LoadRunner
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| Developer(s) | Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Software |
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| Stable release |
12.53
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| Operating system | Microsoft Windows and Linux (Load Generator only) |
| Available in | 11 languages |
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List of languages
Simplified Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese-Brazilian, Russian, Spanish.
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| Type | Load testing tools |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | HPE LoadRunner |
HPE LoadRunner is a software testing tool from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. In Sept 2016, HPE announced it is selling its software business, including Mercury products, to Micro Focus. It is used to test applications, measuring system behaviour and performance under load. HPE acquired LoadRunner as part of its acquisition of Mercury Interactive in November 2006.
HPE LoadRunner can simulate thousands of users concurrently using application software, recording and later analyzing the performance of key components of the application.
LoadRunner simulates user activity by generating messages between application components or by simulating interactions with the user interface such as keypresses or mouse movements. The messages/interactions to be generated are stored in scripts. LoadRunner can generate the scripts by recording them, such as logging HTTP requests between a client web browser and an application's web server.
The key components of HPE LoadRunner are:
Modules are available to enable HPE LoadRunner to capture, replay and script different application and networking technologies. These include support for:
HPE LoadRunner can be run standalone or multiple instances can pooled for use by several people under the control of HP PerformanceCenter.
From 2010 HP started to offer on-demand versions of LoadRunner available by cloud computing services such as Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud and later Microsoft Azure. Version 12.50 added the use of Google Compute Engine. Selected HP partners are also able to provide LoadRunner in the Cloud as an on-demand service from their SaaS platforms.
HPE LoadRunner client emulation scripts are usually created using the ANSI C programming language. However, Java and .Net programs can also be run by HPE LoadRunner. Version 12.50 added the use of JavaScript for Web-HTTP/HTML scripts.
Scripts from other testing tools such as Apache JMeter, NUnit, and Selenium can be run by LoadRunner by declaring an interface library. This enables scripts to send key-value pairs to the Controller as the script runs, enabling response times to be associated with specific conditions such as the number of items displayed in the User Interface.
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