Abstract: Disclosed methods and systems may perform testing and test management operations in which an information handling resource is provisioned with a programming hook corresponding to an operation associated with the resource. Extended testing operations may be performed when the hook is triggered. These operations may include selecting a particular test service docker from among one or more extended test service dockers. The particular test service docker may then be downloaded and executed. The triggering operation may be associated with a standard pre-check/post-check test framework and, in such cases, the extended testing operations include one or more tests in addition to the pre-check and post-check. Suitable test service dockers may be maintained in a public and/or private cloud. Some embodiments support customer-defined test service dockers, which may initiate as private dockers, but which may be published to the public cloud and linked to the hook.

Abstract: Disclosed methods and systems may perform testing and test management operations in which an information handling resource is provisioned with a programming hook corresponding to an operation associated with the resource. Extended testing operations may be performed when the hook is triggered. These operations may include selecting a particular test service docker from among one or more extended test service dockers. The particular test service docker may then be downloaded and executed. The triggering operation may be associated with a standard pre-check/post-check test framework and, in such cases, the extended testing operations include one or more tests in addition to the pre-check and post-check. Suitable test service dockers may be maintained in a public and/or private cloud. Some embodiments support customer-defined test service dockers, which may initiate as private dockers, but which may be published to the public cloud and linked to the hook.