The "LoadRunner Enterprise CI" extension integrates LoadRunner Enterprise with Azure DevOps / Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS), enabling the Azure DevOps / TFS CI build process to trigger the execution of load tests designed on a LoadRunner Enterprise server.
This extension currently supports Performance Center 12.56 and beyond.
To use this plugin you must have:
- LoadRunner Enterprise server designed to run load tests on LoadRunner Enterprise hosts.
- PowerShell version 4.0 or later.
Before you can run LoadRunner Enterprise tests as part of your build on a Azure DevOps / TFS CI build process, you have to install the LoadRunner Enterprise CI extension on your TFS.
- Download the "LoadRunner Enterprise CI" extension: you can either download the file "Micro-Focus.PCIntegration-1.0.4.vsix and upload it to your TFS Manage Extensions section (http://<tfs_server_and_port>/tfs/_gallery/manage)" or download it from the Visual Studio Marketplace.
- Install the "LoadRunner Enterprise CI" extension to your team project collection.
- Go to the build definition of your Azure DevOps / TFS collection and add the "LoadRunner Enterprise task".
- Provide the required input for the "LoadRunner Enterprise task". Note: To avoid conflicts with the way Azure DevOps / TFS manages secret input, this task performs minimal validations and therefore does not ensure the input is correct.
- Run the Azure DevOps / TFS CI Build.
This GitHub repository contains the following projects which are used to build the LoadRunner Enterprise Plugin Extension for Azure DevOps / TFS:
| Project Name | Description |
|---|---|
| PC.Plugins.Automation | Project handling a build task. |
| PC.Plugins.Common.Test | Test project for PC.Plugins.Common project. This is a simple UI that requires some valid inputs to verify the functions defined and implemented in PC.Plugins.Common. |
| PC.Plugins.Common | This is the most common Rest API operation which is used to run and monitor a LoadRunner Enterprise test execution, and to download Analysis and Trend Reports. |
| PC.Plugins.Configurator | Project supporting different types of functions called from PowerShell which trigger a build execution from PC.Plugins.Automation. |
| PC.Plugins.ConfiguratorUI | Similar to PC.Plugins.Configurator, this standalone tool has a UI in which you enter values to run a build execution from PC.Plugins.Automation. It then opens a PowerShell window to display the build progression. |
| PC.Plugins.Installer.CA | Custom actions definitions for PC.Plugins.Installer (currently empty). |
| PC.Plugins.Installer | Installer containing PC.Plugins.Common.dll, PC.Plugins.Automation.dll, PC.Plugins.Configurator.dll, and PC.Plugins.ConfiguratorUI.exe. |
| PC.TFS.BuildTask | Project defining the "LoadRunner Enterprise CI" extension that will be used in Azure DevOps / TFS. |
For more details, see the LoadRunner Enterprise Azure DevOps / TFS Extension wiki.