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Test Execution Specialist Guide
This guide describes tasks that you must complete before you can configure and run tests in HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub). You can find information about configuring runs for the different test types that are supported. You can also find information about other tasks that you can perform on the Resource Monitoring Service, Virtualization, and Integrations with third-party applications. This guide is intended for testers or test execution specialists.
Integrations with other applications
You can integrate certain applications with HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) to run tests, view the test results, and create defects.
Integration with Azure DevOps
When you use Azure DevOps for continuous integration and continuous development of your application, you can run tests created for your application and available in a project on HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub), in Azure DevOps pipelines by using the HCL DevOps Test Hub extension.
Installing the HCL DevOps Test Hub extension
You must install the latest version of the HCL DevOps Test Hub extension in your Azure DevOps organization before you can use the extension for running your application tests in an Azure DevOps pipeline.

Test Execution Specialist Guide
This guide describes tasks that you must complete before you can configure and run tests in HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub). You can find information about configuring runs for the different test types that are supported. You can also find information about other tasks that you can perform on the Resource Monitoring Service, Virtualization, and Integrations with third-party applications. This guide is intended for testers or test execution specialists.
- System modeling
  You can use the system model feature on HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) to create a model that simulates an application or system under test. You can define components to represent the actual components in the system under test, define their relationships and then view the components in a system under test as a diagrammatic representation.
- Prerequisites to running tests
  Before you can run a test asset in a project on HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub), you must read the information about the different tests assets. You can add a remote static agent, Docker host, or Kubernetes cluster to the project and then select it as an alternate location to run the test assets.
- Management of agents
  You can find information about managing performance agents or API agents that you install on remote computers and then configure the remote agents to register with HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub). After the agents are registered, you can add them to your projects and then select them as locations to run tests or virtual services.
- Management of Docker hosts
  You can find information about the tasks that you can perform on remote Docker hosts. After you set up a remote Docker host, you can register the Docker host with HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub). You must then add the registered remote Docker host to your project before you can run tests on the remote Docker host location.
- Management of remote Kubernetes clusters
  You can find information about the tasks that you can perform on remote Kubernetes clusters. After you set up a remote Kubernetes cluster, you can register the external cluster with a team space on HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub). You must then add the remote cluster to a project before you run test assets or resources on the remote Kubernetes cluster.
- Management of mobile device cloud credentials
  You can find information about managing the credentials that are required to connect to mobile device clouds from HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub).
- Test run configurations
  You can configure and run tests in HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) after you add the test resources to your project in your team space.
- Configuration of test runs in a GitHub Actions Workflow
  You can configure test runs of test resources that are in a project repository of HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) in a GitHub Actions Workflow. You can choose to run test resources that are in your server project in the GitHub Workflow when you do not want to run the test resources without opening the Test Hub project.
- Configuration of a scan of an application code
  You can use HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) to scan your application code for security vulnerabilities similar to using the HCL® AppScan CodeSweep plugin to scan code in Visual Studio.
- Management of running tests
  Find information about the tasks that you can perform on a test that you configured for a run either while it runs or after it completes the run.
- Management of virtualized services
  You can find information about the tasks that you can perform on and manage the virtualized services that run on HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub). You can start or stop the virtual services that are available to Test Hub. You can view the routing rules and usage statistics of virtualized services, agents, or intercepts that are connected to Test Hub.
- Test results
  After the tests, Suites, or schedules are run and completed, you can view the results and open the reports in HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) to analyze the verdict, the performance, and statistics. You can also re-execute tests and schedules from the Results page with the same commit id.
- Machine learning capabilities in DevOps Test Hub
  HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) uses Machine learning (ML) algorithms to analyze tests that match certain requirements and criteria, and then presents the findings as insights and recommendations after the tests are run. You can use the insights and recommendations to interpret the test results and identify the problem areas in the system under test.
- Resource monitoring
  When you apply load to a system under test, the amount of resources consumed by your system is increasing. If the capacity of the resources does not match the load, you can see performance issues in the results. Resource monitoring in HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) helps you monitoring the resources of a system and establish the performance metrics and usage data of the system. Thus, you can observe the health of these resources while a schedule is running.
- Configuration of a change management system
  When you use any application to create and track defects (bugs), issues, or other work items, you can configure the application as a change management system on HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub). You can then create defects (bugs), issues, or other work items without the need to open your application.
- Integrations with other applications
  You can integrate certain applications with HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) to run tests, view the test results, and create defects.
  - Integration plugin compatibility matrix
    You can find information about the versions of the integration plugin that are compatible with HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub).
  - Integration with Azure DevOps
    When you use Azure DevOps for continuous integration and continuous development of your application, you can run tests created for your application and available in a project on HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub), in Azure DevOps pipelines by using the HCL DevOps Test Hub extension.
    - Task flow for integrating DevOps Test Hub with Azure DevOps
      The table shows the task flow for integrating HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) with Azure DevOps by using the HCL DevOps Test Hub extension. You must perform these tasks in sequence as listed in the following table. The table also provides you the links to the information about the tasks.
    - Installing the HCL DevOps Test Hub extension
      You must install the latest version of the HCL DevOps Test Hub extension in your Azure DevOps organization before you can use the extension for running your application tests in an Azure DevOps pipeline.
    - Running DevOps Test Hub tests in an Azure DevOps Pipeline
      After you install the HCL DevOps Test Hub extension in your organization, you can run tests that are available in HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) as a job in Azure DevOps pipelines.
  - Integration with HCL DevOps Deploy
    You can integrate HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) with HCL DevOps Deploy (Deploy) to run test assets as a Process from Deploy.
  - Integration with IBM® DevOps Deploy
    You can integrate HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) with IBM® DevOps Deploy (Deploy) to run test assets as a Process from Deploy.
  - Integration with IBM® Engineering Test Management
    As a Project Owner, you can integrate Engineering Test Management as a quality management solution with HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub). You can run test assets that are available in a project from Engineering Test Management.
  - Integration with Jenkins
    You can use the HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) plugin to integrate Test Hub with Jenkins. After you complete the integration, you can run tests assets that are available in a project of Test Hub from a Jenkins server.
  - Integration with Xray test management for Jira
    When you use Jira as a change management system on HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) and you use Xray as the test management application in Jira, you can integrate Xray with Test Hub. With this integration, you can export the test results of the tests that run on Test Hub to your Jira project. You can then view and use the test results in your project in Jira.
- Managing access to DevOps Test Hub
  Desktop clients and third-party integrations use offline user tokens to connect to HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub).
- Working with DevOps Test Hub REST services
  When you want to use the REST APIs of HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) in your test automation scripts, you can view the REST APIs that are exposed by Test Hub. You can also run the APIs from within your project in Test Hub.

Installing the HCL DevOps Test Hub extension

You must install the latest version of the HCL DevOps Test Hub extension in your Azure DevOps organization before you can use the extension for running your application tests in an Azure DevOps pipeline.

Before you begin

You must have access to the Visual Studio Marketplace portal to install the latest version of the HCL DevOps Test Hub extension.

About this task

After you install the latest version of the HCL DevOps Test Hub extension from the Visual Studio Marketplace portal in your Azure DevOps organization, you can select the tests that you want to run for your application in an Azure DevOps pipeline by using the HCL DevOps Test Hub extension.

Procedure

Log in to the Visual Studio Marketplace portal, if you are not already logged in.
Click the Azure DevOps tab.
Search for the HCL DevOps Test Hub extension.
Click HCL DevOps Test Hub extension.
Click Get it free.

The Visual Studio Marketplace portal for the HCL DevOps Test Hub extension is displayed.
Select the organization where you want to run your test from the Select an Azure DevOps Organization list.
Click Install.

The installation is completed.
Click Proceed to organization.

The Organization page in Azure DevOps is displayed.
Click Organization settings > Extensions.

The HCL DevOps Test Hub extension is displayed as an installed extension.

Results

You have installed the HCL DevOps Test Hub extension in your Azure DevOps organization.

What to do next

You can run tests that are available in Test Hub as a job in an Azure DevOps pipeline. See Running tests in an Azure DevOps Pipeline.