Configuring licenses for team spaces

As a Team Space Owner, you can configure the License Server for the team spaces on the License Configuration page so that members of the team space can perform various operations such as creating a project, running tests, and so on.

Before you begin

You must have completed the following tasks:

  • Configured the licenses that you purchased on the Licensing Server.

  • Been assigned the role of a Team Space Owner of the team space.

  • Installed the product and signed up as a user on HCL OneTest™ Server.

  • Optional: Created a team space. See Creating a team space.

About this task

You must have a valid license to work with the team spaces that you create on HCL OneTest™ Server. You must provide a separate URL and ID of the License Server for the team spaces when you configure the License Server. If you provided the URL and ID of the License Server that is already configured for any other team space, then the configuration of the license for the team space fails with an error message. If you delete the team space, then the URL and ID of the License Server used for that team space is released. You can then use that for another team space.

Note: When you upgrade the server software from the previous version to the latest version, then the license configuration of the previous release applies to the initial team space. You can verify the information from the License Configuration page of the initial team space.

Procedure

  1. Log in to HCL OneTest™ Server.
  2. Click the Settings icon settings_hcl_icon from the left navigation pane.
  3. Open the team space for which you want to configure the license from the Switch to option.
    Note: The Switch to option is displayed only if you have two or more team spaces.
  4. Click the Settings icon settings_hcl_icon, and then License.
    The License Configuration page is displayed.
  5. Enter the values in the License Server URL and License Server ID fields to configure the licenses for the team space.
    You can view the following messages based on the value that you enter in the License Server URL and License Server ID fields:
    Values Messages

    No value

    Add the missing license details or enter the License Server URL.

    Incorrect format of the License Server URL or License Server ID

    This is not a valid format of the License Server URL or License Server ID.

    Correct value

    License Server is already in use by another team space owner
  6. Perform the following actions to view or hide the details of the License Server:
    Note: The default status of the License Server URL and License Server ID fields are hidden.
    Fields Icons Action Results

    • License Server URL

    • License Server ID

    		 show_license_icon Click HCL OneTest™ Server shows the URL and ID of the License Server that you have configured.
    show_license_icon Click HCL OneTest™ Server hides the URL and ID of the License Server that you have configured.
  7. Optional: Click Check connection to verify the current status of License Server.

    Based on the availability of License Server, you can view the following messages:

    • License Server is available

    • License Server is unreachable

  8. Select the Disable automatic self-acquisition of named user licenses option if you do not want to self-acquire Named users license on a first-come-first-serve basis for your team space.
    The following table describes the functionality of the Disable automatic self-acquisition of named user licenses option:
    Option When Description
    Disable automatic self-acquisition of named user licenses Cleared ☐ Any member of a team space can get a license when there are sufficient licenses are available for the team space.
    Selected ☑ Only such users who are added to the Named Users list get a license to perform the tasks in their team space. If other users try to perform any project operations in any of the team spaces, they cannot get a license even if sufficient licenses are available.
  9. Click Configure to apply the license configuration.

Results

You have configured the license for the team space.

The License usage section displays the number of Named user licenses that are currently in use. However, the License usage section does not display the number of Concurrent Virtual Service licenses that are currently in use.

The License configuration section displays the number of Named user, Concurrent Virtual Service, and Studio licenses that are configured on the License Server.

What to do next

You can perform any of the following tasks: