# Description # A sample Python REST API script to: # - Load a saved configuration file # - Enable port analyzer # - Run traffic # - Get stats to local folder. # - Retrieve port capture files to local folder. # # Supports both Windows and Linux gateway Server. If connecting to a # # If the saved config file is located on a remote pc, this script could upload it to the gateway. # Otherwise, the saved config file must be already in the IxLoad API gateway server. # # Requirements # Python2.7 or Python3 # IxL_RestApi.py import os, sys, time, signal, traceback, platform # Insert the Modules path to env in order to import IxL_RestApi.py currentDir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)) if platform.system() == 'Windows': sys.path.insert(0, (currentDir.replace('SampleScripts\\LoadSavedConfigFile', 'Modules'))) else: sys.path.insert(0, (currentDir.replace('SampleScripts/LoadSavedConfigFile', 'Modules'))) from IxL_RestApi import * # Choices of IxLoad Gateway server OS: linux or windows serverOs = 'linux' # Which IxLoad version are you using for your test? # To view all the installed versions, go on a web browser and enter: # http://:8080/api/v0/applicationTypes ixLoadVersion = '9.10.115.43' # Do you want to delete the session at the end of the test or if the test failed? deleteSession = True forceTakePortOwnership = True # API-Key: Use your user API-Key if you want added security apiKey = None # The full path to the saved config file to load rxfFile = 'IxL_Http_910_update1.rxf' if serverOs == 'windows': apiServerIp = '192.168.129.6' # Where to store all of the csv result files in Windows resultsDir = 'c:\\Results' # Where to upload the rxf config file or where to IxLoad the location if you're not uploading it. rxfFileOnServer = 'C:\\Results\\{}'.format(rxfFile) if serverOs == 'linux': apiServerIp = '192.168.129.24' # Leave as defaults. For your reference only. resultsDir = '/mnt/ixload-share/Results' # Leave as default rxfFileOnServer = '/mnt/ixload-share/{}'.format(rxfFile) # Where to put the downloaded csv results in the IxLoad gateway server saveResultsInPath = currentDir # The path to the saved config file. In this example, get it from the current folder localConfigFileToUpload = '{}/{}'.format(currentDir, rxfFile) # The path where you want to download the csv result files to. This is mostly used if using a Linux Gateway server. # If you're using IxLoad in Windows, SSH must be installed. Otherwise, this variable will be ignored. scpDestPath = currentDir # For IxLoad versions prior to 8.50 that doesn't have the rest api to download results. # Set to True if you want to save run time stat results to CSV files. saveStatsToCsvFile = False apiServerIpPort = 8443 ;# http=8080. https=8443 (https is supported starting 8.50) licenseServerIp = '192.168.129.6' # licenseModel choices: 'Subscription Mode' or 'Perpetual Mode' licenseModel = 'Subscription Mode' # To assign ports for testing. Format = (cardId,portId) # Traffic1@Network1 are activity names. # To get the Activity names, go to: /ixload/test/activeTest/communityList communityPortList1 = { 'chassisIp': '192.168.129.15', 'Traffic1@Network1': [(1,1)], } communityPortList2 = { 'chassisIp': '192.168.129.15', 'Traffic2@Network2': [(1,2)], } # Stat names to display at run time. # To see how to get the stat names, go to the link below for step-by-step guidance: # https://www.openixia.com/tutorials?subject=ixLoad/getStatName&page=fromApiBrowserForRestApi.html statsDict = { 'HTTPClient': ['TCP Connections Established', 'HTTP Simulated Users', 'HTTP Connections', 'HTTP Transactions', 'HTTP Connection Attempts' ], 'HTTPServer': ['TCP Connections Established', 'TCP Connection Requests Failed' ] } try: restObj = Main(apiServerIp=apiServerIp, apiServerIpPort=apiServerIpPort, osPlatform=serverOs, deleteSession=deleteSession, pollStatusInterval=1, apiKey=apiKey, generateRestLogFile=True) # sessionId is an opened existing session that you like to connect to instead of starting a new session. restObj.connect(ixLoadVersion, sessionId=None, timeout=120) restObj.configLicensePreferences(licenseServerIp=licenseServerIp, licenseModel=licenseModel) # The folder to store the results on the IxLoad Gateway server. restObj.setResultDir(resultsDir, createTimestampFolder=True) # uploadConfigFile: None or path to the config file on your local host restObj.loadConfigFile(rxfFileOnServer, uploadConfigFile=localConfigFileToUpload) restObj.assignChassisAndPorts([communityPortList1, communityPortList2]) if forceTakePortOwnership: restObj.enableForceOwnership() restObj.enableAnalyzerOnAssignedPorts() # Optional: Modify the sustain time restObj.configTimeline(name='Timeline1', sustainTime=12) # Example on how to use the configActivityAttribute function to modify # some of its attributes. Pass in the names of community and activity from your configuration. restObj.configActivityAttributes(communityName='Traffic1@Network1', activityName='HTTPClient1', attributes={'userObjectiveValue': 100}) runTestOperationsId = restObj.runTraffic() restObj.pollStats(statsDict, csvFile=saveStatsToCsvFile, csvFilePrependName=None, pollStatInterval=2, exitAfterPollingIteration=None) restObj.waitForActiveTestToUnconfigure() restObj.downloadResults(targetPath=saveResultsInPath) restObj.retrievePortCaptureFileForAssignedPorts(os.getcwd()) if deleteSession: restObj.deleteSessionId() except (IxLoadRestApiException, Exception) as errMsg: print('\n%s' % traceback.format_exc()) if deleteSession: restObj.abortActiveTest() restObj.deleteSessionId() sys.exit(errMsg) except KeyboardInterrupt: print('\nCTRL-C detected.') if deleteSession: restObj.abortActiveTest() restObj.deleteSessionId()