Add remodel tests for Ubuntu Core 20 => 22 and 22 => 24 (New)

[Meulengracht]

OPENED IN DRAFT FOR INPUT

Description

Introduce two new tests, one specifically for Ubuntu Core 20 that verifies the possibility of remodeling to Ubuntu Core 22, and one identical one for Ubuntu Core 22 that remodels to 24.

The tests are implemented with the assumption that the Ubuntu Core images used by certifications use the official models sourced from either cdimage (which use models from https://github.com/canonical/models) or they are built by certifications themself from the mentioned models.

There are currently a lot of limitations on how remodel works, which means that the models must match brand / model if done offline or the device must have a serial assertion (as offline remodels cannot be done from model to a new model, only upgrades and we do not have official models for that currently).

If we end in a situation where the remodeling has to be done offline, we must discuss how we solve this for certification testing. Because if things don't line up currently, then we simply cannot test remodelling in certifications without either a new set of models specifically for this, or we have to lax some of the requirements for remodeling (i.e. implement/support some missing cases).

It's important to be aware of the fact that these test cause the device to reboot multiple times.

Resolved issues

I don't know if there is a issue for covering this specific area of testing.

Documentation

Depending on the test-plan they get added to, we may have to update the coverage in https://certification.canonical.com/docs/programmes/iot/ ?

Tests

These tests have been tested in qemu for amd64 platform and on a Raspberry Pi4 for pi-arm64 platform, by installing my own custom checkbox frontend containing the two added tests, then run with the following commands:

checkbox-remodel.checkbox-cli run com.canonical.qa.remodel::remodel-20-to-22

and

checkbox-remodel.checkbox-cli run com.canonical.qa.remodel::remodel-22-to-24

The python script was tested before it was tested in a snapped checkbox context by running it from the users home directory with the parameters in the tests.