How to create TestLInk Project?

Last Updated : 16 Apr, 2024

Testlink is a web-based software that is used for test management which helps to check for QA or quality assurance, the testlink software is an open-source project.

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It is a software that offers various features such as test cases, test plans, and test projects and also offers reports and statistics for the quality assurance checking of software.

Steps to Create a TestLink Project

Creating and accessing a TestLink project is very simple and easy to do, follow the steps mentioned below to know how a TestLink project is created after installation.

Step 1: Open TestLink

The first step is to open the test link so after installation, go to any web browser of your choice and open the following directory where the test link is installed (by default it is localhost/test link):

localhost/testlink/index.php

This will open a login window where you will have to enter the login details so that you can create a project:

Note: While anyone can access the login window, only users with the Admin role can create projects.

Step 2: Create TestLink Project:

Once the login page loads it will automatically ask you to create a project for testing, it will ask you to enter a name for the project and also ask you to add the prefix for the project

What is project prefix?

Project prefix is used to identify test cases associated with that project, project prefix is associated with the test case's ID.

Simply enter the project name and a project ID for the prefix like I have done below:

enter-project-name — Create TestLink Project.

Step 3: Project Description

Project description is a nonmandatory field so it does not matter if the user does not enter anything in the project description as well, but for a better understanding of the project, it's better to enter the project description, project description also helps testers understand the project's purpose.

Step 4: Other TestLink Project Options

Some features in the TestLink needs to be understood for better understanding while creating a project, The following are these project options:

Enable requirements feature: Enable requirements feature allows to creation of various types of requirements for the project in the future.
Enable testing priority: Testing priority is useful when running multiple testing projects as the most prioritized project will run first.
Enable test automation: Test automation works by executing the test cases based on the scheduling.
Enable inventory: Inventory is used to define the various hardware details that are required for the project.
Availability: Public availability makes the project visible to all users, not just for running tests. the availability has two options first one is active and the second one is public, active defines whether the project has permission to run in the system or not and public defines the scope of the project.

other-options-in-testlink — Other TestLink features.

Step 5: Create Project

After understanding all of the options mentioned in the step above and selecting the appropriate options next step is to click on the "create" button to finalize the project.

After clicking on the create button the project gets created and it is shown in the project management window, as you can see below:

testlink-project-is-created — Create project.

Conclusion

TestLink is a test management tool that offers manual testing to its users, the software itself is free and comes with a lot of features such as manual test cases, defining test parameters, test projects, and viewing statistics and analysis of the tests for the project. by understanding how to create the project in this tool we can understand and create useful test cases using TestLink.