HCL OneTest and HCL Launch

When you use HCL® Launch (HCL® Launch) for automating application deployments of your application, you can run tests created for your application that are created in HCL OneTest API. You can run the tests from HCL® Launch by using the HCL® Launch plugin for HCL OneTest API or the HCL® Launch plugin for HCL OneTest Virtualization

HCL® Launch plugin for HCL OneTest API

With the HCL® Launch plugin for HCL OneTest API, you can run a test or a test suite defined in an HCL OneTest API project.

HCL® Launch plugin for HCL OneTest Virtualization

Service Virtualization helps you to automate the testing of integration in complex application environments much earlier in the development life cycle. You can use the HCL® Launch plugin for HCL OneTest Virtualization for creating virtual services that model the services on which your application depends. You can virtualize services that are accessed through various technologies, including HTTP, MQ, JMS, JDBC, TCP/IP, CICS-TG, IMS Connect, SAP, and Software AG web methods.

Task flow for integrating with HCL® Launch

The following table shows the task flow for integrating HCL OneTest API with HCL® Launch by using the HCL® Launch plugin for HCL OneTest API or the HCL® Launch plugin for HCL OneTest Virtualization. You must perform these tasks in sequence.

Tasks

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1.

Create tests for the application that you want to test in HCL OneTest API.

Building tests

2.

Install the latest version of the HCL® Launch agent on the HCL® Launch server, which runs the tests.

Installing the agents

3.

Download the latest version of the HCL® Launch plugin for HCL OneTest API or the HCL® Launch plugin for HCL OneTest Virtualization.
Note: Do not extract the compressed file contents.

HCL OneTest API Launch plugin or HCL OneTest Virtualization Launch plugin

4.

Install the latest version of the HCL® Launch plugin for HCL OneTest API or the HCL® Launch plugin for HCL OneTest Virtualization on the HCL® Launch server.

Installing the HCL Launch plugin for HCL OneTest API or the HCL Launch plugin for HCL OneTest Virtualization

5.

Run tests by using the HCL® Launch plugin for HCL OneTest API or the HCL® Launch plugin for HCL OneTest Virtualization on the HCL® Launch server.

Running HCL OneTest API tests on the HCL Launch server