Getting Started
April 2008
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Getting Started
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This document serves as the
introduction to PureAgent. It covers installation procedures, important
concepts and how to get started.
Please read this guide before reading
any other PureAgent related documents.
PureAgent simulates end users by executing scenarios of user
operations (tasks) at a periodic rate. The purpose is to collect the
total response time it takes to execute the scenario and also catch and
report any errors that might occur. The agent can be configured to
automatically send notifications when alarms are identified or when the
defined performance limits are not satisfied.
A scenario is referred to as an activity
in PureAgent and it consists of a number of tasks that are executed by
the agent. These tasks can be viewing static or dynamic web
applications as well as many other types of tasks (ex. database access,
FTP, DNS, SMTP, etc).
The agent is managed using a standard web browser. The user interface
allows you to specify which activities should be run, time intervals,
alarm settings and you can also view the result and progress of the
activities.
The PureTest tool
is used to develop Scenarios which are installed in PureAgent as
activities. The same scenarios may also be used in the sister product
PureLoad to load test the server application.
This means that PureAgent benefits from the stability and flexibility
found in PureTest and PureLoad. It also has the same extensive support
for
dynamic web applications, SSL encryption and session handling
techniques. Please refer to the PureTest/PureLoad documentation for
detailed information.
PureAgent
is verified on the following operating systems:
PureAgent is written in Java and should run on any operating system that includes Java 1.5.
At least 10 MByte free disk space is required for PureAgent and
additional space for Java VM (if not already installed). Additional
disk space is also required for storage of the activity history.
A web browser is required to access the PureAgent User
Interface. PureAgent is tested and verified with Firefox, but
will work with any modern browser that supports cookies and CSS.
PureAgent is distributed in a self-extracting format. Simply execute the installer and answer the questions about install location, etc.
For details on how to execute the installer on different operating
systems, see the instructions on the web page where you
downloaded PureAgent.
When installed, the PureAgent installation directory, <install-home>, contains the following sub-directories:
The steps to uninstall PureAgent depends on the platform being used,
but you will find an application in the <install-home> directory named PureAgent Uninstaller. Start the
application and you will be guided through the uninstall process.
The default configuration (as defined by the files in the <install_home>/config directory) is to start PureAgent, using the port 6411 and without having any modules installed. See the PureAgent Configuration chapter for details.
Start by installing
the license you have received by e-mail into the <install_home>/config
directory.
Further configuration details are
described in Agent Configuration.
To start up the agent on a UNIX system you execute the pureagent binary as follows:
| % cd <install_home> % ./bin/pureagent |
On a Windows system, it is easiest to use the PureAgent shortcut in
the Start menu.
Once the agent is started it will start a Web server which will listen
on port 6411 as default. To access the User Interface, direct
your browser to listening port on the machine where the agent is
running.
Assuming that you are running on your local machine, you can use the
URL:
The following will give you a short introduction on how to get
started and executing a very simple PureLoad test session.
Start a web browser and go to http://localhost:6411
(Assuming you run the browser on the same host as you started
PureAgent.)
Log in using user name admin
and password pureagent