🚀Qualitia Automation studio Installation guide
Qualitia Automation Studio is a cutting-edge test automation platform that (QAS) simplifies and accelerates the software quality assurance processprocess of software testing automation. A crucial aspect of the platform is its streamlined installation and setup process, ensuring that you can start using its powerful features as soon as possible. With a minimal installation or update time of just about a minute, Qualitia Automation Studio QAS enables you to quickly dive into your test automation tasks.
This documentation covers the necessary prerequisites, hardware, and software requirements, as well as step-by-step instructions for installing and setting up Qualitia Automation Studio QAS on both Windows and macOS systems.
📚 About this Guide
This guide dives into the installation process of Qualitia Automation Studio, a key element to kickstarting your test automation journey.
Qualitia Automation Studio is designed to be easily installed on both Windows Server and macOS systems. This documentation provides clear, step-by-step instructions for installing the software on each OS. This includes detailed guidelines for extracting installation files, setting up the necessary folders, and launching the software. With an installation or update time of just about a minute, you can quickly install and configure Qualitia Automation Studio on your preferred operating system.
🔑Prerequisites:
Privilege requirements:
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Should have administrator privileges to install the software.
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System Requirements
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Installer File Size: Approximately 1.35 GB
Server Hardware Requirements
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🔀 Workflow and Process
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Privileges Required | Local Administrator privileges (for installation of Qualitia Server) |
Communication Ports TCP (Inbound) | The following list indicates the communication ports for each component: 8889: Qualitia License Service 8887: Qualitia Web Service |
👁️🗨️Following steps are to be performed to setup a group policy on Windows Server OS.
In the Group Policy Editor, navigate to Console Root > Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components and locate Windows Installer.
Double-click Windows Installer.
Double-click Turn off Windows Installer. The Turn Off Windows Installer window opens.
Select Enabled.
In the Disable Windows Installer dialog box, select Never.
Finally, click OK.
🔀 Procedural Steps
Install QAS Server 9.x.x on Windows
To install:
Double click the
QualitiaAutomationStudio-9.0.0.exe
file to launch the installation process.This will extract the package which usually takes less than a minute.
The When you see an installation screen titled Qualitia Automation Studio - Server Setup will appear. Click , click Next to continue.
The Qualitia installer Installer will check for prerequisites , and if any are missing, you will be prompted prompt you to install themany missing ones. Qualitia next gen installer will automatically check for perquisites. The current prerequisite is GIT, and you will be shown a confirmation message on whether prerequisite check has passed
When prerequisite check is successful, you will get a confirmation message indicating the same.
Once all the prerequisites are installed, click Next again to start the installation process. The software will extract the necessary files and create a folder in
%localappdata%\QualitiaWDClient
.Click install to install the Qualitia Automation Studio Electron (9.0) on your server.
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can take between 1 to 4 minutes.
The installation will continue smoothly. Once completed, you can see click the Finish button is enabled. Once , which will appear greyed-out or disabled until the installation is completed.
Now, the Qualitia Automation Studio portal will open opens in the default browser configured in your server.
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👁️🗨️ Verify
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Installation: Clicking Finish opens the Qualitia Automation Studio portal
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Install QAS Client 9.0.
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Once the Qualitia Automation Studio portal opens, you can download the Qualitia Automation Studio – Client – 9.0x.0x by clicking Download.
File size ~ 1 GB. The download will take takes less than 30 seconds.
The You will see the installation screen titled Qualitia Automation Studio - Client Setup will appear.
Read the EULA and check the consent checkbox to agree to the terms. You’ll be able to click Next only when the checkbox is selected. Click Next
After consenting, click Next to continue.
You will be are prompted to select the Installation Types.:
Everybody (all users) (recommended): This option will be selected by default. Choose this option if any user who logs to is the default selection, allowing any user on the same machine should have access to Qualitia Automation Studio – to access QAS - Client.
Only for me (Your profile name): Choose Select this option if no you want an exclusive access to QAS - Client, restricting other profiles in from using it on the machine should have access to Qualitia Automation Studio – Clientsame machine.
Select the Installation Type and click Install to install the Qualitia Automation Studio - Client QAS - Client.
Once the installation is complete you will get the confirmation message. You will see a green check with the text Qualitia Automation Studio – Client is installed successfully.
You can choose to launch Qualitia Automation Studio QAS – Clientby clicking on the checkbox and click Finishor .
Alternatively, if you want to
launch QAS - Client at a later time, uncheck the checkbox and click Finish or simply close the window by clicking X on the top right of the installer window.
If you have chosen opted to launch Qualitia Automation Studio QAS – Client by clicking on the checkbox Launch Qualitia Automation Studio 9.x.x and by clicking clicked Finish, the Qualitia Automation Studio QAS - Clientwill open.
You can verify the Qualitia Automation Studio Client installation by entering your User ID and Password.
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Note: If you decide to cancel the installation at any point, click Cancel or close the window by clicking X on the top right of the installer window. The installation will be aborted.
👁️🗨️ Verify Installation
👁️🗨️ Verify Installation: To confirm the successful installation of the Qualitia Automation Studio–Client, find the installed software in your start menu or on your desktop, and open it. The main interface should appear without any error messages.
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💡 Golden Nuggets: Best Practices for Windows Installation
System check: Before starting the installation, ensure your system meets the hardware and software requirements mentioned in the documentation to avoid installation issues.
Administrator privileges: Make sure you have administrator privileges on your computer, as they are necessary for installing the software.
Install prerequisites: Verify that all required software, such as Java 8 (JRE 1.8) or higher, .NET Framework 4.6 or higher, and GIT 2.39.1, is installed on your system before proceeding with the installation.
Close unnecessary applications: Close any unnecessary applications running on your computer during the installation process to ensure smooth and efficient installation.
Follow the installation instructions: Carefully follow the installation instructions provided in the documentation to avoid mistakes and potential issues during the installation process.
Verify installation: After the installation is complete, check the successful installation of the software by opening it and ensuring there are no error messages.
Keep software updated: Regularly update your software to benefit from the latest features, improvements, and bug fixes.
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🔧 Got trouble? Let’s fix!
Missing prerequisites: If the installer detects missing prerequisites during installation, it will prompt prompts you to install them. Make sure to install the required software, such as Java 8 (JRE 1.8) or higher, .NET Framework 4.6 or higher, and GIT 2.39.1, any missing prerequisites, do so before proceeding with the installation.
Remedial Step: Install the missing prerequisites and restart the installation process.
Insufficient system resources: If your system does not meet the hardware requirements, such as a 2.0 GHz or faster processor, 16 GB or higher RAM, and 4 GB or more disk space, the installation may fail.
Remedial Step: Upgrade your system hardware to meet the requirements and retry
installation.
Administrative privileges: The installer requires administrator privileges to install the software. If you do not have these privileges, the installation will not proceed.
Remedial Step: Ensure you have administrator privileges before attempting to install the software.
If any of the QAS - Client is shown a License Not Reachable error, check whether the Qualitia service is running and is active. The other reason could be limited users in the license server. That is, you have purchased 20 client seats and all the 20 are currently active resulting in this error message.
📞📚 Here to Help: Support and Resources
Need a helping hand? Don't hesitate to reach out to your Qualitia Relationship Manager. For more resources, our official Qualitia documentation and community website are just a click away!
If you have questions that are not addressed in the documentation, you may raise them here in the Qualitia Community.