Selenium Grid
- 1. Selenium Grid Kevin Menard Maintainer, Selenium Grid Founder, Mogotest
- 2. What is Selenium Grid? • Maintain a cluster of Selenium RC servers • Configure tests for different environments • Parallelize your tests
- 3. How Does it Work? Selenium Grid Hub Selenium Grid Node Selenium RC Server Selenium Grid Node Selenium RC Server host_a Client Client Selenium Grid Node Selenium RC Server Client Client host_b
- 4. How Does it Work? Selenium Grid Hub Selenium Grid Node Selenium RC Server Selenium Grid Node Selenium RC Server host_a Client Client Selenium Grid Node Selenium RC Server Client Client host_b
- 5. How Does it Work? Selenium Grid Hub Selenium Grid Node Selenium RC Server Selenium Grid Node Selenium RC Server host_a Client Client Selenium Grid Node Selenium RC Server Client Client host_b
- 6. Environments • Map descriptive names to browser strings • Configured in Selenium Grid Hub hub: environments: - name: "linux_firefox_3_6" browser: "*firefox /opt/firefox-3.6/firefox-bin" - name: "windows_firefox_3_5" browser: "*firefox" - name: "windows_firefox_3_6" browser: "*firefox"
- 7. Starting the Hub • Edit grid_configuration.yml Rake: $ rake hub:start $ BACKGROUND=true nohup rake hub:start &>/dev/null ant: $ ant launch-hub $ nohup ant launch-hub >> log_file 2>&1
- 8. Selenium Grid Console • Open http://localhost:4444/console
- 9. Starting Up a Node Rake: $ rake rc:start $ DISPLAY=:99.0 BACKGROUND=true HOST=host_b PORT=5000 ENVIRONMENT=linux_firefox_3_6 HUB_URL='http://hub_host:4444' SELENIUM_ARGS='-ensureCleanSession -noBrowserSessionReuse' nohup rake rc:start &>/dev/null ant: $ ant launch-remote-control $ DISPLAY=:99.0 nohup ant -Dhost=host_b -Dport=5000 -Denvironment=linux_firefox_3_6 -DhubURL='http://hub_host:4444' -DseleniumArgs='-ensureCleanSession -noBrowserSessionReuse' launch-remote-control >> log_file 2>&1
- 10. Node Registration 1. Node connects to hub Selenium Grid Node Selenium Grid Hub environment windows_firefox_3_6 host host_b port 5000
- 11. Node Registration 1. Node connects to hub Selenium Grid Node Selenium Grid Hub environment windows_firefox_3_6 host host_b port 5000 2. Hub adds node to environment queue windows_chrome windows_firefox_3_6 host_c:5000 host_a:5000 linux_firefox_3_6 host_a:5001 host_d:5000 host_b:5000
- 12. Available Node in Console
- 13. Client Connection • Client connects with environment name as browser string • Hub looks up by environment & reserves a node • Blocks until one is available • Client communicates with hub at all times • Hub forwards traffic to correct node
- 14. Client Connection Code Old: New: require 'rubygems' require 'rubygems' require 'selenium/client' require 'selenium/client' browser = browser = Selenium::Client::Driver.new Selenium::Client::Driver.new :host => 'localhost', :host => 'localhost', :port => 4444, :port => 4444, :browser => '*firefox', :browser => 'linux_firefox_3_6', :url => 'http://mogotest.com/' :url => 'http://mogotest.com/' browser.start_new_browser_session browser.start_new_browser_session browser.open 'http://mogotest.com/' browser.open 'http://mogotest.com/' browser.close_current_browser_session browser.close_current_browser_session
- 15. Makes Testing Simpler • Client always connects to known endpoint • Hub takes care of browser allocation • Nodes can be added dynamically • Hub handles bad nodes
- 16. Grid Resiliency • Hub can send heartbeat requests to node to tell if it has gone down • Hub can gracefully kill idle sessions • Hub can kill sessions that take too long to create
- 17. Parallel Testing • Need a way to execute in parallel • Java: TestNG or parallel-jUnit • Ruby: DeepTest • Python: nose • Need a way to parameterize your tests for each node’s environment • Your tests must maintain their own state
- 18. Shortcomings • Selenium 1 API compatible only • Using an old version of Selenium RC at that • 1 request per RC • Doesn’t scale vertically very well • Historically has had multi-threaded problems • Fixed as of 1.0.8
- 19. Selenium Grid’s Future • Combine Selenium Grid & RC • De facto single-node grid • Grid available out of the box • Auto-discovery of other nodes on network
- 20. Selenium Grid 2.0 • Proposal on dev list for new grid 2.0 • Project rewrite by François Reynaud • Supports Selenium 1 & 2 APIs • Nicer Web interface • Very extensible with callback points & listeners
- 21. Selenium Grid 2.0 Listeners • Possible uses • Priority queue for test execution • Stat tracking • OS environment preparation
- 22. Conclusion • Selenium Grid is alive and well • 4 releases in the last 9 months • Pushing towards a Selenium 2 compatible grid • If you have time, please review the proposed new grid code
- 23. Resources
- 24. Resources • Project: • Source: http://github.com/nirvdrum/selenium-grid • Issues: http://selenium.googlecode.com/ • Blog: http://seleniumhq.wordpress.com/ • Personal: • Twitter: @nirvdrum • Email: [email protected]
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- #15: When running headless on *nix you’ll want to set the display value. Xvfb is a great way to do this.\n\nWhen running headless on Windows you’ll want to set up VNC so the window session remains active (RDP won’t work).\n\nThe HOST value must be a routable host from the hub’s point of view. Unless you’re running the hub and the node on the same machine, this value should not be “localhost.”\n\nThe hub URL must not end in a “/”, otherwise the node will fail to register. Yes, this is not a proper URL.\n
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