Configuring the Rational Quality Manager adapter

Before running the tests from IBM® Rational® Quality Manager, you must configure the Rational Quality Manager adapter so that you can establish a successful connection.

Before you begin

To configure the Rational Quality Manager adapter, you must have the following information:

The URL of the Rational Quality Manager server.
A login and password to access a user account in Rational Quality Manager. This user account must exist in Rational Quality Manager with a Connector Client Access License. The user account must also be added to the project area being accessed by the adapter, with a role granting write permissions to the project. The default Test Team Member role is recommended.

For information about creating user accounts, see the Rational Quality Manager Knowledge Center.

To connect to Rational Quality Manager through a proxy computer, you must know the host name, port number, user name, and password of the proxy computer.

To connect to Rational Quality Manager by using the Kerberos authentication mode, you must have the Kerberos configuration file. The file is automatically created after you set up Kerberos on the computer. The file name and location might change on different platforms. Generally, on a Windows computer, the file is C:/Windows/krb5.ini.

Procedure

In the test workbench, click Window > Preferences > Quality Manager Adapter.
1. In Server URL, type the Rational Quality Manager server URL. Type the URL in the format https://server name:port number/context root where server name is the Rational Quality Manager server host name that you specified in the hosts file. For example, type https://RQM01:9443/qm.
  Note: If the Rational Quality Manager server is renamed, complete these steps:
  1. If you have an entry for the Rational Quality Manager server in the hosts file, update it with the new server name.
  2. Update the Server URL field with the new server name.
  3. Configure the adapter again to point to the new URL.
2. In Login and Password, type the ID and password of the Rational Quality Manager user account.
3. In Adapter Name, type a unique name to identify the Rational Quality Manager adapter on this workstation. By default, the adapter uses the name of the computer.
4. To connect the adapter to a project area other than the default Rational Quality Manager project, type the name of the project to connect to.
Optional: To connect through a proxy computer, select the Enable Proxy check box and specify the host name, port number, user name, and password of the proxy computer.
To connect by using the Kerberos authentication mode, select the Enable Kerberos check box and specify the Kerberos configuration file.
Click OK to save the configuration.

What to do next

To connect to Rational Quality Manager, you can now start the adapter from the workbench, from command line, or as a Windows service.

Note: To run tests for IBM Rational Test Workbench Web UI Tester from Rational Quality Manager, you must start the adapter either from the workbench or from command line.

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