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+import json
+import os
+import subprocess
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def session_tmp_path_testout(tmp_path_factory: pytest.TempPathFactory) -> Path:
+    return tmp_path_factory.mktemp("test_out")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.slow
+def test_pytest_abra(session_tmp_path_testout: Path):
+    """run abratest against the dev instance"""
+
+    # --------------------- load credentials to env variables -------------------- #
+
+    cred_file = Path("credentials.json")
+    with open(cred_file, "r") as f:
+        CREDENTIALS = json.load(f)
+
+    for key, value in CREDENTIALS.items():
+        os.environ[key] = value
+
+    # --------------------------------- env files -------------------------------- #
+
+    ENV_FILES_ROOT = Path("../envfiles").resolve()
+    ENV_FILES = [
+        ENV_FILES_ROOT / "login.test.dev.local-it.cloud.env",  # authentik
+        ENV_FILES_ROOT / "blog.test.dev.local-it.cloud.env",  # wordpress
+        ENV_FILES_ROOT / "files.test.dev.local-it.cloud.env",  # nextcloud
+    ]
+    ENV_PATHS = ";".join([x.as_posix() for x in ENV_FILES])
+
+    # ----------------------------------- dirs ----------------------------------- #
+
+    RECIPES_DIR = Path("../recipes").resolve()
+    OUTPUT_DIR = Path("./test-output").resolve()
+    # OUTPUT_DIR = session_tmp_path_testout.resolve()
+
+    # ------------------------------------ run ----------------------------------- #
+
+    result = subprocess.run(
+        [
+            "abratest",
+            "--env_paths",
+            ENV_PATHS,
+            "--recipes_dir",
+            RECIPES_DIR,
+            "--output_dir",
+            OUTPUT_DIR,
+        ]
+    )
+
+    assert result.returncode == 0
+
+    assert "failed" not in str(result.stdout)
+
+    with open(OUTPUT_DIR / "tempfile.txt", "w") as f:
+        f.write(str(result.stdout))
+
+
+# @pytest.mark.slow
+# def test_results_abra(session_tmp_path_testout: Path):
+#     OUTPUT_DIR = Path("./test-output").resolve()
+#     print(list(OUTPUT_DIR.rglob("*")))
+#     assert False