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TestLink Integration

  • Download XAMPP from Apache Friends: XAMPP.

  • Upon successful installation, Tomcat will be started by default.

  • Start the Apache and MySQL services from XAMPP Control Panel.

TestLink Installation

  • Download the TestLink from SourceForge. You can use the latest version for the integration.

  • Extract TestLink and place it on XAMPP’s “htdocs” directory.

  • Hit the below URL in any browser. http://localhost/phpmyadmin/

  • Create a new database called “testlink” from the database menu.

  • Add a user account from the “Privileges” tab under “More” options for “testlink” database.

Add user account in TestLink

Add user account in TestLink

  • Hit the below URL in any browser to open the testlink installation setup. http://localhost/testlink-1.9.16/install/index.php

  • Check the “I agree to the terms set out in this license” checkbox and click “Continue” button.

Agree terms in TestLink

  • The below permissions will be failed.

Failed terms in the TestLink package

  • Navigate to the testlink package and open the “config.inc.php” file.

  • Update the parameters as below

$tlCfg->log_path = ‘D:/xampp/htdocs/testlink-1.9.16/logs/’; (Path of testlink package)

$grepositoryPath = ‘D:/xampp/htdocs/testlink-1.9.16/uploadarea/’; (Path of testlink package)

  • Refresh the page and the above “failed” status will be resolved.

Resolve failed terms in the TestLink package

  • Click the “Continue” button.

  • Enter the Database name as “testlink”.

  • Enter the Database admin login and password as “admin”.

  • Enter your database username and password for “TestLink DB login and password”.

Set up Testlink

  • Click the “Process TestLink Setup!” button.

  • Once the installation is completed, a window will be displayed to notify that the Installation was successful.

Successfully install Testlink

Login Testlink

  • Once you login to TestLink, it prompts to create a Test Project.

  • Create a Test Plan, Build, Test suite with Test cases by selecting the corresponding links from the Dashboard.

Test Project Creation​

Create test project in Testlink

Test Plan Creation​

Create test plan in Testlink

Build Creation​

Build creation in Testlink

Test Suite Creation​

Test suite creation in Testlink

Test Case Creation​

Test case creation in Testlink

  1. Generate the API Key on TestLink as below.

• Click the “My Settings” icon next to logout.

• Personal API access Key will be “none” under the “API Interface” section.

• Click “Generate a new key” button.

• Key will be generated from “Personal API access key”.

Create API key in Testlink

  1. After generating a key, update the test execution status as “Automated” as below.

Create API key in Testlink

Make a note of the TestLink Key, Testlink Url, Project Name, Test Plan Name, and Build Name created on TestLink. These details need to be used in our configuration in below:

Go to Project > Settings > Plugins > TestLink Integration and setup these following configurations:

Enable TestLink Integration

This plugin provides the only custom keyword updateResults to update the test results on Testlink.

Before execution, the test status will be “Not Run” on Testlink. If the test case is passed, the status will be updated as “Passed”.

View test results in Testlink

If the test case is failed, the status will be updated as “Failed”.

View test results in Testlink