Solution-Soft Unveils Enhanced Time Machine® Operator per Customer Request
With the Automated Configuration Capabilities, it Makes Critical Testing a Breeze
SANTA CLARA, CA, August 5, 2025 – SolutionSoft Systems Inc., a leader in time travel testing, proudly announces a major enhancement to its Time Machine Operator, introducing automation for targeted deployment configuration within OpenShift environments.
Previously a manual process, Time Machine Operator now automates key configuration steps required for deployments that need to integrate with Time Machine. These enhancements significantly reduce human error, deployment time, and operational overhead.
The Time Machine Operator now automatically performs actions such as mounting the shared Persistent Volume Claim (PVC), or applying and managing the appropriate ConfigMap.
This automation is particularly important because Time Machine operates at the namespace level. That means every deployment within the same namespace as the Time Machine pod will perceive the simulated virtual time (provided it is properly configured) all without requiring any changes to the base container image. This makes Time Machine integration easy and non-intrusive.
"Although manual configuration steps for one namespace is simple and quick, it becomes a challenge when you have thousands of namespaces! This is exactly why our customer made such an automation enhancement request as they have more than thirteen hundred OpenShift namespaces within their cluster! We appreciate their suggestion and are happy to deliver the solution for all of our customers" said Paul Wang, Chief Technology Officer at Solution-Soft.
To achieve this automation, Solution-Soft leveraged the Operator controller pattern, a Kubernetes native approach to extend and automate cluster behavior. The Time Machine Operator includes a custom controller that continuously monitors deployments, identifies those labeled for Time Machine use, and dynamically applies the necessary configuration, thus ensuring they are immediately ready to operate with simulated time.
"This upgrade represents a major milestone in simplifying time-shifted test environments in orchestrated platforms," added Paul Wang, CTO. "By leveraging Operator-controller automation, we enable seamless integration and scalability across our customers' CI/CD pipelines."
The enhanced Operator further strengthens Time Machine’s value proposition as a vital tool for testing future or past date scenarios without modifying system clocks or restarting services — now with even more ease and reliability in dynamic, container-based environments.
About Time Machine
Software Virtual Clocks for Time Travel Testing. Simulate past and future dates effortlessly with Time Machine®, enabling comprehensive testing of your date- and time-sensitive applications. Ideal for validating critical business processes like quarter-end and year-end processing, billing cycles, regulatory compliance (including Year 2038), and policy lifecycles during integration, upgrades, virtualization, cloud migration, and containerization. Eliminate the risks and downtime associated with system clock resets in complex environments like Active Directory and Kerberos.
About Solution-Soft
The Leader in Virtual Clock and Time Travel Testing Solutions
Since 1997, Solution-Soft has been at the forefront of virtual clock software and time travel testing solutions, empowering organizations in the ever-evolving digital world. Our flagship product, Time Machine, has revolutionized application testing, enabling thousands of companies, including 47 of the Fortune 100 US companies, to reduce costs and accelerate project delivery by an average of 3 – 10 times across traditional systems and containerized applications.
The Time Machine Product Suite extends these capabilities, optimizing cloud migration, test automation, Agile/DevOps, and containerization testing. Our latest innovation, Time Machine for Containers, supports standalone Docker containers and large-scale Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters (including a 16,000+ CPU core, 1,300+ namespace deployments).
Trusted by over 2,000 customers worldwide across diverse industries (including 3M, AMEX, BBC, Boeing, and more) and partnered with industry leaders like Accenture, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat, Solution-Soft, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, provides cutting-edge solutions for your time-sensitive testing needs. Learn more at www.solution-soft.com or call +1.408.346.1400.
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