This is a simple environment to test The Protocol Master application. We will mock without a line of code the database and a rest api of a simple TODO web application. (PS tanks patrick-baker for the UI!)

Just for fun this is a .NET Core application with Entity Framework and very basic JQuery-based Front-End

• The documentation for the protocol master is here

• A Docker environment
• The Docker environment address (let's use DOCKER_SERVER for now)

All .NET applications run out of the box only on Intel architecture, that means

• Platform: linux/amd64
• Target Architecture: amd64

For Apple M processors should work the following, change the HttpServer and RestServer dockerfile according to your needs (see on Microsoft for further info on the subject)

• Platform: linux/arm64
• Target Architecture: arm64

If you have Intellij or know what are *.http files you can configure this setting the myhost variable to DOCKER_SERVER

• Clone the repo https://github.com/kendarorg/the-protocol-master-samples.git
• Configure your browser to use DOCKER_SERVER:29000 as HTTP/S Proxy
• Navigate to the "net-core" directory
• Run docker-compose up to generate the environment
• Several containers will be created
  • net_core_tpm: The Protocol Master server
  • db_mysql: The mysql database
  • net_core_http: The web-ui
  • net_core_rest: The rest back-end
• Download the SSL certificate from http://localhost:8081/api/protocols/http-01/plugins/ssl-plugin/der and install it as a trusted root certificate

You can check now the application navigating (in the proxied browser) to anything you want, and you will se the calls flowing on the console.

You can even try the application on http://net_core_http/index.html but for the sake of simplicity please delete all tasks before continuing the tutorial

• Start the recording on all protocols http://localhost:8081/api/protocols/*/plugins/record-plugin/start
• Navigate to http://net_core_http/index.html
• Insert a new task and click Submit
  • Task Name: Laundry
  • Priority: High
  • Notes: Separate Colors
• Set the status to Completed
• Click Update
• Click Archive
• Go on Archive tab (upper right) and notice the task
• Stop the recording on all protocols http://localhost:8081/api/protocols/*/plugins/record-plugin/stop
• You can download all the recordings! http://localhost:8081/api/storage/download as a zip file

• Stop the db_mysql container
• Start the replaying on MySQL http://localhost:8081/api/protocols/mysql-01/plugins/replay-plugin/start
• Refresh the page http://net_core_http/index.html
• Redo exactly all the actions
• And everything will work!!!! But with a fake DB
• Stop all the replayings http://localhost:8081/api/protocols/*/plugins/replay-plugin/stop

• Stop the net_core_rest container
• Start the replaying on MySQL http://localhost:8081/api/protocols/http-01/plugins/replay-plugin/start
• Refresh the page http://net_core_http/index.html
• Redo exactly all the actions
• And everything will work!!!! But with a fake Rest API!!
• Stop all the replayings http://localhost:8081/api/protocols/*/plugins/replay-plugin/stop