Blank Tests

WebPageTest Private Instances
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Hi,

I tried installing but after running the instances, it seems like they are all blank tests.

I am trying to get both the chrome and ie browser tests up, but it seems like wpt isn’t picking up the tests and it is showing as empty even though a test has already been queued. Any help for this?

Debug log:
2011/09/19 10:45:03 -1 0 1 0 0 URLBlast Started
2011/09/19 10:45:03 -1 0 1 4 0 CPU String Intel(R) Xeon™ CPU 2.80GHz
2011/09/19 10:45:03 -1 0 1 5 2788 CPU MHz
2011/09/19 10:45:03 -1 0 1 6 3919 Total RAM (MB)
2011/09/19 10:45:03 -1 0 1 7 104988 Disk Size (MB)
2011/09/19 10:45:03 -1 0 1 8 48041 Disk Free (MB)
2011/09/19 10:45:03 -1 0 1 9 5 OS Version Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (5.2.3790 SP 2.0 Suite 0x00000110 Product 3)
2011/09/19 10:45:03 -1 0 1 10 0 Computer Name TESTING-LAB
2011/09/19 10:45:03 -1 0 1 19 0 Info Screen: 1440 x 900 - 16 bpp
2011/09/19 10:45:03 -1 0 1 11 8 IE Version 8.0.6001.18702
2011/09/19 10:45:03 -1 0 1 12 291 URLBlast Version 2.2.0.291
2011/09/19 10:45:04 -1 0 1 20 0 Debug Running cmd /C “C:\wpt2.3\dummynet\ipfw.cmd” in C:\wpt2.3\dummynet
2011/09/19 10:45:04 -1 0 1 20 0 Debug Initializing WinPCap
2011/09/19 10:45:04 -1 0 1 20 0 Debug Current WinPCap Version: WinPcap version 4.1.2 (packet.dll version 4.1.0.2001), based on libpcap version 1.0 branch 1_0_rel0b (20091008)
2011/09/19 10:45:04 -1 0 1 20 0 Debug Initializing WinPCap Complete
2011/09/19 10:45:04 -1 0 1 20 0 Debug Waiting for startup synchronization
2011/09/19 10:45:04 -1 0 1 20 0 Debug Running…
2011/09/19 10:45:04 -1 0 1 20 0 Debug Requesting work from 10.19.61.187/work/getwork.php?location=Test_IE&key=TestKey123&pc=TESTING-LAB
2011/09/19 10:45:04 -1 0 1 20 0 Debug Job of type ‘text/plain’ received
2011/09/19 10:45:04 -1 0 1 20 0 Debug Work request response was empty
2011/09/19 10:45:20 -1 0 1 20 0 Debug Requesting work from 10.19.61.187/work/getwork.php?location=Test_IE&key=TestKey123&pc=TESTING-LAB
2011/09/19 10:45:20 -1 0 1 20 0 Debug Job of type ‘text/plain’ received
2011/09/19 10:45:20 -1 0 1 20 0 Debug Work request response was empty
2011/09/19 10:45:35 -1 0 1 20 0 Debug Requesting work from 10.19.61.187/work/getwork.php?location=Test_IE&key=TestKey123&pc=TESTING-LAB
2011/09/19 10:45:35 -1 0 1 20 0 Debug Job of type ‘text/plain’ received
2011/09/19 10:45:35 -1 0 1 20 0 Debug Work request response was empty
2011/09/19 10:45:51 -1 0 1 20 0 Debug Requesting work from 10.19.61.187/work/getwork.php?location=Test_IE&key=TestKey123&pc=TESTING-LAB
2011/09/19 10:45:51 -1 0 1 20 0 Debug Job of type ‘text/plain’ received
2011/09/19 10:45:51 -1 0 1 20 0 Debug Work request response was empty
2011/09/19 10:46:06 -1 0 1 20 0 Debug Requesting work from 10.19.61.187/work/getwork.php?location=Test_IE&key=TestKey123&pc=TESTING-LAB
2011/09/19 10:46:06 -1 0 1 20 0 Debug Job of type ‘text/plain’ received
2011/09/19 10:46:06 -1 0 1 20 0 Debug Work request response was empty
2011/09/19 10:46:22 -1 0 1 20 0 Debug Requesting work from 10.19.61.187/work/getwork.php?location=Test_IE&key=TestKey123&pc=TESTING-LAB
2011/09/19 10:46:22 -1 0 1 20 0 Debug Job of type ‘text/plain’ received
2011/09/19 10:46:22 -1 0 1 20 0 Debug Work request response was empty
2011/09/19 10:46:37 -1 0 1 20 0 Debug Requesting work from 10.19.61.187/work/getwork.php?location=Test_IE&key=TestKey123&pc=TESTING-LAB
2011/09/19 10:46:37 -1 0 1 20 0 Debug Job of type ‘text/plain’ received
2011/09/19 10:46:37 -1 0 1 20 0 Debug Work request response was empty
2011/09/19 10:46:39 -1 0 1 20 0 Debug OnClose()
2011/09/19 10:46:40 -1 0 1 20 0 Debug Stop Capture
2011/09/19 10:46:40 -1 0 1 1 1 Log Files Upload
2011/09/19 10:46:40 -1 0 1 4 0 CPU String Intel(R) Xeon™ CPU 2.80GHz
2011/09/19 10:46:40 -1 0 1 5 2788 CPU MHz
2011/09/19 10:46:40 -1 0 1 6 3919 Total RAM (MB)
2011/09/19 10:46:40 -1 0 1 7 104988 Disk Size (MB)
2011/09/19 10:46:40 -1 0 1 8 48041 Disk Free (MB)
2011/09/19 10:46:40 -1 0 1 9 5 OS Version Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (5.2.3790 SP 2.0 Suite 0x00000110 Product 3)
2011/09/19 10:46:40 -1 0 1 10 0 Computer Name TESTING-LAB
2011/09/19 10:46:40 -1 0 1 19 0 Info Screen: 1440 x 900 - 16 bpp
2011/09/19 10:46:40 -1 0 1 11 8 IE Version 8.0.6001.18702
2011/09/19 10:46:40 -1 0 1 12 291 URLBlast Version 2.2.0.291

urlBlast.ini:
[Configuration]
Startup Delay=30
Log File=c:\wpt2.3\log
Timeout=60
Reboot Interval=0
Clear Cache Interval=30
browser=pagetest.exe
Use Current Account=1
debug=1

; Where to get work from
Url Files Url=http://10.19.61.187/work/
Location=Test_IE
Location Key=TestKey123

locations.ini:
[locations]
1=Test_loc
default=Test_loc

[Test_loc]
1=IE_8
2=chrome
default=IE_8
label=“10.19.61.187/localhost”

[IE_8]
browser=IE 8
;browserExe=pagetest.exe
latency=0
label=“10.19.61.187/localhost”
localDir=“C:\xampp\htdocs\www\webpagetest\work”
key=TestKey123

[chrome]
browser=chrome
;browserExe=pagetest.exe
latency=0
label=“10.19.61.187/localhost”
localDir=“C:\xampp\htdocs\www\webpagetest\work”
key=TestKey123

wptdriver.ini:

[WebPagetest]
url=http://10.19.61.187/
location=chrome
Key=TestKey123

[chrome]
exe=“C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe”
options=“–load-extension=C:\wpt2.3\extension --user-data-dir=C:\wpt2.3\chrome_cache --new-window --no-proxy-server --no-first-run --no-default-browser-check”
cache=C:\wpt2.3\chrome_cache

Thanks so much!

Regards,
Jonathan

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Does the web server have permissions to write to the work/jobs directory on the server?

If you stop the agent from running and submit some tests, do you see files show up in work/jobs/chrome and work/jobs/IE_8?

What you are describing sounds very much like a permissions problem on the server.

Thanks,

-Pat

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I see files showing up on work/jobs/IE_8 but not work/jobs/chrome. A uniqueID.dat also shows up outside the two folders. This is done after disabling the agent.

During startup for the agent, I have ipfw.cmd, urlBlast and wptdriver exceuted.

Is there anything that I missed?

Thanks so much!

Jonathan

4

can you start up the agents, wait a little bit and then grab the /getwork.php requests from the access log on the server?

5

oh, don’t know why I didn’t catch it. urlblast.ini, the location needs to be IE_8 and match the configuration in locations.ini. The chrome configuration looks like it should work.

Thanks,

-Pat

6

Thank pmeenan! It is working fine right now.

By the way, I want to ask what does installing the Chrome Frame do? Never quite understood its usage.

Regards,
Jonathan

7

Chrome Frame is an interesting concept where it runs the chrome browser inside of IE itself (sharing IE’s cache, cookies, etc). It dynamically switches renderers based on hints from websites and is really useful for IT departments that have to keep using IE 6 for SAP or something like that. It lets them effectively use Chrome for most browsing and fall back to IE’s renderer for internal sites that ONLY work with IE6.

8

Oh I see.

Thanks so much for all your help pmeenan!

Jonathan