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Prerequisites for Installation

The prerequisites for installing Eggplant Performance, including supported operating system versions, recommended hardware, and software dependencies, are provided below. The prerequisites are listed for the different applications in the Eggplant Performance suite as follows:

Prerequisites for Eggplant Performance Studio, Test Controller, and Analyzer​

The prerequisites for Eggplant Performance Studio, Test Controller, and Analyzer follow. For information about Injector system requirements, see Prerequisites for Eggplant Performance Injectors. For information about web virtual user (VU) requirements, see Prerequisites for Web Virtual Users.

For installation instructions, see Installing and Licensing Eggplant Performance.

System Requirements​

Supported Operating Systems for Studio, Test Controller, and Analyzer​

Supported SystemsVersionsEPP Component
Windows (64-bit)8.1/10/11, Server 2012 R2/2016/2019/2022Analyzer, Test Controller, Studio
Windows (32-bit)8.1/10/11, Server 2012 R2/2016/2019/2022Studio only

Supported Operating System Notes​

  • Eggplant Performance Analyzer and Test Controller only run on the 64-bit versions of the supported Windows operating systems.

  • Eggplant Performance Studio runs on either 32-bit or 64-bit Windows versions.

Hardware Requirements for Studio, Test Controller, and Analyzer​

Recommended minimum requirement:

HardwareConfiguration
Processor2 GHz dual core or faster
Memory8 GB or more +2 for each additional application
Disk Space1 GB (for installation)

Additional disk space is required for the test run results data.

Software Requirements for Studio, Test Controller, and Analyzer​

Microsoft .NET 4.5​

To run C# virtual users, download and install:

Microsoft .NETVersion
.NET4.5
.NET Framework4 Client Profile
.NET Framework4 Extended Profile

Script Builders​

Virtual user scripts are available in a number of languages dependent upon the VU type.

For C++ and C# Virtual Users​

Any one of the following are suitable (latest version preferred):

  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2019
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
  • Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2015
  • Microsoft Visual Express Edition 2015, including Community and Studio Editions
  • Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2013, including Express Edition
  • Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2012, including Express Edition

Download different versions of Visual Studio from the Microsoft Visual Studio website.

For Java Virtual Users​

We supply:

  • Java 11 Runtime (JRE) with Eggplant Performance Studio to execute Java Virtual Users
  • Eclipse plugin for integration with Eclipse versions 2019-09 (4.13) and later.

Prerequisites for Eggplant Performance Injectors​

The prerequisites for Eggplant Performance Injectors follow. For information about Studio, Test Controller, and Analyzer, see Prerequisites for Studio, Test Controller and Analyzer. For information about web virtual user (VU) requirements, see Prerequisites for Web Virtual Users.

For injector installation instructions, see Injector Installation.

Supported Operating Systems for Injectors​

Supported SystemsVersions
Windows (64-bit)8.1/10/11, Server 2012 R2/2016/2019/2022
Windows (32-bit)8.1/10/11, Server 2012 R2/2016/2019/2022
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) (64-bit)8.4/7.9/7.5
Ubuntu LTS (64-bit)16.04/18.04

Hardware Requirements for Injectors​

The specifications listed below will comfortably support up to 1000 Web Virtual Users.

Recommended minimum requirement:

HardwareConfiguration
Processor2 GHz
Memory4 GB
Disk Space1 GB (for installation)

Additional disk space is required for the test run results data.

Software Requirements for Injectors​

Microsoft .NET 4.5​

To run C# virtual users, download and install:

Additionally, Microsoft .NET 4.5 Redistributable is installed automatically with the injector to run the C# engine.

Java Runtime​

The Java Runtime on the injector must be 32-bit and compatible with the runtime on the Controller.

Windows​

Use the version packaged in the Eggplant Performance Injector installer.

Linux​

Prerequisites for Web Virtual Users​

The prerequisites for Web Virtual Users (VUs) follow. For information about Studio, Test Controller, and Analyzer, see Prerequisites for Studio, Test Controller and Analyzer. For information about Injector system requirements, see Prerequisites for Eggplant Performance Injectors.

For installation instructions, see Installing and Licensing Eggplant Performance.

Web Virtual Users functionality allows you to record your interactions with a website, and to generate an automation script based on that recording.

To capture requests securely, HTTP/HTTPS traffic is routed through the Web Proxy Recorder before proceeding to the target server. To enable this functionality, use the following instructions to make sure that the proxy settings on your computer are correct.

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If you're unable to modify the system settings on your computer due to group policy restrictions, follow the instructions in the Restricted Access to Settings section first.

Steps 1 and 2 are automatically peformed during installation as long as the Windows account used on the Eggplant Performance machine has sufficient privileges to modify the system proxy settings.

  1. In your Windows settings, select Network & Internet and then Proxy. For older Windows version, open the Control Panel and select Internet Options, and then in the Connections tab, click Settings.

  2. Update your computer’s system proxy settings to point to the proxy recorder, which by default is set to run on localhost:9090.

  3. If HTTPS traffic is detected and you've not already installed the proxy recorder certificate, you'll be prompted to install it. Without this certificate, HTTPS traffic may not be captured, such as for sites operating under HTTP Strict Transport Security.

Restricted Access to Settings​

Follow these instructions if you're unable to modify proxy and certificate settings on your computer.

Update the registry value for the system proxy at domain level so that you can modify your own proxy settings:

  1. Go to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\.

  2. Find the registry setting: ProxySettingsPerUser=0. You may still be able to modify the proxy settings manually with the setting value set to 0, but any changes are immediately rolled back when you close the dialog box.

  3. Update the value to 1 or delete it. If you cannot do this, contact your domain administrator for help.

Relax the Certificate Path Validation Settings Group Policy. This allows the installation and use of the Eggplant Performance certificate during the recording of your interactions with a website:

  1. Go to Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Public Key Policies > Certificate Path Validation settings.

    Certificate Path Validation Settings Properties dialog box

  2. Clear the Allow user trusted root CAs to be used to validate certificates checkbox.

  3. Apply the change. This allows Eggplant Performance to install a root certificate. Under certain circumstances, an error message may be displayed when the certificate is installed.

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