Testing with UrbanCode Deploy
With the development team adopting a continuous delivery model, the testing team needs to
follow a stringent timeline. Integrating UrbanCode Deploy with your
product automates the test execution process. If you have many tests to run at regular intervals
automatically, you can use UrbanCode Deploy to
initiate test execution.
Before you begin
- Install Rational® Performance Tester and UrbanCode Deploy agent on computers where the tests will be run.
- Download the plugin for Rational Performance Tester from https://developer.ibm.com/urbancode/plugin/rpt/.
- Install UrbanCode Deploy server and deploy the Performance plugin on the server. The plug-in require version 6.1 of UrbanCode Deploy.
- To install the UrbanCode Deploy plugins, see its documentation.
About this task
With the IBM® Rational Performance Tester plugin
for UrbanCode Deploy, you can
automate the execution of tests, compound tests, and schedules. For a performance test, install
Rational Performance Tester
on the target computer where the test will be run. When you run a schedule, ensure that the
workbench is connected to the agent computers.
Note:
- To run tests on Linux or Mac OS, you must add an environment variable that points to the installation directory of the product, for example, export TEST_WORKBENCH_HOME=/opt/IBM/SDP . For Windows, this environment variable is already defined.
Procedure
- To create a workflow for the newly created component process, click the component process. The Tools view displays the available plugin steps.
- From , drag the Run Rational Performance Tester Test step to the design space.
- Specify the properties for the step. For information about the properties, see this topic.
- After you configure the step properties, save the step by clicking Save.