Create robust test environment for VIOLA team

Currently, the VIOLA team uses a VSCode test environment to debug and run tests. The environment was set up as follows:

• In VSCode – we cloned the GitLab remote repository on our local
  machine. So the structure is the same on the local machine as in the
  remote GitLab.
• We wrote the associated test code in your test_XTP-1310_V2.py
  test file (in the branch we created)
• The VSCode test environment is set up in such a way that we could
  debug our test in our local machine using pods deployed in the
  STFC cluster. (using telepresence and pytango - this setup is the
  unstable/unreliable part )
• When the test passed, we merged to master (remote) and then the
  test is part of the CI/CD pipeline.

However, the environment is currently problematic, and not stable:

• We use the resources in the STFC cluster when we run/debug our tests.
  We use telepresence to build the bridge between our local machine and the
  pods in the STFC cluster.
• When commands are send in our test, the commands are sent to the
  tango-devices deployed in that namespace on that cluster. Pytango is used to
  talk to all the device proxies.
• This test setup is not stable (the connection to the remote cluster often
  fails). This is very frustrating.
• The test environment is very difficult to setup.

This Feature would be to set up a stable test environment for the VIOLA team.

Adding this google doc as a description of the general requirements of the test automation solution: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L62m9FYbgZAOuy7HR3A-RtEcR2zeD6RWe7nY2i0dR5U/edit?usp=sharing.