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Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install the IBM® Rational® Test Automation Server software.
Configuration of the server software
You can find information about the tasks that you must perform after you installed the server software to configure Rational® Test Automation Server.
User administration
After you install IBM® Rational® Test Automation Server, you must consider how the software manages users and authentication.

Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install the IBM® Rational® Test Automation Server software.
- Installation of the server software
  To get started working with IBM® Rational® Test Automation Server, you must first install the server software.
- Server software upgrade methods
  When you want to use the enhanced functionalities of Rational® Test Automation Server, you must upgrade Rational Test Automation Server to the latest version.
- Migration of user data
  You can find information about the migration limitations and methods when you want to migrate data such as projects, test resources, configuration details of integrated applications, and so on. You can migrate data that is generated in an earlier version of IBM® Rational® Test Automation Server after you upgrade to or install the latest version, and then use that data in the latest version.
- Backup and restoration of the server data
  You must back up all your server data before you uninstall the current version of the server software or upgrade to the latest version of the server software. You must back up the server data to avoid data loss or inaccessibility of data.
- Uninstallation of the server software
  When you no longer require Rational® Test Automation Server, you can uninstall the server software. You can uninstall the server software depending on the platform on which you installed the server software.
- Configuration of the server software
  You can find information about the tasks that you must perform after you installed the server software to configure Rational® Test Automation Server.
  - User administration
    After you install IBM® Rational® Test Automation Server, you must consider how the software manages users and authentication.
    - Default user administration
      You installed IBM® Rational® Test Automation Server and you want to know about how the software manages user access.
    - LDAP user administration
      After you installed IBM® Rational® Test Automation Server, you can use a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol and Active Directory HTTP server to manage users and authentication. Some of the following best practices, can help you to use an LDAP/AD server to manage user access to Rational Test Automation Server.
    - Managing account settings
      You might want to change your password or other settings for your account.
  - Certificate authority: Importing and extending lists
    When you want browsers and other applications to access Rational® Test Automation Server, you must enable browsers to trust the certificate authority (CA) of Rational Test Automation Server. For some applications that integrate with Rational Test Automation Server, you must also extend the CA lists that are trusted by the applications.
  - Copying third-party application Jars to Kubernetes
    You can run API Suites in a project on Rational® Test Automation Server. If the API Suite uses a transport and the transport requires third-party application Jar files for a successful run, you must ensure that the third-party application Jar files are available at the test run time. To achieve this, you must copy the third-party application Jar files to the computer where Rational Test Automation Server is installed on Kubernetes.
  - Changing the password seed
    As an administrator, you can change the password seed that is used when you install the server software to provide enhanced security to Rational® Test Automation Server.
- Team space administration
  You can find information about team spaces including the initial team space on IBM® Rational® Test Automation Server along with the tasks that you can perform to administer a team space.

User administration

After you install IBM® Rational® Test Automation Server, you must consider how the software manages users and authentication.

You can review the default user management provided by the server and decide what additional controls you might want to add. If you manage users and authentication through an existing LDAP/AD server, you can review how to use that server to manage Rational® Test Automation Server users.