SoapUI-Pro courtesy mode

Hi,

That mode is available only in certain cases where a paid subscription had first been in use:
http://www.soapui.org/Getting-Started/installing-your-licenses.html#3-different-license-types-and-courtesy-mode

Regards,

Giscard
SmartBear Support

This is new starting in version 5? Does this apply to the SoapUI-Pro Maven plugin as well?

Hi Siking,

This is new starting in version 5?

Yes.

Does this apply to the SoapUI-Pro Maven plugin as well?

No, this does not apply to the SoapUI Pro maven plugin. This primarily occurs when starting the SoapUI Pro GUI without a license.


Regards,
Marcus
SmartBear Support

What about the test runner from the command line? I get the below error:

[exec] SOAPUI PRO LICENSE NOT FOUND
[exec] Please follow the instructions at
[exec] http://www.soapui.org/Licenses/license-not-found.html
[exec] on how to install a valid license
[exec] Shutting down...

Why would courtesy mode from the command line be removed? This will prevent me from executing my tests in CI.

Hello,

You need a SoapUI Pro license if you are running SoapUI Pro in a Continous Integration environment. Please see our FAQ below:

http://www.soapui.org/About-SoapUI/soap ... cial-cases


Regards,
Marcus
SmartBear Support

This makes SoapUI-Pro significantly more expensive now! It used to be that I needed a license just to create/edit tests. Now I need a license for every machine that also runs tests?

Hi SiKing,
the license terms have changed on Summer 2013 (see https://github.com/redfish4ktc/maven-so ... l-concerns to get links to related topics in the forum).
Technical restrictions have been added in the recent releases

Anyway, I totally agree with SiKing

Anonymous Support
I have the folowing 3 questions

You previously answered to Siking question

Does this apply to the SoapUI-Pro Maven plugin as well? No, this does not apply to the SoapUI Pro maven plugin

This is the current behaviour but do you plan in the future to also add the license check to the SoapUI-Pro Maven plugin as well?


About the "courtesy mode" currently implemented, I have noticed a behaviour difference between the GUI and the test runner from the command line:

• GUI: Pro-specific TestSteps (DataSource, DataSink, etc.) are still executed as part of a TestCase execution but can’t be created or modified in your tests(source: http://www.soapui.org/Getting-Started/i ... rtesy-mode)


• CLI: no test cannot be runned

And I guess starting the cli test runner from the GUI also prevent tests to be runned!

So my question is: do you plan to remove such a limitation in the future?


About the license for CI server
AFAIK, the license installation/activation is performed using a GUI. How can this be managed in environment such Linux without X11 where no GUI can be started?
This means that for now, you prevent pro users to run tests in that kind of environment. See viewtopic.php?f=13&t=25075
Do you have any workaround to mitigate the issue?



To conclude, you may have noticed that I am not a fan of such technical limitations especially in CI environments. I agree that you can make that kind of choice to save your business or for any other reasons. But in that case, I would like to have a clear warning/explanation along with the release notes/changelog to avoid misunderstandings.


Thanks in advance for your answers
Thomas

I just stopped upgrading at version 4.6.4. There are actually unresolved bugs in SoapUI, and to verify my entire current test suite I also need version 4.5.1.

Hi SmartBear Support,
any chance to get an answer to my previous question?
Thanks