In this recipe, we will add nodes to the Selenium Hub that we set up in the previous recipe. We will use multiple OS platforms and browser combinations for cross-browser testing
We will add nodes with the following OS and browser configurations to the Hub:
Let's begin with a node which provides Internet Explorer capabilities to run on Windows. Open a new command prompt or terminal window and navigate to the location where Selenium server jar is located. To launch and add a node to the Grid, type the following command:
java -Dwebdriver.ie.driver="C:\SeDrivers\IEDriverServer.exe" -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.46.0.jar -role webdriver -browser "browserName=internet explorer,version=10,maxinstance=1,platform=WINDOWS" -hubHost 192.168.1.103 –port 5555
To add a node to the Grid, we need to use the –role
argument and pass webdriver
as the value. We also need to pass the browser configuration for the node. This...