Loopback testing

Loopback testing is a technique on non- z/OS platforms that allows you to test a communications link without actually linking to another machine.

You set up a connection between two queue managers as though they are on separate machines, but you test the connection by looping back to another process on the same machine. This technique means that we can test your communications code without requiring an active network.

The way you do so depends on which products and protocols we are using.

On Windows systems, we can use the "loopback" adapter.

Refer to the documentation for the products we are using for more information.

Parent topic: IBM MQ distributed queuing techniques