Create a proxy server
Setting the Recording Method
6-9
The
proxy computer
proxy computer
proxy computer
proxy computer
intercepts requests from clients and relays them to the server.
None of the client computers issuing requests to the servers need to have Robot
installed. Robot is required only on the proxy computer. The following figure
illustrates a proxy recording setup with multiple client computers and one server.
Each computer's network name indicates its role in the client/server traffic. Network
names are followed by the computer's port number:
When choosing proxy recording, you must:
¾
Identify and define the client/server pairs that communicate through the proxy.
¾
Create a proxy server.
¾
Specify network protocols to include in the script that Robot generates.
NOTE: The proxy can run on one of the client computers. To have one
computer serve as both the proxy and a client, assign different port numbers to
the proxy and client.
Client Computers
Client2:30
Client3:30
Proxy:304
Rational
Proxy Computer
Server Computer
Clients
Proxy
Server1:30
Client1:30
Proxy:305
Proxy:306
Other mappings on proxy
(client/server pairs)
Client1:3010 ^
