Contents

The LAVA documentation is continually expanding and improving. This is the overview to help you know where to look for particular help.



  • CI with LAVA - this section explains the design goals of LAVA and how to use it best as part of a complete CI system.
  • Writing tests for LAVA - this guide takes you through how to design, write and debug the tests to be run using LAVA. Worked examples are included for a range of deployments and test methods.
  • Results in LAVA - LAVA provides a generic view of test results. This guide covers how to use those results directly, and also how to export results data from LAVA to make it more useful.

  • LAVA administration guide - this guide steps through the complex task of administering a LAVA instance, from a single emulated device to a large test lab with dozens of devices.
  • Migrating to V2 - documentation to help users migrating a lab and its devices from LAVA V1 to V2.


  • Context help - some pages in the UI have a Help link in the context-menu section at the top of the page. These pages are listed in this section for reference and easier navigation.
  • Glossary of terms - descriptions of terms which have particular meanings inside LAVA.

Context help