Implementation of a mock server for discovery applications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11695641-B2
Application number	US-202217567772-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 3, 2022
Priority date	Sep 17, 2020
Publication date	Jul 4, 2023
Grant date	Jul 4, 2023

Abstract

A mock server implementation for discovery applications is provided. A computing system includes a mock server, which receives a client request from a mock client on a discovery server. The client request corresponds to a user query associated with a discovery of resources on a remote computing system. The mock server determines a first response from a mock response dataset. The first response to the client request is determined based on the received client request. The mock response dataset includes a set of responses associated with a sequence of operations executed in the past for the discovery of resources on the remote computing system. The mock server transmits the determined first response to the mock client on the discovery server. The mock client receives the transmitted first response and sends the received first response to a discovery application interface on a user device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mock server of a computing system, wherein the computing system includes one or more processors and program instructions stored in memory, and wherein execution of the program instructions by the one or more processors causes the mock server to perform operations comprising:
receiving, as part of a scale test, a plurality of client requests from a mock client on a discovery server;
determining, from a mock response dataset, a plurality of responses corresponding to the plurality of client requests; and
transmitting the plurality of responses to the mock client, wherein the discovery server is configured to: monitor a set of scale test parameters associated with reception of the plurality of client requests by the mock server and transmission of the plurality of responses to the mock client; and
determine a performance metric associated with the scale test based on the set of scale test parameters, and wherein the set of scale test parameters include one or more of: response times associated with the transmission of the plurality of responses, a throughput associated with a number of the plurality of client requests processed in a given amount of time, a processor usage associated with the mock server to respond to the plurality of client requests, a memory usage associated with the mock server to respond to the plurality of client requests, or a network usage associated with reception of the plurality of client requests and transmission of the plurality of responses.

2. The mock server of claim 1 , wherein each record in the mock response dataset includes a respective hash key, a respective client request, and a respective response, and wherein determining the plurality of responses corresponding to the plurality of client requests comprises: identifying a hash key in a client request; looking up, in the mock response dataset, a response associated with the hash key; and based on the response being associated with the hash key, determining that the response corresponds to the client request.

3. The mock server of claim 1 , wherein determining the performance metric comprises determining a weighted average of normalized values of the set of scale test parameters.

4. The mock server of claim 1 , wherein the mock response dataset was derived from records of requests and responses associated with execution of a sequence of past operations for discovery of resources on the computing system.

5. The mock server of claim 4 , wherein a session recorder of the discovery server received the requests and the responses, and created the records therefrom.

6. The mock server of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
duplicating a record of the mock response dataset to form a duplicated record;
generating a random value of an attribute of the duplicated record;
updating the duplicated record based on the random value; and
updating the mock response dataset to include the duplicated record.

7. The mock server of claim 6 , wherein the duplicated record includes a hash key, request, and response of the record.

8. The mock server of claim 7 , wherein the request species a URL and a body, and wherein the response specifies a status indicator and a header value.

9. The mock server of claim 7 , wherein the attribute is a status indicator or a header value of the response.

10. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, as part of a scale test, a plurality of client requests from a mock client on a discovery server;
determine, from a mock response dataset, a plurality of responses corresponding to the plurality of client requests; and
transmit the plurality of responses to the mock client, wherein the discovery server is configured to: monitor a set of scale test parameters associated with reception of the plurality of client requests by a mock server and transmission of the plurality of responses to the mock client; and
determine a performance metric associated with the scale test based on the set of scale test parameters, and wherein the set of scale test parameters include one or more of: response times associated with the transmission of the plurality of responses, a throughput associated with a number of the plurality of client requests processed in a given amount of time, a processor usage associated with the mock server to respond to the plurality of client requests, a memory usage associated with the mock server to respond to the plurality of client requests, or a network usage associated with reception of the plurality of client requests and transmission of the plurality of responses.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , wherein each record in the mock response dataset includes a respective hash key, and wherein determining the plurality of responses corresponding to the plurality of client requests comprises: identifying a hash key in a client request; looking up, in the mock response dataset, a response associated with the hash key; and based on the response being associated with the hash key, determining that the response corresponds to the client request.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , wherein the mock response dataset was derived from records of requests and responses associated with execution of a sequence of past operations for discovery of resources.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 , wherein a session recorder of the discovery server received the requests and the responses, and created the records therefrom.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 , further comprising:
duplicating a record of the mock response dataset to form a duplicated record;
generating a random value of an attribute of the duplicated record;
updating the duplicated record based on the random value; and
updating the mock response dataset to include the duplicated record.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14 , wherein the duplicated record includes a hash key, request, and response of the record.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , wherein the request species a URL and a body, and wherein the response specifies a status indicator and a header value.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , wherein the attribute is a status indicator or a header value of the response.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computing system, causes the computing system to execute operations, the operations comprising:
receiving, as part of a scale test, a plurality of client requests from a mock client on a discovery server;
determine, from a mock response dataset, a plurality of responses corresponding to the plurality of client requests; and
transmit the plurality of responses to the mock client, wherein the discovery server is configured to: monitor a set of scale test parameters associated with reception of the plurality of client requests by a mock server and transmission of the plurality of responses to the mock client; and
determine a performance metric associated with the scale test based on the set of scale test parameters, and wherein the set of scale test parameters include one or more of: response times associated with the transmission of the plurality of responses, a throughput associated with a number of the plurality of client requests processed in a given amount of time, a processor usage associated with the mock server to respond to the plurality of client requests, a memory usage associated with the mock server to respond to the plurality of client requests, or

Assignees

• Servicenow Inc

Inventors

• Bar Oz Tom
• Bitterfeld Robert
• Ainalli Venkatesh
• Aron Aviya
• Kumar Hr Naveen

Classifications

• H04L41/12 Primary

  Discovery or management of network topologies · CPC title

• H04L43/50 Primary

  Testing arrangements · CPC title

• H04L67/133

  Protocols for remote procedure calls [RPC] · CPC title

• H04L41/0213

  Standardised network management protocols, e.g. simple network management protocol [SNMP] · CPC title

• H04L9/3236

  using cryptographic hash functions · CPC title