Selenium
About
Primarily used for acceptance testing, Selenium provides tools for automated browser interactions. Selenium pairs great with Laravel Dusk as a way to provide a further level of testing for your application.
Use Cases
- If you plan on writing acceptance tests with Laravel Dusk or other testing utilities.
{warning} If you are running an ARM based processor, take a look at SeleniARM instead.
Settings
| Name | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Selenium Grid Port | 4444 | The port to use when accessing Selenium from your tests. |
| VNC Port | 7900 | The port that will be accessible from your local machine to view your running tests (see more below). |
VNC Client
One of the problems using the Selenium container is how can you view your tests running in a browser when they're running in a Docker container? To solve this, Selenium supports using a VNC (Virtual Network Computing) client to view the running tests on your local machine. Most modern browsers come with the noVNC client. This will allow you to view your tests by navigating to localhost:7900, where 7900 is the port specified in the settings above.
Or, you can click the Open VNC Client link when viewing the container in the AppIgnition dashboard to open it for you.
{warning} Be sure to not run Hot Module Replacement (HMR) when you're testing with Selenium. The Selenium container will be unable to contact your HMR server and will eventually fail. Instead, build your assets before running your tests.