Installation Guide

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3rd Party Software

This article describes the 3rd Party software that is required, optional, and supported by CloudShell.

Note: Administrator-level permission is necessary when installing 3rd Party software that is required by CloudShell.

In this article:

Required

  • IIS Express 8.0 (Required for using CloudShell Portal)
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.1
  • Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime 9.0
  • Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime 10.0
  • Microsoft Windows Installer 4.5
  • Python 2.7
  • VCTools++ (For all users. Required for compiling Python dependencies)

If any of the above 3rd Party components are missing from your computer, the CloudShell installation wizard installs them before installing the CloudShell application.

Optional

  • Studio, Authoring: LabView runtime and LabView tools are available as a separate installation.
  • Insight: CloudShell Version: 9.3 GA Insight is available as a separate installation.
  • Microsoft PowerShell version 2: Install this when using the command shell tool.
  • Ranorex version 8.3.2: Install this to use the GUI Automator.

    Notes:
    • When using Ranorex with certain browsers, you might have to install a plugin. For example, the Ranorex plugin for Chrome is available at this link.
    • Before upgrading Ranorex, note that tests using Ranorex will be upgraded but cannot be downgraded back to the previous Ranorex version. Therefore, we recommend to back up your local and shared tests before upgrade.

  • TLS 1.2 protocol.

Supported

  • Virtualization: VMware vCenter. The supported versions are vSphere 5.5 - 6.5, and 6.7.
  • Source control: TortoiseSVN Version 1.7/1.7.9
  • BI tools: Sisense 7.2.1.15002 only (supported for this version of CloudShell and only on 64-bit operating systems)
  • Quality control (For deployment information, see the TestShell Studio Online Help):
    • HP Quality Center QC 10.
    • HP Quality Center QC 11/11.5.
    • HP ALM.