Postman - RedLine13 Integration

You can run any Postman collection on RedLine13 as a performance test with this custom test type. This can be tested locally using the test harness (https://github.com/redline13/harness-custom-test-nodejs) or directly on RedLine13 at scale.

Step 1 Modify test for your collection and data.

• Modify CustomTest.js in the constuctor to override the defaults. These options are the API options defined in newman (https://github.com/postmanlabs/newman#api-reference)
  • this.newmanCollection = './Echo.postman_collection';
    • Specify the collection file that you will be attaching to the test. The file will be in the same directory which test is run from, use ./COLLECTION
  • this.newmanEnvironment = null;
    • Specify environment file (or url to environment file)
  • this.newmanGlobals = null;
    • Postman Global Variables can be optionally passed on to a collection run in form of path to a file or URL.
  • this.newmanIterations = 1;
    • Specify the number of iterations to run on the collection.

Step 2 Package your test

• We require the package.json which is provided and includes newman. For this reason we need to package our test run.

  tar cvf postman.tar CustomTest.js Echo.postman_collection package.json

• Include your test(CustomTest.js), collection(Postman collection), package.json

Step 3 Run your test.

• Login to https://www.redline13.com/Service
  • RedLine13 enables load tests on your cloud, you need to first setup AWS Keys.
  • This test requires the NVM plugin, add to your account @ https://www.redline13.com/Account/plugins
• Start test
• Select Custom test
• Click Upload Custom and select the tar we packaged earlier
• Select # of users to simulate
• Required: Advanced Custom Test Options
  • Select plugin "Node Version Manager"
    • Select 6.* as the node version
    • Note: the Load Agent Language should have changed to Node.js
• Optional: Modify Advanced Cloud Options to control # and location of servers.
• Optional: Name your test.
• Start test

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