Research on Microservice Application Testing System

Abstract

In response to the development plan of national informatization construction, The State Grid Corporation of China attaches great importance to the development of information technology and pioneers the successful application of a new information technology generation in the power grid business. The development of the core components of “State Grid Cloud” and site deployment are also the company's focus. Microservices, as a key technology for deployment in the cloud, because of its independent development, independent deployment, independent release, decentralized management, and support for high concurrency and feature to support the rich technology stack, have been applied to cloud service construction by The State Grid. However, in the process of wide application of microservice applications, the entire microservice system hasn't been perfected, and the research of the corresponding test scheme is still in its infancy. This paper compares the difference between microservice and traditional service, and puts forward a set of microservice application testing system based on the current microservice development and software testing technology. This testing system divides the microservice test into six stages, unifies the test tools of each stage and explains the test methods. In addition, it also explains the automation strategy of the microservice test. It is of great significance to perfect the microservice testing system of The State Grid Corporation.