eXpServer Tester Utility

A robust testing framework for server implementation, featuring an interactive UX and a scalable bakcend using WebSockets and Dockerized test execution. Designed to help students validate their server implementation through automated blackbox testing

Overview

The project provides:

• Easy to use frontend interface for the student to submit and test their code
• A high-concurrency WebSocket-based backend architecture that executes student submitted binaries in isolated Docker containers and streams their test feedback

Note This system is built exclusively to act as a testing utility for eXpServer

Key Features

• Frontend

  • Real-time test progress visualization
  • Real-time CPU and MEM usage visualization
  • Student friendly interface for binary uploads
  • Results overview with pass/fail status and additional information

• Backend

  • WebSocket-based producer-subscriber architecture
  • Docker container isolation for each binary execution
  • Blackbox testing
  • Stage-wise validation
  • Concurrent test execution support
  • Heavy focus on availability

Installation

• Frontend
• Backend

Authors

• Diljith P D
• Mayank Gupta