Explanation

Read these pages to understand how Test Services works and how its parts relate to your OpenLab CDS deployment. For procedures, use the How-to guides; for requirements and supported values, use Reference.

Understand the deployment

• How Test Services works: the application, its framework, and central management.
• Deployment architecture: how Test Services fits into the supported OpenLab CDS topologies.
• System types and recommended tests: why test availability and recommendations differ by machine role.

Understand verification and reporting

• The verification run: how a run progresses and produces a result.
• About the Summary report: how individual test results are brought together in one report.
• The verification tests: understand what each test checks and how it contributes to verification.

Understand access and licensing

• About authentication: how Test Services uses OpenLab Shared Services to validate users.
• About licensing: why some tests require licenses and how those licenses are used.
• Security and HTTPS: how web communications and certificates are handled.