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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 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.
Installing the Test Hub Jenkins plugin
Before you can run the tests that are available in your HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) project on the Jenkins server, you must install the Test Hub Jenkins plugin on the Jenkins server.

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.
  - 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.
    - Task flows for running test assets from Jenkins
      You can perform certain tasks to run test assets from the Jenkins Freestyle project or the Pipeline project.
    - Installing the Test Hub Jenkins plugin
      Before you can run the tests that are available in your HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) project on the Jenkins server, you must install the Test Hub Jenkins plugin on the Jenkins server.
    - Using a custom trust store
      You must use a custom trust store in the Jenkins build to establish a trusted and secure connection between the Jenkins server and HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub).
    - Configuring the Freestyle project
      You must configure a Freestyle project to add a build step, and then run tests that are available in your HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) project from Jenkins.
    - Creating a pipeline script from Jenkins
      You must create a pipeline script to run test assets that are available in the HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) project from the Jenkins Pipeline project.
    - Configuring the Pipeline project by using the sample script
      You can configure a Pipeline project directly from the Jenkins UI by using the sample pipeline scripts to run test assets from Jenkins.
    - Configuring the Pipeline project by using the script from SCM
      You can configure the Pipeline project to use the pipeline script from the Source Code Management (SCM), and then run test assets that are available in the HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) project from the Jenkins Pipeline project.
    - Running tests from Jenkins
      You can run test assets either from the Jenkins Freestyle or the Pipeline project on the Jenkins server to test an application under test.
  - 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 Test Hub Jenkins plugin

Before you can run the tests that are available in your HCL DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) project on the Jenkins server, you must install the Test Hub Jenkins plugin on the Jenkins server.

Before you begin

You must have completed the following tasks:

Installed Jenkins on your computer. For more information about installing Jenkins, refer to the Jenkins documentation.
Downloaded the Test Hub Jenkins plugin from the HCL® License & Delivery portal.

For more information about specific versions of plugin, see Integration plugin compatibility matrix.

Procedure

Log in to the Jenkins server.
The Jenkins dashboard is displayed.
Click Manage Jenkins > Manage Plugins.
Click the Advanced tab.
Click Choose File from the Upload plugin section to locate and Open the Test Hub Jenkins plugin.
Click Upload.

The Test Hub Jenkins plugin is displayed in the Installed tab.

Results

You have installed the Test Hub Jenkins plugin on the Jenkins server.

What to do next

You must import the CA certificate to your custom trust store to establish a trusted and secure connection between the Jenkins server and Test Hub. See Using a custom trust store.