> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.elentra.org/api/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.elentra.org/api/automated-testing/getting-started/setting-up-a-testing-environment.md).

# Setting up a testing environment

Steps on how to setup a testing environment to run the API automated tests

### Setting up a testing environment

{% hint style="success" %}
Run `composer clean:install` in the elentra-1x-me directory to automate setting up the test environment.

Run `composer test:api:clean` in the elentra-1x-me directory to set up the test environment, and run the API tests afterwards.
{% endhint %}

1. Create test databases

```
DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS `test_elentra_me`;
DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS `test_elentra_auth` ;
DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS `test_elentra_me_clerkship`;
DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS `test_elentra_cbe`;

CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `test_elentra_me`;
CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `test_elentra_auth`;
CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `test_elentra_me_clerkship`;
CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `test_elentra_cbe`;
```

2\. Run the ME setup utility to seed the initial ME data 

```
cd /var/www/vhosts/elentra-1x-me;

php www-root/setup/install.php \
    --entrada-url=http://elentra-1x-me.localhost \
    --entrada-absolute=$(pwd)/www-root \
    --entrada-storage=$(pwd)/www-root/core/storage \
    --database-adapter=mysqli \
    --database-host=mariadb \
    --database-username=root \
    --database-password=password \
    --entrada-database=test_elentra_me \
    --clerkship-database=test_elentra_me_clerkship \
    --auth-database=test_elentra_auth \
    --cbe-database=test_elentra_cbe \
    --admin-username=user1 \
    --admin-password=apple123 \
    --admin-firstname=System \
    --admin-lastname=Administrator \
    --admin-email=admin@example.com
```

3\. Run the migrations

```
php elentra migrate --up
```

4\. Generate the seed data

```
php www-root/core/library/vendor/elentrapackages/elentra-1x-api/artisan db:seed
```

5\. Install API composer dependencies

```
cd /var/www/vhosts/elentra-1x-api
composer install
composer update
```