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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 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.
Installing HCL OneTest™ Virtualization
This section provides topics that are specific to installing HCL OneTest™ Virtualization by using Installation Manager or the stand-alone installer.
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.

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 planning for HCL OneTest™ API Agent
    HCL OneTest™ API Agent can be installed as part of the __PTS_RR_NAME__ product offering. There are planning requirements for the hardware, software, and installation of HCL OneTest API Agent.
  - Hardware and software requirements
    Before you begin the installation, verify that your hardware and software meet the minimum requirements.
  - Installing HCL OneTest™ Virtualization
    This section provides topics that are specific to installing HCL OneTest™ Virtualization by using Installation Manager or the stand-alone installer.
    - Installing HCL OneTest™ API Agent by using Installation Manager
      You can find information to install HCL OneTest™ API Agent or HCL OneTest Virtualization.
    - 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 HCL OneTest™ API Agent on Linux
        You can find information about installing HCL OneTest™ API Agent on Linux by using the stand-alone installer.
      - Installing HCL OneTest™ API Agent on Windows
        You can find information about installing HCL OneTest™ API Agent 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.
- Upgrading HCL OneTest™ API Agent
  When a new version of software becomes available, you can perform an upgrade. Use IBM® Installation Manager to update the software installation.
- License management
  Licensing for your HCL software is administered through HCL Software License & Download 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/).
- 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.

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.

You can install the following products by using the stand-alone installer:

HCL OneTest™ API Agent
HCL Quality Server

Restriction: You cannot update, modify, or roll back the installed software by using the stand-alone installer.