Preparing to record a test for the HTTP/2 service

To test a web service that is based on the HTTP/2 protocol, record a test by using the SOA extension of Rational® Performance Tester. Before recording the HTTP/2 service, follow the procedure in this topic to configure your computer.

About this task

This configuration is required because this feature is released as Beta and is intended for the non-production use.

Use Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome when recording servers supporting HTTP/2

Procedure

Download the following Application Layer Protocol Negotiation (ALPN) boot jar file http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.mortbay.jetty.alpn/alpn-boot/8.1.8.v20160420
Create or rename the productInstallDir\jdk folder to ..\jdk.ibm. You can rename the folder back to jdk later to test with the IBM JDK.
Download Oracle Java 1.8.0u92 from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html. You can then either extract the compressed file or install Java at productInstallDir\jdk.
Copy the ALPN jar file to productInstallDir\majordomo\lib.
From productInstallDir, open eclipse.ini and add the following flags:
```
-Xbootclasspath/p:<productInstallDir>\majordomo\lib\alpn-boot-8.1.8.v20160420.jar
```
Note: If there are any other flag starting with -X, delete those flags.
Configure Rational Performance Tester Agent to use Oracle Java.
1. Stop the Majordomo process.
  On Windows systems, run the following command: cd “c:\program files\ibm\sdp\majordomo” ngastop
  
  On Linux systems, run the following command: cd /opt/IBM/SDP/Majordomo ./MDStop.sh
2. Set the environment variable RPT_JAVA to the Oracle Java binary or executable.
  On Windows systems, run the following command: set RPT_JAVA=c:\program files\java\jdk1.8.0_92\bin\java.exe
  
  On Linux systems, run the following command: export RPT_JAVA=/root/jdk1.8.0_92/jre/bin/java
3. Start the Majordomo process.
After configuring the workbench, open the GSC client, and for the HTTP transport protocol, select the HTTP/2 check box.

What to do next

You can now record a regular SOA test for the HTTP/2 service. After the recording, in the Version field of request details, the requests are marked with HTTP/2 indicating that the HTTP/2 traffic is captured. If the test playback fails, check if all the steps are correctly followed.

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