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testRTC allows you to set your own machine profile variables when running test scripts via the APIs.

You can use machine profiles via the API to set the following parameters:

1. Browser: Choose the executed agents’ browser type and version.
2. Location: Choose the probes’ geographical location.
3. Media: Choose media (video and audio) that will be used in a test. You can choose based on the media resolution and bandwidth.
4. Network Profile: Choose the probes’ network profile. The network profile is composed of different criteria, such as the agents’ bandwidth, latency and drop packets percentage.
5. Firewall Profile: You can select the networking ports for both open and closed probes, as well as define packet filtering rules. The firewall profile allows you to simulate various networking setups, including different firewall and NAT rules.

Example values for a machine profile:

{
 "browser": "linux-chrome-stable",
  "location": "East-US",
  "media": "VOA-VGA.mp4",
  "network": "No throttling",
 "firewall": "FW_NO_FW",
}

Browser options

Choose one of the following values from the ‘Browser’ column and add it to your script as can be seen in the example above – “browser”: “linux-chrome-stable”

Location options

Choose one of the following values from the ‘Location’ column and add it to your script as can be seen in the example above – “location”: “East-US”

Media options

Choose one of the following values from the ‘Media’ column and add it to your script as can be seen in the example above – “media”: “VOA-VGA.mp4”

Network Profile options

Choose one of the following values from the ‘Profile’ column and add it to your script as can be seen in the example above – “network”: “No throttling”

Firewall Profile

Choose one of the following values from the ‘Firewall Profile’ column and add it to your script as can be seen in the example above – “firewall”: “FW_NO_FW”

For a detailed list of available firewall configurations, please refer to What are the test profile configurations?