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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.
Installing the product software on Windows
You can find information about installing the product software on Windows by using the stand-alone installer.
Installing the product software in the silent mode on Windows
You can find information about installing the product software in the silent mode on Windows by using the stand-alone installer.

Release Notes
This document contains information about What's new, installation, known issues, known limitations, and contact information of HCL support.
System Requirements
This document includes information about hardware and software requirements for HCL OneTest™ API.
Getting Started
This guide provides an overview and describes the tasks to get you started with HCL OneTest™ API.
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 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.
      - Installing HCL OneTest™ API in the GUI mode on Windows
        You can find information about installing HCL OneTest™ API in the GUI mode on Windows by using the stand-alone installer.
      - Installing the product software in the silent mode on Windows
        You can find information about installing the product software in the silent mode on Windows by using the stand-alone installer.
        Generating the properties file on Windows
        When you want to install the product software in the silent mode on Windows, 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 OneTest™ API in the silent mode on Windows
        You can find information about installing HCL OneTest™ API in the silent mode on Windows by using the stand-alone installer.
  - Uninstalling the product software
    When you no longer require the software, you can use either IBM® 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 IBM® 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.
- Configuring HCL OneTest™ API
- 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.
- Integrating
  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.
Tester Guide
This guide describes the tasks that you can perform for testing various domains, technologies, and applications. To enable testing, you must configure and enable the environment for testing.
Test Manager Guide
This guide describes the tasks that you can perform for tracking the quality of the application. This guide is intended for Test Managers.
Troubleshooting HCL OneTest™ API
While working with HCL OneTest™ API, you might encounter some problems that you can easily troubleshoot.
HCL OneTest™ API reference
HCL OneTest™ API is a scripting-free environment for developing tests for service-oriented architecture (SOA) messaging and business process integration projects. Tests can be built by recording existing system behaviors or from requirements, by entering the data to send and the data that is expected in return.
Security Considerations
You can take certain actions to ensure that your installation is secure, customize your security settings, and set up user access controls.
Notices
This document provides information about copyright, trademarks, terms and conditions for product documentation.

Installing the product software in the silent mode on Windows

You can find information about installing the product software in the silent mode on Windows by using the stand-alone installer.

You can install the following products in the silent mode:

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