System testing from production transactions

A system comprising:

• a production processing system;
• a test processing system;
• and
• a computing system having access to the production processing system and the test processing system over a network, wherein the computing system comprises at least one processor and at least one storage device that stores instructions that, when executed, configure the at least one processor to:
• determine an initial state of the production processing system comprising a load balancing system that distributes a transaction load across a plurality of application servers, and wherein to determine the initial state, the instructions configure the at least one processor to communicate, over the network, with the production processing system,
• store the initial state of the production processing system in the at least one storage device,
• capture, based on network traffic monitored between a firewall and the load balancing system, information about a plurality of transactions executing across the plurality of application servers within the production processing system, wherein the information about the plurality of transactions includes information identifying hypertext transfer protocol requests and responses involving one or more of the plurality of application servers, and wherein to capture information, the instructions configure the at least one processor to generate, based on the network traffic monitored between the firewall and the load balancing system, extract files organized into hypertext transfer protocol (http) requests and responses across the plurality of application servers,
• store the extract files in the at least one storage device,
• configure, based on the initial state of a production processing system, the test processing system comprising a test load balancing system that distributes a test transaction load across a plurality of test application servers, and wherein to configure the test processing system, the instructions configure the at least one processor to communicate, over the network, with the test processing system,
• deploy, within the test processing system, source code not included in the production processing system,
• generate, based on the information included within the stored extract files about the plurality of transactions executing across the plurality of application servers within the production processing system, a replay test script, wherein the replay test script comprises a replay of the plurality of transactions, and wherein to generate the replay test script the instructions configure the at least one processor to update, without requiring input from a user, at least some of the extract files to include information pertinent to a testing scenario and to disregard at least some of the extract files not pertinent to the testing scenario,
• merge, into the replay test script, a new set of transactions not included within the plurality of transactions, wherein the new set of transactions are based on a new use case for the source code not included in the production processing system, and
• configure the test processing system to execute the replay test script.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, configure at least one processor of a system to:

• determine an initial state of a production processing system comprising a load balancing system that distributes a transaction load across a plurality of application servers, wherein to determine the initial state, the instructions configure the at least one processor to communicate, over a network, with the production processing system;
• store the initial state of the production processing system in storage included within the system;
• capture, based on network traffic monitored between a firewall and the load balancing system, information about a plurality of transactions executing across the plurality of application servers within the production processing system, wherein the information about the plurality of transactions includes information identifying hypertext transfer protocol requests and responses involving one or more of the plurality of application servers, and wherein to capture information, the instructions configure the at least one processor to generate, based on the network traffic monitored between the firewall and the load balancing system, extract files organized into hypertext transfer protocol (http) requests and responses across the plurality of application servers;
• store the extract files in the storage included within the system;
• configure, based on the initial state of a production processing system, a test processing system comprising a test load balancing system that distributes a test transaction load across a plurality of test application servers, and wherein to configure test processing system, the instructions configure the at least one processor to communicate, over the network, with the test processing system;
• deploy, within the test processing system, source code not included in the production processing system, wherein to deploy the source code, the instructions configure the at least one processor to communicate, over the network, with the test processing system;
• generate, based on the information about the plurality of transactions executing across the plurality of application servers within the production processing system, a replay test script, wherein the replay test script comprises a replay of the plurality of transactions;
• merge, into the replay test script, a new set of transactions not included within the plurality of transactions, wherein the new set of transactions are based on a new use case for the source code not included in the production processing system;
• and
• configure the test processing system to execute the replay test script.