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c_lau
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7 years ago

How to integrate TestComplete to Azure DevOps?

Hi Community   Currently I am trying to integrate TestComplete to an azure devops pipeline. To run the tests i have set up a virtual machine (not azure) where my TestComplete project-files are lo...
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    c_lau
    7 years ago

    Hi

    Meanwhile i found a suitable solution for my problem. Maybe this helps anyone getting started with azure and TC. Here is what i did:

    • In azure devops pipeline i used the visual studio test task where I reference the ".tc12Test" file. Important was to add the specific path to vstest.console.exe on the remote machine.
    • On my testmachine first I had to install the vsts-agent (not as service) to perform build jobs. The next step was to install the MS Visual Studio Test Agent (standalone). To make it understand testcomplete tests, it is necessary to install the TestComplete integration package (Test Agent version VS2017)
    • In Visual Studio I configured the tc12Test for VS test agent. This is well documented here: https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/working-with/integration/ms-vs/alm/add-tc-tests.html

    These are the basic steps i did. In my case I also had to tweak some windows settings to make the agent more stable.

     

    Regards, Christian

     

     

     

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c_lau
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Hi Alex

 

Thank you for your quick answer and for the articles (and telling me about the article page). They are very interesting but unfortunately dont contain the solution I was looking for. I was searching for a more generic approach for integrating TestComplete to my azure build job. Something like running tests, collect and publish results without various tools. But maybe I was thinkig too much in the "jenkins way". Meanwhile i think I have to do it somehow like this: https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/working-with/integration/ms-vs/alm/team-builds/definitions/vnext.html

 

What do you think about it? I was also wondering as well, if there is anyone out there already using Azure DevOps and TestComplete?

 

Many thanks & regards,

Christian

c_lau's avatar
c_lau
New Contributor
7 years ago

Hi

Meanwhile i found a suitable solution for my problem. Maybe this helps anyone getting started with azure and TC. Here is what i did:

  • In azure devops pipeline i used the visual studio test task where I reference the ".tc12Test" file. Important was to add the specific path to vstest.console.exe on the remote machine.
  • On my testmachine first I had to install the vsts-agent (not as service) to perform build jobs. The next step was to install the MS Visual Studio Test Agent (standalone). To make it understand testcomplete tests, it is necessary to install the TestComplete integration package (Test Agent version VS2017)
  • In Visual Studio I configured the tc12Test for VS test agent. This is well documented here: https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/working-with/integration/ms-vs/alm/add-tc-tests.html

These are the basic steps i did. In my case I also had to tweak some windows settings to make the agent more stable.

 

Regards, Christian

 

 

 

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    AlexKaras
    Champion Level 3
    7 years ago

    Hi Christian,

     

    Excuse me for overlooking your previous message and not replying to it. (Though I did not use Azure yet, thus I am doubting that I could be able to reply with something meaningful... :) )

     

    Thank you a lot for the update to this thread with your real experience. Much appreciated.

     

    TanyaYatskovska, HKosova: Could you please consider, ladies, to create help article and/or some other article based on Christian's message?