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2014-12-04

Towards Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery with Virtual Test

Environments

Bas Dijkstra

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Outline

Introduction

Service virtualization

Case study The past – challenges

The present – solutions

The future – next steps

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About me

Freelance test consultant The Future Group

8+ years of experience Test automation

Service virtualization

Working together with Parasoft for 5 years

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What is service virtualization?

Simulation of dependency behaviour

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Case study: the situation

Large provider of triple play services over optic fiber

Central order management system

Test environment with many dependencies Around 10 systems for every order

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Case study: the past – challenges

Order-specific data needs to be present in backend system

Order configuration in backend requires manual intervention

As a result: Limited test data

Long test cycles

Low test coverage

No automated end-to-end testing

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Continuous delivery level

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Case study: the present – solutions

Introduce Parasoft Virtualize for service virtualization

Virtual backend behaves as if order data is present

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Case study: the present – results

Fast provisioning of orders in test environment

More control over test data, increase in test coverage

Enabler for test automation

Shift to Agile and Continuous Delivery

Delivery every other week (instead of every three months)

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Shift left in the development process

Developers use the virtual assets as well

Allows for integration testing in development environment

Bugs are found and solved before deployment to test environment

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Automated smoke and regression tests

Deployment to test environment

Automated smoke test

Results sent via email

Automated regression test

Results stored for later analysis

Every weekend and on demand

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Dynamic test environment configuration

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Full control over test data

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Continuous delivery level

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Case study: the future – next steps

Improvements in continuous integration

Automated deployment to acceptance environment

Speed up delivery cycle even more

Closer collaboration between development and operations

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Continuous delivery level

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Questions?

bas.dijkstra@the-future-group.com (or find me on LinkedIn)

www.parasoft.com