Setting up the HP Application Lifecycle Management 11.x server

To enable the integration with HP Quality Center 11.x, you must deploy the Rational® Integration Tester additional files to the ALM 11.x Server.

Before you begin

  • Log in as an administrator on the Application Lifecycle Management server to update the files.
Note: Before you migrate the projects that contain Rational® Integration Tester integration tests from one version of Quality Center to another, you must set up the ALM server to enable the integration with Rational® Integration Tester.

About this task

The Rational® Integration Tester plug-in files must be added to the ALM application archive file, 20qcbin.war, that is by default available in the C:\ProgramData\HP\ALM\Application.

Procedure

  1. Shut down the HP Application Lifecycle Management Server.
  2. Locate the Rational® Integration Tester install files and extract it to a temporary location on the server.

    For setting up HP ALM 11.5 server, extract the QualityCenterServerDist11_5.zip file.

  3. Locate the 20qcbin.war file in the ALM Deployment Directory/application.

    On Windows™ 2003 Server, the default location is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\HP\ALM. On Windows™ 2008 Server, the default location is C:\ProgramData\HP\ALM.

  4. If they do not exist, create the following folders in 20qcbin.war.
    • CustomTestTypes
    • Extensions
  5. Copy the following files from the Rational® Integration Tester installation files to the 20qcbin.war file.
    Table 1. File location and destination for deployment
    Source Destination
    • GHTesterQCIntegration\CustomTestTypes\GH-Tester.ini
    • GHTesterQCIntegration\Extensions\*
    • GHTesterQCIntegration\HP\ALM\repository\sa\DomsInfo\Metadata\TEST\GH-Tester.xml
    • ALM Deployment Directory\application\20qcbin.war\CustomTestTypes
    • ALM Deployment Directory\application\20qcbin.war\Extensions
    • C:\Program Files\HP\HP Application Lifecycle Management Platform\data\sa\DomsInfo\Metadata\TEST
    Note: The GH-Tester.xml file is required for Rational® Integration Tester tests to have version control support in HP Quality Center. The above destination example is when HP ALM server is installed in C:\Program Files. The GH-Tester.xml file cannot be copied into the deployment folder, for example, C:\ProgramData because the file is deleted by HP Quality Center during redeployment. When placed in the installation folder, the GHTester.xml file is propagated to the deployment folder automatically by the HP ALM server.
  6. Run the Server Deployment Wizard from Start > HP ALM Platform (click Next on the Welcome screen to deploy the server, then click Finish).
  7. Start the server if it does not start automatically.
  8. After ALM is started, log in to Site Administrator as a user with administrator privileges.
  9. On the Tools menu, click Update Test Types and click Yes to confirm (the update can take several minutes).

What to do next

Installing the Connectivity Add-In on the clients