Autobahn|Testsuite is implemented in Python. It should run anywhere where Python is available.
You will need:
Recommended is using the latest Python 2.7 release, Python 2.6 works also fine, but Python 3 doesn't.
Note
On Windows, unless you have a specific requirement and know what you are doing, a 32-bit Python is recommended.
For best performance, you should run on PyPy.
On Windows, for better performance, you might want to run Twisted under IOCP reactor. For that, you will need
If you want to do tests involving secure WebSocket (wss), you will need
Open a command shell, and install from Python package index:
pip install autobahntestsuite
Doing so automatically downloads and installs everything needed including any dependencies.
Alternatively, install from sources:
git clone git://github.com/crossbario/autobahn-testsuite.git cd AutobahnTestSuite git checkout v0.6.1 cd autobahntestsuite python setup.py install
Note
Caution: Do NOT use current HEAD, but a tagged release like above.
To test your installation, open a command shell and do:
wstest --help
wstest is the Autobahn|Testsuite executable and installed in a system-wide location, i.e. on Windows under
C:\Python27\Scripts\wstest.exe
Note
If wstest cannot be found on your command line, make sure you have the Python Scripts path in your PATH.