Unable to run selenium tests for server running in background

I am running my selenium server in background with the help of nssm service. I am running the server at a particular port (11111).

I wrote some unit test in VS 2010 and when I am trying to invoke the selenium service with

Code:

selenium = new DefaultSelenium("localhost", 11111, "*iehta", "http://www.google.co.in");
selenium.Start()

it gives me error "Unable to connect to the remote server". Please help.

I think problem with you or port or you have not started the selenium server if using older version.

My advice is to use is to first start your selenium server manually and try to execute the command and see whether are you able to start with this port.


command:

> java -jar selenium-server.jar -interactive -port 11111

If server will start , conrgrats your port is working fine. now type the following commands:

cmd=getNewBroserSession&1=*iehta&2=http://www.google.co.in
cmd=open&1=http://www.google.co.in


If all will works then your selenium server is working fine. may be you forgot something to attach like jar or specific in your ide.

Hope this will help. Best of luck.

Thanks for the reply. I tried to run the selenium server manually with the above command and it ran successfully.

However i cannot get where should I type the commands

cmd=getNewBroserSession&1=*iehta&2=http://www.google.co.in
cmd=open&1=http://www.google.co.in

I tried typing in command window after stopping server with Ctrl+C but did not work.

after your server start in interactive mode, then you have to type those command there only .

so the server will execute your all command line by line

Ok. So here's the output I get after running the command

cmd=getNewBroserSession&1=*iehta&2=http://www.google.co.in 12:01:35.352 INFO - ---> Requesting http://localhost:11111/selenium-server/driver?cmd=getNewBroserSession&1=*iehta&2=http://www.google.co.in&sessionId=12:01:35.415 INFO - Checking Resource aliases 12:01:35.418 INFO - Command request: getNewBroserSession[*iehta, http://www.google.co.in] on session 12:01:35.424 ERROR - Exception running 'getNewBroserSession 'command on session

java.lang.RuntimeException: sessionId doesn't exist; perhaps this session was already stopped?

cmd=open&1=http://www.google.co.in
12:02:17.824 INFO - ---> Requesting http://localhost:11111/selenium-server/driver?cmd=open&1=http://www.google.co.in&sessionId=
12:02:17.832 INFO - Command request: open[http://www.google.co.in, ] on session 12:02:17.832 ERROR - Exception running 'open 'command on session

java.lang.RuntimeException: sessionId doesn't exist; perhaps this session was already stopped?

Sorry one typo error is there, I mistype the browser. Just add 'w' in that and it will sure work.

Running the command worked and a new browser window was opening. However when my server runs in background and I typed

awstat -a

I could not see port 11111 in the list. That means my port is not being listened to. Any help in this?

Hi Friends,
According to your Suggestion I Run the interactive shell and reach there and give first command as
you say: cmd=getNewBrowserSession&1=*iehta&2=http://www.google.co.in But
I got Result a response code of 500 like Below:

Code:

10:08:10.958 INFO - ---> Requesting http://localhost:11111/selenium-server/driver?cmd=getNewBrowserSession&1=*iehta&2=http://www.google.co.in
10:08:10.967 INFO - Command request: getNewBrowserSession[*iehta, http://www.google.co.in] on session null
10:08:10.967 INFO - creating new remote session
10:08:10.971 WARN - GET /selenium-server/driver/?cmd=getNewBrowserSession&1=*iehta&2=http://www.google.co.in HTTP/1.1
java.lang.RuntimeException: SystemRoot apparently not set!
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.WindowsUtils.findSystemRoot(WindowsUtils.java:275)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.HTABrowserLauncher.findHTALaunchLocation(HTABrowserLauncher.java:42)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.HTABrowserLauncher.<init>(HTABrowserLauncher.java:28)
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
        at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:532)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.BrowserLauncherFactory.createBrowserLauncher(BrowserLauncherFactory.java:124)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.browserlaunchers.BrowserLauncherFactory.getBrowserLauncher(BrowserLauncherFactory.java:81)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.BrowserSessionFactory.createNewRemoteSession(BrowserSessionFactory.java:307)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.BrowserSessionFactory.getNewBrowserSession(BrowserSessionFactory.java:113)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.BrowserSessionFactory.getNewBrowserSession(BrowserSessionFactory.java:78)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.getNewBrowserSession(SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.java:653)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.doCommand(SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.java:410)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.handleCommandRequest(SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.java:388)
        at org.openqa.selenium.server.SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.handle(SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.java:135)
        at org.mortbay.http.HttpContext.handle(HttpContext.java:1530)
        at org.mortbay.http.HttpContext.handle(HttpContext.java:1482)
        at org.mortbay.http.HttpServer.service(HttpServer.java:909)
        at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.service(HttpConnection.java:816)
        at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.handleNext(HttpConnection.java:982)
        at org.mortbay.http.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:833)
        at org.mortbay.http.SocketListener.handleConnection(SocketListener.java:244)
        at org.mortbay.util.ThreadedServer.handle(ThreadedServer.java:357)
        at org.mortbay.util.ThreadPool$PoolThread.run(ThreadPool.java:534)
Server returned HTTP response code: 500 for URL: http://localhost:11111/selenium-server/driver/?cmd=getNewBrowserSession&1=*iehta&2=http://www.google.co.in


How this problem can remedy, the selenium RC is running fine , but the problem is that, I am working in
Fedora core 12 box. Waiting your Fast Reply

Thankfully
Anes P.A