What is Cloud Testing and It's Challenges

Cloud Testing refers to the testing of resources such as hardware, software, etc. that are available on demand. Even the testing here can be viewed “as a service”. For cloud offerings, it is essential to make sure that the service (product) not only meets its functional requirements but also the non-functional requirements. With a range of applications in the cloud, it is now becoming essential to develop the Cloud Testing strategy. Cloud Testing is a Software Testing type that checks Cloud Computing services. Cloud computing is an internet-based platform that renders various computing services like hardware, software, and other computer-related services remotely.

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Challenges in Cloud Testing

Data Security and Privacy

Cloud applications being a multi-tenant in nature, risk of data theft is always remain. As a cloud testing strategy, users should be given an assurance about the safety of their data by suppliers.

Short notice period

Cloud providers give a short notice period of (1-2 weeks) to the existing customers about upgrades. This is a big problem when manually validating the changes to your SaaS application.

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Validating interface compatibility

With an upgrade in Cloud service provider, at times the external interface is also upgraded which is a challenge for some subscribers who are used to the older interface. Cloud (SaaS) subscribers need to ensure that the users can choose the interface version they wanted to work.

Data Migration

Data migration from one Cloud provider to another is a huge challenge as both providers may have different database schemas and it requires a lot of effort to understand the data fields, relationships and how are they mapped across SaaS application.

Enterprise Application Integration

Enterprise application integration requires data integration validation of both outbound and inbound data, from client network to SaaS application and vice versa. Data privacy calls for a thorough validation to ensure SaaS subscribers about the security and privacy of data.

Simulating live upgrade testing

Cloud testing's biggest challenge is to ensure that live upgrades do not impact the existing connected SaaS users.