Setting Up Provar Grid

Prerequisites

• Provar Grid Connection Details provided by Provar, these include …
  • Provar Grid Username
  • Provar Grid API Key
  • A valid Provar Automation license key

Provar Grid Configuration

1. Login to Provar Manager.
2. Once in Provar Manager, select ‘Provar Manager Setup’.
3. You will see a tab to enter ‘Provar Grid Details’
4. Make a note of the following details from your onboarding email. If you cannot find these, please contact your sales executive.
   1. Provar Grid Username
   2. Provar Grid API Key
   3. Provar Automation Key

* These details must be valid to execute the tests

5. Enter the details in the ‘Provar Grid Username,’ ‘Provar Grid API Key’ and ‘Provar Automation License key’ fields respectively.

6. Provar Grid is now ready to run tests.

Repository Connection

1. In Provar Manager, from the menu options, select VCS (Version control system)
2. Create a new record
3. Enter a name; this can be anything you like, but we recommend it is something descriptive.
4. Select a platform, i.e., GitHub, Bitbucket or Azure DevOps
5. Save the new record
6. The new record will display with a connection assistant containing the fields necessary to establish a connection. Note: These differ depending on the VCS provider of choice.
7. Enter details in the applicable connection assistant fields.
8. The connection will be established if valid, and a message will let you know this is the case.

Repository Import

1. From the VCS record, select the drop-down menu in the ‘Repository’ section and choose ‘Import.’
2. The subsequent screen will show all of the available repositories.
   1. Those already imported are denoted with a tick,
   2. and those available for import are denoted with a +.
3. From the import screen, select the repository you want to import and click ‘Import.’

Note: To keep the list concise, the initial list only populates with Private repositories. If you want to import a public repository, use the search function to find the desired one.

Branch Import & Configuration

1. From the Repository record, in the ‘Branches’ section, select the drop-down and choose ‘Import.’
2. The subsequent screen will show all of the available branches in that repository.
   1. Those already imported are denoted with a tick,
   2. and those available for import are denoted with a +.
3. Select the branches you want to import from the import screen and click ‘Import.’

To learn more about Provar Grid, take the course at the University of Provar.