IT:AD:Selenium:HowTo:Install/Preparation

You'll need IT:AD:Java installed first:

• IT:AD:Java:HowTo:Install

You'll need a service account on each Hub Server of your Grid, eg: Svc_Selenium, or Svc_UXTests, as well as the Node servers.

• In a Domain, you'd request a domain group (eg: 'Grp-Selenium') and a service account (eg: 'Svc-Selenium'). In a Workspace/Non-AD environment you would create create them using IT:AD:lusrmgr.msc.
• In both cases, to ensure the account can be used as a service account, see: IT:AD:SecPol.msc.
• To ensure the account can be used to remote control in (you'll need this to set up some user specific setting, and then turn it off, see IT:AD:lusrmgr.msc:HowTo:Add a User to the RDP Group.

Selenium can be installed either: * as a single instance, or * as a grid of Selenium installs (where you have a front Selenium instance you communicate with who in turn managers n instances of Selenium on other servers of various operating systems).

To install a Grid, you'll need a Server box, and Hub boxes (one for Chrome, one for each version of IE (as it can't be installed side by side on the same machine).

You'll therefore need VMs built up that are suitable for the topology you've decided on. Ask your SysAdmin.

Configuring Windows Service is difficult and opaque enough already, and even more so when trying to run Java based applications (Selenium's servers are Java based application).

Hence why we recommend you install IT:AD:NSSM (Non Sucking (Windows) Service Manager) on all the VMs, as per the instructions: Install

The primary source packages can be downloaded from: * http://docs.seleniumhq.org/download/

• UPDATE: As of 2014 moved to http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html

There you'll see a tree of files to download:

• IEDriverServerWin322.40.0.zip [0.81MB]
• IEDriverServerx642.40.0.zip [0.91MB]
• selenium-dotnet-2.40.0.zip [10.08MB]
• selenium-dotnet-strongnamed-2.40.0.zip [7.81MB]
• selenium-java-2.40.0.zip [22.91MB]
• selenium-server-2.40.0.zip [62.41MB]
• selenium-server-standalone-2.40.0.jar ← take that
  • Note that its a java based product, hence the pre-check that you have Java installed.

As a “Microsoft Shop” you'll be most probably be wanting a combination of:

• the standalone server, which you will use as your hub.
• IEDriverServerWin322.40.0.zip

  • nobody is using the 64bit version of IE, so don't bother with that one.
  • it's tiny, and is going to be a node in your grid.

  * FF and chrome, which you download separately In that case, you'll definitely need the Internet Explorer Server as part of your Grid:

• Internet Explorer Server:
  • About: https://code.google.com/p/selenium/wiki/InternetExplorerDriver
  • Better description: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/selenium-users/b745RTeK_ec

As for testing Chrome. You'll need: *

You'll also need the WebDrivers for each browser.

• Internet Explorer WebDriver
  • src: http://docs.seleniumhq.org/download/
• Chrome Driver
  • Developed separately:

    • https://code.google.com/p/chromedriver/

    * Firefox Driver

On the server:

• Create a c:\Program Files\Selenium directory.
• Extracting the selenium-server-standalone-<version-number>.jar into it.

On the Hub you'll be using to test Chrome, you'll need to:

• Sign in as the service account you just created.
• DOwnload and install Chrome
• Ensure it's installed where it's expected: C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
  • See: https://code.google.com/p/selenium/wiki/ChromeDriver
• You'll need to download the Chrome WebDriver
• You'll n

On the Hub you'll be using to test a version of IE, you'll need:

• The