I am trying to integration HP ALM with UFT, so ALM can execute UFT test. However the two products are installed in different network zone. The security has concern to open low port number (those below 1024). Thus would it be possible to change DCOM to use a different port for ALM and UFT to talk to each other? Or is there workaround for this?
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I'm facing an issue while trying to record a mobile native application using Loadrunner (Remote application via Loadrunner proxy).
I am using a client provided laptop / mobile devices for testing.
Initially, I was not able to record the mobile app via LR proxy using the client's laptop, but I was able to do the recording using my personal laptop. After raising tickets and having multiple sessions with the helpdesk team, we figured out that we are able to record the mobile app by disabling the VPN on the client laptop, but fail when the VPN is enabled (as the IP address is being changed to the VPN network).
Disabling the VPN is against the client security policy and I don't even have the admin rights to disable it.
As suggested by the helpdesk team, I have tried installing pulse secure and connecting the mobile device to the VPN (so that the mobile and laptop would be under the same client network), but it failed to record.
Network team wouldn't work on the issue as it is not related to network elements (routers, switches and firewalls, etc.), but to the user end-point.
I am not able to do recording with Jmeter or capture traffic using Fiddler as well with the VPN being connected in the laptop. All of the mentioned tools were able to do the recording from my personal laptop.
We are now stuck without any option to proceed further.
Please comment if anyone has faced the issue or has insights on the next steps that I need to approach this.
I want to gather some information from a windows 10 machine over the internet using the thingworx platform.
Here's a scenario:
Admin logs into thingworx app
Exisiting or new computer (windows 10 ) is added (serial number computer)
Thingworx platform creates a thing based on a created template
User receives application key which will be entered on a client which is installed on the computer
Client is started based on event and sends data to thingworx platform
Communication is secured
Is there a best practice or even a client available / open source or Licence based which relieves the headache of security etc.?
Yes, alwaysOn is used mostly as web socket protocol for communication between devices & ThingWorx platform. Apart from these one case also use MQTT.
If you want to use for Demo/Academic Purpose then use Thingworx Academic Simulator. I have been using it for Testing many scenarios.
Download Link - http://apps.ptc.com/schools/software/ThingWorxAcademicSimulatorSetup.exe
I need to install the HPE Mobile Center Connector on my local pc without any server just for a trial with UFT. can anyone advice what should i give in the Mobile center IP Address? since server port is by default: 8080
If you want to test mobile with UFT you need to have a mobile center server installed.
The Mobile Center Connector is not used by UFT, it's just a way to connect mobile devices to the MC server without physically connecting the device to the server machine. You should think of the connector as a way to extend the MC server. UFT connects to the server and can see all devices connected to the server (either physically or via connector) so if you don't have a server machine the connector has no meaning.
You can install the MC sever on a virtual machine if this helps.
You can install MC all in one which includes server + connector. It's supported for both Windows & Linux.
There is a trial version so you can test it with UFT.
If you want to try out Mobile testing with UFT, there is a free resource that you can use:
https://marketplace.microfocus.com/appdelivery/content/uft-mobile-add-in-for-local-device
More info from Micro Focus marketplace:
"This “add-in” acts as a connector between UFT and the mobile devices connected directly to the UFT machine. In just a few steps, UFT users can start designing and running mobile app and web tests on one local mobile device at a time without purchasing an additional license. Whether you work in Retail, Telecom, Finance, or other adjacent industries, the UFT Mobile Add-in for Local Devices is a great fit for testers who need to:
Execute their omnichannel content strategy using the same script for desktop and mobile web content
Support mobile testing in organisations that do not have a lab management solution in place
Run mobile tests without needing a new tool for mobile only"
I'm wishing to use Visual Studio Load Tests to perform some load testing.
I was hoping to be able to use the counter monitoring that the Load Test provide in order to collect performance statistics from the web server I'm loading.
However there only seems to be support for connecting to machines you wish to monitor via your domain credentials. From http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms182594.aspx, section "To specify computers to monitor with counter sets during load test run"
On each server that you monitor, you must have sufficient user permissions to run performance monitors. Otherwise, errors are generated.
There seems to be no way to provide specific credentials to use to connect to machines you wish to monitor. As the web server I wish to monitor does not belong to a domain, I don't see any way to monitor it using VS Load Tests.
Is there some way to monitor it using VS Load Tests that I've missed?
There seems to be no way to provide specific credentials to use to connect to machines you wish to monitor
There is a way to do this. On Windows 7 it is called Credential Manager and you can access it either by searching for Manage Network Passwords on your Start Menu or via Control Panel > User Accounts. On older versions it was called Stored User Names and Passwords, also accessible via Control Panel > User Accounts.
In a nutshell, it allows you to specify alternative credentials for remote systems. Once you have set up credentials, it works completely invisibly and automatically for remote connection attempts from any application applications that support it, including Visual Studio collecting remote Perfmon data.
NOTE that you have to set up the credentials on the account that actually runs your load tests. If you are only running local load tests with no Controller then that's your own account. However if you run a Controller/Agent rig, the Controller may be configured to run under a service account (i.e. check the account running "Visual Studio Test Controller" service or QTController.exe). You have to login as that account and add the credentials.
I've found the following which is working for me. I'm just running the net use commands by hand because I don't want the user name and password in source control.
To get this working you will need to manually open an IPC channel to
the SQL and IIS machines with an account that has permissions in that
domain. This allows the account running the load tests to "piggyback"
across that IPC channel.
i have found this site to be a great help getting this going myself.
http://blogs.catapultsystems.com/tlingenfelder/archive/2009/06/18/performance-counters-timeouts-and-load-testing-with-visual-studio-2008.aspx
what you can do is create a small bat file and set it up to run in the
.testrunconfig file as a setup script.
net use \\SQLSERVER\IPC$ password1 /user:DOMAIN1\USER /persistent:yes
net use \\IISSERVER\IPC$ password2 /user:DOMAIN2\USER /persistent:yes
I integrated a small http server in my software distribution, intended to allow access to my installed application from the customer's LAN.
Right now, the customer has to manually update the firewall's list of trusted applications. I want to either open a hole in the firewall at install-time, or to ensure that the firewall prompts the user to allow my web server as a trusted application, able to receive inbound traffic.
Any solution should work with the built-in Windows Firewall at minimum.
Suggestions?
I would start out by reading up on the following sections on MSDN. This should give you enough background to know what you need. In short you could be looking to talk to the INetFwMgr COM object.
XP
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa366453%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
Vista or later INetFwPolicy2
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ff956124(v=vs.85).aspx