:Use Alibaba Cloud Toolkit to test microservices

Configure and start a registry

Start a local registry for a provider application

1. Open a provider project in IntelliJ IDEA.

2. In the top navigation bar of IntelliJ IDEA, choose File > Settings.

3. In the Settings dialog box, choose Alibaba Cloud Toolkit > Microservice > Microservice.

4. On the registry configuration page, select Use Local Registry, select a registry type, and then click Start.

   After the configuration is complete, Local registry started appears in the Local Registry dialog box.

Configure a custom registry for a consumer application

1. Open a consumer project in IntelliJ IDEA.

2. In the top navigation bar of IntelliJ IDEA, choose File > Settings.

3. In the Settings dialog box, choose Alibaba Cloud Toolkit > Microservice > Microservice.

4. On the registry configuration page, select Join Self-managed Nacos Registry, enter the IP address of the registry in the text box, and then click OK.

Test microservices

This section describes how to test microservices. A Dubbo microservice is used in the example. The procedure for testing HSF microservices is the same as that for testing Dubbo microservices.

1. Extract the Dubbo interface as a project or a subproject. Then, test the microservice in this interface project.

2. Open the interface file in the interface project. Right-click the interface name and choose Alibaba Cloud > Microservice Tools > Test.

3. In the Microservice Test dialog box, configure the parameters for testing and click Start to Test.

   Parameter	Description
   Registry	After you select Join Custom Registry on the registry configuration page, the registry information is automatically entered. If the registry is not configured, you must enter the address of the registry in the IP address:Port format, such as 127.0.0.1:8080.
   Service Type	Select the type of your microservice framework from the drop-down list. Valid values: DUBBO and HSF. The feature of testing microservices in the Spring Cloud framework is being developed.
   Service Version	In the address bar of your browser, enter http://localhost:8080/. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Service Management > Services. Then, view the microservice version in the microservice name. For example, if the service name is providers:com.dubbo.example.DemoService:1.0.0:dubbo, the microservice version is 1.0.0.
   Service Group	In the address bar of your browser, enter http://localhost:8080/. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Service Management > Services. Then, view the microservice group in the microservice name. For example, if the service name is providers:com.dubbo.example.DemoService:1.0.0:dubbo, the microservice group is dubbo.
   Code Editor of Test Command	The sample code snippet in the test command briefly describes how to obtain the microservices. You cannot edit or modify the sample code snippet. In the section for editing custom code, you can enter custom code for testing. The following code provides an example: String hello = demoservice.sayHello("edas"); System.out.println(hello);