KR101520056B1 - Cloud-based mobile/online game server load test automation service method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of automatically servicing a load test for a cloud-based mobile/online game server, and more specifically, to the method comprising the steps of, by a cloud server included in a load test system for a game server: (1) receiving game packet information and load test scenario information from a packet/scenario defining unit of an user terminal; (2) converting the inputted game packet information to metadata for generating a virtual client; (3) automatically generating a plurality of virtual clients based on the converted metadata; and (4) performing a load test for a game server according to the load test scenario information using the generated virtual clients. According to the method of automatically servicing the load test for the cloud-based mobile/online game server of the present invention, a cloud server included in the load test system for the game server: receives game packet information and load test scenario information from a packet/scenario defining unit of an user terminal; converts the inputted game packet information to metadata for generating a virtual client; automatically generates a plurality of virtual clients based on the converted metadata; and performs a load test for a game server according to the load test scenario information using the generated virtual clients, thereby allowing game server developers using cloud servers to directly manipulate information for a game packet to perform a load test to enhance security without packet information being leaked, and also allowing developers to perform a load test quickly and inexpensively.

Description

[0001] CLOUD-BASED MOBILE / ONLINE GAME SERVER LOAD TEST AUTOMATION SERVICE METHOD [0002]

The present invention relates to a game server load test automation service method, and more particularly, to a cloud based mobile / online game server load test automation service method.

With the widespread availability of mobile devices such as smart phones and tablet PCs, the number of mobile game users worldwide is increasing. Also, as the global game market grows, the number of online game users is increasing. This mobile / online game can be performed by a plurality of users accessing the game server via the Internet through their mobile terminal or terminal PC (hereinafter referred to as 'terminal'), and transmitting and receiving data between the game server and the terminal have.

On the other hand, as the contents of the game vary from a simple puzzle to a massively multi-player online game (MMOG), and as the number of users participating at the same time for the progress of the game increases in a large scale, Techniques have been developed to provide services reliably. This technique may include a game quality assurance (QA) technique that tests whether a game server can maintain a stable game service when a large load is provided at a time.

Conventionally, in order to test the load of the game server, the test service company can receive the game packet from the game developer, analyze the game packet, and customize it according to the load test tool.

However, such a load test method has a security risk that the core packet information of the game developer can be exposed to the outside, the cost is high due to the use of the resources of the test service company, and the game packet generated by the game developer is changed There is a problem that the load test planning and the subsequent test must be performed again.

Further, as the load test is performed through the external test service company, it takes a considerable time to collaborate with the game developer, which delays the overall game development and progress.

The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the existing methods. The present invention provides a game server load test system in which a cloud server constituting a game server load test system receives game packet information and load test scenario information And converts the input game packet information into metadata for virtual client creation, automatically generates a plurality of virtual clients based on the converted metadata, and generates load test scenario information The game server developer using the cloud server can perform the load test by directly manipulating the game packet information, thereby improving the security without outflow of the packet information, Performs low-cost load testing on The present invention aims to provide a cloud-based mobile / online game server load test automation service method.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of automating load test of a mobile-based on-

Game server load test The cloud server included in the system,

(1) receiving game packet information and load test scenario information from the packet / scenario defining unit of the user terminal;

(2) converting the input game packet information into metadata for creating a virtual client;

(3) automatically generating a plurality of virtual clients based on the converted metadata; And

(4) testing the load of the game server according to the load test scenario information using the generated virtual client.

Preferably, the step (1)

(1-a) receiving the game packet information from the packet definition unit of the user terminal; And

(1-b) receiving the load test scenario information generated based on the packet meta data of the game packet information from the load test scenario defining unit of the user terminal.

Preferably, the game packet information includes:

And a packet definition tool based on a web browser or a unity tool operating on the user terminal.

Preferably, the game packet information includes:

And may include transmission packet information and reception packet information for the game server.

Preferably,

The metadata may be configured to have an XML format.

Preferably,

The number of virtual clients may be 100 or more.

According to the cloud-based mobile / online game server load test automation service method proposed by the present invention, the cloud server included in the game server load test system obtains game packet information and load test scenario information from the packet / Receives input game packet information, converts the input game packet information into metadata for creating a virtual client, automatically generates a plurality of virtual clients based on the converted metadata, and uses the generated virtual client to load test scenario information Accordingly, by testing the load of the game server, the game server developer using the cloud server can directly execute the load test by operating the game packet information, thereby improving the security without any external leakage of the packet information. At low cost It can perform the test.

1 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration for implementing a cloud-based mobile / online game server load test automation service method according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 illustrates a cloud-based mobile / online game server load test automation service method according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a detailed flowchart of a step S200 of a cloud-based mobile / online game server load test automation service method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a load test process performed in a system implementing a cloud-based mobile / online game server load test automation service method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. In the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear. The same or similar reference numerals are used throughout the drawings for portions having similar functions and functions.

In addition, in the entire specification, when a part is referred to as being 'connected' to another part, it may be referred to as 'indirectly connected' not only with 'directly connected' . Also, to "include" an element means that it may include other elements, rather than excluding other elements, unless specifically stated otherwise.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a system for implementing a cloud-based mobile / online game server load test automation service method according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1, a system for implementing a cloud-based mobile / online game server load test automation service method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a user terminal 100, a cloud server 300, and a game server 500 ). ≪ / RTI > The user terminal 100 may be configured to include a packet / scenario definition unit. The cloud server 300 may include a metadata generating unit 310, a virtual client generating unit 330, and a virtual client testing unit 350. Hereinafter, each component of the system for implementing a cloud-based mobile / online game server load test automation service method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

The user terminal 100 may be a terminal used by a game server developer. For example, the user terminal 100 may include a mobile terminal, a smart phone, a tablet PC, a desktop PC, a notebook, and the like. The user terminal 100 may include a software / packet / scenario definition unit. The packet / scenario defining unit may include a packet defining unit 110 and a load test scenario defining unit 120.

The packet definition unit 110 is a part defining a game packet to be used in a load test, and may include a predetermined packet definition tool. Such a packet definition tool may be implemented based on, for example, a web browser or a Unity tool. Such a web browser may include various browsers such as Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Opera, and Swing. The packet definition tool can be configured to define or edit game packets based on, for example, a graphical user interface (GUI).

The packet defining unit 110 includes a transmission packet defining unit 113 for defining a game packet to be provided to the game server 500 when performing load testing and a reception packet defining unit 113 for defining a game packet to be provided from the game server 500 (115). ≪ / RTI > In the packet definition unit 110, the game packet information may be selectively defined from a preset sample protocol according to various genres of the game. For example, game packet information may be defined by a first sample protocol for generating a game packet of a relatively simple puzzle type, a second sample protocol for generating a game packet of an MMOG type, and the like.

The load test scenario definition unit 120 can generate load test scenario information based on packet meta data of game packet information defined in the packet definition unit 110. [ Such load test scenario information can be generated, for example, in the form of a preset library. Accordingly, the game server developer can select a desired load test scenario among the preset libraries without having to plan and define a separate load test scenario, thereby allowing the load test to proceed. Meanwhile, the load test scenario definition unit 120 may be configured to further include an interface for measuring the load of the game server 500 during the load test according to the selected load test scenario.

The cloud server 300 may include a plurality of servers connected to each other. The cloud server 300 is connected to the user terminal 100 and the game server 500 via the network, and can transmit and receive predetermined data. The cloud server 300 may include a metadata generation unit 310, a virtual client generation unit 330, and a virtual client test unit 350.

The meta data generation unit 310 may generate meta-data using the game packet information provided from the packet definition unit 110. This metadata is converted from the provided game packet information and can be used for virtual client creation. For example, such metadata may have an extensible markup language (XML) format.

The virtual client generation unit 330 can automatically generate a plurality of virtual clients based on the metadata generated by the metadata generation unit 310. [ For example, the virtual client generation unit 330 can generate virtual clients of hundreds, thousands, etc. based on the metadata. For example, the number of virtual clients generated by the virtual client generation unit 330 may be 100 or more.

The virtual client testing unit 350 can test the load of the game server 500 using the generated virtual client. At this time, each virtual client can transmit / receive data to / from the game server 500 so that a predetermined load is tested according to the load test scenario defined in the load test scenario defining unit 120. For example, when the load test is performed using the virtual client to the game server 500 for the MMOG game, each virtual client may correspond to a user character implemented in the game.

The game server 500 may include one or a plurality of servers connected to each other. Such a game server 500 may be implemented, for example, by IBM's X3550.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a cloud-based mobile / online game server load test automation service method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a load- And the detailed process of the step S200 of the service method. 2, in the cloud-based mobile / online game server load test automation service method according to the embodiment of the present invention, the cloud server 300 receives the game packet information and the load test scenario information from the packet / A step S600 of automatically generating a plurality of virtual clients based on the metadata, a step S600 of generating a plurality of virtual clients based on the meta data, And testing the load of the game server according to the load test scenario information using the virtual client (S800).

3, when the cloud server 300 receives the game packet information and the load test scenario information from the packet / scenario definition unit (S200), the cloud server 300 receives the game packet information and the load test scenario information from the packet definition unit 110 (S210) of inputting the game packet information and a step (S230) of receiving the load test scenario information generated based on the packet meta data of the game packet information.

That is, in step S210, the cloud server 300 may receive the game packet information from the packet defining unit 110 of the user terminal 100. [ Such game packet information may include transmission packet information and received packet information.

In addition, in step S230, the cloud server 300 may receive load test scenario information from the load test scenario defining unit 120 of the user terminal 100. [ The load test scenario information may be generated based on the packet metadata of the game packet information set in the packet definition unit 110. [

Then, in step S400, the metadata generating unit 310 of the cloud server 300 may convert the game packet information input from the user terminal 100 into metadata for creating a virtual client. Such metadata may have, for example, an XML format.

In step S600, the virtual client generation unit 330 of the cloud server 300 can automatically generate a plurality of virtual clients based on the converted metadata.

In step S800, the virtual client testing unit 350 of the cloud server 350 can use the generated virtual client to proceed with the load test of the game server 500 according to the load test scenario information input in step S230 have.

4 is a diagram illustrating a load test process performed in a system implementing a cloud-based mobile / online game server load test automation service method according to an embodiment of the present invention. 4, a game developer using a user terminal 100 of a system implementing a cloud-based mobile / online game server load test automation service method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a user terminal 100 The design for the load test can be performed by using the packet definition unit 110 implemented in the packet definition unit 110. At this time, the design of the load test may include a process of defining game packet information through a Web browser-based packet definition tool 112 or a Unity tool-based packet definition tool 114. These packet definition tools 112 and 114 may have appropriate GUIs for ease of use for game developers. The design of such a load test may also include a process of selecting a scenario library for load testing based on the packet metadata of the defined game packet information.

The meta data generation unit 310 of the cloud server 300 can convert the game packet information thus defined into meta data in XML format, for example. The virtual client generation unit 330 of the cloud server 300 may generate a plurality of virtual clients based on the converted metadata.

The virtual client testing unit 350 of the cloud server 300 then uses the plurality of virtual clients 332 generated above to determine whether or not the game server 500 receives the load test scenario input from the user terminal 100 The load test can proceed. Such a load test may include, for example, a process of rapidly sending and receiving packets to the game server 500 from the virtual client 332 for a preset short time.

As described above, according to the cloud-based mobile / online game server load test automation service method proposed by the present invention, the cloud server included in the game server load test system receives the game packet information and the game packet information from the packet / A game server which receives the load test scenario information, converts the inputted game packet information into metadata for creating a virtual client, automatically generates a plurality of virtual clients based on the converted metadata, By testing the load of the game server according to the load test scenario information, the game server developer using the cloud server can directly execute the load test by operating the game packet information, thereby improving the security without any leakage of the packet information And in the short term Load testing can be performed at low cost.

The present invention may be embodied in many other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the invention.

100: user terminal 110: packet definition unit
113: transmission packet definition unit 115: received packet definition unit
120: load test scenario definition unit 300: cloud server
310: Metadata generator 330: Virtual client generator
350: Virtual Client Test Section 500: Game Server
S200: receiving game packet information and load test scenario information from the packet / scenario defining unit
S210: receiving the game packet information from the packet definition unit
S230: Receiving the load test scenario information generated based on the packet meta data of the game packet information
S400: converting the input game packet information into metadata for creating a virtual client
S600: automatically generating a plurality of virtual clients based on the metadata
S800: test the load of the game server according to the load test scenario information using the generated virtual client

Claims (6)

The cloud server 300 included in the game server load test system,
(1) receiving (S200) game packet information and load test scenario information from the packet / scenario defining unit of the user terminal 100;
(2) converting the inputted game packet information into metadata for creating a virtual client (S400);
(3) automatically generating a plurality of virtual clients based on the converted metadata (S600); And
(4) testing the load of the game server 500 according to the load test scenario information using the generated virtual client (S800)
The step (1)
(1-a) receiving the game packet information from the packet defining unit 110 of the user terminal 100 (S210); And
(1-b) receiving (S 230) the load test scenario information generated based on the packet meta data of the game packet information from the load test scenario defining unit 120 of the user terminal 100 ,
The load test scenario information is selected from a load test scenario library selected based on the packet meta data of the game packet information as any one of the preset libraries selected by the user terminal 100,
The load test scenario definition unit 120 further includes an interface for measuring a load of the game server 500 during a load test according to the selected load test scenario,
The game packet information may be provided from a packet definition tool 112 or 114 implemented on the basis of a web browser or a unity tool operating in the user terminal 100 and may be selectively provided from a sample protocol preset according to various genres of the game And includes transmission packet information and received packet information for the game server 500,
The game developer can directly design a load test by using the packet defining unit 110 of the user terminal 100. [0050] [44] FIG.
delete delete delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the meta-data has an XML format.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the number of the virtual clients is 100 or more.

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