Run installation, integration, and end-to-end tests that follow real user actions in remote environments or Docker. Choose an appropriate isolated environment, inspect failures, record execution details, and clean up resources after testing.
Crabbox and Blacksmith Testbox remote testing: isolation, cross-platform E2E, diagnostics, cleanup.
Use Crabbox and Blacksmith Testbox to verify behavior in remote or clean environments. Tests follow user actions, including package installation, initial setup, CLI and API operations, and sending and receiving data through real services. The workflow covers preparing and reusing environments, syncing code, checking logs and results, isolating failures, and stopping resources afterward. It also guides environment selection according to how much the code can be trusted.
Use it to check behavior on a different operating system or test installation without interference from existing settings. It also supports testing external contributors’ code in isolation and verifying connections to real services.
You need the Crabbox CLI and a configured execution environment. Depending on the destination, it uses Blacksmith, AWS, Docker, or SSH. Get verification commands and setup instructions from the target repository. Run untrusted code without secrets, and distinguish local Docker runs from remote verification. EC2 Mac is paid; check quotas and other allocation requirements before provisioning.
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Backends:
blacksmith-testbox: trusted maintainer source. Prepared CI. tbx_....aws: direct brokered Crabbox. Fresh PRs. Custom sync/env/capture. cbx_....local-container: Docker fallback. Not remote proof.ssh: existing operator host. macOS/Windows/WSL2.Always report provider, id, run URL, command, result. Never call Testbox “AWS Crabbox.”
--blacksmith-workflow, never direct --class/--type;
profile changes require fresh leases.Trusted repo root: read .crabbox.yaml, resolve installed binary, inspect
provider/commands:
export CRABBOX="$(command -v crabbox)"
test -n "$CRABBOX"
"$CRABBOX" --version
"$CRABBOX" config show --json | jq '{provider, profile, target}'
"$CRABBOX" run --help
--keep and stop: never do not prevent expiry. Request explicit bounded TTL
and idle for retained direct leases. Plain heartbeat, setup, sync, SSH, and
desktop use do not extend total TTL; run requests bounded auto-extension only
while a command executes, within policy, budget, and provider capability.extend <id> --ttl <desired-total> --json; extension does
not reset idle. Denied/budget/unsupported/nonadvancing/inactive outcomes require
a visible skip or failure, never provider switching or infinite lease chains.
Creation-fixed providers such as Daytona need enough TTL at allocation.directLeases: deny and directLeaseAllow. A denied provider
requires the configured coordinator route; never bypass with direct credentials.
Testbox retains its native job and idle limits;
--ttl does not extend a delegated workflow.list shows live coordinator leases; list --retained adds kept terminal
resources whose cleanup is unconfirmed. Use exact-ID inspect/stop for recovery.
Retain claims and recovery state until a blocking stop confirms completion.Resolved provider = Testbox (or explicitly requested): commands preserve it.
Add --provider blacksmith-testbox only for explicit override:
"$CRABBOX" run --timing-json -- CI=1 <check-command>
Several commands: warm once, save id, reuse, stop.
"$CRABBOX" warmup --keep --timing-json
"$CRABBOX" run --id <tbx_id> --timing-json -- <check-command>
"$CRABBOX" stop <tbx_id>
Rules:
bash -c; login profiles can change directories. In executing shell,
assert physical checkout + expected source/patch; HEAD alone ≠ dirty-sync proof.
Follow consumer's documented hydration shell contract.--id runs. Never rely on
--no-sync for remote baseline: Blacksmith has no native bypass; released
Crabbox versions can silently ignore flag. Unchanged intentional rerun ≠ exception.--reclaim only for deliberate checkout-path ownership transfer.warmup --ref; use branch/tag.blacksmith testbox list hides states. Use list --all or status --id <tbx_id>.--id. No status --json.--fresh-pr, --full-resync, --script*,
--env-helper, capture/download flags.Recursive downloads + required remote trailing slash: directory downloads.
CI. Upload trusted bootstrap beside --fresh-pr.cd <clean-trusted-default-branch-checkout>
env -u CRABBOX_AWS_INSTANCE_PROFILE \
"$CRABBOX" config show --json | \
jq -e '.aws.instanceProfile == ""' >/dev/null
env -u CRABBOX_AWS_INSTANCE_PROFILE \
-u CRABBOX_TAILSCALE \
-u CRABBOX_TAILSCALE_AUTH_KEY \
-u CRABBOX_TAILSCALE_AUTH_KEY_ENV \
-u CRABBOX_TAILSCALE_EXIT_NODE \
-u CRABBOX_TAILSCALE_EXIT_NODE_ALLOW_LAN_ACCESS \
-u CRABBOX_TAILSCALE_HOSTNAME_TEMPLATE \
-u CRABBOX_TAILSCALE_TAGS \
"$CRABBOX" warmup \
--provider aws --network public --tailscale=false \
--tailscale-exit-node= \
--tailscale-exit-node-allow-lan-access=false \
--ttl 4h --idle-timeout 90m --keep --timing-json
"$CRABBOX" inspect --provider aws --id <cbx_id> --json | \
jq -e '.network == "public" and .tailscale == null' >/dev/null
env -u CRABBOX_AWS_INSTANCE_PROFILE \
CRABBOX_ENV_ALLOW=CI \
"$CRABBOX" run \
--provider aws --id <cbx_id> \
--fresh-pr <owner/repo#number> \
--no-hydrate --timing-json \
--script <trusted-bootstrap-script> -- \
<expected_full_head_sha> <check-command>
env -u CRABBOX_AWS_INSTANCE_PROFILE \
"$CRABBOX" stop --provider aws <cbx_id>
HOME before
install/test.--no-hydrate on container runs; report local-container proof as local.SSH targets, paid macOS preflight, WebVNC, app handoff verification: read desktop and cross-OS commands.
Identify wrapper, provider, hydration, sync, SSH, or command failure:
"$CRABBOX" doctor
"$CRABBOX" status --id <id>
"$CRABBOX" inspect --id <id> --json
"$CRABBOX" logs <run_id>
"$CRABBOX" results <run_id>
blacksmith testbox list --all
blacksmith testbox status --id <tbx_id>
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