This post documents how I set up the Windows 10 Selenium node I was using for generating screenshots about Claro’s components.

Requirements

Almost the same as in the [previous post][win-81]:

  1. Prepare a Windows 10 VirtualBox machine:
    1. Download the MSEdge on Win10 (x64) machine with VirtualBox platform.
    2. Unzip the downloaded file and import the image into a VirtualBox machine.
    3. Open the settings of the machine, and
      • on the Display tab, set Video Memory to at least 27MB
      • on the Network tab, change the first network adapter to Bridged Adapter
      • (optional:) on the Storage tab, add an empty optical drive to the IDE Controller (for guest additions)
  2. Start the virtual machine (optionally: install Guest Additions and restart it)
  3. Download and install the needed softwares:
  4. Create a new selenium directory for your files and configurations, e.g in the root of the C:\\ drive.
  5. Download and move these components into the new folder:
    • The standalone Selenium server 3.4.0 from here.
    • The Edge WebDriver compatible with your Edge’s version:
      • In case of EdgeHtml 18.x and newer, you have to run: DISM.exe /Online /Add-Capability /CapabilityName:Microsoft.WebDriver~~~~0.0.1.0 in an elevated command prompt (= run as administrator).
      • For EdgeHtml 17.x or older you can download it here
    • The ChromeDriver with the appropriate version
    • The latest geckodriver
  6. Make the downloaded chromedriver and geckodriver files executable:
    • Open file properties of the webdriver executable:

    Webdriver executable – Properties File operation options of the webdriver file. You have to click “Properties”.

    • At the security properties on the bottom, check the “Unblock” checkbox, click “Apply” and hit “OK”.

    Unblock webdriver execution “Properties” info window of Chrome’s webdriver file

Configuration and DX

The usual Selenium node config JSON:



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{
  "capabilities": [
    {
      "browserName": "firefox",
      "maxinstances": 5,
      "seleniumProtocol": "WebDriver"
    },
    {
      "browserName": "chrome",
      "maxinstances": 5,
      "seleniumProtocol": "WebDriver"
    },
    {
      "browserName": "MicrosoftEdge",
      "maxinstances": 1,
      "seleniumProtocol": "WebDriver"
    }
  ],
  "proxy": "org.openqa.grid.selenium.proxy.DefaultRemoteProxy",
  "maxSession": 6,
  "port": 6021,
  "register": true,
  "registerCycle": 5000,
  "hub": "http://localhost:4444",
  "nodeStatusCheckTimeout": 5000,
  "nodePolling": 5000,
  "role": "node",
  "unregisterIfStillDownAfter": 60000,
  "downPollingLimit": 2,
  "debug": false,
  "servlets" : [],
  "withoutServlets": [],
  "custom": {}
}

The batch script which starts the Selenium in node role:



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@echo off
if "%~1" == "" (set ip=172.16.0.107) else (set ip=%~1)
@echo on

java ^
-Dwebdriver.chrome.driver="chromedriver-75.0.3770.90-win32.exe" ^
-Dwebdriver.edge.driver="MicrosoftWebDriver.exe" ^
-Dwebdriver.gecko.driver="geckodriver-v0.24.0-win64.exe" ^
-jar selenium-server-standalone-3.4.0.jar ^
-role node ^
-hub http://%ip%:4444/grid/register ^
-nodeConfig selenium-node-config--3.4.0--win10.json

Profit

Launch your local Selenium hub, and in the Windows 10 guest, execute the batch script: selenium-node--win10.bat.

You will get a Windows Defender dialog: you should allow Java to access the network.

The Windows Defender dialog asking about network access should be allowed for Java Windows Defender’s alert popup. You should grant network access permission for Java.

If you see “INFO - The node is registered to the hub and ready to use”, you can start using the node.