Certified OpenSTA Testing Professional

Basics

• Minimum System Requirements for Installation
• Installing HTTP/S Load and OpenSTA
• Commander Startup Instructions
• Changing the Repository Path
• Upgrading
• Getting Help

HTTP/S Load

• Overview of HTTP/S Load
• Core Functions of HTTP/S Load
• Using HTTP/S Load
• The Commander Interface
• Commander Toolbars and Function Bars
• The Commander Main Window
• The Repository Window

HTTP/S Scripts

• What are Scripts?
• Understanding Scripts
• Planning Your Scripts
• The Core Functions of Script Modeler
• Script Modeler Interface
• Toolbars and Function Bars
• Script Pane
• Query Results Pane
• Output Pane

Creating Scripts

• Script Development
• The Script Development Process
• The Gateway and Script Creation
• The Script Recording Process
• Script Modeler Configuration Options
• Creating New Scripts

Modeling Scripts

• Modeling Overview
• SCL Representation of Scripts
• Automated Script Formatting Features
• Modeling a Script
• Variables
• MUTEX Locking
• DOM Addressing
• Developing a Modular Test Structure
• General Modeling Procedures

Creating and Editing Collectors

• Collectors Overview
• Creating Collectors
• The Collector Pane
• SNMP Collectors
• NT Performance Collectors
• General Collector Procedures

Creating and Editing Tests

• Test Development
• Test Creation
• The Test Pane
• Tasks and Task Groups
• Task Group Settings
• The Test Development Process

Running Tests

• Test-runs
• Dynamic Tests
• Distributed Tests
• Test-run Procedure
• Monitoring a Test-run
• Trace Settings

Single Stepping

• Single Stepping HTTP/S Load Tests
• Single Stepping Procedure
• The Single Stepping Test Pane

Results Display

• Results Display Overview
• Results Tab
• General Results Display Procedures
• Test Configuration
• Test Audit Log
• Test Report Log
• Test History Log
• Test Error Log
• Test Summary Snapshots
• HTTP Data List
• HTTP Data Graphs
• Single Step Results
• Timer List
• SNMP and NT Performance Collector Graphs

The OpenSTA Architecture

• An OpenSTA Test
• The Test Manager and Task Group Executers
• A Distributed Architecture
• The Web Relay Daemon
• The OpenSTA Repository
• SNMP Collectors
• NT Performance Collectors
• Architecture Module Installed Files
• Script-Based Module Installed Files
• SNMP Module Installed Files
• NT Performance Module Installed Files
• Error Reporting and Tracing
• Starting OpenSTA
• The Name Server Configuration Utility
• The OpenSTA Daemon
• Command Line Formats