Install selenium rc server 2, 3 as a service on ubuntu 16.04

Hi ,

Today we want to install java, eclipse  and selenium server rc 3 on ubuntu 16.04 to have a small testenviroment to test our applications in different browsers.

At fisr we need the openjdk 8 and the server application


1) openjdk-8-jdk
 follow this tutorial:
http://magento2-tuts.blogspot.de/2016/08/ubuntu-1604-istall-openjdk-8.html

2) eclipse
follow this tutorial:
http://magento2-tuts.blogspot.de/2016/08/install-eclipse-on-ubuntu-1604.html


3) download Seleniumserver rc (remote control)
http://www.seleniumhq.org/download/
my current version is selenium-server-standalone-3.0.0-beta2.jar

3.2 create a folder:
/usr/lib/selenium
/var/log/selenium
chmod a+x /var/log/selenium

3.3 move downloaded server jar to
/usr/lib/selenium


3.3 install selenium as a service
save following shell script to:
 

	#!/bin/bash
	### BEGIN INIT INFO
	# Provides: selenium
	# Required-Start: $local_fs $network
	# Required-Stop: $local_fs
	# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
	# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
	# Short-Description: selenium
	# Description: handles seleniumserver
	### END INIT INFO
	case "${1:-''}" in
	'start')
	if test -f /tmp/selenium.pid
	then
	echo "Selenium is already running."
	else
	kill -HUP `cat /tmp/selenium.pid`
	test -f /tmp/selenium.pid && rm -f /tmp/selenium.pid
	sleep 1
	java -Dwebdriver.chrome.driver=/usr/lib/selenium/chromedriver -Dwebdriver.gecko.driver=/usr/lib/selenium/geckodriver -jar /usr/lib/selenium/selenium-server-standalone-3.0.0-beta2.jar -port 4443 > /var/log/selenium/output.log 2> /var/log/selenium/error.log & echo $! > /tmp/selenium.pid
	error=$?
	if test $error -gt 0
	then
	echo "${bon}Error $error! Couldn't start Selenium!${boff}"
	fi
	fi
	;;
	'stop')
	if test -f /tmp/selenium.pid
	then
	echo "Stopping Selenium..."
	PID=`cat /tmp/selenium.pid`
	kill -3 $PID
	if kill -9 $PID ;
	then
	sleep 2
	test -f /tmp/selenium.pid && rm -f /tmp/selenium.pid
	else
	echo "Selenium could not be stopped..."
	fi
	else
	echo "Selenium is not running."
	fi
	;;
	'restart')
	if test -f /tmp/selenium.pid
	then
	kill -HUP `cat /tmp/selenium.pid`
	test -f /tmp/selenium.pid && rm -f /tmp/selenium.pid
	sleep 1
	java -Dwebdriver.chrome.driver=/usr/lib/selenium/chromedriver -Dwebdriver.gecko.driver=/usr/lib/selenium/geckodriver -jar /usr/lib/selenium/selenium-server-standalone-3.0.0-beta2.jar -port 4443 > /var/log/selenium/output.log 2> /var/log/selenium/error.log & echo $! > /tmp/selenium.pid
	echo "Reload Selenium..."
	else
	echo "Selenium isn't running..."
	fi
	;;
	*) # no parameter specified
	echo "Usage: $SELF start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload|status"
	exit 1
	;;
	esac

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Add startscript to runlevel, to start on reboot
$ update-rc.d selenium defaults

Configure a chrome webdriver
We want to use chrome as the standard webdriver.

Download chrome webdriver.
- http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=2.22/
- move the zip to /usr/bin/selenium
- unzip the package there.
- after that you have an executable file under /usr/bin/selenium/chromedriver





$ mkdir -p /var/log/selenium
$ touch /var/log/selenium/selenium-output.log

type:
/etc/init.d/selenium start


Thats. It.

In the next tutorial we want to use java, eclipse and selenium ide to create our first automated browsertests.

create first seleniumtest in java with eclipse

If you want to use firefox as testbrowser, you have to download and install webdriver.gecko.driver from:
https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases 
- move the zip to /usr/bin/selenium
- unzip the package there.
- after that you have an executable file under /usr/bin/selenium/geckodriver