Client configuration

When the web server requires user credentials, for example with SSO, enter Web Server Username, Web Server Password, and Domain.

To force credentials to be entered for the web server to load, select Always ask for credentials.

For SSO users, enable Add basic authentication header and select whether to add the header when a cookie is present.

• For SSO users, this option must be selected to allow testing tools and Microsoft add-ins to connect.
• For SSO users, this option must be selected in case the SSO response does not contain an HTTP authentication error code for an unauthorized request.

Select Use client certificate according to the desired mode to define a client certificate if the HTTP server requires it for authentication. After selecting the mode, click Select to select the certificate.

• Not specify mode. No specific execution mode is set, but the OTA script displays user dialogs.

• Interactive mode. The OTA script displays user dialogs.

• Non-interactive mode. The OTA script does not display user dialogs.

Note: To run UFT tests in a smart card authentication environment, select Non-interactive mode and select a valid client certificate. Ensure that the Certificate Authority that issued your client certificate is added to the Trusted Root Configuration Authorities list for the current user.

Set the following HTTP settings:

• Connection Timeout. Set the timeout in seconds for the HTTP connection between the ALM client or OTA script and the server.

• Enable HTTP Compression. The HTTP traffic from the server to the client is compressed with a standard HTTP-compliant gzip compression.

• Use Default User Agent. Regulate the user agent value in HTTP requests to the server. Select this checkbox to use the TeamSoft WinInet Component; otherwise,the user agent is the same as for Internet Explorer.

Select the type of proxy server:

• Use a Proxy Server. Select this option if the client or OTA script is using a proxy to connect to the server. Enter the proxy server port in Proxy Port, and enter the proxy server I.P. or machine name in Proxy Server.

• Use System Proxy Server. Select this option if the system proxy setting is used for the client or OTA script connection to the server. This option and the Use a Proxy Server option are mutually exclusive.

• Bypass Proxy Server. Select this option to bypass the proxy settings, when the client or OTA script does not use a proxy to connect to the server.

If the proxy server requires user credentials, enter the Proxy Username, Proxy Password, and Domain.

To force credentials to be entered for the web server to load, select Always ask for credentials.

Note: If you select Always ask for credentials, ALM Explorer asks for web proxy credentials even if they are specified by the tool. If a user is not working with ALM Explorer, do not select this option.

If you want to use a custom user agent, select this option and specify the user agent string.

If you use the ALM SharedLoginModule user agent in a previous version, after the upgrade, the user agent is replaced with the following:

Mozilla / 5.0(Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; Trident / 7.0; rv: 11.0) like Gecko

To use a different user agent, replace the above string with your custom user agent string.

Use either your default browser or the embedded browser for external authentication.

• If it is selected, you get authenticated with the embedded browser.

  The embedded browser renders web content using Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime if WebView2 Runtime is installed or using Internet Explorer's rendering engine if WebView2 Runtime is not installed.

  • IE Mode: This mode forces the embedded browser to use Internet Explorer’s rendering engine instead of Edge's, even when Edge WebView2 Runtime is installed. IE mode is intended for cases where compatibility with legacy systems that are dependent on IE core functionalities is required. However, this mode is not recommended and should only be used when the Edge-based rendering engine already meets the requirements.

• If it is not selected, you get authenticated with your operation system's default web browser, for example, Edge, Chrome, or Firefox.

You can also use the DISABLE_SLM_WITH_DEFAULT_WEBBROWSER parameter to control the use of your default browser on the server side.

• By default, it is set to N, which means your default browser is not disabled. If you do not select the Use embedded web browser option, your default browser is used. If you select the option, the embedded browser is used.

• If it is set to Y, the embedded browser is used, regardless of whether you select the Use embedded web browser option.

See Browser configuration matrix.

Note: You use the embedded browser when the default browser cannot meet your specific authentication requirement. For example, if you require users to manually enter their credentials instead of allowing automatic login through existing SSO sessions, you should use the embedded browser for SSO authentication.

Available for authentication with your operation system's default web browser.

Set the amount of time in seconds after which the authentication expires.

You can set the timeout to a maximum of 120 seconds. By default, it is 60.

If ALM Client Launcher log is enabled, select the type of log file you want ALM Client Launcher to create.

• All. Records all events.

• Information. Records informational messages.

• Warning. Records potentially harmful situations.

• Error. Records error events.

• Debug. Records events that are most useful for debugging.