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Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install HCL OneTest™ API. 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 HCL OneTest™ API
You can find information about installing HCL OneTest™ API from the HCL OneTest Studio or HCL OneTest API package.
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.

Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install HCL OneTest™ API. 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 HCL OneTest™ API
  You can find information about installing HCL OneTest™ API from the HCL OneTest Studio or HCL OneTest API package.
  - Installation considerations for HCL OneTest™ API
    Consider the requirements discussed in this section before installing HCL OneTest™ API.
  - 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.
    - Hardware and software requirements
      Before you begin the installation, verify that your hardware and software meet the minimum requirements.
    - Installing the product software on Linux
      You can find information about installing the product software on Linux by using the stand-alone installer.
    - Installing the product software on Windows
      You can find information about installing the product software on 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 HCL® Quality Server
  You can find information about installing HCL® Quality Server from the HCL OneTest™ Studio, HCL OneTest Virtualization, or HCL OneTest API 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 HCL OneTest™ API
- Administering HCL® Quality ServerHCL® Quality Server
  is a server-based web application providing a central repository for virtualized services. The HCL® Quality Server allows you to use virtual services published with HCL OneTest™ API to create, share, and deploy virtualized test environments in HCL OneTest Virtualization.
- Integrations
  HCL OneTest™ API supports integration with various other tools for quality management, change management, software configuration management, and deployment automation tools such as UrbanCode™ Deploy or HCL® Launch.

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.

You can install the following products by using the stand-alone installer:

HCL OneTest™ API
HCL OneTest™ API Agent
HCL® Quality Server

Restriction: You cannot update, modify, or roll back the installed software by using the stand-alone installer.

Product installation in any of the supported languages

You can install the products in any of the supported languages. You can also change the language used by the stand-alone installer to your preferred language. The following languages are supported:

Czech
English
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Portuguese (Brazil)
Russian
Spanish
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Turkish

The display language configured for your computer is the default language that is displayed by the stand-alone installer UI. For example, if the display language of your computer is set as French, then the stand-alone installer UI is displayed in French.

You can change the language of the stand-alone installer and the product by selecting the language from the language selection drop-down list in the installer UI. The drop-down list displays the languages that you can select based on the default display language that is set on your computer as detailed in the following table:

Table 1. Supported languages
Default display language	Language options that are displayed
Czech	Czech English Hungarian Polish
Hungarian
Polish
English	English French German Italian Portuguese (Brazil) Spanish
French
German
Italian
Portuguese (Brazil)
Spanish
Japanese	English Japanese
Korean	English Korean
Russian	English Russian
Simplified Chinese	English Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese	English Traditional Chinese
Turkish	English Turkish

For example, if the display language of your computer is set as Japanese, then the language drop-down list in the installer UI displays the options as English and Japanese for selection.

Restriction: In 10.2.1, you can install the products only in the following languages that are supported:


Product	Languages supported
HCL OneTest™ API	`French` and `Japanese`
HCL OneTest™ API Agent	`French` and `Japanese`
HCL® Quality Server	All supported languages.