Questions tagged [testing]
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Installing OpenSSL from Debian testing on a Debian stable installation
I would like to install OpenSSL 1.1.1a on a Debian stable server, which currently has OpenSSL 1.1.0j installed. So, I created the necessary files according to this answer in the /etc/apt/preferences.d folder: stable.pref and testing.pref. After that…

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Compiling SVN Perl bindings on Snow Leopard: tests fail
At my work, we have to build our Subversion environment from source since it is deployed on shared applications servers and all dependencies must be contained within the user's home directory. I've developed a script that builds everything…

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How to test fcgi?
I try to use foo.pl, but using /usr/lib/fcgi-bin as my fcgi directory in the given directive.
I made foo.pl executable and after editing my apache2.conf I have restarted apache2.
But if I launch my browser and go to…

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Web server build end user acceptance testing
I have a web server image that I am responsible for building across multiple servers. I have a list of about 50 URL's that I am supposed to go to and confirm the correct content is showing up. Which automated tools exist to do this easily (without…

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How *much* server resources needed to make a *decent* cross-browser testing server
In my company we need to test our website (that we develop), On many browsers including:
IE6
IE7
IE8
Safari
Firefox 2
Firefox 3
Chrome
This is a very time consuming task since we test it in many computers. I thought it's good to make a server for…

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Windows XP Logo Testing
I’m trying to get a point-of-sale PC computer logo certified and while running DTM Studio v1.4.7100.017, the only option I get under 'Create New Submission'->'Windows XP' o/s->System Submission is ‘Netbook (ULPC)'.
Microsoft here states:
On Windows…

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Remodelling old backend architecture to use Docker and CI
I'm currently running a backend in production and want to change our current setup to use Docker for deployment and a CI tool for testing.
Right now I have a BitBucket repository with the two main branches "develop" and "master", and two separate…

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Testing Different Wifi Vendors - Strategies
I am currently looking to trial some new Wifi products for my work place. We currently have around 50 Access Points that link into an HP MSM controller.
I wanted to find out if anyone has any strategies to test the different products, for example…

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How can I set up another alias like "localhost" to point to a folder within htdocs?
So I have xampp running, localhost or 127.0.0.1 will take me to htdocs within my xampp folder. Is there a way I can use a similar name such as localhost2 on the same machine to take me to folder, lets say its called localhost2, within htdocs.
The…

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serverspec if statement for mysql version on server
Is there a way to check which package installed on server by command output?
describe command('mysql -e "select version();"') do
if its(:stdout) { should =~ /5.6.27-76.0-log/ }
describe package('MySQL-client') do
it { should be_installed…

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Generating simulated log messages
I'm helping to evaluate a couple of centralized log collection and reporting tools. To help in testing the tools, I'd like to be able to generate large numbers of simulated log messages. Preferably, I'd like to generate large quantities of logs…

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Training for load testing web apps?
We've discussed the tools used for load testing here on ServerFault, but what about training on how to use them properly? Are there companies that specialize in IT training that cover load testing? How do you properly come up with a simulated…

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Testing email system, spam injection tool recommendations?
is there any free spam injection tools available on ubuntu for testing the email system ?
i would like to get free Spam inject tools for testing mail systems which i am part of development
Edit 2 : Not going to test that in office network .. We are…

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How do I simulate an unreachable host on windows?
I have a windows 8 PC, I am testing a beta program for network socket error handling. One of the ones I am having problem simulating for it to test is host unreachable and network unreachable errors. How can I simulate these conditions to know if…

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What are the different Status options for Dell show copper-ports command?
When the below command is issued in a Dell N2024P/N3024F switch
show copper-ports tdr
The following output is generated
Port Result Length Date
Gi1/0/1 OK 0 - 10 Jan 1 00:00:01 2015
Gi1/0/2 Cross Talk 0 - 10 Jan 1…

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