loadbalancer/docs/testing.md

Testing

All project validation should run through Docker-based commands.

Canonical test command

The canonical project validation command is:

docker compose config

Smoke test

After replacing the example backend addresses and starting the stack, verify TCP connectivity from a client:

openssl s_client -connect LOAD_BALANCER_HOST:443 -servername EXPECTED_DNS_NAME

The certificate shown by openssl should be the backend certificate, not a certificate stored by Traefik.

Test categories

• Docker/Compose validation: docker compose config.
• Runtime health: docker compose ps.
• TLS passthrough smoke test: openssl s_client.