Conducting automated software testing using centralized controller and distributed test host servers

• US 10,489,287 B2
• Filed: 05/15/2017
• Issued: 11/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Original Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Inventors: Friedenberg, Gedaliah
• Primary Examiner(s): Chavis, John Q
• Application Number:
  US15/594,823
• Publication Number:
  US 20180329812A1
• Time in Patent Office: 925 Days
• Field of Search: 714 381, 717124
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0709 in a distributed system consisting of a plurality of standalone computer nodes, e.g. clusters, client-server systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3664 Environments for testing or debugging software
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3672 Test management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3684 for test design, e.g. generating new test cases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3688 for test execution, e.g. scheduling of test suites
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3692 for test results analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3696 Methods or tools to render software testable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2379 Updates performed during online database operations; commit processing
• CPC Class Codes: H03M 13/015 Simulation or testing of codes, e.g. bit error rate [BER] measurements

Abstract

Aspects of the disclosure relate to conducting automated software testing using a centralized controller and one or more distributed test host servers. A computing platform may receive a test execution request. Subsequently, the computing platform may retrieve test specification details information and may identify one or more tests to execute. Then, the computing platform may generate one or more remote test execution commands directing a test host server farm to execute the one or more tests. In addition, generating the one or more remote test execution commands may include constructing one or more command line instructions to be executed by the test host server farm and inserting the one or more command line instructions into the one or more remote test execution commands. Thereafter, the computing platform may send the one or more remote test execution commands to the test host server farm.

Claims

1. A computing platform, comprising:

at least one processor;

a communication interface communicatively coupled to the at least one processor; and

memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing platform to;

receive, via the communication interface, from an administrative computing device, a test execution request;

retrieve, from a test specification database, test specification details information based on the test execution request received from the administrative computing device;

identify one or more tests to execute based on the test specification details information retrieved from the test specification database and the test execution request received from the administrative computing device;

generate one or more remote test execution commands directing a test host server farm to execute the one or more tests identified based on the test specification details information retrieved from the test specification database and the test execution request received from the administrative computing device, wherein generating the one or more remote test execution commands comprises constructing one or more command line instructions to be executed by the test host server farm and inserting the one or more command line instructions to be executed by the test host server farm into the one or more remote test execution commands;

send, via the communication interface, to the test host server farm, the one or more remote test execution commands directing the test host server farm to execute the one or more tests identified based on the test specification details information retrieved from the test specification database and the test execution request received from the administrative computing device;

after sending the one or more remote test execution commands to the test host server farm, remotely capture test output from the test host server farm; and

store test results data based on remotely capturing the test output from the test host server farm,

wherein the one or more command line instructions to be executed by the test host server farm cause the test host server farm to run one or more tests that write pass-fail output associated with the one or more tests to a console, and

wherein remotely capturing the test output from the test host server farm comprises capturing the pass-fail output associated with the one or more tests from the console.

2. The computing platform of claim 1, wherein receiving the test execution request from the administrative computing device comprises receiving information identifying a specific software application to be tested in a specific computing environment.

3. The computing platform of claim 1, wherein remotely capturing the test output from the test host server farm comprises processing the test output captured from the test host server farm to produce at least a portion of the test results data.

4. The computing platform of claim 3, wherein processing the test output captured from the test host server farm to produce the at least the portion of the test results data comprises determining that a first set of tests passed based on the test output captured from the test host server farm and determining that a second set of tests failed based on the test output captured from the test host server farm.

5. The computing platform of claim 1, wherein storing the test results data based on remotely capturing the test output from the test host server farm comprises storing results information in a test results database and storing test artifacts in a test artifact cloud.

6. The computing platform of claim 5, wherein storing the results information in the test results database comprises storing timestamps indicating when one or more specific tests started and ended, information identifying a name of a specific host on which the one or more specific tests were run, information identifying a number of assertions that passed, and information identifying a number of assertions that failed.

7. The computing platform of claim 1, wherein the memory stores additional computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing platform to:

prior to receiving the test execution request from the administrative computing device;

receive at least a portion of the test specification details information from enterprise server architecture; and

store the at least the portion of the test specification details information in the test specification database.

8. The computing platform of claim 1, wherein the memory stores additional computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing platform to:

receive, via the communication interface, from a client computing device, a request for test results information;

in response to receiving the request for the test results information from the client computing device, generate a test results report; and

send, via the communication interface, to the client computing device, the test results report.

9. The computing platform of claim 8, wherein receiving the request for the test results information from the client computing device comprises receiving the request for the test results information via a web dashboard provided to the client computing device.

10. The computing platform of claim 8, wherein receiving the request for the test results information from the client computing device comprises receiving the request for the test results information via an application programming interface.

11. A method, comprising:

at a computing platform comprising at least one processor, memory, and a communication interface;

receiving, by the at least one processor, via the communication interface, from an administrative computing device, a test execution request;

retrieving, by the at least one processor, from a test specification database, test specification details information based on the test execution request received from the administrative computing device;

identifying, by the at least one processor, one or more tests to execute based on the test specification details information retrieved from the test specification database and the test execution request received from the administrative computing device;

generating, by the at least one processor, one or more remote test execution commands directing a test host server farm to execute the one or more tests identified based on the test specification details information retrieved from the test specification database and the test execution request received from the administrative computing device, wherein generating the one or more remote test execution commands comprises constructing one or more command line instructions to be executed by the test host server farm and inserting the one or more command line instructions to be executed by the test host server farm into the one or more remote test execution commands;

sending, by the at least one processor, via the communication interface, to the test host server farm, the one or more remote test execution commands directing the test host server farm to execute the one or more tests identified based on the test specification details information retrieved from the test specification database and the test execution request received from the administrative computing device;

after sending the one or more remote test execution commands to the test host server farm, remotely capturing, by the at least one processor, test output from the test host server farm; and

storing, by the at least one processor, test results data based on remotely capturing the test output from the test host server farm,

wherein the one or more command line instructions to be executed by the test host server farm cause the test host server farm to run one or more tests that write pass-fail output associated with the one or more tests to a console, and

wherein remotely capturing the test output from the test host server farm comprises capturing the pass-fail output associated with the one or more tests from the console.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein receiving the test execution request from the administrative computing device comprises receiving information identifying a specific software application to be tested in a specific computing environment.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein remotely capturing the test output from the test host server farm comprises processing the test output captured from the test host server farm to produce at least a portion of the test results data.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein processing the test output captured from the test host server farm to produce the at least the portion of the test results data comprises determining that a first set of tests passed based on the test output captured from the test host server farm and determining that a second set of tests failed based on the test output captured from the test host server farm.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein storing the test results data based on remotely capturing the test output from the test host server farm comprises storing results information in a test results database and storing test artifacts in a test artifact cloud.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein storing the results information in the test results database comprises storing timestamps indicating when one or more specific tests started and ended, information identifying a name of a specific host on which the one or more specific tests were run, information identifying a number of assertions that passed, and information identifying a number of assertions that failed.

17. The method of claim 11, comprising:

prior to receiving the test execution request from the administrative computing device;

receiving, by the at least one processor, at least a portion of the test specification details information from enterprise server architecture; and

storing, by the at least one processor, the at least the portion of the test specification details information in the test specification database.

18. The method of claim 11, comprising:

receiving, by the at least one processor, via the communication interface, from a client computing device, a request for test results information;

in response to receiving the request for the test results information from the client computing device, generating, by the at least one processor, a test results report; and

sending, by the at least one processor, via the communication interface, to the client computing device, the test results report.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein receiving the request for the test results information from the client computing device comprises receiving the request for the test results information via a web dashboard provided to the client computing device.

20. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by a computing platform comprising at least one processor, memory, and a communication interface, cause the computing platform to:

receive, via the communication interface, from an administrative computing device, a test execution request;

retrieve, from a test specification database, test specification details information based on the test execution request received from the administrative computing device;

identify one or more tests to execute based on the test specification details information retrieved from the test specification database and the test execution request received from the administrative computing device;

generate one or more remote test execution commands directing a test host server farm to execute the one or more tests identified based on the test specification details information retrieved from the test specification database and the test execution request received from the administrative computing device, wherein generating the one or more remote test execution commands comprises constructing one or more command line instructions to be executed by the test host server farm and inserting the one or more command line instructions to be executed by the test host server farm into the one or more remote test execution commands;

send, via the communication interface, to the test host server farm, the one or more remote test execution commands directing the test host server farm to execute the one or more tests identified based on the test specification details information retrieved from the test specification database and the test execution request received from the administrative computing device;

after sending the one or more remote test execution commands to the test host server farm, remotely capture test output from the test host server farm; and

store test results data based on remotely capturing the test output from the test host server farm,

wherein the one or more command line instructions to be executed by the test host server farm cause the test host server farm to run one or more tests that write pass-fail output associated with the one or more tests to a console, and

wherein remotely capturing the test output from the test host server farm comprises capturing the pass-fail output associated with the one or more tests from the console.