How to install SoapUI in CentOS 7 

To install SoapUI in CentOS 7

SoapUI is a free and open source cross-platform functional testing tool used on the web services. SoapUI is a simple to use tool, and its installation is also quite simple. This article covers the installation of SoapUI on CentOS 7.

Installing SoapUI

You can go to the official website of SoapUI :http://www.soapui.org and select the appropriate file to download. Here “ linux tarball (Java not included)” option is used as we are installing SoapUI on CentOS.

Or you can also use the following command for the same purpose.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# wget cdn01.downloads.smartbear.com/soapui/5.3.0/SoapUI-5.3.0-linux-bin.tar.gz
--2016-12-21 12:41:11--  http://cdn01.downloads.smartbear.com/soapui/5.3.0/SoapUI-5.3.0-linux-bin.tar.gz
Resolving cdn01.downloads.smartbear.com (cdn01.downloads.smartbear.com)... 23.76.157.123, 23.76.157.130, 2600:1417:53::1703:4612, ...
Connecting to cdn01.downloads.smartbear.com (cdn01.downloads.smartbear.com)|23.76.157.123|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 48972753 (47M) [application/gzip]
Saving to: ‘ SoapUI-5.3.0-linux-bin.tar.gz’ 

100%[========================================================> ] 48,972,753   324KB/s   in 95s    

2016-12-21 12:42:47 (506 KB/s) - ‘ SoapUI-5.3.0-linux-bin.tar.gz’  saved [48972753/48972753]

Once the file is downloaded, extract its contents by using the following command.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# tar -xzf SoapUI-5.3.0-linux-bin.tar.gz -C /opt/

Once the contents are extracted, change its directory to opt > SoapUIxxx > bin.

[root@linuxhelp ~]# cd /opt/SoapUI-5.3.0/bin/

Now is the time to install SoapUI. Use the following command to install its free version.

[root@linuxhelp bin]# ./soapui.sh 
================================
=
= SOAPUI_HOME = /opt/SoapUI-5.3.0
=
================================
2016-12-21 12:54:18,494 [main] WARN  com.eviware.soapui.SoapUI - Could not find jfxrt.jar. Internal browser will be disabled.
Configuring log4j from [/opt/SoapUI-5.3.0/bin/soapui-log4j.xml]
12:54:19,355 INFO  [DefaultSoapUICore] Creating new settings at [/root/soapui-settings.xml]
.
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SoapUI has now been installed.

It was so simple to install SoapUI, wasn' t it? SoapUI creates and executes automated functional regression compliance and load tests with a graphical interface. In a single test environment, SoapUI provides complete test coverage and supports all the standard protocols and technologies. SoapUI can also be used for web-services inspection, development, REST API testing, SOAP testing and functional, compliance and load testing.