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If you are updating an existing installation (including updating from a service pack), be sure to update both products at the same time.

Installation

You can install SOAtest as a standalone Eclipse-based application or as an Eclipse p2 update.You can install Virtualize as a standalone Eclipse-based application or as an Eclipse p2 update.You can install SOAtest and Virtualize as a standalone Eclipse-based application or as an Eclipse p2 update. This topic describes the standalone installation. Refer to Eclipse p2 Update Site Installation for instruction on installing into your own Eclipse IDE.

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The default workspace will be added and set to the <USER_HOME_DIR>/parasoft/workspace directory (for example, C:\Users\username\parasoft\virtualize_workspace).The default workspace will be added and set to the <USER_HOME_DIR>/parasoft/workspace directory (for example, C:\Users\username\parasoft\soavirt_workspace).The default workspace will be added and set to the <USER_HOME_DIR>/parasoft/workspace directory (for example, C:\Users\username\parasoft\soatest_workspace). The default workspace is preselected in the Select a Workspace dialog when you first start the application. If you select a different workspace, the new workspace will be preselected when you start the application from that point forward.

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During recording and playback, SOAtest pipes all communication between the browser and the server through its own proxy. The proxy must be able to interpret the traffic being sent between the browser and the server. In order to interpret the SSL traffic being sent through the proxy, SOAtest acts as an intermediary, providing SSL credentials to the browser as though it were the server, and providing SSL credentials to the server as though it were the browser. Certificates are used to certify the identity of the entity of the endpoints. If you enable this installation option, SOAtest will use the SOAtest Web Root Certificate Authority certificate to sign every certificate that the SOAtest proxy creates when establishing SSL connections between the browser and the proxy.

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Installing Load Test as a service within the Services Console allows other machines on your network running Load Test to use the current machine as a slave in distributed load tests. When Load Test runs, the list of available slave machines is displayed under the Load Test Configuration > Machines node. If desired, these machines can be used to generate extremely large loads and run tests from different hosts on a network. See Running Load Tests on Remote Machines for details.

Startup

Double-click the SOAtest desktop icon or choose Programs > Parasoft > SOAtest <VERSION> from the Windows Start menu to start SOAtest.

Double-click the Load Test desktop icon or choose Programs > Parasoft > Load Test <VERSION> from the Windows Start menu to start Load Test.

You must have a valid license before you can use SOAtest or Load Test.

Double-click the Virtualize desktop icon or choose Programs > Parasoft > Virtualize <VERSION> from the Windows Start menu to start Virtualize.

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Double-click the SOAtest & Virtualize desktop icon or choose Programs > Parasoft > SOAtest & Virtualize <VERSION> from the Windows Start menu to start SOAtest & Virtualize.

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1. Go to the <SOAVIRT_INSTALL_DIR>\service directory and update the startVirtualizeServer.bat to specify your desired workspace directory and your settings file (if any). For more information about configuring your settings file, see Configuring Settings.
2. Run a Windows command prompt as an administrator and change directories to <SOAVIRT_INSTALL_DIR>\service.
3. Run the installVirtualizeService.bat script.

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