+1 -- thanks Jonathan! On Sat, May 11, 2019 at 8:52 AM Dave Neuman <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is awesome, thanks Jonathan! > > On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 20:34 Gray, Jonathan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Greetings all, > > > > > > > > I’ve submitted a new PR > https://github.com/apache/trafficcontrol/pull/3567 > > . This adds a new testing component to the Apache Traffic Control > > repository named fakeOrigin. One of the challenges I’ve encountered with > > certain kinds of testing is that in the Apache Traffic Control world an > > origin is just a webserver and everything is a file. When it comes to > > streaming video, an additional set of knowledge becomes relevant around > > transcoding and packaging to create or interpret the files under the > hood. > > fakeOrigin is designed to be simple to get going and facilitate some of > > these more advanced video subjects using any CLI tools of your choosing > > such as ffmpeg if you so desire. It already comes with support for some > > common RFC needed to test CDN caching, HTTPS support, flexible header > > responses, and an optional in-memory object cache. Additionally if you > > make use of an external transcoder/packager and the HLS manifest format, > > fakeOrigin is able to handle intercepting and rewriting of LIVE manifests > > on the fly to create endlessly looping playback as well as a transcoding > > cache to improve startup times. I hope this is of use to other as it has > > been for me and am interested in seeing how it evolves with new use cases > > from our community. I also want to give a special thank you to @rob05c > for > > the assistance and collaboration in developing this. > > > > > > > > Jonathan G > > >
