How-to: Use proxy server for HTTP based tests

Defining usage of proxy server

To enable a test case to use a proxy server named "bigbossproxy" on port 8080, two steps are needed:

  • Add a HTTP configuration element to the model file. The HTTP configuration element should define the proxy settings.
  • Reference the HTTP configuration from test cases.

Adding a HTTP configuration to the model file

First define the HTTP configuration in the model file: 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mmd:models xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xmlns:mmd="http://pineapple.dev.java.net/ns/module_model_1_0"                 
  xmlns:ifp="http://pineapple.dev.java.net/ns/plugin/infrastructure_1_0" >
  <mmd:model target-resource="infrastructure-test">             
    <mmd:content>                               
      <itp:infrastructure>

        <itp:http-configuration id="default-http-config" description="My default HTTP configuration" >
          <itp:proxy host="bigbossproxy" port="8080"/>
        </itp:http-configuration>

      </itp:infrastructure>
    </mmd:content>
  </mmd:model>
</mmd:models>

Reference the proxy definition from test cases

The id default-http-config can be referenced from any number of test cases to trigger usage of the HTTP configuration including proxy server definition: 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mmd:models xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xmlns:mmd="http://pineapple.dev.java.net/ns/module_model_1_0"                 
  xmlns:itp="http://pineapple.dev.java.net/ns/plugin/infrastructure_1_0" >
  <mmd:model target-resource="infrastructure-test">             
    <mmd:content>                               
      <itp:infrastructure>

        <itp:http-configuration id="default-http-config" description="My default HTTP configuration" >
          <itp:proxy host="bigbossproxy" port="8080"/>
        </itp:http-configuration>

        <itp:load-balancing-test description="load-balancing-test for..." requests="5" http-configuration-ref="default-http-config" > 
          <itp:urls>
            <itp:url>http://www.myhost.com</itp:url>
            <itp:url>http://www.myhost.com/login</itp:url>
          </itp:urls>
          <itp:assert>
            <itp:properties>
              <itp:property name="host" value="null" />
              <itp:property name="environment" value="null" />
              <itp:property name="location" value="null" />
            </itp:properties>
            <itp:servers>
              <itp:server>null</itp:server>
            </itp:servers>
          </itp:assert>
        </itp:load-balancing-test>
      </itp:infrastructure>
    </mmd:content>
  </mmd:model>
</mmd:models>