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Zephyr Bots or ZBots are software agents that reside on target automation systems and link the Zephyr Server and the automation tool being used on the target automation system. ZBots help you automate your test cases: when ZBot is running, you can execute Zephyr Vortex jobs
jobs that will add automated test cases to the specified folder and create test cycles on the Test Planning page
page. When a user runs an automated test case on the Test Execution page
page, the Zephyr Server connects to the target ZBot, sends execution information to it to run one or multiple test scripts, and then retrieves test results to parse and send them to Zephyr:
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- Run zbot_start.sh to start ZBot.
- Run zbot_stop.sh to stop it.
You can also schedule to start ZBot automatically
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Create a Vortex job
A job is a task with a number of parameters. You use it to automate your test cases. You can create two types of jobs: Automation and Folder Watcher.
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For more information on Vortex, see Zephyr Vortex.
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Before running a job, you need to start ZBot. You can execute your jobs only when ZBot is running. |
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Downloading ZBot also creates a Zephyr API token (a token is generated automatically based on the ZBot name) and adds it to the ZBot properties file. You can then use this token to control your ZBot via API. To view the API tokens you have created or to create a new one, click your username in the top-right corner and select API Token from the menu:
See Also
Executing Automated Test Cases
Create and Manage API Tokens in Zephyr