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Administrator Guide
Typically, a user with the administrator role is responsible for certain tasks including installation, configuration, and integration of the product. This guide lists all such topics.
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.
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.
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 in the silent mode on Linux
You can find information about installing the product software in the silent mode on Linux by using the stand-alone installer.
Generating the properties file on Linux
When you want to install the product software in the silent mode on Linux, you must provide the installation details in a properties file. You must first generate a properties file by using the stand-alone installer that contains the data required to install the product.

Administrator Guide
Typically, a user with the administrator role is responsible for certain tasks including installation, configuration, and integration of the product. This guide lists all such topics.
- Installation of HCL OneTest™ API Agent
  You can find information about installing HCL OneTest™ API Agent from the HCL OneTest Studio, HCL OneTest Virtualization, or HCL OneTest API package.
- 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.
  - Installation considerations for HCL® Quality Server
    You can install HCL® Quality Server as part of HCL OneTest™ Virtualization.
  - Hardware and software requirements
    Before you begin the installation, verify that your hardware and software meet the minimum requirements.
  - Installing HCL® Quality Server by using IBM® Installation Manager
    You can use IBM® Installation Manager to install HCL® Quality Server from the HCL OneTest™ Studio, HCL OneTest Virtualization, 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.
    - 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 in the GUI mode on Linux
        You can find information about installing the product software in the GUI mode on Linux by using the stand-alone installer.
      - Installing the product software in the console mode on Linux
        You can find information about installing the product software in the console mode on Linux by using the stand-alone installer.
      - Installing the product software in the silent mode on Linux
        You can find information about installing the product software in the silent mode on Linux by using the stand-alone installer.
        Generating the properties file on Linux
        When you want to install the product software in the silent mode on Linux, you must provide the installation details in a properties file. You must first generate a properties file by using the stand-alone installer that contains the data required to install the product.
        Installing HCL® Quality Server in the silent mode on Linux
        You can find information about installing HCL® Quality Server in the silent mode 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.
- Upgrading HCL OneTest™ API Agent
  When a new version of software becomes available, you can perform an upgrade. Use Installation Manager to update the software installation.
- 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.
- Configuring HCL OneTest™ API Agent
  After you install HCL OneTest™ API Agent, you must edit or modify the attributes in the Agent.config file for the features that you want to test by using the agent. You need to configure the libraries to enable testing the SUT based on certain technologies and also set up the required proxies for enabling testing.
- Running HCL OneTest™ API Agent on Microsoft™ Windows™
  On computers running Microsoft™ Windows™, the agent is typically installed and run as a Windows service.
- Running HCL OneTest™ API Agent on Unix-like systems
  On Unix-like systems, you can start HCL OneTest™ API Agent by running the Agent executable in the root of the HCL OneTest API Agent installation directory (for example, /opt/HCL/HCLProducts/Agent/).
- Troubleshooting: HCL OneTest™ API Agent
  You can use workarounds to common problems that you might encounter when you install and run the HCL OneTest™ API Agent.
- HTTP/TCP proxy setup
  The process of configuring applications to use the HTTP/TCP proxy varies according to the application.
- Setting up the JDBC proxy
  After you install the JDBC proxy, you must deploy the proxy into the Java™ virtual machine (JVM) of the relevant applications, set up the proxy for use, and verify that it is deployed.
- Administering HCL® Quality Server
  HCL® 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.

Generating the properties file on Linux

When you want to install the product software in the silent mode on Linux, you must provide the installation details in a properties file. You must first generate a properties file by using the stand-alone installer that contains the data required to install the product.

Before you begin

You must have completed the following tasks:

Read and ascertained that your computer meets the requirements specified in System Requirements and Prerequisites for using the stand-alone installer for using the stand-alone installer.
Read and completed any tasks indicated in Installation considerations for HCL Quality Server.
Downloaded the product software package that is dependent on the stand-alone installer for the supported operating system on your computer from the HCL FlexNet Operations (FNO) portal.
Extracted the downloaded package to a folder on the computer on which you want to install the product software.
Configured the license server to manage licenses. See Setting up licenses for HCL OneTest API.

About this task

You must provide the properties file that contains the required details in the command to install the product software in the silent mode. You must create a properties file for each of the product that you want to install.

Procedure

Enter the following command in the terminal after you replace the variables with values on your computer:

./<Extracted_Product_name.exe> -r <Destination_path>/<File_name_installer.properties>

Where:

Extracted_Product_name.exe is the name of the product in the folder where you have extracted the downloaded package.
Destination_path is the path to the folder where the product must be installed.
File_name_installer.properties is the name of the installer.properties file.

For example, if you have the following conditions:

Find the name of the extracted product file is HCL-OneTest-API-Linux-x64-v10.2.0.0.bin in the folder where you have extracted the downloaded package
Want to install the product in the folder opt/HCL/OneTest-API
Want to create the properties file with the name as api_installer.properties

Then the command to generate the properties file for HCL OneTest™ API is as follows:

./"HCL-OneTest-API-Linux-x64-v10.2.0.0.bin" -r opt/HCL/OneTest-Agent/apia_installer.properties

Results

You have generated the properties file that you can use to install the product software in the silent mode.