Apica Docs
  • Welcome to Apica Docs!
  • PRODUCT OVERVIEW
    • Ascent Overview
    • Ascent User Interface
  • TECHNOLOGIES
    • Ascent with Kubernetes
      • Kubernetes is a Game-Changer
      • Ascent: Built on Kubernetes
    • Ascent with OpenTelemetry
      • Why Implement OpenTelemetry?
      • Common Use Cases for OpenTelemetry
      • How to Get Started with OpenTelemetry
      • Best Practices for OpenTelemetry Implementations
  • RELEASE NOTES
    • Release Notes
      • Ascent 2.10.5
      • Ascent 2.10.4
      • Ascent 2.10.3
      • Ascent 2.10.2
      • Ascent 2.9.0
      • Ascent 2.8.1
      • Ascent 2.8.0
      • Ascent 2.7.0
      • Ascent 2.6.0
      • Ascent 2.5.0
      • Ascent 2.4.0
      • Ascent 2.3.0
      • Ascent 2.2.0
      • Ascent 2.1.0
        • Data Fabric
          • Releases-old
        • Synthetic Monitoring
        • Advanced Scripting Engine
        • IRONdb
      • Synthetic Monitoring
  • GETTING STARTED
    • Getting Started with Ascent
      • Register and Gain Access
      • Using the OpenTelemetry Demo
      • Getting Started with Metrics
      • Getting Started with Logs
        • OpenTelemetry
    • Ascent Deployment Overview
    • Quickstart with Docker-Compose
    • On-Premise PaaS deployment
      • On-Premise PaaS Deployment Architecture
      • Deploying Apica Ascent PaaS on Kubernetes
      • Deploying Apica Ascent PaaS on MicroK8s
      • Deploying Apica Ascent PaaS on AWS
      • Deploying Apica Ascent EKS on AWS using CloudFormation
      • Deploying Ascent on AWS EKS with Aurora PostgreSQL and ElastiCache Redis using Cloud Formation
        • Deploying Apica Ascent on AWS EKS with Aurora PostgreSQL and ElastiCache Redis using CloudFormation
        • Apica Ascent on AWS EKS (Private Endpoint) with Aurora PostgreSQL and ElastiCache Redis on prod VPC
      • Deploying Apica Ascent EKS on AWS using custom AMI
      • Deploying Apica Ascent EKS with AWS ALB
      • Deploying Apica Ascent PaaS in Azure Kubernetes Service
        • Azure Blob Storage Lifecycle Management
      • Deploying Apica Ascent with OpenShift
    • Boomi RTO Quick Start Guide
      • RTO Dashboarding
      • Alerting on RTO Metrics
      • Alerting on RTO Logs
    • Dashboards & Visualizations
  • DATA SOURCES
    • Data Source Overview
    • API
      • JSON Data source
      • RSS
    • AWS
      • Amazon Athena
      • Amazon CloudWatch ( YAML )
      • Amazon Elasticsearch Service
      • Amazon Redshift
      • MySQL Server (Amazon RDS)
    • NoSQL Data Sources
      • MongoDB
    • OLAP
      • Data Bricks
      • Druid
      • Snowflake
    • SQL Data Sources
      • PostgreSQL
      • Microsoft SQL Server
      • MySQL Server
    • Time Series Databases
      • Prometheus Compatible
      • Elasticsearch
      • InfluxDB
    • Ascent Synthetics
      • Checks
    • Ascent Logs
      • Logs
  • INTEGRATIONS
    • Integrations Overview
      • Generating a secure ingest token
      • Data Ingest Ports
    • List of Integrations
      • Apache Beam
        • Export Metrics to Prometheus
          • Pull Mechanism via Push-Gateway
        • Export Events to Apica Ascent
      • Apica ASM
      • Apica Ascent Observability Data Collector Agent
      • AWS
        • AWS CloudWatch
        • AWS ECS
          • Forwarding AWS ECS logs to Apica Ascent using AWS FireLens
          • ECS prometheus metrics to Apica Ascent
        • AWS S3
      • Azure
        • Azure Databricks
        • Azure Eventhub
        • Azure Event Hubs
      • Docker Compose
      • Docker Swarm logging
      • Docker Syslog log driver
      • F5 Big-Ip System
      • Filebeat
      • Fluent Bit
        • Forwarding Amazon-Linux logs to Apica Ascent using Fluent Bit
        • Fluent Bit installation on Ubuntu
        • Enabling IoT(MQTT) Input (PAAS)
        • IIS Logs on Windows
      • Fluentd
      • FortiNet Firewalls
      • GCP PubSub
      • GCP Cloud Logging
      • IBM QRadar
      • ilert
      • Incident Management
        • Webhooks
      • Jaeger
      • Kafka
      • Kinesis
      • Kubernetes
      • Logstash
      • MQTT
      • Network Packets
      • OpenTelemetry
      • Object store (S3 Compatible)
      • Oracle OCI Infrastructure Audit/Logs
      • Oracle Data Integrator (ODI)
      • OSSEC Variants (OSSEC/WAZUH/ATOMIC)
        • Apica Ascent-OSSEC Agent for Windows
      • Palo Alto Firewall
      • Prometheus
        • Spring Boot
        • Prometheus on Windows
        • Prometheus Remote Write
        • MongoDB Exporter
        • JMX Exporter
      • Rsyslogd
      • Syslog
      • Syslog-ng
      • Splunk Universal Forwarder
      • Splunk Heavy Forwarder
      • SNMP
      • Splunk Forwarding Proxy
      • Vault
        • Audit Vault Logs - AWS
        • Audit Vault Logs - OCI
        • Audit Vault Metrics
    • Apica API DOCS
  • DATA MANAGEMENT
    • Data Management Overview
    • Data Explorer Overview
      • Query Builder
      • Widget
      • Alerts
      • JSON Import
      • Creating Json Schema
        • Visualization
          • Line chart
          • Bar chart
          • Area chart
          • Scatter chart
          • Status chart
          • Counter chart
          • Stat chart
          • Size chart
          • Dense Status chart
          • Honeycomb chart
          • Gauge chart
          • Pie chart
          • Disk chart
          • Table chart
          • Date time chart
      • Time-Series AI/ML
        • Anomaly Detection
        • Averaging
        • Standard Deviation(STD)
      • Data Explorer Dashboard
        • Create a Dashboard
        • Editing Dashboard
          • Dashboard level filters
    • Timestamp handling
      • Timestamp bookmark
    • Large log/events/metrics/traces
  • OBSERVE
    • Monitoring Overview
      • Connecting Prometheus
      • Connecting Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus
      • Windows Redis Monitoring
      • Writing queries
        • Query Snippets
      • Query API
      • Use Apica API to ingest JSON data
    • Distributed Tracing
      • Traces
      • Spans
      • Native support for OTEL Traces
      • Windows .NET Application Tracing
      • Linux+Java Application Tracing
    • Log Management
      • Terminology
      • Explore Logs
      • Topology
      • Apica Ascent Search Cheat Sheet
      • Share Search Results
      • Severity Metrics
      • Log2Metrics
      • Native support for OTEL Logs
      • Reports
        • Accessing Reports results via API
      • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
      • Configuring RBAC
    • AI and LLM Observability
      • AI Agent Deployment
      • Ascent AI Agent Monitoring
      • Ascent Quick Start Guide
    • Synthetic Check Monitoring
      • Map View
      • List View
      • Alerting for Check Results
  • Flow
    • Overview
    • Pipeline Management
      • Configuring Pipelines
      • Visualize Pipelines
      • Pipeline Overview Dashboard
      • Forwarding Data
    • OpenTelemetry Ingest
      • OpenTelemetry Logs / Traces
      • OpenTelemetry Metrics
        • Transforming Metrics through Code Rules
    • Vault
      • Certificates
      • Variables
      • Lookups
    • Rules
      • FILTER
      • EXTRACT
      • SIEM and TAG
      • REWRITE
      • CODE
      • FORWARD
        • Rename Attributes
      • STREAM
    • Functions
      • ascent.encode
      • ascent.decode
      • ascent.persist
      • Ascent.variables
      • ascent.crypto
      • Ascent.mask
      • Ascent.net
      • Ascent.text
      • Ascent.time
      • Ascent.lookups
    • List of Forwarders
    • OpenTelemetry Forwarding
      • Metrics
      • Traces
      • Logs
    • Splunk Forwarding
      • Apica UF Proxy App Extension
        • Standalone Instance
        • List of Indexer Instances
        • Indexer Discovery
      • Splunk HTTP Event Collector (HEC) Forwarder
        • Metric Indexes
        • Non Metric Indexes
      • Splunk Syslog Forwarding
    • Real-Time Stream Forwarding
      • AWS Kinesis
      • Azure Eventhub
      • Google Pub/Sub
    • Security Monitor Forwarding
      • Arc Sight
      • RSA New Witness
    • Forwarding to Monitoring Tools
      • Datadog Forwarding
      • New Relic Forwarding
      • Dynatrace Forwarding
      • Elasticsearch Forwarding
      • Coralogix Forwarding
      • Azure Log Analytics Forwarding
    • Object Store Forwarding
      • S3 Compatible
      • Azure Blob Storage
    • Forwarding to Data Warehouse
      • GCP Bigquery
  • Customized Forwarders
    • JS Code Forwarding
  • LAKE
    • Powered by Instastore™
  • FLEET MANAGEMENT
    • Overview
    • Agents
    • Configurations
    • Packages
    • Fleet Repository Management
    • Advanced Search
    • List of Agents
      • Datadog Agent
      • Fluent-bit Agent
      • Grafana Alloy
      • OpenTelemetry Collector
      • OpenTelemetry Kubernetes
      • Prometheus Agent
  • COMMAND LINE INTERFACE
    • apicactl Documentation
  • AUTONOMOUS INSIGHTS
    • Time Series AI-ML
      • Anomaly Detection
      • Averaging
      • Standard Deviation(STD)
      • Forecasting
      • AI-ML on PromQL Query Data Set
      • Statistical Data Description
    • Pattern-Signature (PS)
      • Log PS Explained
        • Unstructured Logs
        • Semi-structured JSON
        • Reduce Logs Based on PS
        • Log PS Use Cases
          • Log Outlier Isolation
          • Log Trending Analysis
          • Simple Log Compare
      • Config PS
        • Config JSON PS
    • ALIVE Log Visualization
      • ALIVE Pattern Signature Summary
      • ALIVE Log Compare
    • Log Explained using Generative AI
      • Configuring Generative AI Access
      • GenAI Example Using Log Explain
    • Alerts
    • Alerts (Simple/Anomaly)
    • Alerts On Logs
    • Rule Packs
    • AI-powered Search
  • PLATFORM DOCS
    • Synthetic Monitoring Overview
      • Getting Started with ASM
        • Achieving 3 Clicks to Issue Resolution via ASM
        • FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
        • Creating A New Check
          • Creating a New Real Browser Check
      • Explore the Platform
        • API Details
        • Check Types
          • Android Check
          • Command Check
          • Compound Check
          • Browser Check
          • Desktop Application Check
          • AWS Lambda Check
          • DNS Resolver Check
          • DNS Security Check
          • Domain Availability Check
          • Domain Delegation Check
          • Domain Expiration Date Check
          • Hostname Integrity Check
          • iPad Check
          • iPhone Check
          • Ping Check
          • Port Check
          • Postman Check
          • Response Time Check
          • SSL Certificate Expiration Check
          • Scripted Check
        • Dashboards
        • Integrations
          • DynaTrace Integration
          • Google Analytics Integration
          • Akamai Integration
          • Centrify Integration
          • AppDynamics Integration
          • PagerDuty Integration
          • ServiceNow Integration
          • Splunk Integration
        • Metrics
          • Analyze Site
          • Result Values
          • Trends
          • Analyze Metrics
        • Monitoring
          • Integrating ASM Metrics into Grafana Using Apica Panels
            • Understanding the ASM Imported Dashboards
            • Using the Apica Panels Dashboards
          • Understanding ASM Check Host Locations
        • Navigation
          • Manage Menu
        • Reports
        • Use Cases
      • Configurations
        • Configuring Checks
          • Understanding Check Results
            • Understanding ZebraTester Check Results
            • Understanding Browser Check Results
            • Understanding Check Details
          • Editing Checks
            • Editing Browser Checks
            • Editing ZebraTester Checks
          • Using Regular Expressions Within the ASM Platform
          • Understanding the Edit Scenario Page
          • Comparing Selenium IDE Scripts to ASM Scenarios
          • Configuring Apica DNS Check Types
          • Implementing Tags Effectively Within ASM
          • Storing and Retrieving Information Using the ASM Dictionary
        • Configuring Users
          • Configuring SSO Within ASM
        • Configuring Alerts
          • Configuring Webhook Alerts
      • How-To Articles
        • ASM Monitoring Best Practices
        • API Monitoring Guide
        • IT Monitoring Guide
        • Monitor Mission-Critical Applications through the Eyes of Your Users
        • How To Mask Sensitive Data in ASM
        • How to Mask Sensitive Data When Using Postman Checks
        • How to Handle URL Errors in a Check
        • How To Set Up SSO Using Azure AD
        • How to Set Up SSO Using Centrify
        • ASM Scenarios How-To
          • How To Pace a Selenium Script
          • How to Utilize XPath Within a Selenium Script
          • How to Mask Sensitive Information Within an ASM Scenario
          • Handling Elements Which Do Not Appear Consistently
          • How to Handle HTML Windows in ASM Scenarios
    • ZebraTester Scripting
      • ZebraTester Overview
      • Install ZebraTester
        • Download ZebraTester
          • Core ZebraTester V7.5-A Documentation
          • Core ZebraTester V7.0-B Documentation
          • Core ZebraTester V7.0-A Documentation
          • Core ZebraTester V5.5-Z Documentation
          • Core ZebraTester V5.5-F Documentation
        • Download the ZebraTester Recorder Extension
        • Windows Installation
          • ZebraTester on Windows
          • Generate Private CA Root Certificate
          • Windows System Tuning
          • Install a new ZT version on Windows Server
          • Install/Uninstall ZT Windows Installer Silently
        • macOS Installation
          • macOS Preinstallation Instructions
          • Generate Private CA Root Cert (macOS X)
          • System Tuning (macOS)
          • Import a CA Root Certificate to an iOS device
          • Memory Configuration Guidelines for ZebraTester Agents
      • ZebraTester User Guide
        • Menu and Navigation Overview
        • 1. Get a Load Test Session
          • Recording Web Surfing Sessions with ZebraTester
            • Further Hints for Recording Web Surfing Sessions
            • Recording Extension
              • Record Web Session
              • Cookies and Cache
              • Proxy
              • Page Breaks
              • Recording Extension Introduction
              • Troubleshooting
            • Add URL to ZebraTester
            • Page Scanner
          • Next Steps after Recording a Web Surfing Session
        • 2. Scripting the Load Test Session
          • 1. Assertions - HTTP Response Verificaton
          • 2. Correlation - Dynamic Session Parameters
            • 2b. Configuring Variable Rules
            • 2a. Var Finder
          • 3. Parameterization: Input Fields, ADR and Input Files
            • ADR
          • 4. Execution Control - Inner Loops
          • 5. Execution Control - URL Loops
          • 6. Execution Control -User-Defined Transactions And Page Breaks
          • 7. Custom Scripting - Inline Scripts
          • 8. Custom Scripting - Load Test Plug-ins
            • ZebraTester Plug-in Handbooks
          • Modular Scripting Support
        • 3. Recording Session Replay
        • 4. Execute the Load Test
          • Executing a First Load Test
          • Executing Load Test Programs
            • Project Navigator
              • Configuration of the Project Navigator Main Directory
            • Real-Time Load Test Actions
            • Real-Time Error Analysis
            • Acquiring the Load Test Result
            • More Tips for Executing Load Tests
          • Distributed Load Tests
            • Exec Agents
            • Exec Agent Clusters
          • Multiple Client IP Addresses
            • Sending Email And Alerts
            • Using Multiple Client IP Addresses per Load-Releasing System
        • 5. Analyzing Results
          • Detail Results
          • Load Test Result Detail-Statistics and Diagrams
          • Enhanced HTTP Status Codes
          • Error Snapshots
          • Load Curve Diagrams
          • URL Exec Step
          • Comparison Diagrams
            • Analysis Load Test Response Time Comparison
            • Performance Overview
            • Session Failures
        • Programmatic Access to Measured Data
          • Extracting Error Snapshots
          • Extracting Performance Data
        • Web Tools
        • Advanced Topics
          • Execute a JMeter Test Plan in ZebraTester
          • Credentials Manager for ZebraTester
          • Wildcard Edition
          • Execution Plan in ZebraTester
          • Log rotation settings for ZebraTester Processes
          • Modify Session
          • Modular Scripting Support
          • Understanding Pacing
          • Integrating ZebraTester with GIT
            • GitHub Integration Manual V5.4.1
      • ZebraTester FAQ
      • ZebraTester How-to articles
        • How to Combine Multiple ZebraTester Scripts Into One
        • Inline Scripting
        • How to Configure a ZebraTester Script to Fetch Credentials from CyberArk
        • How to Configure a ZebraTester Scenario to Fetch Credentials from CyberArk
        • How to Convert a HAR file into a ZebraTester Script
        • How to Convert a LoadRunner Script to ZebraTester
        • How to Import the ZT Root Certificate to an iOS device
        • How to iterate over JSON objects in ZebraTester using Inline Scripts
        • How to round a number to a certain number of decimal points within a ZebraTester Inline Script
        • How to Use a Custom DNS Host File Within a ZebraTester Script
        • How to Move a ZebraTester Script to an Older Format
        • API Plugin Version
        • Setting up the Memu Player for ZebraTester Recording
        • Inline Script Version
      • Apica Data Repository (ADR) aka Apica Table Server
        • ADR related inline functions available in ZT
        • Apica Data Repository Release Notes
        • REST Endpoint Examples
        • Accessing the ADR with Inline Scripts
      • ZebraTester Plugin Repository
      • Apica YAML
        • Installing and Using the ApicaYAML CLI Tool
        • Understanding ApicaYAML Scripting and Syntax
    • Load Testing Overview
      • Getting Started with ALT
      • Creating / Running a Single Load Test
      • Running Multiple Tests Concurrently
      • Understanding Loadtest Results
    • Test Data Orchestrator (TDO)
      • Technical Guides
        • Hardware / Environment Requirements
        • IP Forwarding Instructions (Linux)
        • Self-Signed Certificate
        • Windows Server Install
        • Linux Server Install
        • User Maintenance
        • LDAP Setup
        • MongoDB Community Server Setup
        • TDX Installation Guide
      • User Documentation
        • End User Guide for TDO
          • Connecting to Orson
          • Coverage Sets and Business Rules
          • Data Assembly
          • Downloading Data
        • User Guide for TDX
          • Connecting to TDX
          • Setting up a Data Profile
          • Extracting Data
          • Analyzing Data Patterns
          • Performing Table Updates
        • TDO Project Builder User Guide
          • Project Design
          • Projects
            • Select Existing Project
            • Create a New Project
            • Export a Project
            • Import a Project
            • Clone a Project
            • Delete a Project
          • Working with Source Files
            • Ingest Data
            • Data Blocks
              • Create a Determining Attribute from a Data Block
              • Data Types and Field Formats
          • Determining Attributes
            • Manual Attribute Creation
              • Numeric Range Attribute
              • Manual Attribute Creation
              • Create a New Determining Attribute from an Existing Data Block
            • Setting Determining Attribute Priorities
            • Filtering Determining Attributes
            • Adding, Changing, or Deleting a Determining Attribute Value
          • Create Coverage Set
          • Business Rules
            • Create a New Business Rule
            • Edit a Business Rule
            • Using Priorities in Business Rules
            • Using Occurrences in Business Rules
            • Deleting a Business Rule
          • Create a Coverage Matrix
          • Create an Action
          • Create a Scenario
          • Create Data Views
            • Creating a Coverage Set Data View
            • Creating a Data View Joined to the Coverage Set View
            • Creating a Data View Linked to a Multiple Data Views
            • Locking Records in a Data View
            • Editing Data Source in a Data View
            • Other Edits in the Data View
          • Work Sets
            • Creating a Work Set
            • Editing a Work Set
            • Clone a Work Set
            • Deleting a Work Set
            • Unlocking a Work Set
            • Data Assembly from the Work Set Page
          • Data Assignment
            • Assign a Value from the Coverage Matrix
            • Assign a Value from a Data View
            • Assign a Value from a Prior Rule
            • Assign a Fixed Value
            • Assign a Value using a Format Function
            • Assign a Value using Mathematical Calculations
            • Assign a Value using String Concatenation
            • Assigning a Value using Conditions
          • Data Assembly
          • Other TDO Menu Items
        • API Guide
          • API Structure and Usage
          • Determining Attribute APIs
            • Create Determining Attribute (Range-based)
            • Create Determining Attribute (Value-based)
            • Update Determining Attributes
            • Get Determining Attribute Details
            • Delete a Determining Attribute
          • Coverage Set API’s
            • Create Coverage Set
            • Update Coverage Set
            • Get All Coverage Set Details
            • Get Single Coverage Set Details
            • Lock Coverage Set
            • Unlock Coverage Set
            • Delete Coverage Set
          • Business Rule API’s
            • Create Business Rule
            • Update Business Rule
            • Get Business Rule Details
            • Get All Business Rules
            • Delete Business Rule
          • Workset API's
            • Create Workset
            • Update Workset
            • Get All Worksets
            • Get Workset Details
            • Unlock Workset
            • Clone Workset
            • Delete Workset
          • Data Assembly API's
            • Assemble Data
            • Check Assembly Process
          • Data Movement API's
            • Ingest (Upload) Data Files
            • Download Data Files
              • HTML Download
              • CSV Download
              • Comma Delimited with Sequence Numbers Download
              • Pipe Delimited Download
              • Tab Delimited with Sequence Numbers Download
              • EDI X12 834 Download
              • SQL Lite db Download
              • Alight File Format Download
          • Reporting API's
            • Session Events
            • Rules Events
            • Coverage Events
            • Retrieve Data Block Contents
            • Data Assembly Summary
        • Workflow Guide
        • Format Function Guide
          • String Formats
          • Boolean Formats
          • Hexadecimal Formats
      • Release Notes
        • Build 1.0.2.0-20250213-1458
  • IRONdb
    • Getting Started
      • Installation
      • Configuration
      • Cluster Sizing
      • Command Line Options
      • ZFS Guide
    • Administration
      • Activity Tracking
      • Compacting Numeric Rollups
      • Migrating To A New Cluster
      • Monitoring
      • Operations
      • Rebuilding IRONdb Nodes
      • Resizing Clusters
    • API
      • API Specs
      • Data Deletion
      • Data Retrieval
      • Data Submission
      • Rebalance
      • State and Topology
    • Integrations
      • Graphite
      • Prometheus
      • OpenTSDB
    • Tools
      • Grafana Data Source
      • Graphite Plugin
      • IRONdb Relay
      • IRONdb Relay Release Notes
    • Metric Names and Tags
    • Release Notes
    • Archived Release Notes
  • Administration
    • E-Mail Configuration
    • Single Sign-On with SAML
    • Port Management
    • Audit Trail
      • Events Trail
      • Alerts Trail
Powered by GitBook
On this page
  • GUI Settings
  • Replay Settings

Was this helpful?

Edit on GitHub
Export as PDF
  1. PLATFORM DOCS
  2. ZebraTester Scripting
  3. ZebraTester User Guide
  4. 1. Get a Load Test Session
  5. Recording Web Surfing Sessions with ZebraTester

Further Hints for Recording Web Surfing Sessions

  • Support for Technical Client Programs and Web Services (SOAP/XML, JSON and Google Protobuf over HTTP/S)

  • Proxy Recorder Settings and GUI Settings (Personal Settings Menu)

    • Connect to Next Proxy (Proxy Recorder)

  • Input Fields

    • HTTPS Settings (Proxy Recorder)

  • Input Fields

  • HTTPS Client Certificate Authentication - PKCS# 12 Files (Proxy Recorder)

  • HTTPS Client Certificate Authentication - DER or PEM encoded Files (Proxy Recorder)

    • HTTPS Client Certificate Authentication - PKCS# 11 Device (Proxy Recorder)

  • NTLM Authentication (Proxy Recorder)

  • Input Fields

  • GUI Settings

    • Input Fields

  • Replay Settings

    • Input Fields

Recording can also be done on web surfing sessions of client programs.

Support for Technical Client Programs and Web Services (SOAP/XML, JSON and Google Protobuf over HTTP/S)

A Web browser is only required in order to use the Web Admin GUI. This means that you can also record web surfing sessions of (non-Web browser-based) technical client programs that exchange ASCII, SOAP/XML, JSON or Google Protobuf data with the Web server by using the HTTP/S protocol. Please note that you have to configure the proxy settings of the technical client program to record web surfing sessions. In case if the technical Web client uses encrypted HTTPS connections, you have also to import your CA Root Certificate into the technical Web client (see Installation Guide).

Furthermore, it's also supported to create manually a text file by using any text editor which contains definitions of SOAP and/or XML requests. Such a file can then be converted to a Web-surfing session by using the import functionality of the Session Cutter.

Proxy Recorder Settings and GUI Settings (Personal Settings Menu)

The “Personal Settings” menu allows you to configure non-form-based authentication methods (NTLM, PKCS# 11, PKCS# 12 and DER/PEM based client certificates) and some SSL options for the proxy recorder which may be necessary in order to successfully record a Web-surfing session. Furthermore, cascading the proxy recorder with another (outbound) proxy server of your company is also supported.

Note 1: The credentials for Basic and Digest authentication are directly requested by the Web browser during recoding of a Web-surfing session. This means that no special configuration is required for these two authentication methods inside this menu.

Note 2: The authentication credentials entered in this menu can also be transferred into the generated load test programs. The allocation of individual credentials per simulated user can be selected when generating the HTTP(S) Load Test Programs

The “Web GUI” part of the menu allows you to set the default time zone, and the default number format, which will be used by the GUI and by the load test programs.

Additionally, also Alert Notifications can be configured which are sent during the execution of a job as Emails or as SMS messages

Connect to Next Proxy (Proxy Recorder)

Checkbox in Title: if checked, ZebraTester cascades the proxy recorder with another, "next", outbound proxy server of your company.

Input Fields

Next Proxy HTTP Host

(DNS) hostname or TCP/IP address of the next proxy server (for unencrypted connections).

Next Proxy HTTP Port

HTTP TCP/IP port number of the next proxy server (for unencrypted connections).

Next Proxy HTTP Cache disabled

if checked, request the next proxy server to disable its internal cache.

Next Proxy HTTPS Host

(DNS) hostname or TCP/IP address of the next proxy server (for encrypted connections).

Next Proxy HTTPS Port

HTTPS (secure) TCP/IP port number of the next proxy server (for encrypted connections).

Next Proxy Auth Username

basic-authentication username, used for proxy authentication on the next proxy server.

Next Proxy Auth Password

basic-authentication password, used for proxy authentication on the next proxy server.

No Next Proxy for Host/Domain

allows you to set a list of hosts, or domain names, for which the proxy settings must not be applied. The entries must be separated by commas or semicolons.

Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) Settings PAC Settings (Proxy Recorder):

If the Title Checkbox is checked, this enables PAC support against web servers during the recording of web surfing sessions. ZebraTester cascades the proxy recorder with another, "next", outbound proxy server of your company. If the PAC file is at a specific URL, please enter the URL of the PAC file.

HTTPS Settings (Proxy Recorder)

It allows you to adjust the HTTPS settings of the proxy recorder (used when recording encrypted network connections).

Input Fields

SSL Version

It allows you to select the SSL protocol version.

HTTPS Response Timeout

Response timeout per HTTPS URL call. If this timeout expires, the corresponding HTTPS URL call will be aborted.

SSL Session Cache enabled

If checked, enables the SSL session cache (keeping the same SSL session ID over multiple Web pages).

SSL Session Cache Timeout

The lifetime of the SSL sessions within the session cache.

Allow Legacy Renegotiation

If checked, SSL legacy renegotiation without using the Renegotiation Indication Extension (RFC 5746) is supported.

Support Elliptic Curves

If checked, also rarely used encryption algorithms like ECC are enabled. This means that all available encryption algorithms are enabled (inclusive very weak and very strong algorithms).

SNI enabled

If checked, Server Name Indication (SNI) information about the target hostname is sent to the Web server(s) during the SSL handshake (RFC 3546).

SNI critical

If checked and SNI is enabled, SSL handshakes are aborted if the target Web server(s) doesn't support Server Name Indication (SNI). The corresponding HTTP requests will fail in such a case and no data are recorded.

Enhanced Compatibility Mode

If checked, enables workarounds to support poorly-implemented SSL server libraries.

Debug Handshakes

If checked, debug information about SSL/TLS Handshakes are written to stdout or to the ZebraTester Console.

HTTPS Client Certificate Authentication - PKCS# 12 Files (Proxy Recorder)

Allows you to load X509 SSL/TLS client certificates, in PKCS# 12 file-format, into the proxy recorder. Because the proxy recorder operates like a man in the middle between the Web browser and the Web server, the client certificate must be loaded and activated before a Web-surfing session requiring such a certificate can be recorded.

Note: Normal HTTPS sessions do not require client certificates.

The PKCS# 12 file must first be loaded by using the Personal Settings menu. Also, ensure that the certificate is active by clicking inside the red bar on the certificate. The red bar will change to a green checkmark when the certificate is properly active.

From the Load Test Program Dialog:

HTTPS Client Certificate Authentication - DER or PEM encoded Files (Proxy Recorder)

Allows to load X509 SSL/TLS DER or PEM encoded client certificates into the proxy recorder. Based on the fact that the proxy recorder operates as "man in the middle" between the Web browser and the Web server, the client certificate must be loaded and activated before a Web-surfing session which requires such a certificate can be recorded.

Therefore, the file containing the DER or PEM encoded client certificate first be loaded by using the personal settings menu. Also, ensure that the certificate is activated by clicking inside the red bar on the certificate which turns this bar to a green checkmark.

HTTPS Client Certificate Authentication - PKCS# 11 Device (Proxy Recorder)

Allows you to use in Proxy Recorder X509 SSL/TLS client certificates which are embedded in PKCS# 11 Security Devices (support for HSMs and smart cards).

Note: Normal HTTPS sessions do not require client certificates.

Because the proxy recorder operates like a man in the middle between the Web browser and the Web server, the client certificate must be loaded and activated before a Web-surfing session requiring such a certificate can be recorded.

NTLM Authentication (Proxy Recorder)

Checkbox in Title: If checked, enables NTLM authentication against Web servers during recording.

Input Fields

Domain

Windows domain name.

Username

Username of a domain account.

Password

The password of a domain account.

GUI Settings

Input Fields

Time Zone

¹ Allows you to set the default time zone to be used by the load test programs, and by the GUI.

Number Format

¹ Allows you to set the default decimal grouping separator character for numbers; for example 123’456.00 or 123,456.00.

Background Color

Allows you to choose your desired background color for all windows.

¹ only temporarily applied until program termination - for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux systems: Modify the startup settings file prxsniff.dat to change these values permanently. For other Unix-like systems: Set the program arguments -tz and -dgs to the corresponding values.

Replay Settings

Input Fields

  • Number of loops: Allows you to set the number of loops that load test program run during the replay.

  • Character Encoding: Defines which character set is used to search strings within the received content and for data which are read from input files. Usually, you can use the default option UTF-8. However, if you execute some tests which contain ISO characters, it is recommended that you use the character set ISO-8859-1 to avoid problems with special characters

  • Strip Referrer Header Field: The HTTP referrer header field is not commonly used by web applications, and also often dropped by (local) internet security tools. Enabling this option reduces the data transfer and makes the load test program smaller.

  • Strip Accept Header Field to */*: The HTTP Accept header field is not commonly used by web applications but contains a long text string. Setting the accept header field to */* reduces the data transfer and makes the load test program smaller.

  • Additional Options: Several additional options for executing the replay can be combined by adding a blank char between each of the options

  • Browser Emulation: User Agents and Caching 1. User-Agent Selection: This option is used either to create a custom user agent string or select a user agent from the available list. 2. Browser Cache: This option emulates the cache setting of a real browser.

    • Check for newer versions of stored pages every time: when enabled, ZebraTester will check for later versions of the specified URL than those stored in the cache

¹ only temporarily applied until program termination - for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux systems: Modify the startup settings file prxsniff.dat to change these values permanently. For other Unix-like systems: Set the program arguments -tz and -dgs to the corresponding values (see Application Reference Manual).

PreviousRecording Web Surfing Sessions with ZebraTesterNextRecording Extension

Was this helpful?

Note: To execute a load test through a proxy server, you must also enable the option Load Test over HTTP(S) Proxy in the menu.

Note: To execute a load test that uses client certificates, you must also enable the option menu. The allocation of individual client certificates per simulated user is supported when generating load test programs.

Note: To execute a load test that uses client certificates you have also to enable the option when generating the Load Test Program (see above screenshot). The allocation of individual client certificates per simulated user is supported and can be selected when generating the load test programs.

Note: To execute a load test that uses NTLM authentication, you must also enable the option (see above screenshot) . The allocation of individual NTLM accounts per simulated user is supported when generating load test programs.

Generate HTTP(S) Load Test Program
PKCS# 12 Client Certificates in the Generate Load Test Program
DER/PEM Client Certificates
NTLM Authentication in the Generate Load Test Program menu