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Tester Guide
This guide describes the tasks that you can perform for testing various domains, technologies, and applications. To enable testing, you must configure and enable the environment for testing.
Tester Guide - Integrations and API Testing
This guide describes the tasks that you can perform for testing various domains, technologies, and applications. To enable testing, you must configure and enable the environment for testing. This guide is intended for Integrations and API testers.
Integrations and API Testing
You can use find information about the tasks that you can perform for testing various domains, technologies, or applications.
Testing with IBM® WebSphere® MQ messages
You can test WebSphere® MQ messages using the WebSphere MQ transport method or JMS interface. HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) also supports testing WebSphere MQ on z/OS systems.
Working with WebSphere® transports
HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) creates an WebSphere® MQ transport when you create a physical WebSphere MQ Queue Manager resource in Architecture School.
Configuring WebSphere® MQ transports
After you create a WebSphere® MQ transport, you must configure it to record, send, and receive WebSphere MQ messages within HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs).
Recording settings
HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) provides a number of ways to record WebSphere® MQ messages.
Recording by using mirror queues mode
In Mirror Queues mode, HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) uses an WebSphere® MQ API exit, which is installed on the queue manager, to take a copy of each message and put it into another queue. Therefore, if you record multiple queues, multiple mirror queues are set up.

Release Notes
This document includes information about the new features introduced, features deprecated or removed, defects fixed, and known issues identified in this version of HCL DevOps Test Virtualization (Test Virtualization). You can also find the installation and upgrade instructions along with the contact information of HCL Customer Support.
System Requirements
This document includes information about hardware and software requirements for Test Virtualization.
Getting Started
This guide provides an overview and describes the tasks to get you started with Test Virtualization.
Administrator Guide
Typically, a user with the administrator role is responsible for certain tasks including installation, configuration, and integration of the product. This guide lists all such topics.
Tester Guide
This guide describes the tasks that you can perform for testing various domains, technologies, and applications. To enable testing, you must configure and enable the environment for testing.
- Tester Guide - Integrations and API Testing
  This guide describes the tasks that you can perform for testing various domains, technologies, and applications. To enable testing, you must configure and enable the environment for testing. This guide is intended for Integrations and API testers.
  - Integrations and API Testing
    You can use find information about the tasks that you can perform for testing various domains, technologies, or applications.
    - Testing Java™ applications
      You can use HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to test Java™ applications.
    - Testing Java™ Message Service (JMS) systems
      Use the generic JMS plug-in to connect HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to a wide range of EAI platforms, which includes any vendor that provides an implementation of this Java™ standard. JMS provides a way of separating the application from the transport layer of providing data. The same Java classes can be used to communicate with different JMS providers by using the JNDI information for a specific provider. The classes first use a connection factory to connect to the queue or topic, and then use populate and send or publish the messages. On the receiving side, the clients then receive or subscribe to the messages
    - Testing Java™ objects
      You can import Plain Old Java™ Objects (POJOs) from JAR files into HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) in order to parse and construct messages containing the serialized forms of those objects. You can construct and parse the Java objects and perform validation, but you cannot test the objects directly.
    - Testing with Apache Camel components
      You can use HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to create tests and stubs by setting up an Apache Camel component in a Test Integrations and APIs project. You can configure the technology endpoints supported by the Camel component as the physical resources in the Test Integrations and APIs project and test for the services provided by the technology.
    - Testing with Apache Kafka
      Starting from HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) 10.0.2 and later, you can create Kafka transports to test Kafka services.
    - Testing with Docker
      You can use Docker containers with HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to run stubs co-located with your test systems.
    - Testing with the email transport
      When you use applications in your test environment that use email services, you can use HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to create tests and stubs for testing the email services. You can set up an email transport in a Test Integrations and APIs project and configure the email servers as the physical resources in the Test Integrations and APIs project, and then test the email services.
    - Testing with Envoy Proxy (Experimental)
      You can use HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to record the HTTP traffic on the Envoy Proxy by using the Experimental HTTP Tap Filter feature of the Envoy Proxy.
    - Testing with the File transport
      As with any other transport, the File transport includes both logical and physical configurations. Tests and stubs are associated with the logical File resource, which represents an abstraction of the File resource and is the same for all environments. The physical File Access configuration includes connection details, and you can configure a different physical File Access for each environment.
    - Testing with the FIX transport
      You can use the Financial Information eXchange (FIX) transport and FIX dictionaries in HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to help you test trade-related messages and the systems that use them.
    - Testing with the HTTP transport
      To provide support for HTTP-based communications, you must configure and run HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) by using the HTTP transport and SOAP message formatters.
    - Testing with IBM® API Developer Portals
      You can configure HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to synchronize IBM API Connect™ Developer Portal resources or IBM® API Management Developer Portal resources.
    - Testing with IBM® App Connect Enterprise
      When you want to test the services on applications deployed by the integration node of IBM® App Connect Enterprise, you can use the synchronization feature in HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to import details of deployed applications into a Test Integrations and APIs project. You can select the tests and stubs to be created in your project during the synchronization process in Test Integrations and APIs.
    - Testing with IBM® Integration Bus
      When you want to test the services on applications deployed by the integration node of IBM® Integration Bus, you can use the synchronization feature in HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to import details of deployed applications into a Test Integrations and APIs project. You can select the tests and stubs to be created in your project during the synchronization process in Test Integrations and APIs.
    - Testing with IBM® WebSphere® Application Server
      You can configure HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to synchronize IBM® WebSphere® Application Server resources.
    - Testing with IBM® WebSphere® MQ messages
      You can test WebSphere® MQ messages using the WebSphere MQ transport method or JMS interface. HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) also supports testing WebSphere MQ on z/OS systems.
      - Task flow: Test Websphere MQ messages/transport using the MQ transport method
        The following diagram shows a high-level task flow for testing MQ messages and transport using the MQ transport method.
      - Task flow: Test Websphere MQ messages using JMS interface
        The following diagram shows a high-level task flow for testing MQ messages using the Java Message Service interface.
      - WebSphere® MQ software requirements
        You must be aware of certain software requirements for using IBM® WebSphere® MQ for HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs).
      - Installing and configuring DevOps Test Integrations and APIs API exits
        You can install and configure HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) API exits for IBM® WebSphere® MQ.
      - Working with WebSphere® transports
        HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) creates an WebSphere® MQ transport when you create a physical WebSphere MQ Queue Manager resource in Architecture School.
        Configuring WebSphere® MQ transports
        After you create a WebSphere® MQ transport, you must configure it to record, send, and receive WebSphere MQ messages within HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs).
        Basic settings
        After you create a transport for WebSphere® MQ, you must configure a few basic settings associated with it.
        MQ SSL settings
        After you create a transport for WebSphere® MQ, you must configure SSL settings for it.
        Recording settings
        HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) provides a number of ways to record WebSphere® MQ messages.
        Recording by using Queue browsing mode
        In Queue Browsing mode, HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) uses IBM® WebSphere® MQ browse facility to capture messages.
        Recording by using proxy queues mode
        In Proxy Queues mode, HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) monitors a "proxy" request queue (denoted by combining the actual queue name with the Queue Suffix), record and remove any messages that are received. It displays these messages in recording studio. Then, it passes the message on to the original queue. Request-based messages that are passed to the proxy queue are amended so that any reply queues that they specify are also converted to use the corresponding proxy queue.
        Recording by using mirror queues mode
        In Mirror Queues mode, HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) uses an WebSphere® MQ API exit, which is installed on the queue manager, to take a copy of each message and put it into another queue. Therefore, if you record multiple queues, multiple mirror queues are set up.
        Recording by using Dynamic mirror queues mode
        Dynamic Mirror Queues mode is similar to Mirror Queues mode. The main difference between the two modes is that if Dynamic Mirror Queues mode is selected, WebSphere® MQ clears queues automatically. Also, when recording a shared queue in a z/OS queue sharing group, recording with dynamic mirror queues results in only messages from a single queue manager being captured. For recording a shared queue, use the Mirror Queues mode.
        Recording by using Queue aliasing mode
        An alias queue is an WebSphere® MQ object that refers to another queue. The object to which the alias is pointing can be changed without affecting the client application, which continues to reference the alias.
        Recording by using Record-the-transport mode
        To use this recording approach, you must either select the queue manager in the Architecture School Logical View and choose Add event monitor (from top or menu) or add an event monitor in Recording Studio and choose the MQ transport.
        Security settings for DevOps Test Integrations and APIs MQ alias queue recording
        If security is enabled for the queue manager, you must enable certain authorities in the queue manager for the HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) MQ alias queue recording to access the Test Integrations and APIs alias queue.
        Stubbing settings for MQ transport
        Specify the required stubbing mode and configure the queue settings for a transport for IBM® WebSphere® MQ.
        MQ transport: Read, Write and Browse queue settings
        Specify the MQ transport queue IDs that must be used for reading, writing, and browsing the messages by using the Options tab.
        MQ Transport: Advanced settings
        You can specify temporary destination settings, Request/Reply Correlation Semantics, and Connection Resilience settings by using the Advanced tab.
      - Working with WebSphere® MQ messages
        You can create publishers and subscribers to send and receive IBM® WebSphere® MQ messages in HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs).
      - Troubleshooting: Websphere MQ
        You can use workarounds to problems that you might encounter when you use IBM® WebSphere® MQ with HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs).
    - Testing with WebSphere® Portal
      You can configure HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to synchronize IBM® WebSphere® Portal resources.
    - Testing with IBM® z/OS® Connect Enterprise Edition
      IBM® z/OS® Connect Enterprise Edition provides a framework for enabling z/OS®-based programs and data to fully participate in the new API economy for mobile and cloud applications. Use IBM® z/OS® Connect Enterprise Edition to access z/OS subsystems, such as CICS®, IMS™ and Batch, by using RESTful APIs with JSON formatted messages. You can access multiple z/OS subsystems concurrently through a common interface.
    - Testing with Kubernetes
      HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) supports testing with Kubernetes after you set up a Kubernetes cluster. You can test the containerized applications that run as services in Kubernetes in Test Integrations and APIs. You can also create and publish stubs from Test Integrations and APIs to Kubernetes and then run the stubs in Kubernetes.
    - Testing with Microsoft™ .NET objects
      You can import serializable .NET objects from .NET assembly files (.exe or .dll) into HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) and apply them to messages in the same way as you would apply a schema. A service-based test or stub can then send and receive a message containing a serialized form of a .NET object from the assembly file. You can construct and parse the .NET objects and perform validation, but you cannot test the objects directly.
    - Testing the migrated Postman collections
      You can migrate Postman collections and environments that you created in Postman to HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs). Operations, transports, tests and stubs are automatically created during migration and you can run the tests and stubs in Test Integrations and APIs.
    - Testing with MongoDB
      If you are using HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) 9.5.0 or later, you can create MongoDB transports and run tests against them.
    - Testing with the MQ telemetry transport
      If you are using HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) 8.6.0 or later, you can create MQ telemetry transports.
    - Testing with Oracle Fusion
      Configure and run HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) with the Oracle Fusion plug-in, which provides support for synchronization with and testing of the web services and composites that are available on a configured SOA server (that is, an Oracle WebLogic server with Oracle SOA Suite 11g deployed on it).
    - Testing with RabbitMQ
      If you are using HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) 9.2.1.1 or later, you can create RabbitMQ transports.
    - Testing with SAP applications
      You can use HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to test SAP application server resources.
    - Testing with Software AG CentraSite
      You can incorporate governance in your SOA by using the integration of HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) with Software AG CentraSite.
    - Testing with Software AG Universal Messaging
      You can use HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) API to test Software AG Universal Messaging Broker server resources. From Test Integrations and APIs 10.0.2 or later, you can create Software AG Universal Messaging Broker transports, configure and run Test Integrations and APIs with the Software AG Universal Messaging server.
    - Testing with Software AG webMethods
      You can configure and run HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) with the Software AG webMethods Integration Server to connect to Software AG webMethods Broker and Integration Server resources.
    - Testing with SSL
      To provide secure connections between clients and servers during testing, you can use the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology supported by HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs).
    - Testing with TCP and UDP transports
      In HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs), you can create transports that facilitate communication between clients and servers by using both TCP- and UDP-based sockets.
    - Testing with TIBCO applications
      To use HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to test TIBCO messaging, you must configure and run Test Integrations and APIs with the TIBCO messaging plug-in. Doing so supports TIBCO Rendezvous messaging ("plain" TIBCO Rendezvous messaging and TIBCO ActiveEnterprise (AE) formats), TIBCO EMS messaging, and sending and receiving AE messages by using TIBCO EMS.
    - Testing applications on z/OS®
      You can test applications on IBM® z/OS® systems by using the capabilities that are supported for mainframes by HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs).
    - Managing credentials
      If you have external resources that must be accessed by project or test resources in HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) and you do not want to expose the credentials used to access the external resources, then you can implement a user-defined access in a credential management system.
    - Configuration of virtual IP addresses as virtual clients
      You can find information about how to configure virtual IP addresses in the operating system, and then use the virtual IP addresses to configure them as virtual clients in tests or as virtual servers in stubs.
    - Configuration of test runs in a GitHub Actions Workflow
      You can configure test runs of test resources that you create in HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) in a GitHub Actions Workflow. You can choose to run test resources in the GitHub Workflow when you do not want to run the test resources without opening Test Integrations and APIs.
    - Security vulnerabilities testing by using HCL® AppScan
      You can use HCL® AppScan to scan all HTTP traffic that is generated as part of integration testing in HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) for security vulnerabilities.
  - Extending DevOps Test Integrations and APIs functionality by using custom functions
    You can add more calculations and operations to tests by using the HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) custom function class. Test Integrations and APIs custom function is a Java™ class that extends the com.ghc.ghTester.expressions function.
  - Working in non-GUI mode
    You can use the tools and executable files that are provided along with the product software. You can use these tools to perform different test actions in a non-GUI mode.
- Tester Guide - Service Virtualization
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Test Manager Guide
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Security Considerations for DevOps Test Virtualization
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Recording by using mirror queues mode

In Mirror Queues mode, HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) uses an WebSphere® MQ API exit, which is installed on the queue manager, to take a copy of each message and put it into another queue. Therefore, if you record multiple queues, multiple mirror queues are set up.

About this task

Note: This recording mode is available only if IBM® WebSphere® MQ 7.1 or later is installed and configured in Library Manager.

For general information about WebSphere® MQ API exits, see the WebSphere® MQ documentation. For information about deploying the API exit, see Installing and configuring DevOps Test Integrations and APIs API exits.

Note: When you use mirror queues to record an operation, you might encounter a race condition where the first few replies are sent before the reply queue monitor is set up. To avoid this problem, record the transport rather than the operation.

An example of the process is described in the following steps:

Procedure

Start recording on Q1.
Test Integrations and APIs (Recording Studio) configures the API exit to mirror all messages that are put onto Q1 to Q1_RIT.
The client puts message onto Q1 with the reply queue specified as Q1R.
The queue manager triggers the API exit, which puts a copy of the message onto Q1_RIT.
Test Integrations and APIs (Recording Studio) subscribes to this queue and gets the message. Test Integrations and APIs detects that message specified a reply of Q1R. Test Integrations and APIs configures the API exit to mirror all messages from Q1R to Q1R_RIT.
The server picks up the message from Q1 and replies to Q1R.
The queue manager triggers the API exit, which puts a copy of the message onto Q1R_RIT.
Test Integrations and APIs (Recording Studio) subscribes to this queue and gets the message.
The client receives the reply from Q1R.

When you stop recording, Test Integrations and APIs will, by default, delete the mirrored queue (Q1_RIT and Q1R_RIT in the example) and tell the API exit to stop mirroring. Thus, mirrored queues do not fill up with messages when you are not recording.