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Tester Guide
This guide describes the tasks that you can perform for testing various domains, technologies, and applications. To enable testing, you must configure and enable the environment for testing.
Integration Tester Reference
Typically, a user with the Integration Tester role can work in the user interface, use commands or scripts. This reference lists all such topics to help the Integration Tester use the product.
Integration Tester Guide
Typically, a user with the Integration Tester role is responsible for testing various domains, technologies, and applications. To enable testing, you must configure and enable the environment for testing. This guide lists all such topics.
Testing with IBM® WebSphere® MQ messages
You can test WebSphere® MQ messages using the WebSphere MQ transport method or JMS interface. Rational® Integration Tester also supports testing WebSphere MQ on z/OS systems.
Working with WebSphere® transports
Rational® Integration Tester creates an WebSphere® MQ transport when you create a physical WebSphere MQ Queue Manager resource in Architecture School.
Configuring WebSphere® MQ transports
After you create a WebSphere® MQ transport, you must configure it to record, send, and receive WebSphere MQ messages within Rational® Integration Tester.
Recording settings
Rational® Integration Tester provides a number of ways to record WebSphere® MQ messages.
Recording by using mirror queues mode
In Mirror Queues mode, IBM® Rational® Integration Tester uses an WebSphere® MQ API exit, which is installed on the queue manager, to take a copy of each message and put it into another queue. Therefore, if you record multiple queues, multiple mirror queues are set up.

Tester Guide
This guide describes the tasks that you can perform for testing various domains, technologies, and applications. To enable testing, you must configure and enable the environment for testing.
- Technical Tester Guide
  Typically, a user with the Integration Tester role is also responsible for performance testing. This guide lists all such topics.
- Integration Tester Reference
  Typically, a user with the Integration Tester role can work in the user interface, use commands or scripts. This reference lists all such topics to help the Integration Tester use the product.
  - Integration Tester Guide
    Typically, a user with the Integration Tester role is responsible for testing various domains, technologies, and applications. To enable testing, you must configure and enable the environment for testing. This guide lists all such topics.
    - Testing Java™ applications
      You can use Rational® Integration Tester to test Java™ applications.
    - Testing Java™ Message Service (JMS) systems
      Use the generic JMS plug-in to connect Rational® Integration Tester to a wide range of EAI platforms, which includes any vendor that provides an implementation of this Java™ standard. JMS provides a way of separating the application from the transport layer of providing data. The same Java classes can be used to communicate with different JMS providers by using the JNDI information for a specific provider. The classes first use a connection factory to connect to the queue or topic, and then use populate and send or publish the messages. On the receiving side, the clients then receive or subscribe to the messages
    - Testing Java™ objects
      You can import Plain Old Java™ Objects (POJOs) from JAR files into Rational® Integration Tester in order to parse and construct messages containing the serialized forms of those objects. You can construct and parse the Java objects and perform validation, but you cannot test the objects directly.
    - Testing with Apache Camel components
      You can use Rational® Integration Tester to create tests and stubs by setting up an Apache Camel component in a Rational Integration Tester project. You can configure the technology endpoints supported by the Camel component as the physical resources in the Rational Integration Tester project and test for the services provided by the technology.
    - Testing with Apache Kafka
      Starting from IBM® Rational® Integration Tester V10.0.2 and later, you can create Kafka transports to test Kafka services.
    - Testing with Docker
      You can use Docker containers with Rational® Integration Tester to run stubs co-located with your test systems.
    - Testing with the email transport
      When you use applications in your test environment that use email services, you can use Rational® Integration Tester to create tests and stubs for testing the email services. You can set up an email transport in a Rational Integration Tester project and configure the email servers as the physical resources in the Rational Integration Tester project, and then test the email services.
    - Testing with Envoy Proxy (Experimental)
      You can use Rational® Integration Tester to record the HTTP traffic on the Envoy Proxy by using the Experimental HTTP Tap Filter feature of the Envoy Proxy.
    - Testing with the File transport
      As with any other transport, the File transport includes both logical and physical configurations. Tests and stubs are associated with the logical file, which represents an abstraction of the file and is the same for all environments. The physical File Access configuration includes connection details, and you can configure a different physical File Access for each environment.
    - Testing with the FIX transport
      You can use the Financial Information eXchange (FIX) transport and FIX dictionaries in Rational® Integration Tester to help you test trade-related messages and the systems that use them.
    - Testing with the HTTP transport
      To provide support for HTTP-based communications, you must configure and run Rational® Integration Tester by using the HTTP transport and SOAP message formatters.
    - Testing with IBM® API Developer Portals
      You can configure IBM® Rational® Integration Tester to synchronize IBM API Connect™ Developer Portal resources or IBM API Management Developer Portal resources.
    - Testing with IBM® App Connect Enterprise
      When you want to test the services on applications deployed by the integration node of IBM® App Connect Enterprise, you can use the synchronization feature in Rational® Integration Tester to import details of deployed applications into a Rational Integration Tester project. You can select the tests and stubs to be created in your project during the synchronization process in Rational Integration Tester.
    - Testing with IBM® Integration Bus
      When you want to test the services on applications deployed by the integration node of IBM® Integration Bus, you can use the synchronization feature in Rational® Integration Tester to import details of deployed applications into a Rational Integration Tester project. You can select the tests and stubs to be created in your project during the synchronization process in Rational Integration Tester.
    - Testing with WebSphere® Application Server
      You can configure IBM® Rational® Integration Tester to synchronize IBM WebSphere® Application Server resources.
    - Testing with IBM® WebSphere® MQ messages
      You can test WebSphere® MQ messages using the WebSphere MQ transport method or JMS interface. Rational® Integration Tester also supports testing WebSphere MQ on z/OS systems.
      - Task flow: Test Websphere MQ messages/transport using the MQ transport method
        The following diagram shows a high-level task flow for testing MQ messages and transport using the MQ transport method.
      - Task flow: Test Websphere MQ messages using JMS interface
        The following diagram shows a high-level task flow for testing MQ messages using the Java Message Service interface.
      - WebSphere® MQ software requirements
        You must be aware of certain software requirements for using IBM® WebSphere® MQ for Rational® Integration Tester.
      - Installing and configuring Rational® Integration Tester API exits
        You can install and configure Rational® Integration Tester API exits for IBM® WebSphere® MQ.
      - Working with WebSphere® transports
        Rational® Integration Tester creates an WebSphere® MQ transport when you create a physical WebSphere MQ Queue Manager resource in Architecture School.
        Configuring WebSphere® MQ transports
        After you create a WebSphere® MQ transport, you must configure it to record, send, and receive WebSphere MQ messages within Rational® Integration Tester.
        Basic settings
        After you create a transport for WebSphere® MQ, you must configure a few basic settings associated with it.
        MQ SSL settings
        After you create a transport for WebSphere® MQ, you must configure SSL settings for it.
        Recording settings
        Rational® Integration Tester provides a number of ways to record WebSphere® MQ messages.
        Recording by using Queue browsing mode
        In Queue Browsing mode, IBM® Rational® Integration Tester uses IBM WebSphere® MQ browse facility to capture messages.
        Recording by using proxy queues mode
        In Proxy Queues mode, Rational® Integration Tester monitors a "proxy" request queue (denoted by combining the actual queue name with the Queue Suffix), record and remove any messages that are received. It displays these messages in recording studio. Then, it passes the message on to the original queue. Request-based messages that are passed to the proxy queue are amended so that any reply queues that they specify are also converted to use the corresponding proxy queue.
        Recording by using mirror queues mode
        In Mirror Queues mode, IBM® Rational® Integration Tester uses an WebSphere® MQ API exit, which is installed on the queue manager, to take a copy of each message and put it into another queue. Therefore, if you record multiple queues, multiple mirror queues are set up.
        Recording by using Dynamic mirror queues mode
        Dynamic Mirror Queues mode is similar to Mirror Queues mode. The main difference between the two modes is that if Dynamic Mirror Queues mode is selected, WebSphere® MQ clears queues automatically. Also, when recording a shared queue in a z/OS queue sharing group, recording with dynamic mirror queues results in only messages from a single queue manager being captured. For recording a shared queue, use the Mirror Queues mode.
        Recording by using Queue aliasing mode
        An alias queue is an WebSphere® MQ object that refers to another queue. The object to which the alias is pointing can be changed without affecting the client application, which continues to reference the alias.
        Recording by using Record-the-transport mode
        To use this recording approach, you must either select the queue manager in the Architecture School Logical View and choose Add event monitor (from top or menu) or add an event monitor in Recording Studio and choose the MQ transport.
        Security settings for Rational® Integration Tester MQ alias queue recording
        If security is enabled for the queue manager, you must enable certain authorities in the queue manager for the Rational® Integration Tester MQ alias queue recording to access the Rational Integration Tester alias queue.
        Stubbing settings for MQ transport
        Specify the required stubbing mode and configure the queue settings for a transport for IBM® WebSphere® MQ.
        MQ transport: Read, Write and Browse queue settings
        Specify the MQ transport queue IDs that must be used for reading, writing, and browsing the messages by using the Options tab.
        MQ Transport: Advanced settings
        You can specify temporary destination settings, Request/Reply Correlation Semantics, and Connection Resilience settings by using the Advanced tab.
      - Working with WebSphere® MQ messages
        You can create publishers and subscribers to send and receive IBM® WebSphere® MQ messages in IBM Rational® Integration Tester.
      - Troubleshooting: Websphere MQ
        You can use workarounds to problems that you might encounter when you use IBM® WebSphere® MQ with Rational® Integration Tester.
    - Testing with WebSphere® Portal
      You can configure IBM® Rational® Integration Tester to synchronize IBM WebSphere® Portal resources.
    - Testing with IBM® z/OS® Connect Enterprise Edition
      IBM® z/OS® Connect Enterprise Edition provides a framework for enabling z/OS®-based programs and data to fully participate in the new API economy for mobile and cloud applications. Use IBM® z/OS® Connect Enterprise Edition to access z/OS subsystems, such as CICS®, IMS™ and Batch, by using RESTful APIs with JSON formatted messages. You can access multiple z/OS subsystems concurrently through a common interface.
    - Testing with Istio
      When you have applications hosted in a Kubernetes cluster that have Istio as a service-mesh, you can virtualize the services in the cluster by creating stubs in Rational® Integration Tester.
    - Testing with Kubernetes
      For testing with Kubernetes set up a Kubernetes cluster, and then you can create and publish stubs from Rational® Integration Tester so that stubs can be run within Kubernetes. The stubs published can be co-located with existing services running within the Kubernetes cluster.
    - Testing with Microsoft™ .NET objects
      You can import serializable .NET objects from .NET assembly files (.exe or .dll) into IBM® Rational® Integration Tester and apply them to messages in the same way as you would apply a schema. A service-based test or stub can then send and receive a message containing a serialized form of a .NET object from the assembly file. You can construct and parse the .NET objects and perform validation, but you cannot test the objects directly.
    - Testing with MongoDB
      If you are using Rational® Integration Tester V9.5.0 or later, you can create MongoDB transports and run tests against them.
    - Testing with the MQ telemetry transport
      If you are using Rational® Integration Tester 8.6.0 or later, you can create MQ telemetry transports.
    - Testing with Oracle Fusion
      Configure and run Rational® Integration Tester with the Oracle Fusion plug-in, which provides support for synchronization with and testing of the web services and composites that are available on a configured SOA server (that is, an Oracle WebLogic server with Oracle SOA Suite 11g deployed on it).
    - Testing with RabbitMQ
      If you are using Rational® Integration Tester V9.2.1.1 or later, you can create RabbitMQ transports.
    - Testing with SAP applications
      You can use Rational® Integration Tester to test SAP application server resources.
    - Testing with Software AG CentraSite
      You can incorporate governance in your SOA by using the integration of Rational® Integration Tester with Software AG CentraSite.
    - Testing with Software AG Universal Messaging
      You can use Rational® Integration Tester API to test Software AG Universal Messaging Broker server resources. From Rational Integration Tester V10.0.2 or later, you can create Software AG Universal Messaging Broker transports, configure and run Rational Integration Tester with the Software AG Universal Messaging server.
    - Testing with Software AG webMethods
      You can configure and run Rational® Integration Tester with the Software AG webMethods Integration Server to connect to Software AG webMethods Broker and Integration Server resources.
    - Testing with SSL
      To provide secure connections between clients and servers during testing, you can use the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology supported by Rational® Integration Tester.
    - TCP and UDP
      In Rational® Integration Tester, you can create transports that facilitate communication between clients and servers by using both TCP- and UDP-based sockets.
    - Testing with TIBCO applications
      To use IBM® Rational® Integration Tester to test TIBCO messaging, you must configure and run Rational Integration Tester with the TIBCO messaging plug-in. Doing so supports TIBCO Rendezvous messaging ("plain" TIBCO Rendezvous messaging and TIBCO ActiveEnterprise (AE) formats), TIBCO EMS messaging, and sending and receiving AE messages by using TIBCO EMS.
    - Testing applications on z/OS®
      You can test applications on IBM® z/OS® systems by using the mainframe support capabilities of Rational® Integration Tester. Rational Integration Tester is installed as part of the IBM Rational Test Workbench product offering.
    - Configuration of virtual IP addresses as virtual clients
      You can find information about how to configure virtual IP addresses in the operating system, and then use the virtual IP addresses to configure them as virtual clients in tests or as virtual servers in stubs.
  - Extending Rational® Integration Tester functionality using custom functions
    You can add more calculations and operations to tests by using the Rational® Integration Tester custom function class. Rational Integration Tester custom function is a Java™ class that extends com.ghc.ghTester.expressions function.
  - Working in non-GUI mode
    Many test actions can be completed in non-GUI mode by using the command line, Ant, or REST interfaces.

Recording by using mirror queues mode

In Mirror Queues mode, IBM® Rational® Integration Tester uses an WebSphere® MQ API exit, which is installed on the queue manager, to take a copy of each message and put it into another queue. Therefore, if you record multiple queues, multiple mirror queues are set up.

About this task

Note: This recording mode is available only if IBM® WebSphere® MQ 7.1 or later is installed and configured in Library Manager.

For general information about WebSphere® MQ API exits, see the WebSphere® MQ documentation. For information about deploying the API exit, see Installing and configuring Rational Integration Tester API exits.

Note: When you use mirror queues to record an operation, you might encounter a race condition where the first few replies are sent before the reply queue monitor is set up. To avoid this problem, record the transport rather than the operation.

An example of the process is described in the following steps:

Procedure

Start recording on Q1.
Rational® Integration Tester (Recording Studio) configures the API exit to mirror all messages that are put onto Q1 to Q1_RIT.
The client puts message onto Q1 with the reply queue specified as Q1R.
The queue manager triggers the API exit, which puts a copy of the message onto Q1_RIT.
Rational® Integration Tester (Recording Studio) subscribes to this queue and gets the message. Rational® Integration Tester detects that message specified a reply of Q1R. Rational® Integration Tester configures the API exit to mirror all messages from Q1R to Q1R_RIT.
The server picks up the message from Q1 and replies to Q1R.
The queue manager triggers the API exit, which puts a copy of the message onto Q1R_RIT.
Rational® Integration Tester (Recording Studio) subscribes to this queue and gets the message.
The client receives the reply from Q1R.

When you stop recording, Rational® Integration Tester will, by default, delete the mirrored queue (Q1_RIT and Q1R_RIT in the example) and tell the API exit to stop mirroring. Thus, mirrored queues do not fill up with messages when you are not recording.