JMeter Firefox Driver Config unable to launch browser - jmeter

Question

I am attempting to use JMeter's FireFox Driver config so that I can use a Web Driver Sampler to wait for a page to process an internal, automated OAuth process that redirects the page, but I am running into an issue with JMeter loading Firefox.
The only error that prints for it is Failed to connect binary FirefoxBinary but there is zero additional information that I understand.
What additional steps do I need to take that literally every single tutorial on how to use Firefox Driver Config in JMeter seems to not tell you?
org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Failed to connect to binary FirefoxBinary(/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin) on port 7055; process output follows:
":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["fa"]},{"name":"Wikipedia (or)","description":"ୱିକିପିଡ଼ିଆ (ଓଡ଼ିଆ)","creator":null,"developers":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["or"]},{"name":"വിക്കിപീഡിയ (ml)","description":"വിക്കിപീഡിയ, സ്വതന്ത്ര സര്‍വ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ","creator":null,"developers":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["ml"]},{"name":"Wikipedia (ia)","description":"Wikipedia, le encyclopedia libere","creator":null,"developers":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["ia"]},{"name":"Wikipedia (ms)","description":"Wikipedia, ensiklopedia bebas","creator":null,"developers":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["ms"]},{"name":"Wikipedia (no)","description":"Wikipedia, den frie encyklopedi","creator":null,"developers":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["NO"]},{"name":"Википедия (ru)","description":"Википедия, свободная энциклопедия","creator":null,"developers":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["ru"]},{"name":"Wikipedia (br)","description":"Wikipedia, an holloueziadur digor","creator":null,"developers":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["br"]},{"name":"Wikipedia (pl)","description":"Wikipedia, wolna encyklopedia","creator":null,"developers":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["pl"]},{"name":"ວິກິພີເດຍ (lo)","description":"ວິກິພີເດຍ, ສາລານຸກົມເສລີ","creator":null,"developers":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["lo"]},{"name":"Wikipedija (sl)","description":"Wikipedija, prosta enciklopedija","creator":null,"developers":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["sl"]},{"name":"Vikipēdija","description":"Vikipēdija, brīvā enciklopēdija","creator":null,"developers":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["lv"]},{"name":"Wikipedia (sv)","description":"Wikipedia, den fria encyklopedin","creator":null,"developers":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["sv-SE"]},{"name":"Вікіпэдыя (be-tarask)","description":"Вікіпэдыя, вольная энцыкляпэдыя","creator":null,"developers":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["be-tarask"]},{"name":"Biquipedia (an)","description":"A enciclopedia Libre","creator":null,"developers":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["an"]}],"targetApplications":[{"id":"toolkit#mozilla.org","minVersion":null,"maxVersion":null}],"targetPlatforms":[],"seen":true,"dependencies":[],"incognito":"spanning","userPermissions":{"permissions":[],"origins":[]},"icons":{"16":"favicon.ico"},"iconURL":null,"blocklistState":0,"blocklistURL":null,"startupData":null,"hidden":true,"installTelemetryInfo":null,"recommendationState":null,"rootURI":"resource://search-extensions/wikipedia/","location":"app-builtin"}
1565650376116 addons.xpi DEBUG Loading bootstrap scope from resource://search-extensions/wikipedia/
1565650376116 addons.xpi DEBUG Calling bootstrap method install on wikipedia#search.mozilla.org version 1.0
1565650376116 addons.xpi DEBUG Calling bootstrap method startup on wikipedia#search.mozilla.org version 1.0
1565650395862 addons.productaddons INFO sending request to: https://aus5.mozilla.org/update/3/GMP/68.0.1/20190717172542/Darwin_x86_64-gcc3/en-US/release/Darwin%2018.7.0/default/default/update.xml
1565650395943 addons.productaddons INFO Completed downloading document
1565650396315 addons.productaddons INFO downloadXHR File download. status=200
1565650396318 addons.productaddons INFO Downloaded file will be saved to /var/folders/3s/qk2pg7q16m5056kjfvgkqk4c0000gn/T/tmpaddon-f9b30e
1565650396811 addons.productaddons INFO downloadXHR File download. status=200
1565650396814 addons.productaddons INFO Downloaded file will be saved to /var/folders/3s/qk2pg7q16m5056kjfvgkqk4c0000gn/T/tmpaddon-26509c
Build info: version: '2.52.0', revision: '4c2593cfc3689a7fcd7be52549167e5ccc93ad28', time: '2016-02-11 11:22:43'
System info: host: 'Tanner-Devetry-Mac.local', ip: '192.168.231.124', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.14.6', java.version: '1.8.0_191'
Driver info: driver.version: FirefoxDriver
at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.internal.NewProfileExtensionConnection.start(NewProfileExtensionConnection.java:125) ~[selenium-firefox-driver-2.52.0.jar:?]
at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.startClient(FirefoxDriver.java:271) ~[selenium-firefox-driver-2.52.0.jar:?]
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.<init>(RemoteWebDriver.java:119) ~[selenium-remote-driver-2.52.0.jar:?]
at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.<init>(FirefoxDriver.java:216) ~[selenium-firefox-driver-2.52.0.jar:?]
at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver.<init>(FirefoxDriver.java:211) ~[selenium-firefox-driver-2.52.0.jar:?]
at com.googlecode.jmeter.plugins.webdriver.config.FirefoxDriverConfig.createBrowser(FirefoxDriverConfig.java:100) ~[JMeterPlugins-WebDriver.jar:?]
at com.googlecode.jmeter.plugins.webdriver.config.FirefoxDriverConfig.createBrowser(FirefoxDriverConfig.java:21) ~[JMeterPlugins-WebDriver.jar:?]
at com.googlecode.jmeter.plugins.webdriver.config.WebDriverConfig.getPreparedBrowser(WebDriverConfig.java:233) ~[JMeterPlugins-WebDriver.jar:?]
at com.googlecode.jmeter.plugins.webdriver.config.WebDriverConfig.threadStarted(WebDriverConfig.java:220) ~[JMeterPlugins-WebDriver.jar:?]
at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread$ThreadListenerTraverser.addNode(JMeterThread.java:762) [ApacheJMeter_core.jar:5.1.1 r1855137]
at org.apache.jorphan.collections.HashTree.traverseInto(HashTree.java:994) [jorphan.jar:5.1.1 r1855137]
at org.apache.jorphan.collections.HashTree.traverseInto(HashTree.java:995) [jorphan.jar:5.1.1 r1855137]
at org.apache.jorphan.collections.HashTree.traverse(HashTree.java:977) [jorphan.jar:5.1.1 r1855137]
at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.threadStarted(JMeterThread.java:730) [ApacheJMeter_core.jar:5.1.1 r1855137]
at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.initRun(JMeterThread.java:718) [ApacheJMeter_core.jar:5.1.1 r1855137]
at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.run(JMeterThread.java:249) [ApacheJMeter_core.jar:5.1.1 r1855137]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) [?:1.8.0_191]
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.firefox.NotConnectedException: Unable to connect to host 127.0.0.1 on port 7055 after 45000 ms. Firefox console output:
":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["fa"]},{"name":"Wikipedia (or)","description":"ୱିକିପିଡ଼ିଆ (ଓଡ଼ିଆ)","creator":null,"developers":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["or"]},{"name":"വിക്കിപീഡിയ (ml)","description":"വിക്കിപീഡിയ, സ്വതന്ത്ര സര്‍വ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ","creator":null,"developers":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["ml"]},{"name":"Wikipedia (ia)","description":"Wikipedia, le encyclopedia libere","creator":null,"developers":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["ia"]},{"name":"Wikipedia (ms)","description":"Wikipedia, ensiklopedia bebas","creator":null,"developers":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["ms"]},{"name":"Wikipedia (no)","description":"Wikipedia, den frie encyklopedi","creator":null,"developers":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["NO"]},{"name":"Википедия (ru)","description":"Википедия, свободная энциклопедия","creator":null,"developers":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["ru"]},{"name":"Wikipedia (br)","description":"Wikipedia, an holloueziadur digor","creator":null,"developers":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["br"]},{"name":"Wikipedia (pl)","description":"Wikipedia, wolna encyklopedia","creator":null,"developers":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["pl"]},{"name":"ວິກິພີເດຍ (lo)","description":"ວິກິພີເດຍ, ສາລານຸກົມເສລີ","creator":null,"developers":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["lo"]},{"name":"Wikipedija (sl)","description":"Wikipedija, prosta enciklopedija","creator":null,"developers":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["sl"]},{"name":"Vikipēdija","description":"Vikipēdija, brīvā enciklopēdija","creator":null,"developers":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["lv"]},{"name":"Wikipedia (sv)","description":"Wikipedia, den fria encyklopedin","creator":null,"developers":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["sv-SE"]},{"name":"Вікіпэдыя (be-tarask)","description":"Вікіпэдыя, вольная энцыкляпэдыя","creator":null,"developers":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["be-tarask"]},{"name":"Biquipedia (an)","description":"A enciclopedia Libre","creator":null,"developers":null,"translators":null,"contributors":null,"locales":["an"]}],"targetApplications":[{"id":"toolkit#mozilla.org","minVersion":null,"maxVersion":null}],"targetPlatforms":[],"seen":true,"dependencies":[],"incognito":"spanning","userPermissions":{"permissions":[],"origins":[]},"icons":{"16":"favicon.ico"},"iconURL":null,"blocklistState":0,"blocklistURL":null,"startupData":null,"hidden":true,"installTelemetryInfo":null,"recommendationState":null,"rootURI":"resource://search-extensions/wikipedia/","location":"app-builtin"}
1565650376116 addons.xpi DEBUG Loading bootstrap scope from resource://search-extensions/wikipedia/
1565650376116 addons.xpi DEBUG Calling bootstrap method install on wikipedia#search.mozilla.org version 1.0
1565650376116 addons.xpi DEBUG Calling bootstrap method startup on wikipedia#search.mozilla.org version 1.0
1565650395862 addons.productaddons INFO sending request to: https://aus5.mozilla.org/update/3/GMP/68.0.1/20190717172542/Darwin_x86_64-gcc3/en-US/release/Darwin%2018.7.0/default/default/update.xml
1565650395943 addons.productaddons INFO Completed downloading document
1565650396315 addons.productaddons INFO downloadXHR File download. status=200
1565650396318 addons.productaddons INFO Downloaded file will be saved to /var/folders/3s/qk2pg7q16m5056kjfvgkqk4c0000gn/T/tmpaddon-f9b30e
1565650396811 addons.productaddons INFO downloadXHR File download. status=200
1565650396814 addons.productaddons INFO Downloaded file will be saved to /var/folders/3s/qk2pg7q16m5056kjfvgkqk4c0000gn/T/tmpaddon-26509c
at org.openqa.selenium.firefox.internal.NewProfileExtensionConnection.start(NewProfileExtensionConnection.java:113) ~[selenium-firefox-driver-2.52.0.jar:?]
... 16 more
2019-08-12 16:53:41,118 ERROR o.a.j.t.JMeterThread: Error while processing sampler: 'jp#gc - Web Driver Sampler - Perform OAuth'.
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Browser has not been configured. Please ensure at least 1 WebDriverConfig is created for a ThreadGroup.
at com.googlecode.jmeter.plugins.webdriver.sampler.WebDriverSampler.sample(WebDriverSampler.java:52) ~[JMeterPlugins-WebDriver.jar:?]
at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.doSampling(JMeterThread.java:622) ~[ApacheJMeter_core.jar:5.1.1 r1855137]
at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.executeSamplePackage(JMeterThread.java:546) ~[ApacheJMeter_core.jar:5.1.1 r1855137]
at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.processSampler(JMeterThread.java:486) [ApacheJMeter_core.jar:5.1.1 r1855137]
at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.run(JMeterThread.java:253) [ApacheJMeter_core.jar:5.1.1 r1855137]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) [?:1.8.0_191]
2019-08-12 16:53:42,339 INFO o.a.j.t.JMeterThread: Thread is done: ThreadGroup 1-1
2019-08-12 16:53:42,339 INFO o.a.j.t.JMeterThread: Thread finished: ThreadGroup 1-1
2019-08-12 16:53:42,339 INFO o.a.j.e.StandardJMeterEngine: Notifying test listeners of end of test
2019-08-12 16:53:42,339 INFO o.a.j.g.u.JMeterMenuBar: setRunning(false, *local*)
UPDATE
I went ahead and tried to use Firefox 26 instead, but now I am getting an even less helpful error.
Here are the details of my environment:
JMeter: 5.1.1
Firefox: 26.0
Selenium/WebDriver Kit: 2.52.0
Here is the error I am getting now:
2019-08-13 11:52:06,427 INFO o.a.j.e.StandardJMeterEngine: Running the test!
2019-08-13 11:52:06,428 INFO o.a.j.s.SampleEvent: List of sample_variables: []
2019-08-13 11:52:06,432 INFO o.a.j.g.u.JMeterMenuBar: setRunning(true, *local*)
2019-08-13 11:52:06,557 INFO o.a.j.e.StandardJMeterEngine: Starting ThreadGroup: 1 : Thread Group
2019-08-13 11:52:06,558 INFO o.a.j.e.StandardJMeterEngine: Starting 1 threads for group Thread Group.
2019-08-13 11:52:06,558 INFO o.a.j.e.StandardJMeterEngine: Thread will continue on error
2019-08-13 11:52:06,558 INFO o.a.j.t.ThreadGroup: Starting thread group... number=1 threads=1 ramp-up=1 delayedStart=false
2019-08-13 11:52:06,560 INFO o.a.j.t.ThreadGroup: Started thread group number 1
2019-08-13 11:52:06,560 INFO o.a.j.e.StandardJMeterEngine: All thread groups have been started
2019-08-13 11:52:06,560 INFO o.a.j.t.JMeterThread: Thread started: Thread Group 1-1
2019-08-13 11:52:06,561 INFO o.a.j.t.JMeterThread: Thread finished: Thread Group 1-1
2019-08-13 11:52:06,561 ERROR o.a.j.JMeter: Uncaught exception:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/openqa/selenium/firefox/FirefoxOptions
at com.googlecode.jmeter.plugins.webdriver.config.FirefoxDriverConfig.createBrowser(FirefoxDriverConfig.java:97) ~[jmeter-plugins-webdriver-3.1.jar:?]
at com.googlecode.jmeter.plugins.webdriver.config.FirefoxDriverConfig.createBrowser(FirefoxDriverConfig.java:22) ~[jmeter-plugins-webdriver-3.1.jar:?]
at com.googlecode.jmeter.plugins.webdriver.config.WebDriverConfig.getPreparedBrowser(WebDriverConfig.java:233) ~[jmeter-plugins-webdriver-3.1.jar:?]
at com.googlecode.jmeter.plugins.webdriver.config.WebDriverConfig.threadStarted(WebDriverConfig.java:220) ~[jmeter-plugins-webdriver-3.1.jar:?]
at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread$ThreadListenerTraverser.addNode(JMeterThread.java:762) ~[ApacheJMeter_core.jar:5.1.1 r1855137]
at org.apache.jorphan.collections.HashTree.traverseInto(HashTree.java:994) ~[jorphan.jar:5.1.1 r1855137]
at org.apache.jorphan.collections.HashTree.traverse(HashTree.java:977) ~[jorphan.jar:5.1.1 r1855137]
at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.threadStarted(JMeterThread.java:730) ~[ApacheJMeter_core.jar:5.1.1 r1855137]
at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.initRun(JMeterThread.java:718) ~[ApacheJMeter_core.jar:5.1.1 r1855137]
at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.run(JMeterThread.java:249) ~[ApacheJMeter_core.jar:5.1.1 r1855137]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) [?:1.8.0_191]
2019-08-13 11:52:06,562 INFO o.a.j.e.StandardJMeterEngine: Notifying test listeners of end of test
2019-08-13 11:52:06,562 INFO o.a.j.g.u.JMeterMenuBar: setRunning(false, *local*)
And here is the set up I followed from BlazeMeter's tutorial updated in April of 2019:
What else do I need to do to get Jmeter to run these tests??? Would be nice if there was documentation that was up to date and explained all the requirements.

Answer 1

Looking into your output:
Build info: version: '2.52.0',
According to Selenium Changelog you can use Firefox version 46 or older with this Selenium Firefox Driver 2.52.0 so either consider downgrading your Firefox to Firefox 46 or upgrade to the latest version of WebDriver Sampler Plugin which is version 3.1 as of now, this way you will be able to use modern Firefoxen via GeckoDriver.
You can install new JMeter Plugins and keep old ones up-to-date using JMeter Plugins Manager