Prerequisites & Configurations

Qualitia Automation Studio (QAS) is a script-less test automation platform that makes building, executing, and managing automation tests simple, fast, and easy. Using the script-less approach you can easily develop and automate tests without any tool or programming knowledge.

Qualitia uses some third-party software components, most of which are bundled with Qualitia. Some software components cannot be bundled with the Qualitia installable due to their respective licensing policies. 

You may have to install one or more components based on your role to get started with automation testing. Qualitia gives you the provision to install all these components on the same machine and different machines as well. 

Qualitia Automation Studio Server Prerequisites

Qualitia has a client-server architecture. Qualitia server acts as a connection point for multiple Qualitia clients. This server should be up and running all the time and should be accessible by Qualitia Clients.

You are recommended to have a machine dedicated for the Qualitia Server.

Processor	Intel Core i3 64-bit supported processor with 3.4 GHz or higher speed
Memory (RAM)	Minimum: 8 GB  Recommended: 16 GB
Hard Disk Space	Minimum: 500 GB Note: Qualitia recommends the Administrator to review disk usage periodically in the initial weeks after installation to assess execution patterns and storage consumed. This helps to determine the appropriate size requirements for the organization.
Operating System Support	Only 64-bit version of the following operating systems are supported: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Microsoft Windows 10 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and later.
Software Prerequisites	Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2 Ensure that .Net 3.5 is turned on under Windows Features. For more information, click here. Java 8 (64-bit)- Oracle Java 8 : 1.8.0_261/ Adopt OpenJDK 8 (LTS) with OpenJ9/ Azul Java: 8.50.0.21 (Optional) SQL Server Native Client v11.x (recommended while working with SQL server and Chrome Object Spy) Click here to download.
Privileges Required	Local Administrator privileges (for installation of Qualitia Server)
Communication Ports TCP (Inbound)	The following list indicates the communication ports for each component: 1947: Qualitia Licensing Service 8889: Qualitia Server component 8887: Qualitia Web Service 1433: MSSQL Server 3306: MySQL Server  4001: Mobile Object Spy Server 21000 to 22000: Mobile Object Spy Agent (any port from the specified range)  80: Apache Subversion (Versioning and Revision Control Tool). These TCP ports need to be opened on Firewall allowing inbound communications from Qualitia components.

All the port numbers mentioned above are the default communication ports used by these applications. In case you are changing the default ports, you must open or unblock the corresponding ports.  

Data Store Server

Qualitia Automation Studio clients connect to Qualitia data store server to store and retrieve test cases, execution results, and other related information. You can use RDBMS server for storing project data based on your preference.

Qualitia recommends that you must restart the server at least once a month or when the memory consumption is about to reach 4 GB. You can check the memory consumption from app.log present in the RealTimeReport logs.

Windows

MySQL

You can use the My SQL database to store and maintain your project data. 

 While deploying Qualitia in the production environment, it is recommended to set the max_connections value to 300 or more. You can set this value using the Options file from MySQL installation directory. For more information on how to update this value, refer to the Troubleshooting section.

Refer to the MySQL documentation for the OS and version compatibility of the required MySQL versions.

It is recommended to enable higher concurrency in MySQL server to access Web-based dashboards seamlessly. You can set these parameters in my-default.ini on Windows.

For more information on how to enable higher concurrency, click here.

Microsoft SQL Server

You can use the Microsoft SQL Server to store and maintain your project data. 

Linux

MySQL

You can use Linux machine if you are using MySQL for storing your project data.

Currently, Qualitia Supports only the legacy Authentication Method for MySQL 8.0.

It is recommended to enable higher concurrency in MySQL server to access Web-based dashboards seamlessly. You can set these parameters in my.cnf on Linux.

For more information on how to enable higher concurrency, click here.

Amazon Web Services

MySQL

The following are the MySQL requirements for Amazon Web Services.

Microsoft Azure 

The following are requirements for installing QAS Server on Microsoft Azure.

• SQLServer Database: Managed SQL instance-vCores -4-max storage 256 GB
• QAS Server: Standard_D4as_v4

Qualitia Automation Studio Client Prerequisites 

Mobile Object Spy Agent/Server

Mobile object spy components help you to identify the objects required from the mobile application under test. You can install both of these components (agent and server) on a single system or different systems. This can be either Windows or a Mac system.

Windows

The Windows systems you are using for Qualitia Mobile components should meet the following prerequisites.  

Mac

The Mac systems you are using for Qualitia Mobile components should meet the following prerequisites.

Qualitia License Service

The default Qualitia Server installation ships with Qualitia License Service. You may choose to install it on a different machine.

Following are the requirements: 

• A Qualitia license service must be installed on a Windows machine and it can be a Windows Desktop OS or Windows Server OS. 
• This system should be deployed on the same network and should be up and accessible by Qualitia Automation Studio clients at all the time.

For more information about license server and its setup, please refer to the Licensing Guide.

Prerequisites for Offline Suite Execution

The Offline Package helps you execute test cases in different environments without having to Qualitia Clients installed. You can create and execute the same packages on multiple platforms and browsers by configuring and executing the QualitiaOffline.jar file accordingly. 

Qualitia does not support mobile platforms on Linux or Unix machine.