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+# End-to-End Testing
+
+- [End-to-End Testing](#end-to-end-testing)
+  - [Introduction](#introduction)
+  - [Install Kubernetes](#install-kubernetes)
+  - [Test parameters](#test-parameters)
+  - [Running E2E](#running-e2e)
+
+## Introduction
+
+End-to-end (e2e) in cephcsi provides a mechanism to test the end-to-end
+behavior of the system, These tests will interact with live instances of ceph
+cluster just like how a user would.
+
+The primary objectives of the e2e tests are to ensure a consistent and reliable
+behavior of the cephcsi code base and to catch hard-to-test bugs before
+users do when unit and integration tests are insufficient.
+
+The Test framework is designed
+to install Rook, run cephcsi tests, and uninstall Rook.
+
+The e2e test are  built on top of  [Ginkgo](http://onsi.github.io/ginkgo/) and
+[Gomega](http://onsi.github.io/gomega/)
+
+## Install Kubernetes
+
+The cephcsi also provides a script for starting Kubernetes using
+[minikube](../scripts/minikube.sh) so users can quickly spin up a Kubernetes
+cluster.
+
+the following parameters are available to configure  kubernetes cluster
+
+| flag        | description                                                   |
+| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| up          | Starts a local kubernetes cluster and prepare a disk for rook |
+| down        | Stops a running local kubernetes cluster                      |
+| clean       | Deletes a local kubernetes cluster                            |
+| ssh         | Log into or run a command on a minikube machine with SSH      |
+| cephcsi     | Copy built docker images to kubernetes cluster                |
+| k8s-sidecar | Copy kubernetes sidecar docker images to kubernetes cluster   |
+
+following environment variables can be exported to customize kubernetes deployment
+
+| ENV                | Description                                      | Default                                                            |
+| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| MINIKUBE_VERSION   | minikube version to install                      | latest                                                             |
+| KUBE_VERSION       | kubernetes version to install                    | v1.13.0                                                            |
+| MEMORY             | Amount of RAM allocated to the minikube VM in MB | 3000                                                               |
+| VM_DRIVER          | VM driver to create virtual machine              | virtualbox                                                         |
+| CEPHCSI_IMAGE_REPO | Repo URL to pull cephcsi images                  | quay.io/cephcsi                                                    |
+| K8S_IMAGE_REPO     | Repo URL to pull kubernetes sidecar images       | quay.io/k8scsi                                                     |
+| K8S_FEATURE_GATES  | Feature gates to enable on kubernetes cluster    | BlockVolume=true,CSIBlockVolume=true,VolumeSnapshotDataSource=true |
+
+- creating kubernetes  cluster
+
+```console
+$./minikube.sh up
+```
+
+- Teardown kubernetes cluster
+
+```console
+$./minikube.sh clean
+```
+
+## Test parameters
+
+In addition to standard go tests parameters, the following custom parameters
+are available while running tests:
+
+| flag           | description                                                                   |
+| -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| rook-version   | Rook version to pull yaml files to deploy rook operator (default: master)     |
+| deploy-rook    | Deploy rook operator to create  ceph cluster (default: true)                  |
+| deploy-timeout | Timeout to wait for created kubernetes resources (default: 10)                |
+| kubeconfig     | Path to kubeconfig containing embedded authinfo (default: $HOME/.kube/config) |
+| timeout        | Panic test binary after duration d (default 0, timeout disabled)              |
+| v              | Verbose: print additional output                                              |
+
+## Running E2E
+
+`
+Note:- Prior to running the tests, you may need to copy the kubernetes configuration
+file to `$HOME/.kube/config` which is required to communicate with kubernetes
+cluster or you can pass `kubeconfig`flag while running tests.
+`
+
+Functional tests are run by the `go test` command.
+
+ ```console
+ $go test ./e2e/ --rook-version="v1.0.1" --deploy-rook=true -timeout=20m -v
+ ```
+
+Functional  tests can be invoked by `make` command
+
+```console
+$make func-test TESTOPTIONS="--rook-version=v1.0.1 --deploy-rook=true --deploy-timeout=10  -timeout=30m -v"
+```