Running Selenium RC as a Windows Service

Question

I\'m trying to get Selenium setup to run as a windows service. It seems to be okay but, then does not seem to run properly.

Using the windows toolkit I hav

Answer 1

http://brantleytec.blogspot.com/2012/11/selenium-hub-and-node-as-windows-service.html

That link describes the process setting up and using Selenium hub and/or node as a service using native Microsoft programs. I was able to get this running locally on my work PC as well as on a remote server which runs my tests after every build.

Answer 2

I ran into a similar problem when trying to run Selenium RC as a service. The basic problem I had was that my registry entries were incorrect. Use the "sc" command to create the service with srvany.exe and then update the registry. That should do it. For a more detailed explanation, check out this post: http://www.claytonstechnobabble.com/2011/08/run-any-application-as-windows-service.html

-Clayton

Answer 3

I was able to install it using nssm (the Non-Sucking Service Manager). You just need to provide java as the application and then provide the option -jar -role hub. Then start up the service from the services menu.

Link to nssm - http://nssm.cc/