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XenaCLI
Valkyrie, Vantage and Chimera include a management software UI (ValkyrieManager and VantageManager), plus a simple yet powerful scripting tool: ValkyrieCLI. Everything you can do with the management software can also be done using simple CLI text commands.
We offer several hundred scriptable parameters: from basic streams and capture setup to wild-carding across modules and ports. You can also use the client-side functionality to execute script commands both conditionally and repetitively. This is a big advantage when it comes to test automation.
The management software saves test port configurations in the exact same CLI command format as used by the scripting tool, making it very easy to go back and forth between the two.
Above is a simple example showing 3 parameters from ValkyrieCLI (left) and how they match the structure of the ValkyrieManager GUI (right).
Xena Rest API
The Valkyrie REST server:
- is a client-less, language-agnostic, out-of-the-box, chassis embedded REST server.
- lets you build automation scripts with your choice of language, tool and client environment.
- includes an integrated Swagger UI, which allows you to try out all REST commands and get to know the API better
- supports all Valkyrie CLI commands and adds many more abstract operations (like returning statistics as ready-to-consume JSON) that simplify and speed up automation development. With the REST server Xena also releases a full Python object-oriented REST client
- enables Python developers to simply pip install it and start building automation scripts without spending time on developing the traffic generator layer.
User Manual: How to build client apps using Valkyrie REST Server
Industry’s best traffic scheduler
ValkyrieManager supports scheduling – a sequence of operations activated with a single mouse click – to make testing easier.
Stream Scheduler can be used to start-and-stop traffic, change packet rate, change operations orders, add loop section, etc.
Third party test framework
Valkyrie and Vantage test solutions are supported on a variety of commercial and Open Source platforms. Here you can find information about the QualiSystems QualiShell, TestShell, and Robot framework
Want to learn more?
See all the technical documentation related to Automation and Scripting here.
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