Testbed Implementation

catkit2 includes code to generate a sample catkit2-based testbed package from the command line using cookiecutter. This is meant to provide a starting place from which to build out your own full testbed repository. Cookiecutter automatically generates all configuration and installation files, a pyproject.toml, template docs, and a sample simulated service to be able to start running your own testbed server.

To generate the testbed repository, from the command line run:

You will then be prompted with a series of questions answered by typing directly in the console. One of these will specify the testbed name (e.g. my_testbed).

You can then start the server for my_testbed by running: