Login

Opening Cerberus, you will be invited to login with the information you should have received from your Cerberus administrator.

LoginPage

Note	If you did not receive any credential, please contact your Cerberus administrator.

Note	If you forgot your password, you can retrieve it following the forgot password wizard.

Once you’re logged in, you will access to the homepage.

The homepage is showing information on

testcases set by application grouped by status (See the [workflow] section for more information);
testcase executions by tag (the last ones by default, or customizable as described in the Customization section);
the application versions deployed on environment;

Homepage

You can customize the list of tag in a static way by selecting the tags from the combo. HomepageCustomTag

But you can also define a search text that will be used to dynamicaly retreive the list of tag. HomepageCustomTag

NB : If the list of tag is defined, the search Text will be ignored.

You will find below definitions of Cerberus common terms.

System : Business Application or CI (Configuration Item). It correspond to a group of application that needs to be tested. User access are defined at that level.
Application : Technical component. every Application is linked to a 'System'.
Test Folder : Group of TestCases, This is flexible way to group and classify the test cases.
TestCase : Test scenario made of steps, actions and controls. (User story implementation in Cerberus)
Label : Mark to describe TestCases, so you can group and filter easily.
Campaign : Group of testcases (selected using labels) all linked to execution parameters (country - environment - browser - robot (optional)).

You will find in this section a graphical representation of the main Cerberus elements.

Below the system :

SystemIllustration

Below the test case :

TestCaseIllustration

First steps as an administrator

Note	For non-admin users, please go to the next section : "First steps"

You will find below setting steps for an application to test.

Note	Check you are on the system you have just created (dropdown menu at top right)

Create an environment. Example : PROD FR (see [Environment])
Create an application. Example : Google (see [Application])
Edit once again your application, you can now set new parameters. In tab environment, create PROD FR environment and fill http://www.google.fr in host section.

Technical settings are now finished. Please refer to the following section to implement a TestCase.

First steps

Note	Please verify with your administrator if system and application are already created.

You will find below step to create and execute a TestCase.

Optionally you can created one or several Test Folder in order to host your test cases. Example : « Search Engine » (see [Create test])
Access to TestCase list and create a TestCase (cf [Create TestCase]). Mandatory fields : Test / Application / TestCase ID (Should already be filled with a reference).

Note	Activation criteria tab : Activate for PROD your TestCase. (default setting not active for PROD) For the example, We will run our TestCase on PROD environment

Your TestCase is now created, find it in the list using filters.
Edit it (cf [Implement TestCase])
Create your first step « Open Google »
Add your first action : OpenURL value = www.google.com or OpenURLWithBase value = / (if URL is already defined in application settings)
You can add a control : VerifyTitle Title = Google
Save the script and click on Run button.
You are now on execution page. Select country / environment
Fill robot information. Mandatory fields : IP / port / browser.

Note	You must first run your selenium server (see [Selenium])

Congratulations, you’ve just executed your first Cerberus TestCase !