Enabling the Google Chrome browser

To use IBM® DevOps Test UI (Test UI) to test HTML applications that run on Google Chrome browser, you must enable the Google Chrome browser manually.

You must enable the browser for recording the tests. Test UI facilitates playing back the tests directly in Chrome without enabling the browser.

You can enable the browser by using any of the following methods:
  • By enabling the browser from the Enable Environments dialog in Test UI. The browser opens and you are prompted to add the IBM DevOps Test UI for Google Chrome™ extension to the browser as documented in the following procedure.
  • By adding the IBM DevOps Test UI for Google Chrome extension to the browser from the Google Chrome web store. You must ensure that you have an Internet connection to access the extension from the Google Chrome web store. After adding the extension, verify that the browser is enabled by opening the Enable Environments dialog in Test UI. For instructions to do this, see Adding the Google Chrome extension from the Chrome Web store.
  • By installing the extension that is packaged with the product if you do not have access to internet to access the Chrome Web Store. For more information, see Adding the Google Chrome extension bundled with the product.
  1. In Test UI, click Configure > Enable Environments for Testing to invoke the Enable Environments dialog (the enabler).
  2. Click the Web Browsers tab. Add the Google Chrome browser to the Web Browsers list by doing the following:
    1. Click Search. The Search for Web Browsers dialog opens.
    2. Search for the Google Chrome browser using any of the following search methods:
      • Select Search All to let the enabler locate all the browsers on your system. Test UI scans all the hard disk drives or partitions, and lists the browsers in the Web Browsers list.
      • Select Search In to browse to a specific disk drive or root directory to search.
    3. Click the Search button.
  3. On the Web Browsers tab, click Chrome in the Web Browsers list, and click Enable.

    The Google Chrome browser opens and you are prompted to add the DevOps Test UI - Functional Test extension to the browser.

  4. Click the Add to Chrome button, and then click Add Extension to confirm.
  5. Click Enable.

    On the Web Browsers tab In the Enable Environments dialog, the enabled status is indicated in parentheses after the Google Chrome browser name in the Web Browsers list.

  6. Test that the browser is enabled properly by clicking the Test button to run the Browser Enablement Diagnostic Tool.
  7. Click Finish In the Enable Environments dialog.
After you enable the Google Chrome browser, you can start testing applications that run in Google Chrome browsers.