nixos/tests/home-assistant: add comments & reformat

nixos/tests/home-assistant.nix

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ in {
 
   nodes.hass = { pkgs, ... }: {
     environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ mosquitto ];
+
     services.mosquitto = {
       enable = true;
       listeners = [ {
@@ -21,14 +22,18 @@ in {
         };
       } ];
     };
+
     services.home-assistant = {
-      inherit configDir;
       enable = true;
+      inherit configDir;
+
+      # tests loading components by overriding the package
       package = (pkgs.home-assistant.override {
         extraComponents = [ "zha" ];
       }).overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
         doInstallCheck = false;
       });
+
       config = {
         homeassistant = {
           name = "Home";
@@ -37,34 +42,56 @@ in {
           longitude = "0.0";
           elevation = 0;
         };
+
+        # we can't load default_config, because the updater requires
+        # network access and would cause an error, so load frontend
+        # here explicitly.
+        # https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/frontend/
         frontend = {};
+
+        # configure an mqtt broker connection
+        # https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/mqtt
         mqtt = {
           broker = "127.0.0.1";
           username = mqttUsername;
           password = mqttPassword;
         };
-        binary_sensor = [{
+
+        # create a mqtt sensor that syncs state with its mqtt topic
+        # https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/sensor.mqtt/
+        binary_sensor = [ {
           platform = "mqtt";
           state_topic = "home-assistant/test";
           payload_on = "let_there_be_light";
           payload_off = "off";
-        }];
+        } ];
+
+        # set up a wake-on-lan switch to test capset capability required
+        # for the ping suid wrapper
+        # https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/wake_on_lan/
         wake_on_lan = {};
-        switch = [{
+        switch = [ {
           platform = "wake_on_lan";
           mac = "00:11:22:33:44:55";
           host = "127.0.0.1";
-        }];
+        } ];
-        # tests component-based capability assignment (CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE)
+
+        # test component-based capability assignment (CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE)
+        # https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/emulated_hue/
         emulated_hue = {
           host_ip = "127.0.0.1";
           listen_port = 80;
         };
+
+        # show mqtt interaction in the log
+        # https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/logger/
         logger = {
           default = "info";
           logs."homeassistant.components.mqtt" = "debug";
         };
       };
+
+      # configure the sample lovelace dashboard
       lovelaceConfig = {
         title = "My Awesome Home";
         views = [{
@@ -82,33 +109,38 @@ in {
 
   testScript = ''
     start_all()
+
     hass.wait_for_unit("home-assistant.service")
+
     with subtest("Check that YAML configuration file is in place"):
         hass.succeed("test -L ${configDir}/configuration.yaml")
-    with subtest("lovelace config is copied because lovelaceConfigWritable = true"):
+
+    with subtest("Check the lovelace config is copied because lovelaceConfigWritable = true"):
         hass.succeed("test -f ${configDir}/ui-lovelace.yaml")
+
     with subtest("Check that Home Assistant's web interface and API can be reached"):
+        hass.wait_until_succeeds("journalctl -u home-assistant.service | grep -q 'Home Assistant initialized in'")
         hass.wait_for_open_port(8123)
         hass.succeed("curl --fail http://localhost:8123/lovelace")
+
     with subtest("Toggle a binary sensor using MQTT"):
         hass.wait_for_open_port(1883)
         hass.succeed(
             "mosquitto_pub -V mqttv5 -t home-assistant/test -u ${mqttUsername} -P '${mqttPassword}' -m let_there_be_light"
         )
+
     with subtest("Check that capabilities are passed for emulated_hue to bind to port 80"):
         hass.wait_for_open_port(80)
         hass.succeed("curl --fail http://localhost:80/description.xml")
+
     with subtest("Check extra components are considered in systemd unit hardening"):
         hass.succeed("systemctl show -p DeviceAllow home-assistant.service | grep -q char-ttyUSB")
+
     with subtest("Print log to ease debugging"):
         output_log = hass.succeed("cat ${configDir}/home-assistant.log")
         print("\n### home-assistant.log ###\n")
         print(output_log + "\n")
 
-    # wait for home-assistant to fully boot
-    hass.sleep(30)
-    hass.wait_for_unit("home-assistant.service")
-
     with subtest("Check that no errors were logged"):
         assert "ERROR" not in output_log
 
@@ -117,7 +149,7 @@ in {
         assert "let_there_be_light" in output_log
 
     with subtest("Check systemd unit hardening"):
-        hass.log(hass.succeed("systemctl show home-assistant.service"))
+        hass.log(hass.succeed("systemctl cat home-assistant.service"))
         hass.log(hass.succeed("systemd-analyze security home-assistant.service"))
   '';
 })