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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.

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 IBM® 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.
  - 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Configuration of HCL OneTest™ API
- 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.
- Integrations
  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 or HCL® Launch.

Installation of HCL OneTest™ API

You can find information about installing HCL OneTest™ API from the HCL OneTest™ Studio or HCL OneTest™ API package.

You can find the information that you must review before you install HCL OneTest™ API. See Installation considerations for HCL OneTest API.

Installing HCL OneTest™ API

You can use any of the following methods to install the HCL OneTest™ API:

Use IBM® Installation Manager, after you download the relevant package to start the installation if you have installed Installation Manager on the computer.
You can install the product software by using Installation Manager in any of the following modes that depend on your ease of using the GUI or command line or your requirement to install on multiple computers:
- GUI mode
- Console mode
- Silent mode
Use the stand-alone installer, after you download the relevant package to start the installation on the computer.
You can install the product software by using the stand-alone installer in any of the following modes that depend on your ease of using the GUI or command line or your requirement to install on multiple computers:
- GUI mode on Linux and Windows.
- Console mode on Linux.
- Silent mode on Linux and Windows.

If you want to use Installation Manager to install, go to Installing the product software by using IBM Installation Manager.

If you want to use the stand-alone installer to install, go to Installing the product software by using the stand-alone installer.