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Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs). After you install the software, you can perform administration tasks such as configuration and integration of the product. This guide is intended for administrators.
Installation of DevOps Test Integrations and APIs
You can find information about installing HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) from the HCL DevOps Test Workbench or HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs package.
Installation considerations for DevOps Test Integrations and APIs
HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) is installed as part of the HCL DevOps Test Workbench or HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs product offering.Consider the requirements discussed in this section before installing Test Integrations and APIs.
Platform considerations for DevOps Test Integrations and APIs
You can ensure that you know about any platform limitations that you might encounter with this application.

Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs). After you install the software, you can perform administration tasks such as configuration and integration of the product. This guide is intended for administrators.
- Installation of DevOps Test Integrations and APIs
  You can find information about installing HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) from the HCL DevOps Test Workbench or HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs package.
  - Installation considerations for DevOps Test Integrations and APIs
    HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) is installed as part of the HCL DevOps Test Workbench or HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs product offering.Consider the requirements discussed in this section before installing Test Integrations and APIs.
    - Platform considerations for DevOps Test Integrations and APIs
      You can ensure that you know about any platform limitations that you might encounter with this application.
    - DevOps Test Integrations and APIs installation topology
      Understand how the HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) components are installed in a typical installation topology. This topology shows the installation of Test Integrations and APIs and Test Virtualization Control Panel. It also shows how you can extend your Test Virtualization capabilities by installing the Virtualization Server agents.
    - Considerations for installing DevOps Test Integrations and APIs on Linux™ systems
      Understand the considerations that apply to install HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) on Linux™ systems.
    - DevOps Test Integrations and APIs for non-administrative users
      To run HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) as a non-administrative user, you must install the software as a non-administrative user. On Linux™ systems, if you already installed Test Integrations and APIs as a root user, you can change the ownership of the product installation directories, and then use the software as a non-root user.
    - Network ports used by DevOps Test Integrations and APIs
      To plan your network topology and firewall rules, you must know which TCP/IP ports are used by the software components of HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs).
    - Choosing your installation preference if using Installation Manager
      You can find information about the different methods you can choose to install the product software.
  - Installing the product software by using IBM® Installation Manager
    You can find information about installing the product software by using Installation Manager.
  - Installing the product software by using the stand-alone installer
    You can find information about installing the product software on Linux or Windows by using the stand-alone installer.
  - Uninstalling the product software
    When you no longer require the software, you can use either Installation Manager or the stand-alone installer to uninstall the products that you have installed.
- Installation of DevOps Test Virtualization Control Panel
  You can find information about installing HCL DevOps Test Virtualization Control Panel (Test Virtualization Control Panel) from the HCL DevOps Test Workbench (Test Workbench), HCL DevOps Test Virtualization (Test Virtualization), or HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) package.
- Uninstalling the product software
  When you no longer require the software, you can use either Installation Manager or the stand-alone installer to uninstall the products that you have installed.
- License management
  Licensing for your HCL software is administered through HCL® License & Delivery portal. This portal is FlexNet-based web application to manage software entitlements and licenses.
- Configuration of DevOps Test Integrations and APIs
- Administration of DevOps Test Virtualization Control Panel
  HCL DevOps Test Virtualization Control Panel (Test Virtualization Control Panel) is a server-based web application providing a central repository for virtualized services. The Test Virtualization Control Panel allows you to use virtual services published with HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) to create, share, and deploy virtualized test environments in HCL DevOps Test Virtualization (Test Virtualization).
- Integrations
  HCL DevOps Test Integrations and APIs (Test Integrations and APIs) supports integration with various other tools for quality management, software configuration management, and deployment automation tools.

Platform considerations for DevOps Test Integrations and APIs

You can ensure that you know about any platform limitations that you might encounter with this application.

Internet Protocol IPv4 and IPv6

Test Integrations and APIs, Test Integrations and APIs Agent, and Test Virtualization Control Panel can operate in both IPv4 and IPv6 environments.

Product components can be set to run in either of the following operating modes:

For Test Virtualization Control Panel set the Networking option during installation. For more details, see Networking considerations.
For Test Integrations and APIs or its Agent, set the Networking option in the library manager. For more details, see Working with Library Manager.

IP literal address

Consider these points when using IP literal address:

Use of IPv6 literal addresses in HTTP URLs is defined by Internet Standard RFC 2732
Database URL formats are specific to the JDBC Driver provider. See provider specific documentation on how to define the Database URL when using IP literal addresses, though here are some typical values of Database URL for the IBM® Db2® universal JDBC driver:
- Standard server name - jdbc:db2://www.example.com:50000/DB
- IPv4 literal address - jdbc:db2://8.4.5.6:50000/DB
- IPv6 literal address - jdbc:db2://[fe80::20c:29ff:feea:1361]:50000/DB