don't use env vars but explicit pytest options to pass ssh info around.

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/cmdeploy.py

@@ -249,10 +249,6 @@ def test_cmd(args, out):
 
     env = os.environ.copy()
     env["CHATMAIL_INI"] = str(args.inipath.resolve())
-    if args.ssh_host:
-        env["CHATMAIL_SSH"] = args.ssh_host
-    if args.ssh_config:
-        env["CHATMAIL_SSH_CONFIG"] = str(Path(args.ssh_config).resolve())
 
     pytest_path = shutil.which("pytest")
     pytest_args = [
@@ -266,6 +262,10 @@ def test_cmd(args, out):
     ]
     if args.slow:
         pytest_args.append("--slow")
+    if args.ssh_host:
+        pytest_args.extend(["--ssh-host", args.ssh_host])
+    if args.ssh_config:
+        pytest_args.extend(["--ssh-config", str(Path(args.ssh_config).resolve())])
     ret = out.run_ret(pytest_args, env=env)
     return ret
 

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/tests/online/test_1_basic.py

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import datetime
-import os
 import smtplib
 import socket
 import subprocess
@@ -13,8 +12,8 @@ from cmdeploy.cmdeploy import get_sshexec
 
 class TestSSHExecutor:
     @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
-    def sshexec(self, sshdomain):
-        ssh_config = os.environ.get("CHATMAIL_SSH_CONFIG")
+    def sshexec(self, sshdomain, pytestconfig):
+        ssh_config = pytestconfig.getoption("ssh_config")
         return get_sshexec(sshdomain, ssh_config=ssh_config)
 
     def test_ls(self, sshexec):

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/tests/online/test_2_deltachat.py

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import ipaddress
-import os
 import re
 import time
 
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ class TestEndToEndDeltaChat:
         assert msg2.get_snapshot().text == "message0"
 
     def test_exceed_quota(
-        self, cmfactory, lp, tmpdir, remote, chatmail_config, sshdomain
+        self, cmfactory, lp, tmpdir, remote, chatmail_config, sshdomain, pytestconfig
     ):
         """This is a very slow test as it needs to upload >100MB of mail data
         before quota is exceeded, and thus depends on the speed of the upload.
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ class TestEndToEndDeltaChat:
         fn = f"7743102289.M843172P2484002.c20,S={quota},W=2398:2,"
         path = chatmail_config.mailboxes_dir.joinpath(user, "cur", fn)
         sshexec = get_sshexec(
-            sshdomain, ssh_config=os.environ.get("CHATMAIL_SSH_CONFIG")
+            sshdomain, ssh_config=pytestconfig.getoption("ssh_config")
         )
         sshexec(call=rshell.write_numbytes, kwargs=dict(path=str(path), num=120))
         res = sshexec(call=rshell.dovecot_recalc_quota, kwargs=dict(user=user))

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/tests/online/test_3_status.py

@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ import os
 from cmdeploy.cmdeploy import main
 
 
-def test_status_cmd(chatmail_config, capsys, request):
+def test_status_cmd(chatmail_config, capsys, request, pytestconfig):
     os.chdir(request.config.invocation_params.dir)
     command = ["status"]
-    if os.getenv("CHATMAIL_SSH"):
-        command.append("--ssh-host")
-        command.append(os.getenv("CHATMAIL_SSH"))
-    if os.getenv("CHATMAIL_SSH_CONFIG"):
-        command.append("--ssh-config")
-        command.append(os.getenv("CHATMAIL_SSH_CONFIG"))
+    ssh_host = pytestconfig.getoption("ssh_host")
+    if ssh_host:
+        command.extend(["--ssh-host", ssh_host])
+    ssh_config = pytestconfig.getoption("ssh_config")
+    if ssh_config:
+        command.extend(["--ssh-config", ssh_config])
     assert main(command) == 0
     status_out = capsys.readouterr()
     print(status_out.out)

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/tests/plugin.py

@@ -20,6 +20,18 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
     parser.addoption(
         "--slow", action="store_true", default=False, help="also run slow tests"
     )
+    parser.addoption(
+        "--ssh-host",
+        dest="ssh_host",
+        default=None,
+        help="SSH host (overrides mail_domain for SSH operations).",
+    )
+    parser.addoption(
+        "--ssh-config",
+        dest="ssh_config",
+        default=None,
+        help="Path to an SSH config file (e.g. lxconfigs/ssh-config).",
+    )
 
 
 def _parse_ssh_config_hosts(path):
@@ -57,9 +69,9 @@ def _make_patched_getaddrinfo(host_map):
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True, scope="session")
-def _setup_localchat_dns():
+def _setup_localchat_dns(pytestconfig):
     """Monkey-patch socket.getaddrinfo to resolve .localchat via ssh-config."""
-    ssh_config = os.environ.get("CHATMAIL_SSH_CONFIG")
+    ssh_config = pytestconfig.getoption("ssh_config")
     if not ssh_config or not Path(ssh_config).exists():
         yield {}
         return
@@ -126,8 +138,8 @@ def maildomain(chatmail_config):
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
-def sshdomain(maildomain):
-    return os.environ.get("CHATMAIL_SSH", maildomain)
+def sshdomain(maildomain, pytestconfig):
+    return pytestconfig.getoption("ssh_host") or maildomain
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
@@ -471,14 +483,14 @@ def cmfactory(
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def remote(sshdomain):
-    return Remote(sshdomain)
+def remote(sshdomain, pytestconfig):
+    return Remote(sshdomain, ssh_config=pytestconfig.getoption("ssh_config"))
 
 
 class Remote:
-    def __init__(self, sshdomain):
+    def __init__(self, sshdomain, ssh_config=None):
         self.sshdomain = sshdomain
-        self.ssh_config = os.environ.get("CHATMAIL_SSH_CONFIG")
+        self.ssh_config = ssh_config
 
     def iter_output(self, logcmd="", ready=None):
         getjournal = "journalctl -f" if not logcmd else logcmd

doc/source/lxc.rst

@@ -96,18 +96,14 @@ CLI reference
 
 ``lxc-stop [--destroy] [--destroy-all] [NAME ...]``
     Stop relay containers.
-    Without arguments, stops ``test0-localchat``
-    and ``test1-localchat``.
+    Without arguments, stops ``test0-localchat`` and ``test1-localchat``.
     Pass ``NAME`` to stop specific containers.
-    Use ``--destroy`` to also delete the containers
-    and their config files.
+    Use ``--destroy`` to also delete the containers and their config files.
     Use ``--destroy-all`` to additionally destroy
     the ``ns-localchat`` DNS container **and** remove
     the cached ``localchat-base`` and ``localchat-relay``
-    images, giving a fully clean slate
-    for the next ``lxc-test``.
-    User containers are **never** destroyed
-    unless named explicitly.
+    images, giving a fully clean slate for the next ``lxc-test``.
+    User containers are **never** destroyed unless named explicitly.
 
 ``lxc-test [--one]``
     Idempotent full pipeline: