IxLoad VE Deployment Templates

Welcome to the official GitHub repository for Keysight IxLoad VE Deployment Templates.
This repository provides deployment configurations and templates for IxLoad VE, compatible with multiple cloud environments.

🖥️ Platforms

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

🔧 Configurations

This section includes .rxf configuration files tailored for specific AWS instance types:

c5.xlarge
c5n.xlarge

🚀 Deployment

Version 11.00 of IxLoad Virtual Edition is available on the AWS Marketplace split into two different products:

The IxLoad Virtual Edition product is split between the two above VMs. Please make sure that you subscribe to all of them before moving forward.

🔧 Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have the following:

AWS Account: An active AWS account with appropriate permissions.
IxLoad VE License: Ensure you have a valid license for IxLoad Virtual Edition.

📦 CloudFormation Templates

Located in aws/Deployment/CloudFormation/IxLoad-FullDeployment and aws/Deployment/CloudFormation/IxLoad-TestApplianceOnly, these JSON templates are organized into:

Demo Use Case: Full deployment including networking, security groups, etc.
Standalone Use Case: Similar to Demo, but allows parameter customization (e.g., VPC CIDR)
Add-On Use Case: Designed to integrate with existing infrastructure

🧪 Example #1: Deploying a Demo Use Case Template with one Virtual IxLoad VE Client + two Virtual Test Appliance

Resources Created:

1x IxLoad VE Client
2x Virtual Test Appliance
A dedicated VPC network
Subnet and firewall rules for SSH, RDP and test traffic
External IP address (optional)

To deploy a full IxLoad VE environment using a CloudFormation template for Virtual Test Appliance use cases:

aws cloudformation create-stack \
  --stack-name AWS-2-VTA-Demo \
  --template-body file://aws/Deployment/CloudFormation/IxLoad-FullDeployment/AWS-2-VTA-Demo-Use-Case.json

This method is applicable for all templates that deploy from 2 up to 14 Virtual Test Appliances

🧷 Example #2: Deploying an Add-On Use Case Template with one IxLoad VE Client and two Virtual Test Appliance

This adds a the IxLoad VE Client and a Virtual Test Appliance to an existing infrastructure (e.g., VPC, subnets).

Resources Created:

1x IxLoad VE Client
2x Virtual Test Appliance
Firewall rules for SSH, RDP and test traffic
External IP address (optional)

For Virtual Test Appliance use cases:

aws cloudformation create-stack \
  --stack-name AWS-2-VTA-Add-On \
  --template-body file://aws/Deployment/CloudFormation/IxLoad-FullDeployment/AWS-2-VTA-Add-On-Use-Case.json

📋 Notes

Ensure the AWS CLI is configured with appropriate credentials and region.
Replace file paths and parameter files with your actual paths if different.

🧪 Example #3: Deploying a Demo Use Case Template with one Virtual Test Appliance

Resources Created:

1x Virtual Test Appliance
A dedicated VPC network
Firewall rules for SSH, RDP and test traffic
External IP address (optional)

For Virtual Test Appliance use cases:

aws cloudformation create-stack \
  --stack-name AWS-1-VTA-Demo \
  --template-body file://aws/Deployment/CloudFormation/IxLoad-TestApplianceOnly/AWS-1-VTA-Demo-Use-Case.json

This method is applicable for all templates that deploy from 1 up to 2 Virtual Test Appliances

🧪 Example #4: Deploying an Add-On Use Case Template with one Virtual Test Appliance

Resources Created:

1x Virtual Test Appliance
Firewall rules for SSH, RDP and test traffic
External IP address (optional)

For Virtual Test Appliance use cases:

aws cloudformation create-stack \
  --stack-name AWS-1-VTA-Add-On \
  --template-body file://aws/Deployment/CloudFormation/IxLoad-TestApplianceOnly/AWS-1-VTA-Add-On-Use-Case.json

📋 Notes

Ensure the AWS CLI is configured with appropriate credentials and region.
Replace file paths and parameter files with your actual paths if different.

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

🔧 Configurations

This folder contains several IxLoad VE .rxf configurations that can be used on their respective instance sizes. We have 4 different folders:

C2-STANDARD-4
C2-STANDARD-8
C2-STANDARD-16

🚀 Deployment

Version 11.00 of IxLoad Virtual Edition is available on the GCP Marketplace here:

Keysight IxLoad Virtual Edition Marketplace

This product contains both the IxLoad VE Client and Virtual Test Appliance as part of the product subscription.

🔧 Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have the following:

GCP Account: An active GCP account with appropriate permissions.
GCP CLI: Installed and configured with your credentials. Install GCP CLI
IxLoad VE License: Ensure you have a valid license for IxLoad Virtual Edition.

📦 Deployment Manager Templates

Located in google-cloud-platform/Deployment/DeploymentManager/IxLoad-FullDeployment and google-cloud-platform/Deployment/DeploymentManager/IxLoad-TestApplianceOnly, these JINJA templates are organized into:

Demo Use Case: Full deployment including networking, security groups, etc.

🧪 Example #1: Deploying a Demo Use Case Template with one IxLoad VE Client and one Virtual Test Appliance

Resources Created:

1x IxLoad VE Client
1x Virtual Test Appliance
A dedicated VPC network
Subnet and firewall rules for SSH, RDP and test traffic
External IP address (optional)

Parameters (via schema):

project_id: GCP project where resources will be deployed
region: GCP region for the deployment
zone: GCP zone for the VM instance
vpc_name: Name of the VPC network
subnet_name: Name of the subnet
instance_name: Name of the VM instance
machine_type: GCP machine type
external_ip: Boolean to assign an external IP
network_tags: Optional tags for firewall rules

🚀 Deployment Steps:

Open Cloud Shell in the Google Cloud Console.
Upload the .jinja and .schema files.
Run the deployment command for Virtual Test Appliance use cases:

gcloud deployment-manager deployments create GCP-1-VTA-Demo-Use-Case --template GCP-1-VTA-Demo-Use-Case.jinja

🧪 Example #2: Deploying a Demo Use Case Template with one Virtual IxLoad Client and two Virtual Test Appliances

Resources Created:

1x IxLoad VE Client
2x Virtual Test Appliances
A dedicated VPC network
Subnet and firewall rules for SSH, RDP and test traffic
External IP addresses (optional)

Parameters (via schema):

project_id: GCP project where resources will be deployed
region: GCP region for the deployment
zone: GCP zone for the VM instances
vpc_name: Name of the VPC network
subnet_name: Name of the subnet
client_instance_name: Name of the IxLoad VE Client VM
appliance1_instance_name: Name of the first Test Appliance VM
appliance2_instance_name: Name of the second Test Appliance VM
machine_type: GCP machine type
external_ip: Boolean to assign external IPs
network_tags: Optional tags for firewall rules

🚀 Deployment Steps:

Open Cloud Shell in the Google Cloud Console.
Upload the .jinja and .schema files.
Run the deployment command for Virtual Test Appliance use cases:

gcloud deployment-manager deployments create GCP-2-VTA-Demo-Use-Case --template GCP-2-VTA-Demo-Use-Case.jinja

🧪 Example #3: Deploying a Demo Use Case Template with one Virtual Test Appliance

Resources Created:

1x Virtual Test Appliance
A dedicated VPC network
Subnet and firewall rules for SSH and test traffic
External IP address (optional)

Parameters (via schema):

project_id: GCP project where resources will be deployed
region: GCP region for the deployment
zone: GCP zone for the VM instance
vpc_name: Name of the VPC network
subnet_name: Name of the subnet
instance_name: Name of the Test Appliance VM
machine_type: GCP machine type
external_ip: Boolean to assign an external IP
network_tags: Optional tags for firewall rules

🚀 Deployment Steps:

Open Cloud Shell in the Google Cloud Console.
Upload the .jinja and .schema files.
Run the deployment command for Virtual Test Appliance use cases:

gcloud deployment-manager deployments create GCP-1-VTA-Demo-Use-Case --template GCP-1-VTA-Demo-Use-Case.jinja

🧪 Example #4: Deploying a Demo Use Case Template with two Virtual Test Appliances

Resources Created:

2x Virtual Test Appliances
A dedicated VPC network
Subnet and firewall rules for SSH and test traffic
External IP addresses (optional)

Parameters (via schema):

project_id: GCP project where resources will be deployed
region: GCP region for the deployment
zone: GCP zone for the VM instances
vpc_name: Name of the VPC network
subnet_name: Name of the subnet
appliance1_instance_name: Name of the first Test Appliance VM
appliance2_instance_name: Name of the second Test Appliance VM
machine_type: GCP machine type (e.g., n1-standard-4)
external_ip: Boolean to assign external IPs
network_tags: Optional tags for firewall rules

🚀 Deployment Steps:

Open Cloud Shell in the Google Cloud Console.
Upload the .jinja and .schema files.
Run the deployment command for Virtual Test Appliance use cases:

gcloud deployment-manager deployments create GCP-2-VTA-Demo-Use-Case --template GCP-2-VTA-Demo-Use-Case.jinja

Microsoft Azure

🔧 Configurations

This folder contains one IxLoad Virtual Edition configuration for your use cases.

🚀 Deployment

Version 11.00 of IxLoad Virtual Edition is available on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace here:

Keysight IxLoad Virtual Edition Marketplace

This product contains both the IxLoad VE Client and Virtual Test Appliance as part of the product subscription.

🔧 Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have the following:

Azure Account: An active Azure account with appropriate permissions.
Azure CLI: Installed and configured with your credentials. Install Azure CLI or Cloud Shell
IxLoad VE License: Ensure you have a valid license for IxLoad Virtual Edition.

📦 Deployment Manager Templates

Located in microsoft-azure/Deployment/AzureResourceManager/IxLoad-FullDeployment and microsoft-azure/Deployment/AzureResourceManager/IxLoad-TestApplianceOnly, these ARM templates are organized into:

Demo Use Case: Full deployment including networking, security groups, etc.
Add-On Use Case: Designed to integrate with existing infrastructure

🧪 Example #1: Deploying a Demo Use Case Template with one Virtual IxLoad VE Client and one Virtual Test Appliance

Resources Created:

1x IxLoad VE Client
1x Virtual Test Appliance
A dedicated VNET network
Subnet and firewall rules for SSH, RDP and test traffic
External IP address (optional)

🚀 Deployment Steps:

Open Cloud Shell in the Azure Cloud Console.
Upload the Paramters and Template files.
Run the deployment command for Virtual Test Appliance use cases:

az deployment group create --name IxLoad-demo-01 --resource-group IxLoad-demo-01 --template-file Azure-VTA-1-Arm_Demo_Use_Case_Template.json--parameters Azure-VTA-1-Arm_Demo_Use_Case_Parameters.json

🧪 Example #2: Deploying a Add On Use Case Template with one IxLoad VE Client and one Virtual Test Appliances

Resources Created:

1x IxLoad VE Client
1x Virtual Test Appliances
Firewall rules for SSH, RDP and test traffic
External IP addresses (optional)

🚀 Deployment Steps:

Open Cloud Shell in the Azure Cloud Console.
Upload the Paramters and Template files.
Run the deployment command for Virtual Test Appliance use cases:

az deployment group create --name IxLoad-addon-01 --resource-group IxLoad-addon-01 --template-file Azure-VTA-1-Arm_Add-On_Use_Case_Template.json  --parameters Azure-VTA-1-Arm_Add-On_Use_Case_Parameters.json

🧪 Example #3: Deploying a Demo Use Case Template with one Virtual Test Appliance

Resources Created:

1x Virtual Test Appliance
A dedicated VPC network
Subnet and firewall rules for SSH, RDP and test traffic
External IP address (optional)

🚀 Deployment Steps:

Open Cloud Shell in the Azure Cloud Console.
Upload the Paramters and Template files.
Run the deployment command for Virtual Test Appliance use cases:

az deployment group create --name IxLoad-demo-02 --resource-group IxLoad-demo-02 --template-file Azure-VTA-1-Arm_Demo_Use_Case_Template.json --parameters Azure-VTA-1-Arm_Demo_Use_Case_Parameters.json

🧪 Example #4: Deploying a Add On Use Case Template with one Virtual Test Appliance

Resources Created:

1x Virtual Test Appliance
Firewall rules for SSH, RDP and test traffic
External IP addresses (optional)

🚀 Deployment Steps:

Open Cloud Shell in the Azure Cloud Console.
Upload the Paramters and Template files.
Run the deployment command for Virtual Test Appliance use cases:

az deployment group create --name IxLoad-addon-02 --resource-group IxLoad-addon-02 --template-file Azure-VTA-1-Arm_Add-On_Use_Case_Template.json  --parameters Azure-VTA-1-Arm_Add-On_Use_Case_Parameters.json

About IxLoad VE Heat Templates

Introduction

Welcome to the GitHub repository for Keysight IxLoad VE deployment guide using OpenStack Heat Templates.

To start using IxLoad VE's Heat templates and yaml configuration, please refer the README files in each individual directory and decide on which template to start with from the below list.

Prerequisites

The prerequisites are:

IxLoad VE Virtual Chassis, IxLoad VE Virtual Load Module and IxLoad VE Virtual Test Appliance qcow2 images extracted and uploaded into OpenStack Glance Server (images)
OpenStack setup and account for running your tests
Flavors created for the Virtual Chassis, Virtual Test Appliance and Virtual Load Module:
- IxLoad VE Virtual Chassis: 4GB RAM, 2vCPUs and 8GB Disk
- IxLoad VE Virtual Load Module: 4GB RAM, 2 vCPUs and 4GB Disk
- IxLoad VE Virtual Test Appliance: 4GB RAM, 2 vCPUs and 8GB Disk

Specialized knowledge

Before you deploy these templates, we recommend that you become familiar with the following notions:

[OpenStack Flavors] https://docs.openstack.org/nova/rocky/user/flavors.html
[OpenStack Glance Image Service] https://docs.openstack.org/glance/latest/
[OpenStack Nova Compute Service] https://docs.openstack.org/nova/latest/
[OpenStack Heat Templates] https://docs.openstack.org/heat/latest/ Note: If you are new to OpenStack, see Getting Started with OpenStack.

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IxLoad VE Deployment Templates

🖥️ Platforms

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

🔧 Configurations

🚀 Deployment

🔧 Prerequisites

📦 CloudFormation Templates

🧪 Example #1: Deploying a Demo Use Case Template with one Virtual IxLoad VE Client + two Virtual Test Appliance

🧷 Example #2: Deploying an Add-On Use Case Template with one IxLoad VE Client and two Virtual Test Appliance

📋 Notes

🧪 Example #3: Deploying a Demo Use Case Template with one Virtual Test Appliance

🧪 Example #4: Deploying an Add-On Use Case Template with one Virtual Test Appliance

📋 Notes

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

🔧 Configurations

🚀 Deployment

This product contains both the IxLoad VE Client and Virtual Test Appliance as part of the product subscription.

🔧 Prerequisites

📦 Deployment Manager Templates

🧪 Example #1: Deploying a Demo Use Case Template with one IxLoad VE Client and one Virtual Test Appliance

🚀 Deployment Steps:

🧪 Example #2: Deploying a Demo Use Case Template with one Virtual IxLoad Client and two Virtual Test Appliances

🚀 Deployment Steps:

🧪 Example #3: Deploying a Demo Use Case Template with one Virtual Test Appliance

🚀 Deployment Steps:

🧪 Example #4: Deploying a Demo Use Case Template with two Virtual Test Appliances

🚀 Deployment Steps:

Microsoft Azure

🔧 Configurations

🚀 Deployment

This product contains both the IxLoad VE Client and Virtual Test Appliance as part of the product subscription.

🔧 Prerequisites

📦 Deployment Manager Templates

🧪 Example #1: Deploying a Demo Use Case Template with one Virtual IxLoad VE Client and one Virtual Test Appliance

🚀 Deployment Steps:

🧪 Example #2: Deploying a Add On Use Case Template with one IxLoad VE Client and one Virtual Test Appliances

🚀 Deployment Steps:

🧪 Example #3: Deploying a Demo Use Case Template with one Virtual Test Appliance

🚀 Deployment Steps:

🧪 Example #4: Deploying a Add On Use Case Template with one Virtual Test Appliance

🚀 Deployment Steps:

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