How can I run Selenium Server Standalone 2 as a windows service in Windows XP?
Or if you want it start at startup, you can do this:
Create file 01_start_hub.bat which will contain this command:
java -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.20.0.jar -role hub
Create file 02_start_node.bat which will contain this command:
java -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.20.0.jar -role node -hub http://localhost:4444/grid/register
Place both bat files into Startup folder C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
Yes you will have two "ugly" dos prompts after startup, but this is quickwin solutin
http://brantleytec.blogspot.com/2012/11/selenium-hub-and-node-as-windows-service.html
That link describes the process I used to set up and use Selenium hub and 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.
If this is for your local PC though, I might suggest using the ChromeDriver instead of the RemoteWebDriver. It's less setup and allows new hires to start using your tests without any extra setup.
I've had a lot of luck with the Non-Sucking Service Manager. It's a standalone executable that creates and a windows service and works much better than any alternatives I've ever used (I'm thinking about srvany.exe). The usage instructions are pretty straightforward.
Here's how I used it:
Download and extract nssm.exe
I wanted to run a single instance that acted as both the hub and a node, so I didn't specify a role. I also just wanted the default settings, so I didn't pass in any parameters. Here's what I did from the command line: nssm install Selenium-Server "C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\java.exe" "-jar C:\Selenium\selenium-server-standalone-2.21.0.jar"
If you want to run as just a hub or a node, then add in the -role hub or -role node to the last parameter in step #2, e.g. "-jar C:\Selenium\selenium-server-standalone-2.21.0.jar -role hub". You can specify any other parameters for Selenium here as well.
If you need to adjust the parameters later, you can do this through Regedit under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\\Parameters. Specifically, the AppParameters Key contains the parameters you pass to Selenium.
Checkout the following project...
I've used it to setup my Minecraft Server (java project) as a windows service.
http://yajsw.sourceforge.net/
Good Luck
And here is link to more durable solution - first create the BAT files as in my other answer. Second read this article - Its about creating the service. I would reccomend pointing out to the BAT files in the options.
I never created a service, so that help page is as much as I can offer
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I have a PowerShell script that I want to run on some Azure AKS nodes (running Windows) to deploy a security tool. There is no daemon set for this by the software vendor. How would I get it done?
Thanks a million
Abdel
Similar question has been asked here. User philipwelz has written:
Hey,
although there could be ways to do this, i would recommend that you dont. The reason is that your AKS setup should not allow execute scripts inside container directly on AKS nodes. This would imply a huge security issue IMO.
I suggest to find a way the execute your script directly on your nodes, for example with PowerShell remoting or any way that suits you.
BR,
Philip
This user is right. You should avoid executing scripts on your AKS nodes. In your situation if you want to deploy Prisma cloud you need to go with the following doc. You are right that install scripts work only on Linux:
Install scripts work on Linux hosts only.
But, for the Windows and Mac software you have specific yaml files:
For macOS and Windows hosts, use twistcli to generate Defender DaemonSet YAML configuration files, and then deploy it with kubectl, as described in the following procedure.
The entire procedure is described in detail in the document I have quoted. Pay attention to step 3 and step 4. As you can see, there is no need to run any powershell script:
STEP 3:
Generate a defender.yaml file, where:
The following command connects to Console (specified in [--address](https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/prisma/prisma-cloud/prisma-cloud-admin-compute/install/install_kubernetes.html#)) as user <ADMIN> (specified in [--user](https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/prisma/prisma-cloud/prisma-cloud-admin-compute/install/install_kubernetes.html#)), and generates a Defender DaemonSet YAML config file according to the configuration options passed to [twistcli](https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/prisma/prisma-cloud/prisma-cloud-admin-compute/install/install_kubernetes.html#). The [--cluster-address](https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/prisma/prisma-cloud/prisma-cloud-admin-compute/install/install_kubernetes.html#) option specifies the address Defender uses to connect to Console.
$ <PLATFORM>/twistcli defender export kubernetes \
--user <ADMIN_USER> \
--address <PRISMA_CLOUD_COMPUTE_CONSOLE_URL> \
--cluster-address <PRISMA_CLOUD_COMPUTE_HOSTNAME>
- <PLATFORM> can be linux, osx, or windows.
- <ADMIN_USER> is the name of a Prisma Cloud user with the System Admin role.
and then STEP 4:
kubectl create -f ./defender.yaml
I think that the above answer is not completely correct.
The twistcli command, does not export daemonset for Windows Nodes. The "PLATFORM" option, is for choosing the OS of the computer that the command will run.
After testing, I have made the conclusion that there is no Docker Image for Prisma Cloud for Windows Kubernetes Nodes, as it is deployed as a service at Windows OS, and not Container (as in Linux). Wrapping up, the Daemonset is not working at the Windows Hosts
I believe the only solution is this -> Windows
This is the Powershell script that Wytrzymały Wiktor has mentioned.
Unfortunately this cannot be automated easily, as you have to deploy an Azure VM per AKS Cluster (at the same network), and RDP to the AKS Windows Node and run the script.
If anyone has another suggestion or solution, feel free to share.
When I run my selenium test (mvn test) from jenkins (windows) I see only the console output. I don't see the real browsers getting opened . How can I configure jenkins so that I can see the browsers running the test?
I had the same problem, i got the solution after many attempts.
This solution works ONLY on windows XP
If you are using jenkins as a windows service you need to do the following :
1) In windows service select the service of jenkins
2) Open properties window of the service -> Logon-> enable the checkbox "Allow service to interact with desktop"
After then you should reboot the service jenkins
Hope this help you :)
UPDATE:
Actually, I'm working on a an automation tool using Selenium on Windows 10, I've installed Jenkins ver. 2.207 as windows application (EXE file), it's running as windows service and ALL drivers (Chrome, FireFox, IE) are visible during test executions WITHOUT performing a mere configuration on the System or Jenkins
I got the solution. I ran jenkins from command prompt as "java -jar jenkins.war" instead of the windows installer version. Now I can see my browser based tests being executed.
If you are already doing what #Sachin suggests in a comment (i.e. looking at the machine where Jenkins actually runs) and still do not see the browsers, then your problem may be the following:
If you run Jenkins as a service in the background it won't open apps in the foreground. You may either try to run it not as a service in the foreground, or run it as a Local System account and check Allow the service to interact with desktop option. In the latter case you may get into permission problems, though.
Update: To make sure this answer is understood properly by others: Jenkins Windows 'native' installation is not really native. It's a wrapper around Java that runs it as a service.
To interact with desktop GUI, you should launch slave agent via JNLP:
https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Distributed+builds#Distributedbuilds-LaunchslaveagentviaJavaWebStart
After adding the node in Jenkins (configured as Java Web Start launch), just make a startup batch script on the node machine:
java -jar slave.jar -jnlpUrl http://{Your Jenkins Server}:8080/computer/{Your Jenkins Node}/slave-agent.jnlp
(slave.jar can be downloaded from http://{Your Jenkins Server}:8080/jnlpJars/slave.jar)
See more answers here:
How to run GUI tests on a jenkins windows slave without remote desktop connection?
In the case of Windows 7 you should not install jenkins as windows application (because in this recent version, Microsoft decided to give services their own hidden desktop even you enable the functionality "interact with desktop" in jenkins service), you may have to deploy it from a war file as follows:
1) Download jenkins.war from Jenkins official site
2) Deploy it by the command prompt : java -jar {directoryOfJenkinsFile}/jenkins.war
3) Now you can access jenkins administration on http:// localhost:8080
Hope that helps you !
this is an issue for Jenkins. on Windows it is possible to access logon user's session (screen) under system account. to make the UI testing visible, Jenkins needs to bypass UAC (user access
control) at background. this solution works for me with my own service running as system account.
I also faced the same issue earlier in my local machine (Windows 10).
My test was running perfectly from the NetBeans but when I moved to Jenkins it was only running in console mode. I was unable to view the UI.
So for that, you just need to make your local machine as a Jenkins slave by creating a new slave node in your Jenkins and select that node to execute the Jenkins job.
If jenkins installed by windows installer it is showing only Console out put only. To see browsers download jenkins.war file and run java -jar jenkins.war from command line.
Go through this site:
http://learnseleniumtesting.com/jenkins-and-continuous-test-execution/
If you have the following situation,
You are able to login to the remote machine
You don't see the Jenkins agent window
This slave machine is accessed by many users then try the following,
then try the following suggestion.
Login to slave machine
Go to Task manager
Users
Logout all the users
Then login again.
This worked for me.
I saw something once for wrappers used to do this but it asked for a licensing fee. Is there an open source way to do this?
"JBoss AS comes with Windows service executable as part of JBossNative
that can run JBoss Application Server as service.
The service executable jbosssvc.exe transforms the run.bat and
shutdown.bat batch scripts to services. This means that any change
made to those scripts will be used both in service and command
line mode."
http://www.jboss.org/community/wiki/JBossNativeWindows
A Problem I had was the remote Access to JBoss. In JBoss 4.2.3 you must start it with the Parameter run.bat -b 0.0.0.0 to have access from other hosts.
I think since JBoss 4.2 remote access is turned off by default.
My solution was to adjust the :RESTART Section in the file run.bat like this:
:RESTART
"%JAVA%" %JAVA_OPTS% ^
-Djava.endorsed.dirs="%JBOSS_ENDORSED_DIRS%" ^
-classpath "%JBOSS_CLASSPATH%" ^
org.jboss.Main -b "0.0.0.0" %*
I know that you can install your Windows Service via the VS deployment system which I've done. But how do you deploy updates after that? Each time I deploy a new version, it says that the service already exists and exits.
I tried to add a little DOS CMD file with the following:
net stop [ServiceName]
sc delete [ServiceName]
It would work fine if I could just get to run it, but the custom scripts options in the Deployment system doesn't allow that file type.
How can I either a). Update my package on the clients pc or b). run that uninstall utility from within my installer so I can run the update?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Storm
If the service is already installed, all you need to do is NET STOP it, replace the exe, then NET START the service.
In order to run one application, a batch file has to be kicked off (which does things like start Jetty, display live logs, etc). The application will work only if this batch file is running. I am hence forced to have this batch file running and not logout from the Windows server.
Can this batch file be run as a service? I am experimenting with one of the suggestions from a similar question.
NSSM is totally free and hyper-easy, running command prompt / terminal as administrator:
nssm install "YourCoolServiceNameLabel"
then a dialog will appear so you can choose where is the file you want to run.
to uninstall
nssm remove "YourCoolServiceNameLabel"
There's a built in windows cmd to do this: sc create. Not as fancy as nssm, but you don't have to download an additional piece of software.
sc create "ServiceName" start= demand displayname= "DisplayName" binpath= [path to .bat file]
Note
start=demand means you must start the service yourself. Options include: boot, system, auto, demand, disabled, delayed-auto
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I did encounter an error on service start that the service did not respond in a timely manner, but it was clear the service had run the .bat successfully. Haven't dug into this yet but this thread experienced the same thing and solved it using nssm to install the service.
No need for extra software. Use the task scheduler -> create task -> hidden. The checkbox for hidden is in the bottom left corner. Set the task to trigger on login (or whatever condition you like) and choose the task in the actions tab. Running it hidden ensures that the task runs silently in the background like a service.
Note that you must also set the program to run "whether the user is logged in or not" or the program will still run in the foreground.
On Windows 2019 Server, you can run a Minecraft java server with these commands:
sc create minecraft-server DisplayName= "minecraft-server" binpath= "cmd.exe /C C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\rungui1151.lnk" type= own start= auto
The .lnk file is a standard windows shortcut to a batch file.
--- .bat file begins ---
java -Xmx40960M -Xms40960M -d64 -jar minecraft_server.1.15.1.jar
--- .bat file ends ---
All this because:
service does not know how to start in a folder,
cmd.exe does not know how to start in a folder
Starting the service will produce "timely manner" error, but the log file reveals the server is running.
If you need to shut down the server, just go into task manager and find the server java in background processes and end it, or terminate the server from in the game using the /stop command, or for other programs/servers, use the methods relevant to the server.
As Doug Currie says use RunAsService.
From my past experience you must remember that the Service you generate will
have a completely different set of environment variables
have to be carefully inspected for rights/permissions issues
might cause havoc if it opens dialogs asking for any kind of input
not sure if the last one still applies ... it was one big night mare in a project I worked on some time ago.
While it is not free (but $39), FireDaemon has worked so well for me I have to recommend it. It will run your batch file but has loads of additional and very useful functionality such as scheduling, service up monitoring, GUI or XML based install of services, dependencies, environmental variables and log management.
I started out using FireDaemon to launch JBoss application servers (run.bat) but shortly after realized that the richness of the FireDaemon configuration abilities allowed me to ditch the batch file and recreate the intent of its commands in the FireDaemon service definition.
There's also a SUPER FireDaemon called Trinity which you might want to look at if you have a large number of Windows servers on which to manage this service (or technically, any service).
Since NSSM is no longer maintained, you can consider using WinSW. It has binaries that would work with or without .Net.
Basically you create an XML file and then install it. Here is a sample of a minimal XML:
<service>
<!-- ID of the service. It should be unique across the Windows system-->
<id>myapp</id>
<!-- Path to the executable, which should be started -->
<!-- CAUTION: Don't put arguments here. Use <arguments> instead. -->
<executable>%BASE%\myExecutable.exe</executable>
</service>
And then you can install and start it:
winsw install myapp.xml
winsw start myapp.xml
Install NSSM and run the .bat file as a windows service.
Works as expected
My easest way is using opensource svcbatch (https://github.com/mturk/svcbatch/) as wrapper of CMD(BAT) in sc :
sc create myservice binPath= ""%cd%\svcbatch.exe" myservice.bat"