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Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install the HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) software.
Configuration of DevOps Test Hub
You can find information about the tasks that you must perform after you installed HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) to configure Test Hub.
User administration
After you install HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub), you must consider how the software manages users and authentication.
Enabling the Sign up link on the Login page of DevOps Test Hub
You can enable the Sign up link when it is not visible on the Login page of HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) by using the Keycloak UI.

Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install the HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) software.
- Installation of DevOps Test Hub
  To get started working with HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub), you must first install Test Hub.
- DevOps Test Hub upgrade methods
  When you want to use the enhanced functionalities of HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub), you must upgrade Test Hub to the latest version.
- Migration of user data
  You can find information about the migration limitations and methods when you want to migrate data such as projects, test resources, configuration details of integrated applications, and so on. You can migrate data that is generated in an earlier version of HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) after you upgrade to or install the latest version, and then use that data in the latest version.
- Backup and restoration of the DevOps Test Hub data
  You must back up HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) data before you uninstall the current version of Test Hub or upgrade to the latest version. You must back up the data to avoid data loss or inaccessibility of data.
- Uninstallation of DevOps Test Hub
  When you no longer require HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub), you can uninstall Test Hub. You can uninstall Test Hub from the platform on which you installed Test Hub.
- Configuration of DevOps Test Hub
  You can find information about the tasks that you must perform after you installed HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) to configure Test Hub.
  - User administration
    After you install HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub), you must consider how the software manages users and authentication.
    - Enabling the Sign up link on the Login page of DevOps Test Hub
      You can enable the Sign up link when it is not visible on the Login page of HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) by using the Keycloak UI.
    - Default user administration
      You installed HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) and you want to know about how Test Hub manages user access.
    - LDAP user administration
      After you installed HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub), you can use a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol and Active Directory HTTP server to manage users and authentication. Some of the following best practices, can help you to use an LDAP/AD server to manage user access to Test Hub.
    - Managing account settings
      You might want to change your password or other settings for your account.
    - Configuration of multi-factor authentication in Keycloak
      As a Server Administrator, you can configure multi-factor authentication that is provided by Keycloak so that the authenticity of the users is validated when they sign in or log into Test Hub.
  - Managing third-party licenses
    When you want to manage your acceptance of any third-party license agreements, you can change them from your Account Settings page on HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub).
  - Certificate authority: Importing and extending lists
    When you want browsers and other applications to access HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub), you must enable browsers to trust the certificate authority (CA) of Test Hub. For some applications that integrate with Test Hub, you must also extend the CA lists that are trusted by the applications.
  - Copying third-party application Jars to Kubernetes
    You can run API Suites in a project on HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub). If the API Suite uses a transport and the transport requires third-party application Jar files for a successful run, you must ensure that the third-party application Jar files are available at the test run time. To achieve this, you must copy the third-party application Jar files to the computer where Test Hub is installed on Kubernetes.
  - Changing the password seed
    As an administrator, you can change the password seed that is used when you install HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) to provide enhanced security to Test Hub.
  - Server extensions
    You can run specific tests in HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) by enabling the server extensions.
- Team space administration
  You can find information about team spaces including the initial team space on HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) along with the tasks that you can perform to administer a team space.

Enabling the Sign up link on the Login page of DevOps Test Hub

You can enable the Sign up link when it is not visible on the Login page of HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) by using the Keycloak UI.

Before you begin

You must have completed the following tasks:

Installed Test Hub.
Assigned the role of a Keycloak Administrator.
Copied the URL of the Keycloak UI, username, and password on completion of the installation of server software.

About this task

The Sign up link on the Login page of Test Hub is not visible when you install Test Hub by using the default values. The Sign up link is hidden to provide the enhanced security to Test Hub. You can enable the Sign up link on the Login page when you want to provide self-registration of users in Test Hub.

You can enable the Sign up link on the Login page in two ways:

You can use the keycloak.signup.enabled parameter during the installation of Test Hub.

For more information about installing Test Hub by using the keycloak.signup.enabled parameter, see the Related information section.
You can use the Keycloak UI after the installation is complete.

For more information on Keycloak UI, see the Related information section.

The following procedure describes steps to be performed to enable the Sign up link by using Keycloak UI.

Procedure

Log in to the Keycloak Admin Console.
Click Realm Settings from the left navigation pane.
Click the Login tab.
Set User Registration to ON.
Click Save to apply the changes.

Results

You have enabled the Sign up link on the Login page of Test Hub. The Sign up link is now visible on the Login page of Test Hub.

What to do next

You can click the Sign up link to create an account in Test Hub.