QE: refactor and fix "Create and modify a System profile using the XM…

…L-RPC API" scenario (#8218)

* QE: refactor and fix "Create and modify a System profile using the XML-RPC API" scenario

Implement and add an API call to system.createSystemRecord using the SID and kickstart label

* QE: typo

Co-authored-by: Dominik Gedon <dominik.gedon@suse.com>

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Co-authored-by: Dominik Gedon <dominik.gedon@suse.com>

testsuite/features/secondary/srv_cobbler_profile.feature

@@ -91,9 +91,7 @@ Feature: Edit Cobbler profiles
     When I create a system record with name "isesystem_api" and kickstart label "iseprofile_api"
 
   Scenario: Create and modify a System profile using the XML-RPC API
-    # This should intentionally fail and XML-RPC should return an error here until
-    # https://github.com/uyuni-project/uyuni/pull/6676 gets merged by Ion
-    When I create and modify the kickstart system "isesystem_api" with hostname "ise-system.test" via XML-RPC
+    When I create and modify the kickstart system "isesystem_api" with kickstart label "iseprofile_api" and hostname "ise-system.test" via XML-RPC
       | inst.repo   | http://ise.cobbler.test |
       | self_update | http://ise.cobbler.test |
 

testsuite/features/step_definitions/api_common.rb

@@ -550,9 +550,13 @@
   assert($output.select { |p| p['name'] == profile_name }.count == 1)
 end
 
-When(/^I create and modify the kickstart system "([^"]*)" with hostname "([^"]*)" via XML-RPC$/) do |name, hostname, values|
-  system_id = $api_test.system.create_system_profile(name, 'hostname' => hostname)
-  $stdout.puts "system_id: #{system_id}"
+When(/^I create and modify the kickstart system "([^"]*)" with kickstart label "([^"]*)" and hostname "([^"]*)" via XML-RPC$/) do |name, kslabel, hostname, values|
+  # even though it should not happen during a testsuite run, it is useful to know when debugging that
+  # this call will raise a SystemCallError if matching systems already exist, the Error message will include a list of the matchings system IDs
+  sid = $api_test.system.create_system_profile(name, 'hostname' => hostname)
+  $stdout.puts "system_id: #{sid}"
+
+  $api_test.system.create_system_record_with_sid(sid, kslabel)
   # this works only with a 2 column table where the key is in the left column
   variables = values.rows_hash
   $api_test.system.set_variables(system_id, variables)

testsuite/features/support/namespaces/system.rb

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ def schedule_script_run(server, uid, gid, timeout, script, date)
   end
 
   ##
-  # Creates a system record on the SUMA server.
+  # Creates a Cobbler system record for a system that is not registered on the SUMA server.
   #
   # Args:
   #   name: The name of the system record.
@@ -138,6 +138,16 @@ def create_system_record(name, kslabel, koptions, comment, netdevices)
     @test.call('system.createSystemRecord', sessionKey: @test.token, systemName: name, ksLabel: kslabel, kOptions: koptions, comment: comment, netDevices: netdevices)
   end
 
+  ##
+  # Creates a Cobbler system record with the specified kickstart label
+  #
+  # Args:
+  #   sid: The system id
+  #   kslabel: The kickstart label you want to use.
+  def create_system_record_with_sid(sid, kslabel)
+    @test.call('system.createSystemRecord', sessionKey: @test.token, sid: sid, ksLabel: kslabel)
+  end
+
   ##
   # Creates a system profile with the given name and data.
   #