selenium-webdriver Selenium Grid Node configuration
Example
Selenium Grid Node configuration resides on the Node itself and holds the information about network configuration and Node capabilities. The configuration can be applied in various ways:
- Default Configuration
- JSON Configuration
- Command line Configuration
JSON Configuration
The node configuration in JSON file is split into 2 sections:
- Capabilities
- Configuration
Capabilities defines areas like what Browser types and versions are supported, locations of browser binaries, number of maximum instances of each browser type.
Configuration deals with settings like hub and node addresses and ports.
Below is a an example of a JSON configuration file:
{
"capabilities": [
{
"browserName": "firefox",
"acceptSslCerts": true,
"javascriptEnabled": true,
"takesScreenshot": false,
"firefox_profile": "",
"browser-version": "27",
"platform": "WINDOWS",
"maxInstances": 5,
"firefox_binary": "",
"cleanSession": true
},
{
"browserName": "chrome",
"maxInstances": 5,
"platform": "WINDOWS",
"webdriver.chrome.driver": "C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe"
},
{
"browserName": "internet explorer",
"maxInstances": 1,
"platform": "WINDOWS",
"webdriver.ie.driver": "C:/Program Files (x86)/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe"
}
],
"configuration": {
"_comment" : "Configuration for Node",
"cleanUpCycle": 2000,
"timeout": 30000,
"proxy": "org.openqa.grid.selenium.proxy.WebDriverRemoteProxy",
"port": 5555,
"host": ip,
"register": true,
"hubPort": 4444,
"maxSessions": 5
}
}
