End-to-end workflow

This section describes the overall Service Virtualization workflow.

1. Start the Service Virtualization components

   Service Virtualization includes a Designer with an embedded server, an optional standalone server, and a management interface.

   For details on these components, see Service Virtualization components.

   For details on starting the components, see Starting and stopping Service Virtualization.

2. Configure Service Virtualization agents

   Configure the protocol-specific agents that handle communication between clients and real or virtual services. For task details, see Configure agents.

3. Optional: Model composite applications

   Create a visual map of the services in your composite applications, and the relationships between them. Group services into larger composites, mark service types, and display the service calls between them. For task details, see Model Composite Applications.

4. Create virtual services

   Create virtual services to simulate real services with limited access or that are unavailable. For task details, see Create a Virtual Service.

5. Configure virtual services

   Set up your virtual services to create a simulation for your testing purposes. Configure security, logging, protocol, and server settings to meet your needs. For task details, see Configure Virtual Services.

6. Configure clients

   Reconfigure your client applications to use the virtual services instead of the real services. Service Virtualization enables you to manipulate virtual services to get different results.

7. Learn the service behavior

   Record the behavior of the real service in order to learn its requests and responses. For task details, see Run simulations.

8. Run simulations

   Use virtual services to simulate real services during your testing process. For task details, see Run simulations.

9. Review and monitor services

   Monitor services during learning and simulation sessions. For details, see Run simulations.

10. Design and configure simulation models

    Create and customize data and performance models to meet your needs. Learn real service behavior, create customized rules for virtual service behavior, add service calls, and add external data sources. For task details, see Manage simulation models.

11. Optional: Integrate with test automation tools

    Integrate Service Virtualization with Micro Focus test automation tools. For details, seeTest automation tool integration.

12. Manage virtual services

    Deploy, undeploy, unlock, view, or change the runtime mode of virtual services on any Service Virtualization Server.

    For details, see:

    • Get Started with Service Virtualization Management
    • Manage virtual services from the command line