In this section:

Introduction

The Parasoft gRPC Listener Extension adds support for the Google Remote Procedure Call message format so that Virtualize assets can read a single message from a topic and respond with a single message on another topic.

Requirements

gRPC 1.0.0 or later
Parasoft Virtualize 2022.1 or later

Installation

This artifact can be installed from the UI or the command line.

UI Installation

Go to Parasoft > Preferences and click System Properties.
Click Add JARs and select the com.parasoft.virtualize.listener.grpc-<version>.jar file.
Click Apply.
Restart Virtualize.

Command Line Installation

Add the com.parasoft.soavirt.listener.grpc-<version>.jar file to the system.properties.classpath property in your settings properties file. For example:

system.properties.classpath=<PATH_TO_JAR>/com.parasoft.soavirt.transport.grpc-1.0.jar

Usage

After installation, the gRPC Listener option will appear in the Virtual Asset Deployment Settings. The gRPC implementation can be used for all responders except SQL Responders.

Open the virtual asset settings and click the Transport tab.
Click the Custom tab and configure the listener settings (see Configuration). If your system has more than one custom extension, choose gRPC Lister from the Select implementation menu.

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Configuration

The listener can be configured as a producer, consumer, or both. To configure the listener as a producer only, leave the consumer configuration settings empty. To configure the listener as a consumer only, leave the producer configuration settings empty.

Connection Settings

Listen Port	Specify the listen port. Value must be between `1` and `65535`.
Service Name	Specify the service name.
Method Names	Specify the method name or names. Multiple entries must be separated by commas.
Method Type(s)	Specify the method type or types. Valid entries are `unary` or `stream`. Multiple entries must be separated by commas. The default is `unary`.

Injected Headers Settings

Method Header	Default is `gRPC-Method`.
Call ID Header	Default is `gRPC-Call-ID`.
Notification Header	Default is `gRPC-Notification`.

Transport Layer Security Settings

Auth Mechanism	Specify the authorization mechanism you want to use to connect to the gRPC server. Options are `SSL` and `insecure`. The default is `insecure`.
Certificate Chain File	This field is ignored when the Auth Mechanism is set to `insecure`.
Private Key File	This field is ignored when the Auth Mechanism is set to `insecure`.

Logging Settings

Log Level	Specify how much information you want logged to the console. The default is `2` (warn).

Third-party Content

This extension includes items that have been sourced from third parties as outlined below.

Additional license details are available in this plugin's licenses folder.