You can convert a test that
was recorded without Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connections to use
SSL connections.
About this task
If you develop performance tests on a lab computer that does
not use secure connections, and then you must run the tests against
a production server that requires SSL connections, you can add SSL
to the server access configurations and reuse the tests.
Procedure
To convert a server access configuration to use SSL for
all associated connections:
- In the Test Navigator, browse to the test, and double-click
it. The test opens.
- Expand the Test Resources section
at the top of the test.
- Right-click the server access configuration that corresponds
to the server where you want to add SSL, and then click . An SSL element is added as a child of the server access
configuration.
- In the Test Element Details area for
the server access configuration, type a new number in Port if
the server uses a different port for SSL communication. If the port
number is correlated with a server connection variable, select the
port number, right-click, and select to navigate to the variable. Change the port number
in the server connection variable.
- In the Test Element Details area for
the SSL element, make a selection in Protocol,
and type or select a name in Cipher.
- Repeat the same steps for all server access configurations
to convert to use SSL.
Results
When you run the test, the connections that are associated
with the server access configurations use SSL.