ci: add GitHub Actions workflow with smoke + bacnet-sim-ci integration#44
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Adds the first CI for this repo. Two jobs, both on ubuntu-latest: * `smoke` — runs `node --check` on every committed .js file (excluding the vendored bacstack dist) and a Node smoke test that requires the five non-Node-RED-factory modules and asserts their public shape (BacnetClient, BacnetServer, BacnetDevice, treeBuilder, common). The Node-RED factory modules (gateway/read/write/inspector/inject) export `function(RED)` and can't be exercised without a fake RED runtime; they get syntax coverage only. * `integration` — runs bacnet-sim-ci (a multi-device BACnet/IP simulator) as a service container with `--cap-add=NET_ADMIN` and performs a real BACnet readProperty round-trip against the simulated device's PRESENT_VALUE, asserting it matches the sim's REST view. Uses unicast (target IP from the sim's REST API) rather than Who-Is/I-Am broadcast — UDP broadcast is unreliable across Docker network boundaries and the broadcast path can be added separately once the unicast baseline is green. Test scripts: - `npm run test:unit` - smoke (no network) - `npm run test:integration` - readProperty against sim (needs sim running) The integration test is also runnable locally against any bacnet-sim-ci container the developer starts (env vars: SIM_API_URL, SIM_BACNET_PORT, LOCAL_BACNET_PORT, READY_TIMEOUT_MS). Tests live under `tests/` (plural) because `test/` (singular) is in .gitignore as part of an existing convention.
Two issues from the first CI run:
1. REST shape: the sim returns {presentValue, ...} not {value, ...} for
GET /api/devices/{id}/objects/{type}/{instance}. Read presentValue.
2. BACnet UDP could not reach the sim from the runner host: the bacstack
readProperty timed out (ERR_TIMEOUT after 6s). Per the sim's docs the
test client must be on the same Docker network — UDP broadcast and
even unicast through docker-proxy to a service container is unreliable.
Fix: run the integration job inside `container: node:20-bookworm` so
it joins the same user-defined Docker network as the bacnet-sim
service. The sim is now reachable by service hostname (bacnet-sim)
and BACnet UDP routes directly across the bridge instead of through
docker-proxy. Drop the host port mappings (no longer needed) and
point SIM_API_URL at http://bacnet-sim:8099 via env.
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Pull request overview
Adds the repo’s first CI pipeline by introducing lightweight module-load smoke tests plus an end-to-end BACnet/IP readProperty integration test against a bacnet-sim-ci service container, and wires them into npm scripts and a GitHub Actions workflow.
Changes:
- Add
tests/unit/smoke.jsto validate key modules can berequire()’d and expose expected public shapes. - Add
tests/integration/sim-readproperty.jsto perform a real BACnetreadPropertyround-trip againstbacnet-sim-ci, cross-checking with the sim’s REST API. - Add CI workflow and npm scripts to run smoke + integration in GitHub Actions.
Reviewed changes
Copilot reviewed 4 out of 4 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.
| File | Description |
|---|---|
tests/unit/smoke.js |
New smoke test to load core modules and assert expected exports/prototypes. |
tests/integration/sim-readproperty.js |
New integration test that polls sim readiness, fetches device info via REST, and performs BACnet readProperty. |
package.json |
Adds test:unit and test:integration scripts for CI/local execution. |
.github/workflows/ci.yml |
Introduces GitHub Actions workflow with smoke and integration jobs (service container + failure logs). |
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- The previous "REST shape" change was a missed Edit (file-not-read error) and didn't ship. Now read presentValue, not value. - Bind the test client to 47808 (the standard BACnet port). Inside the test container nothing else binds it, and some BACnet servers only reliably respond when the request comes from the standard port. - Add a 500ms delay after bacstack Client construction to let the underlying dgram socket finish binding before the first send.
The services:+container: approach didn't get BACnet UDP through. Switch to the action-wrapper pattern documented in the sim's own examples/: runs-on host with the sim started by the action, address localhost via port-forwarding. Test binds to 47809 since 47808 on the host is taken by docker-proxy.
The sim starts and is reachable via REST, but BACnet readProperty times out across the docker-bridge boundary in all three topologies tried on this branch (services+host, services+container, docker-run+host). Real bug worth fixing, but needs hands-on packet-capture debugging in a runner shell — not push-watch iteration. Land smoke + scaffolding now; iterate on integration in a follow-up.
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Workflow is green at the job-policy level: `Syntax + module load` passes (16/16 assertions), and the integration job is marked `continue-on-error: true` so it doesn't block. The integration check will appear red on the PR until the BACnet UDP path is debugged — that's intentional, kept visible as a TODO marker rather than hidden. What's known about the integration failure:
What I tried:
All three lose the response packet between the sim's container and the test client. Most likely root cause (uneliminated): the bacstack client binds to `0.0.0.0:47808/47809` and sends the request, but BAC0/BACpypes3 may only respond when the request arrives on its bound address (172.17.0.2). Through docker-proxy NAT the request appears to arrive there, but the response back through the bridge to the runner host's bridge IP (172.17.0.1) might be filtered or rewritten in a way that bacstack doesn't recognize as matching its outstanding invokeId. Best next step: add a `tcpdump -i any -nn 'udp port 47808'` step alongside the test in CI to confirm whether the response packet is sent and where it goes. That's a 5-minute change but better done with a maintainer's eye on the result. Happy to push it as a follow-up if you'd like. |
The new integration job actually exercises this branch's code: bacnet-sim (172.20.0.10) <-- BACnet/IP --> Node-RED + edge-bacnet (172.20.0.20) Both run as peer containers on a custom Docker network (subnet 172.20.0.0/24) — pattern from rise-building-technology/bacnet-sim-ci-test. No docker-proxy NAT, no runner-host bridge IP. The earlier services:/host-runner/docker-run-on-host topologies all lost the BACnet UDP response across the docker-bridge boundary; this matches the sim maintainer's blessed setup and avoids that class of failure. The Node-RED image (tests/integration/Dockerfile) installs @bitpoolos/edge-bacnet from THIS branch's local source, so the test exercises in-tree changes (not whatever's published on npm). The pre-loaded flow (tests/integration/flows.json) has a single Bacnet-Gateway with toLogIam=true and a 5-second discover schedule. Assertion: after starting both containers, grep node-red logs for "BACnet device found: 1001" within 90s. That single log line proves edge-bacnet successfully: - bound a UDP socket - issued a global Who-Is broadcast - received an I-Am from the sim - parsed the I-Am and registered the device Drops the prior bacstack-direct test (tests/integration/sim-readproperty.js) and the test:integration npm script — those proved the bacstack primitives but didn't exercise edge-bacnet's wrapper, and never got past the network topology issues. Adds a top-level .dockerignore so the Node-RED image build doesn't copy node_modules / .git / docs into the layer.
Previous build ran 'npm install /tmp/edge-bacnet' from /usr/src/node-red, which produced 'Cannot find module toad-scheduler' at runtime — the standard Node-RED palette directory is /data/node_modules and the node-red user has write perms there. Also drop --omit=dev (was masking some runtime deps in this docker context).
Gateway uses these as filters; without them scanMatrix is empty and discovered devices may be silently dropped. Match the values from the project's own examples/2-Discover-Write.json (full BACnet device-id range, port 47808 only).
Captured digests from the green run on this branch: - ghcr.io/rise-building-technology/bacnet-sim-ci@sha256:29ed481a... - nodered/node-red:latest@sha256:a5cb1dcd... Bump after verifying newer upstream images work locally. Addresses Copilot review feedback on PR #44.
First CI for this repo. Both jobs green.
Jobs
`smoke`
`integration` (real end-to-end against bacnet-sim-ci)
This proves edge-bacnet end-to-end:
Local dev
```bash
npm run test:unit # smoke (no network)
```
To exercise the integration test locally, mirror the workflow:
```bash
docker network create --subnet=172.20.0.0/24 bacnet-test-net
docker run -d --name bacnet-sim --network bacnet-test-net --ip 172.20.0.10
--cap-add=NET_ADMIN -e BACNET_DEVICE_ID=1001 -e BACNET_DEVICE_NAME=TestDevice
ghcr.io/rise-building-technology/bacnet-sim-ci:latest
docker build -f tests/integration/Dockerfile -t nodered-edgebacnet:test .
docker run -d --name nodered --network bacnet-test-net --ip 172.20.0.20 nodered-edgebacnet:test
docker logs -f nodered | grep "BACnet device found"
```
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