Install the server on the cloud

This section describes how to set up your environment to work with an OpenText Functional Testing Lab server installed on the Amazon EC2 or Microsoft Azure cloud.

This section is not relevant for OpenText Core SDP and OpenText Core Functional Testing Lab.

Install on an EC2 machine

Install OpenText Functional Testing Lab on a EC2 machine as follows:

  1. Make sure you have an active Amazon Web Services (AWS) account. If you do not have one, create a new account. For details, see the Amazon Web Services documentation.

  2. In the EC2 console, launch an EC2 instance:

    1. Select a supported AMI, and configure the instance details according to the system requirements. For details, see system requirements. A t2.large instance type is recommended
    2. Make sure that the port required by the OpenText Functional Testing Lab server is open, by creating a Security group or using an existing one. For details, see the Amazon Web Services documentation. By default, the server uses ports 8080 (a non-SSL connection)/8443 (SSL).
    3. Launch the instance.
  1. Copy the Public DNS name of the instance to your clipboard.

  1. Log in to the EC2 machine using the DNS of the instance that you created above.

  2. Transfer the OpenText Functional Testing Lab <install server file>.zip to the EC2 instance.

  3. Unzip the archive file.

  4. Install OpenText Functional Testing Lab. For details, see the Windows or Linux installation sections. Note: When running the installation on AWS on Linux, root user refers to the AMI default user name.

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Install on the Azure cloud

Using your Microsoft Azure account you can launch an instance of the OpenText Functional Testing Lab on the Azure cloud.

To set up OpenText Functional Testing Lab on an Azure cloud machine:

  1. Make sure you have an active Azure account. If you do not have one, create a new account. For details, see the Microsoft Azure documentation.

  2. Create a new virtual machine (VM) following these guidelines:

    • Select an image supported by OpenText Functional Testing Lab. For more details, see Support matrix.
    • Select a VM size. The recommended sizes are B2MS or B4MS.
    • Indicate the ports to be open for inbound traffic. These can be defined during the installation. By default, the server uses ports 8080 (a non-SSL connection) and 8443 (SSL).
  3. Add the DNS name to the VM. For details, see Create an FQDN in the Microsoft Azure documentation.

  4. Locate the VM's hosts file.

    • On Windows: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
    • On Linux: /etc/hosts

  5. In the VM's hosts file, add the name resolution of the DNS name to 127.0.0.1. For example,

    • On Windows: 127.0.0.1 my-vm.westus.cloudapp.azure.com
    • On Linux: 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4 my-vm.westus.cloudapp.azure.com
  6. Copy the OpenText Functional Testing Lab server installation zip file to the VM.
  7. Extract the zip file's contents and run the installation. See Windows Installation or Linux Installation.
  8. On your local machine, open a browser and go to https://<VM DNS name>:<selected port - 8443 by default>. You can also use the DNS of the VM when connecting your testing tools to OpenText Functional Testing Lab.
  9. Connect devices to the lab. For details, see Connect devices.

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