This readme provides information about HPE ALM 12.55 Webgate Customization:

Processing Instructions

Webgate Customization is used when:

  1. A web proxy is required.
  2. A web proxy requires authentication.
  3. A web server in front of ALM requires authentication.
  4. External authentication is enabled in ALM.

In ALM, click Help > ALM Tools to open the ALM Tools page. On the ALM Tools page, click Webgate Customization to open the HPE ALM Webgate Customization page. On the HPE ALM Webgate Customization page, click Download Tool to run Webgate Customization. The WebGate Customization dialog box opens.

The WebGate Customization dialog box contains the settings for the WebGate Client component. The settings are maintained in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Mercury Interactive\TestDirector\WEB_CLNT_DEBUG and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Mercury Interactive\TestDirector\WEB registry keys.

The following sections describe the various tabs of the WebGate Customization dialog box.

Web Server Settings

The Web Server Settings tab configures the Web Server credentials, WebClient certificates, and general HTTP settings.

·         Web Server Credentials: When the web server requires user credentials, for example with SSO, enter Web Server Username, Web Server Password, and Domain. Select Always ask for credentials to force credentials to be entered for the web server to load.

Selecting Always ask for credentials causes ALM Explorer to ask 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 setting.

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

·         WebClient Certificates: 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.

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

o    Interactive mode: The OTA script displays user dialogs.

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

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.

·         General HTTP Settings: Set the following HTTP settings:

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

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

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

Proxy Settings

The Proxy Settings tab configures the proxy server and proxy credentials.

·         Proxy: Set the type of proxy server:

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

o    Use IE Proxy Server: Select this option if the Internet Explorer proxy setting is used for the ALM client or OTA script connection to the ALM server. This option and the Use a Proxy Server option are mutually exclusive.

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

·         Proxy Credentials: Enter Proxy Username, Proxy Password, and Domain if the proxy server requires user credentials. Select Always ask for credentials to force credentials to be entered for the proxy server to load.

Selecting Always ask for credentials causes ALM Explorer to ask 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 setting.

Log Settings

The Log Settings tab configures the log file.

·         WebClient Log: Select Write Client Side Log File and enter a path to create a log file for the WebGate component in the specified path.

Running Webgate Customization from the Command Line

Webgate Customization can be run from the command line.

·         To run WebGate Customization in silent mode, enter WebGateTool.exe /silent followed by the appropriate parameters. Following is a list of the parameters:

Parameter Name

Short Name

Silent

S

UseProxy

P

UseIEProxy

IE

BypassProxy

BP

ProxyPort

PrP

ProxyUrl

PrU

ProxyUserDomain

PrUD

ProxyUserName

PrUN

ProxyPassword

PrUP

ProxyAlwaysAskCreds

PrAC

ShouldFilterCertificates

CeF

CertSNForNotspecifyMode

CeNS

CertSNForInteractiveMode

CeI

CertSNForNoninteractiveMode

CeNI

IISUserDomain

SUD

IISUserName

SUN

IISPassword

SUP

IISAlwaysAskCreds

SAC

ConnectionTimeout

CTO

AcceptCompressedResponse

ACR

UserAgent

UA

SslType

SslT

AddBasicAuthHeader

ABAH

ForceAddBasicAuthHeader

FABAH

MakeLog

ML

LogPath

LP

For example, to set the log path and make a log checkbox in silent mode, run WebGateTool.exe /Silent /LogPath="C:\logs" /MakeLog=y or WebGateTool.exe /s /lp="C:\logs" /ml=y.

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