Update: This solution works on WSL1 only Why this post? If you are one of those testers that had been using a Windows machine and have had to setup a Linux system for running your Selenium automation test, this post is for you. I had to setup a Linux system for running the automation tests for one of our clients. […]
Setup Linux testing environment on Windows using WSL1
Chrome not reachable error when running Selenium test on Linux
I recently faced a Chrome not reachable error while running a Selenium test in Chrome browser on a Ubuntu machine. I had a hard time isolating the problem because I was trying to get setup with Chrome driver on Ubuntu as part of a Docker image. Problem: selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: chrome not reachable Solution: Initially, I suspected the error is because […]
Xvfb plugin for Jenkins
Problem: Error while running Selenium tests via Jenkins on a Ubuntu machine. WebDriverException(“The browser appears to have exited ” selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: The browser appears to have exited before we could connect. If you specified a log_file in the FirefoxBinary constructor, check it for details. Why this post? We faced this issue when we were trying to run our Selenium tests […]