f", nautilusPath) validateController(c, nautilusImage, 2) </del> <ins> Describe("update-demo", func() { var ( updateDemoRoot = filepath.Join(testContext.repoRoot, "examples/update-demo/v1beta1") nautilusPath   = filepath.Join(updateDemoRoot, "nautilus-rc.yaml") kittenPath     = filepath.Join(updateDemoRoot, "kitten-rc.yaml") ) It("should create and stop a replication controller", func() { defer cleanup(nautilusPath, updateDemoSelector) By("creating a replication controller") runKubectl("create", "-f", nautilusPath) validateController(c, nautilusImage, 2) }) It("should scale a replication controller", func() { defer cleanup(nautilusPath, updateDemoSelector) By("creating a replication controller") runKubectl("create", "-f", nautilusPath) validateController(c, nautilusImage, 2) By("scaling down the replication controller") runKubectl("resize", "rc", "update-demo-nautilus", "--replicas=1") validateController(c, nautilusImage, 1) By("scaling up the replication controller") runKubectl("resize", "rc", "update-demo-nautilus", "--replicas=2") validateController(c, nautilusImage, 2) }) It("should do a rolling update of a replication controller", func() { // Cleanup all resources in case we fail somewhere in the middle defer cleanup(updateDemoRoot, updateDemoSelector) By("creating the initial replication controller") runKubectl("create", "-f", nautilusPath) validateController(c, nautilusImage, 2) By("rollingupdate to new replication controller") runKubectl("rollingupdate", "update-demo-nautilus", "--update-period=1s", "-f", kittenPath) validateController(c, kittenImage, 2) }) </ins> }) <del> It("should scale a replication controller", func() { defer cleanup(nautilusPath) By("creating a replication controller") runKubectl("create", "-f", nautilusPath) validateController(c, nautilusImage, 2) By("scaling down the replication controller") runKubectl("resize", "rc", "update-demo-nautilus", "--replicas=1") validateController(c, nautilusImage, 1) By("scaling up the replication controller") runKubectl("resize", "rc", "update-demo-nautilus", "--replicas=2") validateController(c, nautilusImage, 2) }) </del> <ins> Describe("guestbook", func() { var guestbookPath = filepath.Join(testContext.repoRoot, "examples/guestbook") It("should create and stop a working application", func() { defer cleanup(guestbookPath, frontendSelector, redisMasterSelector, redisSlaveSelector) </ins> <del> It("should do a rolling update of a replication controller", func() { // Cleanup all resources in case we fail somewhere in the middle defer cleanup(updateDemoRoot) </del> <ins> By("creating all guestbook components") runKubectl("create", "-f", guestbookPath) </ins> <del> By("creating the initial replication controller") runKubectl("create", "-f", nautilusPath) validateController(c, nautilusImage, 2) By("rollingupdate to new replication controller") runKubectl("rollingupdate", "update-demo-nautilus", "--update-period=1s", "-f", kittenPath) validateController(c, kittenImage, 2) </del> <ins> By("validating guestbook app") validateGuestbookApp(c) }) </ins> }) }) <del> func cleanup(filePath string) { </del> <ins> func validateGuestbookApp(c *client.Client) { // Wait for frontend to serve content. serving := false for start := time.Now(); time.Since(start) < guestbookResponseTimeout; time.Sleep(5 * time.Second) { entry, err := makeRequestToGuestbook(c, "get", "") if err == nil && entry == `{"data": ""}` { serving = true break } } if !serving { Failf("Frontend service did not start serving content in %v seconds", guestbookResponseTimeout.Seconds()) } // Try to add a new entry to the guestbook. added := false for start := time.Now(); time.Since(start) < guestbookResponseTimeout; time.Sleep(5 * time.Second) { result, err := makeRequestToGuestbook(c, "set", "TestEntry") if err == nil && result == `{"message": "Updated"}` { added = true break } } if !added { Failf("Cannot added new entry in %v seconds", guestbookResponseTimeout.Seconds()) } // Verify that entry is correctly added to the guestbook. entry, err := makeRequestToGuestbook(c, "get", "") if err != nil { Failf("Request to the guestbook failed with: %v", err) } if entry != `{"data": "TestEntry"}` { Failf("Wrong entry received: %v", entry) } } func makeRequestToGuestbook(c *client.Client, cmd, value string) (string, error) { result, err := c.Get(). Prefix("proxy"). Resource("services"). Name("frontend"). Suffix("/index.php"). Param("cmd", cmd). Param("key", "messages"). Param("value", value). Do(). Raw() return string(result), err } func cleanup(filePath string, selectors ...string) { </ins> By("using stop to clean up resources") runKubectl("stop", "-f", filePath) <del> resources := runKubectl("get", "pods,rc", "-l", updateDemoSelector, "--no-headers") if resources != "" { Failf("Resources left running after stop:n%s", resources) </del> <ins> for _, selector := range selectors { resources := runKubectl("get", "pods,rc,se", "-l", selector, "--no-headers") if resources != "" { Failf("Resources left running after stop:n%s", resources) } </ins> } }

Discussion:
Implement guestbook test as a kubectl-driven test in . this should be a fairly straightforward follow up from , if you are interested/have cycles.
As I wrote in the email the plan is: problem w guestbook example (). test becomes actual test (). it do ginkgo. Should be done this week, but it depends on how fast 1. can be done.