Testing your installation

To test your Validate installation, you can create and analyze your own sample project.

Start the servers

Start the servers with validate service start:

validate service --projects-root <projects_root> start

where <projects_root> is the projects_root directory you specified during installation

Example 

validate service --projects-root /space/Validate/projects_root start

You see messages indicating that the servers have been started, showing the server host name and port number and the path to the projects_root. For example:

Using projects root: /space/Validate/projects_root Local Host is: serverxyz.com [13.1.1.142]
Starting License Server [started on serverxyz.com:27000] (projects root is /space/Validate/projects_root) 
Starting Database Server [started on serverxyz.com:3306] (projects root is /space/Validate/projects_root) 
Starting Validate Server [started on serverxyz.com:8080] (projects root is /space/Validate/projects_root)

Important: If you create a script to start the Validate servers automatically, do not name your script 'Validate' as it will interfere with existing processes.

Log in to Validate

After starting the Validate servers, Validate is accessible from a browser using the URL of the Validate server hostname and the Validate server port chosen during the install (for example, server21:8080). By default, the person who installed Validate is set as the Validate administrator, and is given the Projects root admin role. Initially, the Basic Authentication access control method is used, so no password is needed to log in. For example, if the user account used during the installation was ‘jsmith’, to log in to Validate with the administrator role, use the credentials:
username: jsmith
password: <empty>

Create a sample project

To test your installation, you can create a sample project in Validate:

  1. Open Validate (For example, by accessing http://localhost:8080)

  2. On the login page, enter the credentials provided by your administrator, or your LDAP or NIS user name and password.

  3. In the Projects tab, select Create a project.

  4. Enter your project name, description, and other fields as necessary. Click Create to finalize your project.

After you have created your sample project, you can run your analysis in Helix QAC and import the results.