install selenium grid

1. get selenium:
wget http://release.seleniumhq.org/selenium-grid/selenium-grid-1.0.4-bin.tar.bz2

2. unpack / tar download
tar jxf selenium-grid-1.0.4-bin.tar.bz2

3. copy to location you like, e.g. /opt
cp -R selenium-grid-1.0.4 /opt/

4. check, if java and ant are installed correct

cd /opt/selenium-grid-1.0.4/
ant sanity-check

5. start selenium hub on default-Port 4444
ant launch-hub

6. shutdown
wget --post-data action=shutdown action=shutdown http://localhost:4444/lifecycle-manager

7. make an init-script (/etc/init.d/selenium-hub)

#!/bin/sh
# Selenium Grid init-Script

SELENIUM_HOME="/opt/selenium-grid-1.0.4"

case $1 in
start)
echo "starting Selenium Grid"
cd $SELENIUM_HOME
`ant launch-hub` &
;;
stop)
echo "stopping Selenium Grid"
wget --post-data action=shutdown action=shutdown http://localhost:4444/lifecycle-manager > /dev/null 2>&1
;;
restart)
echo "stopping Selenium Grid"
wget --post-data action=shutdown action=shutdown http://localhost:4444/lifecycle-manager > /dev/null 2>&1
echo "starting Selenium Grid"
cd $SELENIUM_HOME
`ant launch-hub` &
;;
esac



8. register it to default runlevels
update-rc.d selenium-hub defaults

9. Upgrade to newer version:

• repeat steps 1-3 with actual version


• edit SELENIUM_HOME in /etc/init.d/selenium-hub


• /etc/init.d/selenium-hub restart