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Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install HCL OneTest™ UI software. After you install the software, you can perform administration tasks such as license configuration and integration with other products. This guide is intended for administrators.
License management
Licensing for HCL OneTest™ UI is administered through HCL Software License & Download portal. This portal is a FlexNet-based web application that helps to manage software entitlements and licenses.
License configuration
You must first apply a license to start using the product.
Configuring licenses by using a cloud-based License Server
You can apply license by using a cloud-based License Server to use HCL OneTest™ UI.

Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install HCL OneTest™ UI software. After you install the software, you can perform administration tasks such as license configuration and integration with other products. This guide is intended for administrators.
- Installation
  You can find information about the installation of HCL OneTest™ UI.
- License management
  Licensing for HCL OneTest™ UI is administered through HCL Software License & Download portal. This portal is a FlexNet-based web application that helps to manage software entitlements and licenses.
  - License description
    You require floating seat licenses to use HCL OneTest™ UI. If you want to run AFT Suites or parallel execution of tests on more than 5 channels, you require execution licenses.
  - License configuration
    You must first apply a license to start using the product.
    - Configuring licenses by using a cloud-based License Server
      You can apply license by using a cloud-based License Server to use HCL OneTest™ UI.
    - Configuring licenses by using a Local License Server
      You might not be able to connect your computer to the internet due to certain restrictions. In such cases, you can configure a Local License Server (LLS) behind a firewall to use HCL OneTest™ UI.
    - Configuring licenses by using a Proxy Server
      You can connect directly to a cloud-based license server when you start HCL OneTest™ UI for the first time. As an alternative, you can configure HCL OneTest UI to use a Proxy Server.
  - Collecting usage metrics data
    To provide an insight into the usage patterns of the product itself and not necessarily the application that it is testing, the usage metrics are collected. The product can collect the metrics about the usage of the tool including and not limited to the number of tests executed, the number of actions performed against an application under test, the number of successful versus failed actions, verification points, and so on.
- Starting HCL OneTest™ UI from the command line
  You can start HCL OneTest™ UI from the desktop environment or a command-line interface.
- Software configuration management
  You can integrateHCL OneTest™ UI with the software configuration management systems to maintain an auditable and repeatable history of your organization's test assets.
- Integrations in UI Test perspective
  In this section, you will learn about the supported integrations for the Web UI Test perspective.
- Integrations in Functional Test perspective
  In this section, you will learn about the supported integrations for the Functional Test perspective.

Configuring licenses by using a cloud-based License Server

You can apply license by using a cloud-based License Server to use HCL OneTest™ UI.

Procedure

Open HCL OneTest™ UI.
Click Windows > Preferences > Test > HCL Licensing.
Select the Server Type as Cloud.
Enter the URL of the License Server in the Server URL field.
Enter the ID of the License Server in the Server ID field.
Click Test Connection to verify the connection to the License Server.
Click Apply to configure the license.

Results

You have configured the license to use HCL OneTest™ UI. The HCL Licensing dialog box displays the following information:

The number of Virtual Users (VUs)
The number of VU Execution hours
The number of floating licenses

What to do next

You can work with HCL OneTest™ UI.