Configuring DevOps Test Integrations and APIs for recording and virtualizing IPIC traffic

You can configure IBM® DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to record and virtualize CICS® IPIC traffic by modifying the registration.xml file of the HTTP/TCP proxy, which is a component of Test Virtualization Control Panel.

You must set up port forwarding in the HTTP/TCP proxys registration.xml file to forward CICS IPIC traffic into the proxy, and then to the actual CICS region that has the TCP/IP services that are activated.

  1. Locate the HTTP/TCP proxys registration.xml file in the httptcp folder in the Test Virtualization Control Panel installation directory, and then edit it
  2. Add a forward bind line in the registration.xml file as shown: 
    <forward bind="ritserver01.com:1234" destination="cicsserver.companyname.com:7425" type="ipic"/>
    Note:
    When using SSL based IPIC communications, the type must be specified as ipics.