Testing a network system

• US 8,775,551 B2
• Filed: 07/10/2009
• Issued: 07/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chen, Li-Ju, Wu, Rick
• Primary Examiner(s): Pollack, Melvin H
• Application Number:
  US12/501,095
• Publication Number:
  US 20100030862A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,824 Days
• Field of Search: 709/217
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

A network system uses a staging server. The network system comprises an existing server and a client device that transmits session traffic comprising an HTTP request message. The HTTP request message is duplicated to form duplicated HTTP request messages. It is determined whether the HTTP request message has a first session identifier. If so, a mapping relation between the first session identifier and a second session identifier is searched for. The duplicated HTTP request messages to the existing server and the staging server, respectively, are transmitted, wherein the session identifier of the HTTP request message to the staging server is replaced with the second session identifier based on the first session identifier and the mapping relation. One embodiment may also comprise receiving an HTTP reply message from the existing server and an HTTP reply message from the staging server. The HTTP reply message from the existing server and the HTTP reply message from the staging server are compared.

Claims

1. A method of testing a network system comprising an existing server having a first kind of database and a client device transmitting an HTTP request message of session traffic, comprising:

installing a second kind of database onto a staging server in the network system, said second kind of database providing at least an upgrade to the first kind of database;

duplicating the HTTP request message from the client device;

detecting whether the HTTP request message has a first session identifier;

in response to the HTTP request message having said first session identifier, searching for a mapping relation between said first session identifier and a second session identifier;

transmitting the HTTP request message to the existing server and said duplicated HTTP request message to said staging server, wherein said first session identifier of the HTTP request message is replaced with said second session identifier, based on said first session identifier and said mapping relation, in said duplicated HTTP request message to said staging server;

receiving a first HTTP reply message from the existing server and a second HTTP reply message from said staging server;

comparing said first HTTP reply message from the existing server and said second HTTP reply message from said staging server to determine whether contents of said replies are identical; and

in response to a determination that said contents of said replies are identical, replacing said first kind of database with said second kind of database.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting whether said staging server is overloaded;

in response to said staging server being overloaded, only transmitting the HTTP request message to said existing server without duplicating said HTTP request message; and

indicating a test result of bypass, after said step of receiving said HTTP reply message.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting whether the HTTP request message has a test case ID; and

in response to the HTTP request message having said test case ID, duplicating the HTTP request message to form the duplicated HTTP request messages.

4. The method of claim 3, in response to the HTTP request message not having said test case ID, further comprising:

detecting whether the HTTP request message is a first HTTP request message of the session traffic; and

in response to the HTTP request message being said first HTTP request message of the session traffic, generating a test case ID for said first HTTP request message of the session traffic.

5. The method of claim 4, in response to the HTTP request message not being said first HTTP request message of the session traffic, further comprising:

transmitting the HTTP request message only to the existing server without duplicating the HTTP request message; and

indicating a test result of bypass, after said step of receiving said HTTP reply messages.

6. The method of claim 1, in response to transmitting the duplicated HTTP request messages to the existing server and the staging server, further comprising:

detecting whether said first HTTP reply message from the existing server and said second HTTP reply message from the staging server have said first and second session identifier, respectively; and

in response to said first HTTP reply message from the existing server and said second HTTP reply message from the staging server having said first and second session identifier, respectively, extracting said first session identifier and said second session identifier and indicating said mapping relation of said first session identifier and said second session identifier.

7. The method of claim 6, in response to said first HTTP reply message from the existing server not having said first session identifier, further comprising:

sending the duplicated HTTP request messages to the existing server and the staging server, respectively;

receiving said first HTTP reply message from the existing server with said first session identifier and said second HTTP reply message from the staging server with said second session identifier; and

generating said mapping relation based on said first session identifier and said second session identifier.

8. The method of claim 1, in response to receiving said first HTTP reply message from the existing server and said second HTTP reply message from the staging server, further comprising:

detecting whether a verification point is required, wherein in response to said verification point not being required, indicating a test result of non-vp;

detecting whether an error occurs in said first and second HTTP reply messages, wherein in response to an error occurring, indicating a test result of failed;

detecting whether said first and second HTTP reply messages have said first and second session identifiers, respectively, wherein in response to said first and second HTTP reply messages not having said first and second session identifiers, transmitting said first HTTP reply message from the existing server to the client device; and

in response to said verification point being required and said error not occurring in said first and second HTTP reply messages, abstracting said first and second HTTP reply messages and indicating a test result of success.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein:

said first session identifier and said second session identifier are selected from either a session ID or a cookie;

wherein said test results are recorded in a test case record database; and

wherein said first session identifier is related to said first HTTP reply message from the exiting server and said second session identifier is related to said second HTTP reply message from the staging server.

10. A computer program product for testing a network system comprising an existing server having a first kind of database and a client device transmitting an HTTP request message of session traffic, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:

computer readable program code configured to install a second kind of database onto a staging server in the network system, said second kind of database providing at least an upgrade to the first kind of database;

computer readable program code configured to duplicate the HTTP request message from the client device;

computer readable program code configured to detect whether the HTTP request message has a first session identifier;

in response to the HTTP request message having said first session identifier, computer readable program code configured to search for a mapping relation of said first session identifier and a second session identifier;

computer readable program code configured to transmit the HTTP request message to the existing server and said duplicated HTTP request message to said staging server, respectively, wherein said first session identifier of the HTTP request message is replaced with said second session identifier, based on said first session identifier and said mapping relation, in said duplicated HTTP request message to said staging server;

computer readable program code configured to receive a first HTTP reply message from the existing server and a second HTTP reply message from said staging server;

computer readable program code configured to compare said first HTTP reply message from the existing server and said second HTTP reply message from said staging server to determine whether contents of said replies are identical; and

in response to a determination that said contents of said replies are identical, computer readable program code configured to replace said first kind of database with said second kind of database.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising:

computer readable program code configured to detect whether the staging server is overloaded;

in response to the staging server being overloaded, computer readable program code configured to only transmit the HTTP request message to the existing server without duplicating the HTTP request message; and

computer readable program code configured to indicate a test result of bypass, after said computer readable program code configured to receive said first and second HTTP reply message.

12. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising:

computer readable program code configured to detect whether the HTTP request message has a test case ID; and

in response to the HTTP request message having said test case ID, computer readable program code configured to duplicate the HTTP request message to form the duplicated HTTP request messages.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, in response to the HTTP request message not having said test case ID, further comprising:

computer readable program code configured to detect whether the HTTP request message is said first HTTP request message of the session traffic; and

in response to the HTTP request message being said first HTTP request message of the session traffic, computer readable program code configured to generate a test case ID of said first HTTP request message of said session traffic.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, in response to the HTTP request message not being said first HTTP request message of said session traffic, further comprising:

computer readable program code configured to transmit the HTTP request message only to the existing server without duplication; and

computer readable program code configured to indicate a test result of bypass, after said step of receiving the HTTP reply messages.

15. The computer program product of claim 10, in response to transmitting the duplicated HTTP request messages to the existing server and the staging server, respectively, further comprising:

computer readable program code configured to detect whether said first HTTP reply message from the existing server and said second HTTP reply message from the staging server have a first and a second session identifier, respectively; and

in response to said first HTTP reply message from the existing server and said second HTTP reply message from the staging server having said first and second session identifier, respectively, computer readable program code configured to extract said first session identifier and said second session identifier; and

computer readable program code configured to indicate said mapping relation of said first session identifier and said second session identifier.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein in response to said first HTTP reply message from the existing server not having said first session identifier, further comprising:

computer readable program code configured to send the duplicated HTTP request messages to the existing server and the staging server, respectively;

computer readable program code configured to receive said first HTTP reply message from the existing server with said first session identifier and said second HTTP reply message from the staging server with said second session identifier; and

computer readable program code configured to generate said mapping relation based on said first session identifier and said second session identifier.

17. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein in response to receiving said first HTTP reply message from the existing server and said second HTTP reply message from the staging server, further comprising:

computer readable program code configured to detect whether a verification point is required, wherein in response to said verification point being not required, indicating a test result of non-vp;

computer readable program code configured to detect whether an error occurs in said first and second HTTP reply messages, wherein in response to an error occurring, indicating a test result of failed;

computer readable program code configured to detect whether said first and second HTTP reply messages have said session identifiers, respectively, wherein in response to said first and second HTTP reply messages not having said first and second session identifiers, computer readable program code configured to transmit said first HTTP reply message from the existing server to the client device; and

in response to said verification point being required and said error not occurring in said first and second HTTP reply messages, computer readable program code configured to abstract said first and second HTTP reply messages and computer readable program code configured to indicate a test result of success.

18. A computer for testing a network system comprising an existing server having a first kind of database and a client device transmitting an HTTP request message of session traffic, comprising:

a processor; and

memory connected to the processor, wherein the memory is encoded with instructions and wherein the instructions when executed comprise;

instructions for installing a second kind of database onto a staging server in the network system, said second kind of database providing at least an upgrade to the first kind of database;

instructions for duplicating the HTTP request message from the client device;

instructions for detecting whether the HTTP request message has a first session identifier;

in response to the HTTP request message having said first session identifier, instructions for searching for a mapping relation between said first session identifier and a second session identifier;

instructions for transmitting the HTTP request message to the existing server and said duplicated HTTP request message to said staging server, respectively, wherein said first session identifier of the HTTP request message is replaced with said second session identifier, based on said first session identifier and said mapping relation, in said duplicated HTTP request message to said staging server;

instructions for receiving a first HTTP reply message from the existing server and a second HTTP reply message from said staging server;

instructions for comparing said first HTTP reply message from the existing server and said second HTTP reply message from said staging server to determine whether contents of said replies are identical; and

in response to a determination that said contents of said replies are identical, instructions for replacing said first kind of database with said second kind of database.

19. The computer of claim 18, further comprising:

instructions for detecting whether the staging server is overloaded;

in response to the staging server being overloaded, instructions for only transmitting the HTTP request message to the existing server without duplicating the HTTP request message.

20. The computer of claim 18, further comprising:

instructions for detecting whether the HTTP request message has a test case ID; and

in response to the HTTP request message having said test case ID, instructions for duplicating the HTTP request message to form the duplicated HTTP request messages.

21. The computer of claim 18, wherein in response to transmitting the duplicated HTTP request messages to the existing server and the staging server, respectively:

instructions for detecting whether said first HTTP reply message from the existing server and said second HTTP reply message from the staging server have a first and second session identifier, respectively; and

in response to said first HTTP reply message from the existing server and said second HTTP reply message from the staging server having said first and second session identifier, respectively, instructions for extracting said first session identifier and said second session identifier and instructions for indicating said mapping relation of said first session identifier and said second session identifier.

22. The computer of claim 21, wherein in response to said first HTTP reply message from the existing server not having said first session identifier, instructions for sending the duplicated HTTP request messages to the existing server and the staging server, respectively;

instructions for receiving said first HTTP reply message from the existing server with said first session identifier and said second HTTP reply message from the staging server with said second session identifier; and

instructions for generating said mapping relation based on said first session identifier and said second session identifier.