Add integration tests to CI

[mgaffigan]

Modifies CI to primarily build within Docker. Uses that newfound Docker capability to run message-processing smoke tests against each supported runtime and database: alpine and Ubuntu (temurin21), with back-ends for derby, mysql, postgres, and sqlserver.

Adds file-based fixture tests. Each configuration in ci/configurations/ runs the applicable cases in ci/tests/. A fixture case deploys one or more exported channels, submits its message fixtures through the OIE client API, and asserts the resulting source and destination messages. Procedure to add a test:

1. Create a test folder (ci/tests/110-hl7-no-op)
2. Add any channels needed (ci/tests/110-hl7-no-op/channels/01-hl7-no-op/channel.xml) by exporting from a running instance
3. Add messages (ci/tests/110-hl7-no-op/channels/01-hl7-no-op/messages/01-adt-a01/source)
4. Add assertions (ci/tests/110-hl7-no-op/channels/01-hl7-no-op/messages/01-adt-a01/source_response, dest01, status/metadata, etc.)

Assertions are byte-for-byte, with ((ANY)) matching variable content such as generated IDs or timestamps. See ci/README.md for the full list of assertion files and how to add a new configuration. When a scenario needs logic that can't be expressed as input data and expected results, there is a JUnit 5 escape hatch under smoketest/src/test/java/... using the Harness/OieServer helpers.

Integration tests produce JUnit XML results at ci/test-results/<configuration>/.

Run every configuration locally:

ci/runtests.sh

For "inner loop troubleshooting" it is often worthwhile to run a single configuration:

ci/runtests.sh alpine-temurin21-mysql

Or iterate against an already-running server:

./gradlew :smoketest:test -Doie.baseUrl=https://localhost:8443

Responsive to #11 and #98

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Pull request overview

This PR shifts CI toward Docker-based builds and adds a Dockerized integration-test runner that boots various docker-compose configurations and validates message processing using filesystem-discovered fixtures, publishing JUnit XML results as artifacts.

Changes:

• Update GitHub Actions build pipeline to build/load Docker images, export build artifacts/test results from a Docker stage, and run matrix “docker smoke” integration tests per configuration.
• Add a Python-based test runner container (ci/runner/) plus a PowerShell entrypoint for local execution (ci/runtests.ps1).
• Introduce file-based integration test fixtures under ci/tests/ (RAW and HL7 no-op examples) and formalize the approach in ci/README.md.

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File	Description
tools/gen-dockerignore.py	Adds generator to derive .dockerignore from .gitignore plus Docker-specific excludes.
server/src/test/java/com/mirth/connect/server/launcher/Log4jMigrationsTest.java	Makes a migration test conditional when filesystem permission semantics don’t enforce non-writability.
Dockerfile	Adds a scratch stage to export build artifacts/test-results for CI packaging and upload.
ci/tests/110-hl7-no-op/channels/01-hl7-no-op/messages/01-adt-a01/source_response	Adds expected source ACK fixture for HL7 test.
ci/tests/110-hl7-no-op/channels/01-hl7-no-op/messages/01-adt-a01/source	Adds HL7 ADT^A01 input message fixture.
ci/tests/110-hl7-no-op/channels/01-hl7-no-op/messages/01-adt-a01/dest01_metadata.yml	Adds destination metadata assertions for HL7 test.
ci/tests/110-hl7-no-op/channels/01-hl7-no-op/channel.xml	Adds exported HL7 channel fixture with metadata column mappings.
ci/tests/101-raw-no-op/channels/01-raw-no-op/messages/01-hello-world/source	Adds RAW message input fixture.
ci/tests/101-raw-no-op/channels/01-raw-no-op/messages/01-hello-world/dest01	Adds RAW destination content assertion fixture.
ci/tests/101-raw-no-op/channels/01-raw-no-op/channel.xml	Adds exported RAW channel fixture with metadata column mappings.
ci/runtests.ps1	Adds local test entrypoint that builds images and runs the runner container against configs.
ci/runner/run.py	Adds runner entrypoint wrapper for calling main().
ci/runner/messagetests.py	Implements message fixture discovery, message submission, polling, and assertions (with wildcard support).
ci/runner/main.py	Implements runner CLI: boot compose, login, discover/run tests, write JUnit XML, teardown.
ci/runner/junitxml.py	Adds minimal JUnit XML writer + helper to wrap steps as testcases.
ci/runner/Dockerfile	Defines runner image (docker CLI + Python + lxml + yaml).
ci/runner/compose.py	Implements docker compose up/down orchestration and per-run project naming.
ci/runner/channeltests.py	Implements channel fixture discovery/deploy/cleanup, and optional test hooks with timeouts.
ci/runner/api.py	Implements REST client for login, channel lifecycle, message submission/search, and XML parsing.
ci/README.md	Documents the CI integration-test design, fixture format, and runner contract.
ci/configurations/ubuntu-temurin21-postgres.compose.yml	Adds Ubuntu+Postgres compose configuration with healthchecks.
ci/configurations/ubuntu-temurin21-derby.compose.yml	Adds Ubuntu+Derby compose configuration with healthchecks.
ci/configurations/alpine-temurin21-sqlserver.compose.yml	Adds Alpine+SQL Server compose configuration with db-init and healthchecks.
ci/configurations/alpine-temurin21-postgres.compose.yml	Adds Alpine+Postgres compose configuration with healthchecks.
ci/configurations/alpine-temurin21-mysql.compose.yml	Adds Alpine+MariaDB compose configuration with healthchecks.
ci/configurations/alpine-temurin21-derby.compose.yml	Adds Alpine+Derby compose configuration with healthchecks.
ci/.gitignore	Ignores runner outputs (test-results/, __pycache__/).
.github/workflows/upload_test_results.yaml	Expands test result upload patterns to include docker smoke artifacts.
.github/workflows/build.yaml	Reworks CI to build/export via Docker, upload images, and run docker smoke matrix.
.dockerignore	Replaces hand-maintained ignore with generated content aligned to .gitignore semantics.

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[jonbartels]

There is a build failure, looks like directory permissions https://github.com/OpenIntegrationEngine/engine/actions/runs/30450937701/job/90630023586?pr=294#step:9:1215

Fix this error and rebase. @ me when you do that and I'll re-review

[mgaffigan]

@jonbartels fixed

[jonbartels]

The code looks good to me. I want to test and review this PR by grabbing the branch and writing my own, new test using the fixtures mechanism. I think I know a few cases for character encoding and strict parser settings that might be good.

Is there a mechanism that will let us test on Oracle? A casual search found https://github.com/gvenzl/oci-oracle-free. Again I can grab the branch and see about adding my own JVM/DB combo to see how it works.

Tentative approval pending some time to try the code out. TY Mitch!

[mgaffigan]

Is there a mechanism that will let us test on Oracle? A casual search found https://github.com/gvenzl/oci-oracle-free. Again I can grab the branch and see about adding my own JVM/DB combo to see how it works.

I puttered around with ghcr.io/gvenzl/oracle-free:slim-faststart for a bit, but didn't get a working configuration. Oracle has weird client/server compatibility issues before/after v12. I'll see where I left that and push it somewhere.

[mgaffigan]

@jonbartels

Is there a mechanism that will let us test on Oracle? A casual search found https://github.com/gvenzl/oci-oracle-free. Again I can grab the branch and see about adding my own JVM/DB combo to see how it works.

Seems to work. Must have been unrelated. Maybe it was the download size that had me avoid it (~2GB).

[pacmano1]

One thing worth considering: the configurations run serially. runtests.sh all loops the seven configs in the single build job under set -e, so the first failure aborts the rest and there's no parallelism. Since runtests.sh <config> already takes one configuration and the stacks are project-name isolated, a GH Actions matrix (one job per config, needs: build, images from the existing buildx cache) would give wall-time and full failure visibility for basically a build.yaml change.

Minor: a fixture whose configurations file lists only never-matching names is skipped in every config, and --fail-if-no-tests won't catch it — worth validating config names against ci/configurations/ eventually.

[mgaffigan]

@pacmano1

One thing worth considering: the configurations run serially. runtests.sh all loops the seven configs in the single build job under set -e, so the first failure aborts the rest and there's no parallelism.

I did it this way originally, but since matricies run on different runners, the time it took to restore docker caches/github artifacts was significant. I decided to minimize transfer billing in trade for a few minutes of runtime to minimize costs. The matrix runner did complete faster in wall time, but billed more.

If we're not worried about github limits/billing, I can switch it back.

[pacmano1]

No bill here. It's all free. I don't think we will him limts.

[madskonradsen]

nit: MySQL and MariaDB might be wire-compatible, but it is still a bit confusing that the .yml is named mysql, but it's actually MariaDB being used. It might warrant a comment.