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How to execute unix shell scripts from within SOAtest

dgoedh
dgoedh Posts: 63 ✭
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What is the best way to execute shell scripts which reside on a remote unix/aix server? Are there any standard or market place SOAtest building blocks that can cater for that?
Preferably I would like to store the unix commands for a testcase to be executed in a single cell in an Excel sheet that is integrated as a datasource in the framework.

Are there any scripting examples available with e.g. the External/Extension Tool which trigger Putty that can do the job?

The unix commands can be fairly simple from kicking of the module-under-test with some arguments upto Perl scripts that sort and filter generated output files.

Thanks in advance.

Daniel

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  • benken_parasoft
    benken_parasoft Posts: 1,308 ✭✭✭

    You are using the SFTP Client from the Parasoft Marketplace, right? I haven't tried but maybe it can execute arbitrary remote commands on the remove host, like call "/bin/bash" with a path to a script as an argument. I haven't tried this but thought I'd mention this first just in case it happens to work.

    Alternatively, there are arguments that you can pass to the unix "ssh" command to execute a command on a remote host. So, if you are running SOAtest on Linux or Mac then you can configure an External Tool to invoke "/usr/bin/ssh" directly. If you are on Windows, you could use "ssh" from Cygwin or maybe call something else like winscp or putty which has a similar command line feature.

  • dgoedh
    dgoedh Posts: 63 ✭

    Hi, thanks for the suggestions. I just tried to include the bin/bash command in the SFTP-client, but got an exception from the tool:

    SFTP Client failed with a fatal error: No enum constant
    com.parasoft.soavirt.tool.sftp.client.SftpCommand.Command./BIN/BASH. View Details for more information. IllegalArgumentException

    I might thus have to opt for putty from the External tool, because I am working from a windows client. Hopefully I get it to work eventually with a datasource construction, instead of using loose external text/batch files.

  • benken_parasoft
    benken_parasoft Posts: 1,308 ✭✭✭

    SFTP Client failed with a fatal error: No enum constant

    Looks like the tool (as of right now) only supports the following commands:
    PUT, GET, RENAME, LN, RM, LMKDIR, BYE, EXIT, QUIT, CD, LCD, LS, PWD, RMDIR, CHGRP, CHMOD, CHOWN, SYMLINK, MKDIR, LLS, LPWD, LUNMASK, HELP

    So, anything other than one of those would appear to fail with that "No enum constant" message.

    I might thus have to opt for putty from the External tool

    Yeah, that may be what you need to do for now.

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