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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.
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.
Setting up licenses for HCL OneTest™ Virtualization
Before you can use HCL OneTest™ Virtualization, you must set up and apply the licenses.

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.
- 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.
  - Licenses for HCL OneTest™ Virtualization
    You can find information about the licenses that you can purchase to use HCL OneTest™ Virtualization.
  - Setting up licenses for HCL OneTest™ Virtualization
    Before you can use HCL OneTest™ Virtualization, you must set up and apply the licenses.
    - Setting up licenses on Linux (Ubuntu)
      Before you use HCL OneTest™ API Agent, you must set up and apply the licenses by using a license server.
    - Setting up licenses on Windows
      Before you use HCL OneTest™ API Agent, you must set up and apply the licenses by using a license server.
    - Troubleshooting licensing issues
      After you set up and apply licenses for HCL OneTest™ API, you can troubleshoot issues with licensing by setting up logs.
- 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 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.

Setting up licenses for HCL OneTest™ Virtualization

Before you can use HCL OneTest™ Virtualization, you must set up and apply the licenses.

You must apply the licenses that you purchased by using any of the following methods that is based on the network set up and the operating system:

You must add the License Server as an environment variable on the computer on which you want to run the virtual services. You might want to run the assets on any of the following computers:

On which you have installed HCL OneTest™ API.
On which you have installed Docker.
On which you have installed HCL OneTest™ API Agent, if it different from the one on which you installed HCL OneTest™ API.

Configure the environment variables as described in the following table:


Environment variable	Description	Value
HCL_ONETEST_LICENSING_URL	The value specifies the URL of the licensing server.	The value depends on the method you used to configure the license server. For example, if you used the Cloud License Server, the value can be as follows: `https://hclsoftware.compliance.flexnetoperations.com`
HCL_ONETEST_LICENSING_ID	The value specifies the ID of the licensing server.	The ID is a 12-character alphanumeric identifier provided by HCL for the product licenses you purchased.