Techniques for distributed testing

• US 9,632,903 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2013
• Issued: 04/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Micro Focus Software, Inc. (Open Text Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Micro Focus Software, Inc. (Open Text Corporation)
• Inventors: Brown, Jeremy Ray, Burch, Lloyd Leon
• Primary Examiner(s): Bhat, Aditya
• Application Number:
  US14/042,029
• Publication Number:
  US 20140032174A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,303 Days
• Field of Search: 702182, 702183, 702186, 702187, 709223, 709224, 709226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3433 for load management allocation of a server based on load conditions G06F9/505; load rebalancing G06F9/5083; redistributing the load in a network by a load balancer H04L67/1029
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3664 Environments for testing or debugging software
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3688 for test execution, e.g. scheduling of test suites

Abstract

Techniques for distributed testing are provided. Resources are identified for performing tests over a network. The tests and policies are sent to the resources and a proxy. The proxy delivers data for the tests to the resources and enforces the policies during the tests. The proxy also gathers statistics and results from the resources, which are executing the tests, and the proxy reports the statistics and results to one or more third-party services for subsequent manipulation and analysis.

Claims

1. A method residing as executable instructions in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and executed by a machine to perform the method, comprising:

configuring, by the machine, a specific test of a plurality of tests for each resource of a plurality of resources to execute with the test data when received in a particular processing environment of that resource;

distributing, by the machine, test data and the tests to resources over a network, each resource associated with a different processing environment and wherein distributing further includes distributing, by the machine, the tests and the test data on an as-requested basis to each of the resources;

ensuring that network bandwidth is not adversely impacted on a network during the distributing of the tests and test data;

collecting, by the machine, test results associated with the test data in response to each resource executing that resource'"'"'s specific test and test data, and wherein collecting further includes participating, by the machine, in each of the specific tests with the machine being active participant in the specific tests;

creating a sequence of what is occurring within the processing environments based on the tests, test data, and test results; and

replaying the sequence on the machine for identifying and resolving problems within the processing environments.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising, delivering, from the machine the test results to a third-party service over the network.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising, participating, by the machine, in some tests associated with the test data to produce some of the test results.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein distributing further includes identifying the resources by evaluating a policy.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein identifying further includes deriving the policy based on characteristics defined for processing environments that include the resources.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein identifying further includes recognizing at least one resource as a virtual machine.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein configuring further includes configuring each specific test as a specific sequence of operations executed as commands by each of the resources.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein collecting further includes generating a report based on the test results.

9. A method residing on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and executed by a machine to perform the method, comprising:

delivering, by the machine, a first test configured for a first device having a first processing environment over a network and configuring a second test configured for a second device having a second processing environment, the first and second processing environments are disparate from one another;

distributing, by the machine, the first test and the second test on an as-requested basis to the first processing environment and the second processing environment;

ensuring network bandwidth is not adversely impacted on a network during the distributing;

managing, by the machine, executions of the first and second tests when processed by the first and second devices over the network, and wherein managing further includes participating, by the machine, in the first and second tests with the machine being an active participant in the first and second tests; and

creating a sequence of what is occurring within the first and second processing environments based on the first and second tests and test results produced from the first and second tests within the first and second processing environments; and

replaying the sequence on the machine for identifying and resolving problems within the first and second processing environments.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising, controlling, by the machine, the executions of the first and second tests.

11. The method of claim 9 further comprising, participating, by the machine in the first test while processed on the first device.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein delivering further includes configuring the first test based on the first processing environment and configuring the second test based on the second processing environment.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein configuring further includes initially identifying the first and second devices and the first and second processing environmen s based on evaluation of one or more policies.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein managing further includes collecting first test results from execution of the first test and second test results from execution of the second test.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein collecting further includes reporting on combined results for the first test results and the second test results.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein collecting further includes forwarding the first test results and the second test results to a third-party service for evaluation.