I've gotten a little further thanks to you. It was user related after all. I was able to launch Xvfb and firefox via a Jenkins job. However, I came up against the following over and over again:
11:35:53.726 DEBUG - REQUEST from SocketListener0@0.0.0.0:4444: GET /selenium-server/core/selenium-test.css HTTP/1.1 Host: localhost:4444 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686 on x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/31.0 Accept: text/css,*/*;q=0.1 Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.5 Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate Connection: keep-alive Referer: http://localhost:4444/selenium-server/tests/mytest.html?thisIsChrome=true&thisIsHTA=false 11:35:53.726 DEBUG - Try HttpContext[/selenium-server,/selenium-server],0 11:35:53.726 DEBUG - RestishHandler org.openqa.jetty.http.handler.SecurityHandler in HttpContext[/selenium-server,/selenium-server] 11:35:53.726 DEBUG - RestishHandler org.openqa.selenium.server.StaticContentHandler in HttpContext[/selenium-server,/selenium-server] 11:35:53.727 DEBUG - PATH=/core/selenium-test.css RESOURCE=/core/selenium-test.css 11:35:53.728 DEBUG - Looking for /core/selenium-test.css 11:35:53.729 DEBUG - Handled by org.openqa.selenium.server.StaticContentHandler in HttpContext[/selenium-server,/selenium-server] 11:35:53.729 DEBUG - RESPONSE: HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 16:35:53 GMT Server: Jetty/5.1.x (Linux/2.6.18-308.20.1.el5 amd64 java/1.6.0_31 Cache-Control: no-cache Pragma: no-cache Expires: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT Content-Type: text/css Content-Length: 557 Last-Modified: Wed, 09 Dec 2015 16:35:53 GMT Accept-Ranges: bytes 11:36:50.411 INFO - Killing Firefox... 11:36:50.436 DEBUG - EOFException() 11:36:50.438 DEBUG - EOFException() 11:36:50.438 DEBUG - EOFException() 11:36:50.438 DEBUG - EOFException() 11:36:50.439 DEBUG - EOFException() 11:36:50.439 DEBUG - EOFException() HTML suite exception seen: org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumCommandTimedOutException at org.openqa.selenium.server.htmlrunner.HTMLLauncher.runHTMLSuite(HTMLLauncher.java:155) at org.openqa.selenium.server.htmlrunner.HTMLLauncher.runHTMLSuite(HTMLLauncher.java:198) at org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumServer.runHtmlSuite(SeleniumServer.java:640) at org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumServer.boot(SeleniumServer.java:305) at org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumServer.main(SeleniumServer.java:245) at org.openqa.grid.selenium.GridLauncher.main(GridLauncher.java:97) 11:36:50.482 INFO - Shutting down... 11:36:50.483 DEBUG - Stopping org.openqa.jetty.jetty.Server@6f507fb2 11:36:50.483 DEBUG - closing ServerSocket[addr=0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0,port=0,localport=4444] 11:36:50.484 INFO - Stopping Acceptor ServerSocket[addr=0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0,port=0,localport=4444] Xvfb stopping Publishing Selenium report... ERROR: No Test Report Found Build step 'Publish Selenium Report' changed build result to FAILURE Finished: FAILURE Some things I've done: 1. I was forced to set the selenium value -timeout 60 due to the job getting stuck a SocketTimeOutException which does not show up in the debug logs if I set this value. 2. I have done some Internet searches and have a couple of things I will try, such as re-saving the test case. However, you got me further than I would have on my own, THANKS AGAIN. Scott... On Tuesday, December 9, 2014 8:53:19 AM UTC-6, scott hardegree wrote: > > THANKS ANKUSH! I'll give this a try and post the results! > > On Tuesday, December 9, 2014 12:10:43 AM UTC-6, Ankush Aggarwal wrote: >> >> Hi Scott, >> >> to run command without sudo. >> 1) login to server with root user >> 2) run command visudo >> 3) search for this "root ALL=(ALL) ALL" >> 3) add following line below <your username> ALL=(ALL) ALL >> >> I have add "export DISPLAY=:99" (please exclude double quotes) in >> /etc/init.d/jenkins script and restart jenkins. xvfb prcess should be >> started with user with which you are logged in. Eg. if you are logged in >> with jenkins users and xvfb process should be started with same user. >> I am using Firefox 32 version and selenium-server-2.44.0.jar and its >> working fine for me. >> >> I didnt face exactly same issue but i faced Firefox and selenium server >> versions compatibility issue. I would suggest to check if your selenium jar >> support FF version or not. >> >> Thanks, >> Ankush >> >> On Tuesday, 9 December 2014 05:29:22 UTC+5:30, scott hardegree wrote: >>> >>> Hello All, >>> >>> I am struggling with trying to run a simple test case via the selenium >>> plugin headlessly with Xvfb. The web application is hosted on a RedHat 5 >>> server in a QA type environment. Firefox is the current ESR version. I >>> have verified that Xvfb is started, and every time I try to kick off a test >>> I am presented with the below: >>> >>> (The way I am starting the selenium standalone server on the application >>> server is: sudo java -jar >>> /path/to/jar/file/on/app/server/selenium-server.jar -debug -htmlSuite >>> "*firefox" http://mysiteonport:8080 >>> "/path/to/test/on/app/server/RESTATQA_LOGIN.html" >>> "%WORKSPACE%/results.html") I am unable to start the selenium server >>> without sudo (is this a clue?) >>> >>> >>> Building in workspace /var/lib/jenkins/jobs/myjenkinsjob/workspace >>> [workspace] $ /bin/sh -xe /tmp/hudson3706563076225771773.sh >>> + java -jar selenium-server.jar -debug -htmlSuite '*firefox' >>> http://myserveronport:8080 /home/myuser/LOGIN.html >>> %WORKSPACE%/results.html >>> 18:22:18.190 INFO - Launching a standalone server >>> 18:22:18.244 INFO - Java: Sun Microsystems Inc. 20.6-b01 >>> 18:22:18.245 INFO - OS: Linux 2.6.18-308.20.1.el5 amd64 >>> 18:22:18.266 INFO - v2.44.0, with Core v2.44.0. Built from revision >>> 76d78cf >>> 18:22:18.266 INFO - Selenium server running in debug mode. >>> 18:22:18.305 DEBUG - add component: SocketListener0@0.0.0.0:4444 >>> 18:22:18.322 DEBUG - add component: >>> org.openqa.jetty.http.ResourceCache@670655dd >>> 18:22:18.329 DEBUG - add component: >>> org.openqa.selenium.server.ProxyHandler in HttpContext[/,/] >>> 18:22:18.330 DEBUG - add component: HttpContext[/,/] >>> 18:22:18.332 DEBUG - Added HttpContext[/,/] for host * >>> 18:22:18.332 DEBUG - add component: >>> org.openqa.jetty.http.ResourceCache@29edc073 >>> 18:22:18.334 DEBUG - added SC{BASIC,null,user,CONFIDENTIAL} at >>> /org/openqa/selenium/tests/html/basicAuth/* >>> 18:22:18.343 DEBUG - add component: >>> org.openqa.jetty.http.handler.SecurityHandler in >>> HttpContext[/selenium-server,/selenium-server] >>> 18:22:18.346 DEBUG - add component: >>> org.openqa.selenium.server.StaticContentHandler in >>> HttpContext[/selenium-server,/selenium-server] >>> 18:22:18.348 DEBUG - add component: >>> org.openqa.selenium.server.SessionExtensionJsHandler in >>> HttpContext[/selenium-server,/selenium-server] >>> 18:22:18.350 DEBUG - add component: >>> org.openqa.selenium.server.htmlrunner.SingleTestSuiteResourceHandler in >>> HttpContext[/selenium-server,/selenium-server] >>> 18:22:18.351 DEBUG - add component: >>> org.openqa.selenium.server.htmlrunner.SeleniumHTMLRunnerResultsHandler@78ce5b1c >>> 18:22:18.351 DEBUG - add component: >>> HttpContext[/selenium-server,/selenium-server] >>> 18:22:18.352 DEBUG - Added >>> HttpContext[/selenium-server,/selenium-server] for host * >>> 18:22:18.388 INFO - Default driver >>> org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver registration is skipped: >>> registration capabilities Capabilities [{platform=WINDOWS, >>> ensureCleanSession=true, browserName=internet explorer, version=}] does not >>> match with current platform: LINUX >>> 18:22:18.421 DEBUG - add component: >>> org.openqa.jetty.http.ResourceCache@77827284 >>> 18:22:18.439 DEBUG - add component: >>> org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumDriverResourceHandler in >>> HttpContext[/selenium-server,/selenium-server] >>> 18:22:18.439 DEBUG - add component: >>> HttpContext[/selenium-server/driver,/selenium-server/driver] >>> 18:22:18.439 DEBUG - Added >>> HttpContext[/selenium-server/driver,/selenium-server/driver] for host * >>> 18:22:18.439 DEBUG - add component: >>> org.openqa.jetty.http.ResourceCache@10382a9 >>> 18:22:18.456 DEBUG - add component: WebDriver remote server >>> 18:22:18.461 DEBUG - add component: >>> org.openqa.jetty.jetty.servlet.HashSessionManager@2d04faf8 >>> 18:22:18.461 DEBUG - add component: >>> org.openqa.jetty.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler@21f8c6df >>> 18:22:18.469 INFO - RemoteWebDriver instances should connect to: >>> http://127.0.0.1:4444/wd/hub >>> 18:22:18.469 DEBUG - add component: HttpContext[/wd,/wd] >>> 18:22:18.469 DEBUG - Added HttpContext[/wd,/wd] for host * >>> 18:22:18.470 DEBUG - Starting org.openqa.jetty.jetty.Server@defb836 >>> 18:22:18.471 INFO - Version Jetty/5.1.x >>> 18:22:18.471 DEBUG - LISTENERS: [SocketListener0@0.0.0.0:4444] >>> 18:22:18.471 DEBUG - HANDLER: >>> {null={/selenium-server/driver/*=[HttpContext[/selenium-server/driver,/selenium-server/driver]], >>> >>> /selenium-server/*=[HttpContext[/selenium-server,/selenium-server]], >>> /=[HttpContext[/,/]], /wd/*=[HttpContext[/wd,/wd]]}} >>> 18:22:18.472 DEBUG - Starting >>> HttpContext[/selenium-server/driver,/selenium-server/driver] >>> 18:22:18.472 DEBUG - Init classloader from null, >>> sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader@138d107f for >>> HttpContext[/selenium-server/driver,/selenium-server/driver] >>> 18:22:18.472 INFO - Started >>> HttpContext[/selenium-server/driver,/selenium-server/driver] >>> 18:22:18.473 DEBUG - Starting >>> HttpContext[/selenium-server,/selenium-server] >>> 18:22:18.473 DEBUG - Init classloader from null, >>> sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader@138d107f for >>> HttpContext[/selenium-server,/selenium-server] >>> 18:22:18.474 DEBUG - Started >>> org.openqa.jetty.http.handler.SecurityHandler in >>> HttpContext[/selenium-server,/selenium-server] >>> 18:22:18.474 DEBUG - Started >>> org.openqa.selenium.server.StaticContentHandler in >>> HttpContext[/selenium-server,/selenium-server] >>> 18:22:18.474 DEBUG - Started >>> org.openqa.selenium.server.SessionExtensionJsHandler in >>> HttpContext[/selenium-server,/selenium-server] >>> 18:22:18.474 DEBUG - Started >>> org.openqa.selenium.server.htmlrunner.SingleTestSuiteResourceHandler in >>> HttpContext[/selenium-server,/selenium-server] >>> 18:22:18.474 DEBUG - Started >>> org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumDriverResourceHandler in >>> HttpContext[/selenium-server,/selenium-server] >>> 18:22:18.474 INFO - Started >>> HttpContext[/selenium-server,/selenium-server] >>> 18:22:18.475 DEBUG - Starting HttpContext[/,/] >>> 18:22:18.475 DEBUG - Init classloader from null, >>> sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader@138d107f for HttpContext[/,/] >>> 18:22:18.475 DEBUG - Started org.openqa.selenium.server.ProxyHandler in >>> HttpContext[/,/] >>> 18:22:18.475 INFO - Started HttpContext[/,/] >>> 18:22:18.475 DEBUG - Starting HttpContext[/wd,/wd] >>> 18:22:18.475 DEBUG - Init classloader from null, >>> sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader@138d107f for HttpContext[/wd,/wd] >>> 18:22:18.475 DEBUG - Starting >>> org.openqa.jetty.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler@21f8c6df >>> 18:22:18.476 DEBUG - New random session seed >>> 18:22:18.507 DEBUG - Started holder of class >>> org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.DriverServlet >>> 18:22:18.508 INFO - Started >>> org.openqa.jetty.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler@21f8c6df >>> 18:22:18.508 INFO - Started HttpContext[/wd,/wd] >>> 18:22:18.513 DEBUG - Session scavenger period = 30s >>> 18:22:18.513 INFO - Started SocketListener on 0.0.0.0:4444 >>> 18:22:18.513 INFO - Started org.openqa.jetty.jetty.Server@defb836 >>> 18:22:18.532 DEBUG - Requested browser string '*firefox' matches >>> *firefox >>> >>> jar:file:/path/to/jenkins/jobs/myjobname/workspace/selenium-server.jar!/customProfileDirCUSTFFCHROME >>> 18:22:18.555 DEBUG - Extracting /customProfileDirCUSTFFCHROME to >>> /tmp/customProfileDir938518 >>> 18:22:18.639 INFO - Preparing Firefox profile... >>> HTML suite exception seen: >>> java.lang.RuntimeException: Timed out waiting for profile to be created! >>> at >>> org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.FirefoxChromeLauncher.waitForFullProfileToBeCreated(FirefoxChromeLauncher.java:304) >>> at >>> org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.FirefoxChromeLauncher.populateCustomProfileDirectory(FirefoxChromeLauncher.java:116) >>> at >>> org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.FirefoxChromeLauncher.launch(FirefoxChromeLauncher.java:86) >>> at >>> org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.FirefoxChromeLauncher.launchHTMLSuite(FirefoxChromeLauncher.java:336) >>> at >>> org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.FirefoxLauncher.launchHTMLSuite(FirefoxLauncher.java:98) >>> at >>> org.openqa.selenium.server.htmlrunner.HTMLLauncher.runHTMLSuite(HTMLLauncher.java:146) >>> at >>> org.openqa.selenium.server.htmlrunner.HTMLLauncher.runHTMLSuite(HTMLLauncher.java:198) >>> at >>> org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumServer.runHtmlSuite(SeleniumServer.java:640) >>> at >>> org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumServer.boot(SeleniumServer.java:305) >>> at >>> org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumServer.main(SeleniumServer.java:245) >>> at org.openqa.grid.selenium.GridLauncher.main(GridLauncher.java:97) >>> 18:22:50.831 INFO - Shutting down... >>> 18:22:50.832 DEBUG - Stopping org.openqa.jetty.jetty.Server@defb836 >>> 18:22:50.832 DEBUG - closing ServerSocket[addr= >>> 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0,port=0,localport=4444] >>> Build step 'Execute shell' marked build as failure >>> Publishing Selenium report... >>> Finished: FAILURE >>> >>> *The configurations that I have tried* >>> 1. creating a different firefox profile and adding that to my shell >>> command >>> 2. adding the xvfb plugin to jenkins >>> 3. executing both commands via the server and jenkins job >>> 4. verifying that firefox is installed on the server and is the current >>> ESR version AND verified that it is compatibility with selenium by checking >>> the following link http://docs.seleniumhq.org/about/platforms.jsp >>> 5. adding a global variable in jenkins name=DISPLAY value=:99 >>> 6. verifying permissions are correctly set on the .jar file, the test >>> *.html file, and the results.html to the best of my knowledge. >>> 7. verifying that I am able to open my site on the server >>> >>> Has anyone experienced a similar problem and have a fix for it? >>> >>> Thanks in advanced! >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. 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