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omatzura
Super Contributor
18 years ago

question about soapui pro

Hello,

If I develop a script/project in soapui pro, would this script work on the free version of the soapUI. Reason I am asking this is because, I will be buying 10+ support licenses so that the developer/QA can write their scripts. But for Load Testing we will be using seperate high end load generation servers. I don't see a reason why I would need a seperate license for these servers. Would be possible/legal for me to develop scripts on my laptop using the support license and then run them from the Load Gen servers which have the free version.

Thanks

Ali

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  • omatzura's avatar
    omatzura
    Super Contributor
    18 years ago
    Hi Ali,

    thanks for asking;

    - If your testcases don't use any of the soapUI Pro TestSteps (datasource and mockresponse), you can run them with the standard soapUI version.
    - If your testcases do use them you can still run the command-line runners on other machines, they don't require an installed license. To run the tests from soapUI you will currently need a license as well.

    regards,

    /Ole
    eviware.com
  • NiclasReimertz's avatar
    NiclasReimertz
    Staff
    18 years ago
    As a matter of fact.

    You can from an unlicensed version (which actually is called Courtesy License) run any test created in soapUI Pro, and I don't see anything illegal wiht it either.

    The features are about productivity anyway so from a running perspective it's not that important.
    You still can not edit or add test steps.

    /niclas
    eviware.com
  • NiclasReimertz's avatar
    NiclasReimertz
    Staff
    18 years ago
    Hmm,

    I wrote the last post in an awful hurry and subsequently the readability was just as awful. To sum my post above and Oles post:


    • One option is running the test in a testrunner. This is legal and might be preferable on a server, it’s actually pretty much why we built the functionality.

    • Another option is running it inside soapUI Pro without a Pro License key. This is tried, works just fine, and is legal.


    /niclas
    eviware.com