Tosca Integration with Azure DevOps Pipelines

 Integrating **Tosca** with **Azure DevOps Pipelines** enables automated test execution as part of your CI/CD workflow. Here's a comprehensive guide to help you achieve this:

 
---
 
### ✅ **Overview of the Integration**
 
* **Tosca**: A model-based test automation tool by Tricentis.
* **Azure DevOps Pipelines**: Automates the build, test, and deployment of applications.
 
By integrating them, you can:
 
* Trigger Tosca test executions from Azure pipelines
* Collect and analyze test results within the DevOps pipeline
* Automate regression tests during builds or releases
 
---
 
### 🧰 **Prerequisites**
 
1. **Tosca TestCases**: Already created and validated in Tosca Commander.
2. **Tosca Execution Server / Distributed Execution (DEX)** installed.
3. **Azure DevOps Agent** (self-hosted) installed on the same machine as Tosca.
4. **Tricentis Tosca CLI tools** (e.g., `TestEvent`, `TCExe`) installed.
5. **License setup**: Ensure licenses are available for automated runs.
 
---
 
### 🔧 **Steps to Integrate Tosca with Azure DevOps Pipelines**
 
#### 1. **Install the Azure DevOps Agent on Tosca Machine**
 
* Go to **Azure DevOps > Organization Settings > Agent Pools**
* Create a self-hosted agent
* Download and configure the agent on the Tosca machine
* This allows Azure Pipelines to run jobs on a machine that has Tosca installed
 
#### 2. **Create a Tosca TestEvent or Use Existing Test Configuration**
 
* Use Tosca Commander to define a **TestEvent**
 
  * This defines the test cases to execute
* Optionally use `ExecutionLists`
 
#### 3. **Create a PowerShell or Command Line Script**
 
Use Tosca CLI tools in your script:
 
**Example (PowerShell):**
 
```powershell
& "C:\Program Files (x86)\TRICENTIS\Tosca Testsuite\ToscaCommander\TCExe.exe" 
   /EventName="MyTestEvent"
   /WorkspacePath="C:\Path\To\MyWorkspace.tws"
   /UserName="your-username"
   /Password="your-password"
```
 
OR
 
**Using ToscaCIClient:**
 
```powershell
& "C:\Program Files (x86)\TRICENTIS\Tosca Testsuite\ToscaCI\Client\ToscaCIClient.exe" 
   --workspace "C:\Path\To\MyWorkspace.tws"
   --executionList "RegressionTests"
   --output "C:\Results\result.xml"
```
 
#### 4. **Add a Task in Azure DevOps Pipeline**
 
Add a task in the YAML pipeline (or classic pipeline) to call the PowerShell script:
 
**YAML Example:**
 
```yaml
trigger:
- main
 
pool:
  name: Default # Your self-hosted agent pool
 
steps:
- task: PowerShell@2
  inputs:
    targetType: 'filePath'
    filePath: 'run-tosca-tests.ps1'
```
 
#### 5. **Publish Test Results (Optional)**
 
If you output results in a compatible format (e.g., JUnit XML), you can publish them:
 
```yaml
- task: PublishTestResults@2
  inputs:
    testResultsFormat: 'JUnit'
    testResultsFiles: '**/result.xml'
    failTaskOnFailedTests: true
```
 
---
 
### 📈 **Best Practices**
 
* Use **Distributed Execution (DEX)** for parallel test execution across machines.
* Configure **retry logic** in case of flaky UI tests.
* Integrate with **Tricentis Analytics** or **qTest** for better result tracking.
 
---
 
### 🧪 Optional: Use Tosca Integration for Test Management Tools
 
If using **qTest** or **Xray**, results can be linked for better test lifecycle management.

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