[v2] dts: Testbed And Node Configuration Split

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Nicholas Pratte July 3, 2024, 2:57 p.m. UTC
This implementation splits the execution and node configuration
components of the conf.yaml into two separate config files. A
new command line argument is added, allowing the user to specify
both a node configuration file and an execution configuration
file. Be default, these config files are now named node_conf.yaml and
execution_conf.yaml, respectively. 

To assert these changes, the schema calls for one of these objects,
nodes or executions, in each file, but neither config file can have
both.

To avoid excess refactoring, both config files are merged together
early on in the load_config process.

Bugzilla ID: 1344

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Pratte <npratte@iol.unh.edu>
---
 dts/execution_conf.yaml                    |  26 ++
 dts/framework/config/__init__.py           |  26 +-
 dts/framework/config/conf_yaml_schema.json | 340 ++++++++++-----------
 dts/framework/runner.py                    |   4 +-
 dts/framework/settings.py                  |  36 ++-
 dts/node_conf.yaml                         |  56 ++++
 dts/testbed_conf.yaml                      |  26 ++
 7 files changed, 325 insertions(+), 189 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 dts/execution_conf.yaml
 create mode 100644 dts/node_conf.yaml
 create mode 100644 dts/testbed_conf.yaml
  

Comments

Jeremy Spewock July 16, 2024, 2:11 p.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, Jul 3, 2024 at 10:58 AM Nicholas Pratte <npratte@iol.unh.edu> wrote:
>
> This implementation splits the execution and node configuration
> components of the conf.yaml into two separate config files. A
> new command line argument is added, allowing the user to specify
> both a node configuration file and an execution configuration
> file. Be default, these config files are now named node_conf.yaml and
> execution_conf.yaml, respectively.
>
> To assert these changes, the schema calls for one of these objects,
> nodes or executions, in each file, but neither config file can have
> both.
>
> To avoid excess refactoring, both config files are merged together
> early on in the load_config process.
>
> Bugzilla ID: 1344
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Pratte <npratte@iol.unh.edu>
> ---
>  dts/execution_conf.yaml                    |  26 ++
>  dts/framework/config/__init__.py           |  26 +-
>  dts/framework/config/conf_yaml_schema.json | 340 ++++++++++-----------
>  dts/framework/runner.py                    |   4 +-
>  dts/framework/settings.py                  |  36 ++-
>  dts/node_conf.yaml                         |  56 ++++
>  dts/testbed_conf.yaml                      |  26 ++
>  7 files changed, 325 insertions(+), 189 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 dts/execution_conf.yaml
>  create mode 100644 dts/node_conf.yaml
>  create mode 100644 dts/testbed_conf.yaml
>
> diff --git a/dts/execution_conf.yaml b/dts/execution_conf.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..af2180eac2
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/dts/execution_conf.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
> +# Copyright 2022-2023 The DPDK contributors
> +# Copyright 2023 Arm Limited
> +
> +executions:

We probably don't want to rename this back to executions as Juraj's
patch recently got merged into main that calls these test_runs, and I
think people found that more clear. With that being said, we'll
probably have to rename this file too.

> +  # define one execution environment
> +  - build_targets:
> +      - arch: x86_64
> +        os: linux
> +        cpu: native
> +        # the combination of the following two makes CC="ccache gcc"
> +        compiler: gcc
> +        compiler_wrapper: ccache
> +    perf: false # disable performance testing
> +    func: true # enable functional testing
> +    skip_smoke_tests: false # optional
> +    test_suites: # the following test suites will be run in their entirety
> +      - hello_world
> +      - os_udp
> +    # The machine running the DPDK test executable
> +    system_under_test_node:
> +      node_name: "SUT 1"
> +      vdevs: # optional; if removed, vdevs won't be used in the execution
> +        - "crypto_openssl"
> +    # Traffic generator node to use for this execution environment
> +    traffic_generator_node: "TG 1"
> \ No newline at end of file
<snip>
> +++ b/dts/node_conf.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
> +# Copyright 2022-2023 The DPDK contributors
> +# Copyright 2023 Arm Limited
> +
> +nodes:
> +  # Define a system under test node, having two network ports physically
> +  # connected to the corresponding ports in TG 1 (the peer node)
> +  - name: "SUT 1"
> +    hostname: sut1.change.me.localhost
> +    user: dtsuser
> +    arch: x86_64
> +    os: linux
> +    lcores: "" # use all the available logical cores
> +    use_first_core: false # tells DPDK to use any physical core
> +    memory_channels: 4 # tells DPDK to use 4 memory channels
> +    hugepages:  # optional; if removed, will use system hugepage configuration
> +        amount: 256
> +        force_first_numa: false
> +    ports:
> +      # sets up the physical link between "SUT 1"@000:00:08.0 and "TG 1"@0000:00:08.0
> +      - pci: "0000:00:08.0"
> +        os_driver_for_dpdk: vfio-pci # OS driver that DPDK will use
> +        os_driver: i40e              # OS driver to bind when the tests are not running

I think the point of this comment having all the whitespace is to line
up the starts of these two comments but it seems a little off in this
series. I might even be more of a fan of removing it and just making
it one space, but if we want to keep it the way it is on main it's
probably better to give this a little more whitespace.

> +        peer_node: "TG 1"
> +        peer_pci: "0000:00:08.0"
> +      # sets up the physical link between "SUT 1"@000:00:08.1 and "TG 1"@0000:00:08.1
> +      - pci: "0000:00:08.1"
> +        os_driver_for_dpdk: vfio-pci
> +        os_driver: i40e
> +        peer_node: "TG 1"
> +        peer_pci: "0000:00:08.1"
> +  # Define a Scapy traffic generator node, having two network ports
> +  # physically connected to the corresponding ports in SUT 1 (the peer node).
> +  - name: "TG 1"
> +    hostname: tg1.change.me.localhost
> +    user: dtsuser
> +    arch: x86_64
> +    os: linux
> +    ports:
> +      # sets up the physical link between "TG 1"@000:00:08.0 and "SUT 1"@0000:00:08.0
> +      - pci: "0000:00:08.0"
> +        os_driver_for_dpdk: rdma
> +        os_driver: rdma
> +        peer_node: "SUT 1"
> +        peer_pci: "0000:00:08.0"
> +      # sets up the physical link between "SUT 1"@000:00:08.0 and "TG 1"@0000:00:08.0
> +      - pci: "0000:00:08.1"
> +        os_driver_for_dpdk: rdma
> +        os_driver: rdma
> +        peer_node: "SUT 1"
> +        peer_pci: "0000:00:08.1"
> +    hugepages:  # optional; if removed, will use system hugepage configuration
> +        amount: 256
> +        force_first_numa: false
> +    traffic_generator:
> +        type: SCAPY
> diff --git a/dts/testbed_conf.yaml b/dts/testbed_conf.yaml

I'm still not sure what keeping this file is for, it seems like it
isn't used elsewhere in the framework.

> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..af2180eac2
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/dts/testbed_conf.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
> +# Copyright 2022-2023 The DPDK contributors
> +# Copyright 2023 Arm Limited
> +
> +executions:
> +  # define one execution environment
> +  - build_targets:
> +      - arch: x86_64
> +        os: linux
> +        cpu: native
> +        # the combination of the following two makes CC="ccache gcc"
> +        compiler: gcc
> +        compiler_wrapper: ccache
> +    perf: false # disable performance testing
> +    func: true # enable functional testing
> +    skip_smoke_tests: false # optional
> +    test_suites: # the following test suites will be run in their entirety
> +      - hello_world
> +      - os_udp
> +    # The machine running the DPDK test executable
> +    system_under_test_node:
> +      node_name: "SUT 1"
> +      vdevs: # optional; if removed, vdevs won't be used in the execution
> +        - "crypto_openssl"
> +    # Traffic generator node to use for this execution environment
> +    traffic_generator_node: "TG 1"
> \ No newline at end of file
> --
> 2.44.0
>
  
Juraj Linkeš Sept. 10, 2024, 9:19 a.m. UTC | #2
>   create mode 100644 dts/execution_conf.yaml

As Jeremy mentioned, this is a duplicate. I guess this patch needs to be 
rebased as it mentions executions all over the place.

>   create mode 100644 dts/node_conf.yaml
>   create mode 100644 dts/testbed_conf.yaml

And this should be named test_run_conf.yaml or testrun_conf.yaml (it's 
not just testbed conf, but also other things used in test runs). Or 
maybe we can come up with an abbreviation or initialism for test run.

> diff --git a/dts/framework/config/__init__.py b/dts/framework/config/__init__.py
> index df60a5030e..2322f3d996 100644
> --- a/dts/framework/config/__init__.py
> +++ b/dts/framework/config/__init__.py
> @@ -573,29 +573,39 @@ def from_dict(cls, d: ConfigurationDict) -> Self:
>           return cls(test_runs=test_runs)
>   
>   
> -def load_config(config_file_path: Path) -> Configuration:
> +def load_config(node_config_file_path: Path, exec_config_file_path: Path) -> Configuration:
>       """Load DTS test run configuration from a file.
>   
> -    Load the YAML test run configuration file
> +    Load both the YAML testbed and execution configuration files
>       and :download:`the configuration file schema <conf_yaml_schema.json>`,
> -    validate the test run configuration file, and create a test run configuration object.
> +    validate both configuration files to create a test run configuration object.

Now that you're removed the last "and" the sentence feels like it's 
missing something. If we add then to "then validate both" then it sounds 
fine.


> diff --git a/dts/framework/config/conf_yaml_schema.json b/dts/framework/config/conf_yaml_schema.json
> index f02a310bb5..1962ed05dd 100644
> --- a/dts/framework/config/conf_yaml_schema.json
> +++ b/dts/framework/config/conf_yaml_schema.json
> @@ -211,192 +211,192 @@

> +  "oneOf": [

Again, as mentioned in the other comment, splitting the schema would 
make more sense. We'd probably have to make some doc modifications (in 
guides/tools/dts.rtst)
  

Patch

diff --git a/dts/execution_conf.yaml b/dts/execution_conf.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af2180eac2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dts/execution_conf.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ 
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright 2022-2023 The DPDK contributors
+# Copyright 2023 Arm Limited
+
+executions:
+  # define one execution environment
+  - build_targets:
+      - arch: x86_64
+        os: linux
+        cpu: native
+        # the combination of the following two makes CC="ccache gcc"
+        compiler: gcc
+        compiler_wrapper: ccache
+    perf: false # disable performance testing
+    func: true # enable functional testing
+    skip_smoke_tests: false # optional
+    test_suites: # the following test suites will be run in their entirety
+      - hello_world
+      - os_udp
+    # The machine running the DPDK test executable
+    system_under_test_node:
+      node_name: "SUT 1"
+      vdevs: # optional; if removed, vdevs won't be used in the execution
+        - "crypto_openssl"
+    # Traffic generator node to use for this execution environment
+    traffic_generator_node: "TG 1"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dts/framework/config/__init__.py b/dts/framework/config/__init__.py
index df60a5030e..2322f3d996 100644
--- a/dts/framework/config/__init__.py
+++ b/dts/framework/config/__init__.py
@@ -573,29 +573,39 @@  def from_dict(cls, d: ConfigurationDict) -> Self:
         return cls(test_runs=test_runs)
 
 
-def load_config(config_file_path: Path) -> Configuration:
+def load_config(node_config_file_path: Path, exec_config_file_path: Path) -> Configuration:
     """Load DTS test run configuration from a file.
 
-    Load the YAML test run configuration file
+    Load both the YAML testbed and execution configuration files
     and :download:`the configuration file schema <conf_yaml_schema.json>`,
-    validate the test run configuration file, and create a test run configuration object.
+    validate both configuration files to create a test run configuration object.
 
     The YAML test run configuration file is specified in the :option:`--config-file` command line
     argument or the :envvar:`DTS_CFG_FILE` environment variable.
 
     Args:
-        config_file_path: The path to the YAML test run configuration file.
+        node_config_file_path: The path to the testbed configuration YAML file.
+        exec_config_file_path: The path to the execution configuration YAML file.
 
     Returns:
         The parsed test run configuration.
     """
-    with open(config_file_path, "r") as f:
-        config_data = yaml.safe_load(f)
+    with open(node_config_file_path, "r") as f:
+        node_config_data = yaml.safe_load(f)
+    with open(exec_config_file_path, "r") as f:
+        execution_config_data = yaml.safe_load(f)
 
     schema_path = os.path.join(Path(__file__).parent.resolve(), "conf_yaml_schema.json")
 
     with open(schema_path, "r") as f:
         schema = json.load(f)
-    config = warlock.model_factory(schema, name="_Config")(config_data)
-    config_obj: Configuration = Configuration.from_dict(dict(config))  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+    config = {
+        **dict(warlock.model_factory(schema, name="_Config")(node_config_data)),
+        **dict(warlock.model_factory(schema, name="_Config")(execution_config_data)),
+    }
+    if "nodes" not in config or "executions" not in config:
+        raise ConfigurationError(
+            f"{'node' if 'nodes' not in config else 'execution'} data not configured."
+        )
+    config_obj: Configuration = Configuration.from_dict(config)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
     return config_obj
diff --git a/dts/framework/config/conf_yaml_schema.json b/dts/framework/config/conf_yaml_schema.json
index f02a310bb5..1962ed05dd 100644
--- a/dts/framework/config/conf_yaml_schema.json
+++ b/dts/framework/config/conf_yaml_schema.json
@@ -211,192 +211,192 @@ 
       "additionalProperties": false
     }
   },
-  "type": "object",
-  "properties": {
-    "nodes": {
-      "type": "array",
-      "items": {
-        "type": "object",
-        "properties": {
-          "name": {
-            "type": "string",
-            "description": "A unique identifier for this node"
-          },
-          "hostname": {
-            "type": "string",
-            "description": "A hostname from which the node running DTS can access this node. This can also be an IP address."
-          },
-          "user": {
-            "type": "string",
-            "description": "The user to access this node with."
-          },
-          "password": {
-            "type": "string",
-            "description": "The password to use on this node. Use only as a last resort. SSH keys are STRONGLY preferred."
-          },
-          "arch": {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/ARCH"
-          },
-          "os": {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/OS"
-          },
-          "lcores": {
-            "type": "string",
-            "pattern": "^(([0-9]+|([0-9]+-[0-9]+))(,([0-9]+|([0-9]+-[0-9]+)))*)?$",
-            "description": "Optional comma-separated list of logical cores to use, e.g.: 1,2,3,4,5,18-22. Defaults to 1. An empty string means use all lcores."
-          },
-          "use_first_core": {
-            "type": "boolean",
-            "description": "Indicate whether DPDK should use the first physical core. It won't be used by default."
-          },
-          "memory_channels": {
-            "type": "integer",
-            "description": "How many memory channels to use. Optional, defaults to 1."
-          },
-          "hugepages_2mb": {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/hugepages_2mb"
-          },
-          "ports": {
-            "type": "array",
-            "items": {
-              "type": "object",
-              "description": "Each port should be described on both sides of the connection. This makes configuration slightly more verbose but greatly simplifies implementation. If there are inconsistencies, then DTS will not run until that issue is fixed. An example inconsistency would be port 1, node 1 says it is connected to port 1, node 2, but port 1, node 2 says it is connected to port 2, node 1.",
-              "properties": {
-                "pci": {
-                  "$ref": "#/definitions/pci_address",
-                  "description": "The local PCI address of the port"
-                },
-                "os_driver_for_dpdk": {
-                  "type": "string",
-                  "description": "The driver that the kernel should bind this device to for DPDK to use it. (ex: vfio-pci)"
-                },
-                "os_driver": {
-                  "type": "string",
-                  "description": "The driver normally used by this port (ex: i40e)"
-                },
-                "peer_node": {
-                  "type": "string",
-                  "description": "The name of the node the peer port is on"
+  "oneOf": [
+    {
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "nodes": {
+          "type": "array",
+          "items": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+              "name": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "description": "A unique identifier for this node"
+              },
+              "hostname": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "description": "A hostname from which the node running DTS can access this node. This can also be an IP address."
+              },
+              "user": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "description": "The user to access this node with."
+              },
+              "password": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "description": "The password to use on this node. Use only as a last resort. SSH keys are STRONGLY preferred."
+              },
+              "arch": {
+                "$ref": "#/definitions/ARCH"
+              },
+              "os": {
+                "$ref": "#/definitions/OS"
+              },
+              "lcores": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "pattern": "^(([0-9]+|([0-9]+-[0-9]+))(,([0-9]+|([0-9]+-[0-9]+)))*)?$",
+                "description": "Optional comma-separated list of logical cores to use, e.g.: 1,2,3,4,5,18-22. Defaults to 1. An empty string means use all lcores."
+              },
+              "use_first_core": {
+                "type": "boolean",
+                "description": "Indicate whether DPDK should use the first physical core. It won't be used by default."
+              },
+              "memory_channels": {
+                "type": "integer",
+                "description": "How many memory channels to use. Optional, defaults to 1."
+              },
+              "hugepages_2mb": {
+                "$ref": "#/definitions/hugepages_2mb"
+              },
+              "ports": {
+                "type": "array",
+                "items": {
+                  "type": "object",
+                  "description": "Each port should be described on both sides of the connection. This makes configuration slightly more verbose but greatly simplifies implementation. If there are inconsistencies, then DTS will not run until that issue is fixed. An example inconsistency would be port 1, node 1 says it is connected to port 1, node 2, but port 1, node 2 says it is connected to port 2, node 1.",
+                  "properties": {
+                    "pci": {
+                      "$ref": "#/definitions/pci_address",
+                      "description": "The local PCI address of the port"
+                    },
+                    "os_driver_for_dpdk": {
+                      "type": "string",
+                      "description": "The driver that the kernel should bind this device to for DPDK to use it. (ex: vfio-pci)"
+                    },
+                    "os_driver": {
+                      "type": "string",
+                      "description": "The driver normally used by this port (ex: i40e)"
+                    },
+                    "peer_node": {
+                      "type": "string",
+                      "description": "The name of the node the peer port is on"
+                    },
+                    "peer_pci": {
+                      "$ref": "#/definitions/pci_address",
+                      "description": "The PCI address of the peer port"
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "additionalProperties": false,
+                  "required": [
+                    "pci",
+                    "os_driver_for_dpdk",
+                    "os_driver",
+                    "peer_node",
+                    "peer_pci"
+                  ]
                 },
-                "peer_pci": {
-                  "$ref": "#/definitions/pci_address",
-                  "description": "The PCI address of the peer port"
-                }
+                "minimum": 1
               },
-              "additionalProperties": false,
-              "required": [
-                "pci",
-                "os_driver_for_dpdk",
-                "os_driver",
-                "peer_node",
-                "peer_pci"
-              ]
-            },
-            "minimum": 1
-          },
-          "traffic_generator": {
-            "oneOf": [
-              {
-                "type": "object",
-                "description": "Scapy traffic generator. Used for functional testing.",
-                "properties": {
-                  "type": {
-                    "type": "string",
-                    "enum": [
-                      "SCAPY"
-                    ]
+              "traffic_generator": {
+                "oneOf": [
+                  {
+                    "type": "object",
+                    "description": "Scapy traffic generator. Used for functional testing.",
+                    "properties": {
+                      "type": {
+                        "type": "string",
+                        "enum": [
+                          "SCAPY"
+                        ]
+                      }
+                    }
                   }
-                }
+                ]
               }
-            ]
-          }
-        },
-        "additionalProperties": false,
-        "required": [
-          "name",
-          "hostname",
-          "user",
-          "arch",
-          "os"
-        ]
-      },
-      "minimum": 1
-    },
-    "test_runs": {
-      "type": "array",
-      "items": {
-        "type": "object",
-        "properties": {
-          "build_targets": {
-            "type": "array",
-            "items": {
-              "$ref": "#/definitions/build_target"
             },
-            "minimum": 1
-          },
-          "perf": {
-            "type": "boolean",
-            "description": "Enable performance testing."
-          },
-          "func": {
-            "type": "boolean",
-            "description": "Enable functional testing."
-          },
-          "test_suites": {
-            "type": "array",
-            "items": {
-              "oneOf": [
-                {
-                  "$ref": "#/definitions/test_suite"
-                },
-                {
-                  "$ref": "#/definitions/test_target"
-                }
-              ]
-            }
-          },
-          "skip_smoke_tests": {
-            "description": "Optional field that allows you to skip smoke testing",
-            "type": "boolean"
+            "additionalProperties": false,
+            "required": [
+              "name",
+              "hostname",
+              "user",
+              "arch",
+              "os"
+            ]
           },
-          "system_under_test_node": {
-            "type":"object",
+          "minimum": 1
+        },
+        "executions": {
+          "type": "array",
+          "items": {
+            "type": "object",
             "properties": {
-              "node_name": {
-                "$ref": "#/definitions/node_name"
+              "build_targets": {
+                "type": "array",
+                "items": {
+                  "$ref": "#/definitions/build_target"
+                },
+                "minimum": 1
+              },
+              "perf": {
+                "type": "boolean",
+                "description": "Enable performance testing."
+              },
+              "func": {
+                "type": "boolean",
+                "description": "Enable functional testing."
               },
-              "vdevs": {
-                "description": "Optional list of names of vdevs to be used in the test run",
+              "test_suites": {
                 "type": "array",
                 "items": {
-                  "type": "string"
+                  "oneOf": [
+                    {
+                      "$ref": "#/definitions/test_suite"
+                    },
+                    {
+                      "$ref": "#/definitions/test_target"
+                    }
+                  ]
                 }
+              },
+              "skip_smoke_tests": {
+                "description": "Optional field that allows you to skip smoke testing",
+                "type": "boolean"
+              },
+              "system_under_test_node": {
+                "type":"object",
+                "properties": {
+                  "node_name": {
+                    "$ref": "#/definitions/node_name"
+                  },
+                  "vdevs": {
+                    "description": "Optional list of names of vdevs to be used in execution",
+                    "type": "array",
+                    "items": {
+                      "type": "string"
+                    }
+                  }
+                },
+                "required": [
+                  "node_name"
+                ]
+              },
+              "traffic_generator_node": {
+                "$ref": "#/definitions/node_name"
               }
             },
+            "additionalProperties": false,
             "required": [
-              "node_name"
+              "build_targets",
+              "perf",
+              "func",
+              "test_suites",
+              "system_under_test_node",
+              "traffic_generator_node"
             ]
           },
-          "traffic_generator_node": {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/node_name"
-          }
-        },
-        "additionalProperties": false,
-        "required": [
-          "build_targets",
-          "perf",
-          "func",
-          "test_suites",
-          "system_under_test_node",
-          "traffic_generator_node"
-        ]
+          "minimum": 1
+        }
       },
-      "minimum": 1
+      "additionalProperties": false
     }
-  },
-  "required": [
-    "test_runs",
-    "nodes"
-  ],
-  "additionalProperties": false
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/dts/framework/runner.py b/dts/framework/runner.py
index 6b6f6a05f5..ac54189025 100644
--- a/dts/framework/runner.py
+++ b/dts/framework/runner.py
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@  class DTSRunner:
 
     def __init__(self):
         """Initialize the instance with configuration, logger, result and string constants."""
-        self._configuration = load_config(SETTINGS.config_file_path)
+        self._configuration = load_config(
+            SETTINGS.node_config_file_path, SETTINGS.exec_config_file_path
+        )
         self._logger = get_dts_logger()
         if not os.path.exists(SETTINGS.output_dir):
             os.makedirs(SETTINGS.output_dir)
diff --git a/dts/framework/settings.py b/dts/framework/settings.py
index f95876113f..48f46d5a46 100644
--- a/dts/framework/settings.py
+++ b/dts/framework/settings.py
@@ -14,10 +14,15 @@ 
 
 The command line arguments along with the supported environment variables are:
 
-.. option:: --config-file
-.. envvar:: DTS_CFG_FILE
+.. option:: --node-config-file
+.. envvar:: DTS_NODE_CFG_FILE
 
-    The path to the YAML test run configuration file.
+    The path to the YAML testbed configuration file.
+
+.. option:: --exec-config-file
+.. envvar:: DTS_EXEC_CFG_FILE
+
+    The path to the YAML execution configuration file.
 
 .. option:: --output-dir, --output
 .. envvar:: DTS_OUTPUT_DIR
@@ -98,7 +103,9 @@  class Settings:
     """
 
     #:
-    config_file_path: Path = Path(__file__).parent.parent.joinpath("conf.yaml")
+    node_config_file_path: Path = Path(__file__).parent.parent.joinpath("node_conf.yaml")
+    #:
+    exec_config_file_path: Path = Path(__file__).parent.parent.joinpath("execution_conf.yaml")
     #:
     output_dir: str = "output"
     #:
@@ -267,14 +274,23 @@  def _get_parser() -> _DTSArgumentParser:
     )
 
     action = parser.add_argument(
-        "--config-file",
-        default=SETTINGS.config_file_path,
+        "--node-config-file",
+        default=SETTINGS.node_config_file_path,
         type=Path,
-        help="The configuration file that describes the test cases, SUTs and targets.",
-        metavar="FILE_PATH",
-        dest="config_file_path",
+        help="[DTS_NODE_CFG_FILE] The configuration file that describes the testbed devices.",
+        metavar="NODE_FILE_PATH",
+        dest="node_config_file_path",
+    )
+    _add_env_var_to_action(action, "NODE_CFG_FILE")
+    action = parser.add_argument(
+        "--exec-config-file",
+        default=SETTINGS.exec_config_file_path,
+        type=Path,
+        help="[DTS_EXEC_CFG_FILE] The configuration file that describes the test cases.",
+        metavar="EXEC_FILE_PATH",
+        dest="exec_config_file_path",
     )
-    _add_env_var_to_action(action, "CFG_FILE")
+    _add_env_var_to_action(action, "EXEC_CFG_FILE")
 
     action = parser.add_argument(
         "--output-dir",
diff --git a/dts/node_conf.yaml b/dts/node_conf.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7e64a00e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dts/node_conf.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ 
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright 2022-2023 The DPDK contributors
+# Copyright 2023 Arm Limited
+
+nodes:
+  # Define a system under test node, having two network ports physically
+  # connected to the corresponding ports in TG 1 (the peer node)
+  - name: "SUT 1"
+    hostname: sut1.change.me.localhost
+    user: dtsuser
+    arch: x86_64
+    os: linux
+    lcores: "" # use all the available logical cores
+    use_first_core: false # tells DPDK to use any physical core
+    memory_channels: 4 # tells DPDK to use 4 memory channels
+    hugepages:  # optional; if removed, will use system hugepage configuration
+        amount: 256
+        force_first_numa: false
+    ports:
+      # sets up the physical link between "SUT 1"@000:00:08.0 and "TG 1"@0000:00:08.0
+      - pci: "0000:00:08.0"
+        os_driver_for_dpdk: vfio-pci # OS driver that DPDK will use
+        os_driver: i40e              # OS driver to bind when the tests are not running
+        peer_node: "TG 1"
+        peer_pci: "0000:00:08.0"
+      # sets up the physical link between "SUT 1"@000:00:08.1 and "TG 1"@0000:00:08.1
+      - pci: "0000:00:08.1"
+        os_driver_for_dpdk: vfio-pci
+        os_driver: i40e
+        peer_node: "TG 1"
+        peer_pci: "0000:00:08.1"
+  # Define a Scapy traffic generator node, having two network ports
+  # physically connected to the corresponding ports in SUT 1 (the peer node).
+  - name: "TG 1"
+    hostname: tg1.change.me.localhost
+    user: dtsuser
+    arch: x86_64
+    os: linux
+    ports:
+      # sets up the physical link between "TG 1"@000:00:08.0 and "SUT 1"@0000:00:08.0
+      - pci: "0000:00:08.0"
+        os_driver_for_dpdk: rdma
+        os_driver: rdma
+        peer_node: "SUT 1"
+        peer_pci: "0000:00:08.0"
+      # sets up the physical link between "SUT 1"@000:00:08.0 and "TG 1"@0000:00:08.0
+      - pci: "0000:00:08.1"
+        os_driver_for_dpdk: rdma
+        os_driver: rdma
+        peer_node: "SUT 1"
+        peer_pci: "0000:00:08.1"
+    hugepages:  # optional; if removed, will use system hugepage configuration
+        amount: 256
+        force_first_numa: false
+    traffic_generator:
+        type: SCAPY
diff --git a/dts/testbed_conf.yaml b/dts/testbed_conf.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af2180eac2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dts/testbed_conf.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ 
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright 2022-2023 The DPDK contributors
+# Copyright 2023 Arm Limited
+
+executions:
+  # define one execution environment
+  - build_targets:
+      - arch: x86_64
+        os: linux
+        cpu: native
+        # the combination of the following two makes CC="ccache gcc"
+        compiler: gcc
+        compiler_wrapper: ccache
+    perf: false # disable performance testing
+    func: true # enable functional testing
+    skip_smoke_tests: false # optional
+    test_suites: # the following test suites will be run in their entirety
+      - hello_world
+      - os_udp
+    # The machine running the DPDK test executable
+    system_under_test_node:
+      node_name: "SUT 1"
+      vdevs: # optional; if removed, vdevs won't be used in the execution
+        - "crypto_openssl"
+    # Traffic generator node to use for this execution environment
+    traffic_generator_node: "TG 1"
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