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Virtual TCP/IP Live Invocation Step

Use this step to make a real TCP/IP call to a real server in the context of a virtualized TCP/IP service. The step is typically created by recording and virtualizing some form of TCP/IP traffic. The step performs the real request, which is based on the current VSE request in use.

The default name for the Virtual TCP/IP Live Invocation step is TCP Protocol Live Invocation<portnumber >. You can rename the step at any time.

Complete the following fields as described:

Target port

Enter the name of the port on which the request is made.

Target server

Enter the name of the server to which the request is made.

Use SSL to server

Specifies whether to send an SSL (secured layer) request to the server.

Values:

• Selected: Sends an SSL request to the server. You can select Use SSL to server and not select Use SSL to client. In that case, a plain TCP connection is presented for recording, but those requests are sent to the server using SSL.

Cleared: The application does not send an SSL request to the server.

Use SSL to client

This option is only enabled when you select Use SSL to Server. Use SSL to client specifies whether the application can play back an HTTPS request from the client using a custom client keystore.

Values:

• Selected: You can specify a custom keystore and a passphrase. If you enter these values, the application uses them instead of the hard-coded defaults.
• Cleared: The application cannot play back an SSL request from the client using a custom client keystore.

SSL keystore file

Click Select... to browse to your SSL keystore file. The same keystore file must be available to the VSE server to which the VS model is deployed.

Keystore password

Enter the keystore password, then click Verify.

Treat response as text

Specifies whether the application processes the response as text.

Values:

• Selected: The application process the response as text.

Cleared: The application does not process the response as text.

Format step response as XML

The VSE framework expects Respond steps to accept one of the following:

• A response object
• A list of response objects
• An XML document that represents either

Note: If this check box is cleared, the step produces a list of response objects. The step produces the list, even if it contains only one response.

Default: The step response is formatted as XML.

VSE Lookup Step

For a live invocation step to support failover execution mode, it must know the step that is used to look up VSE responses so that it can redirect the VS model to the correct step when necessary. This field contains a list of steps in the VS model. Select the standard VSE Response Lookup step. That allows the live invocation step to move to the VSE response lookup step when necessary.

If Environment Error

Specifies the action to take or the step to go to if the test fails because of an environment error.

Default: Abort the test.