Run Nightwatch.js tests against a remote Selenium server in Kubernetes environment - node.js

Question

I've created automated tests with Nightwatch-Cucumber based on Nightwatch.js. I can start the tests on local machine, the Selenium server starts on local machine and the tests will be executed.
But now I want to integrate the existing tests in a Kubernetes environment. On local machine I want to use minikube, helm, a jenkins chart to start the tests and a selenium chart. But this setup is quiet different to the local one. I want to start the tests on the Jenkins instance and the tests should be executed against the running Selenium server delivered by the selenium chart. So I want to use such a "remote" Selenium server. I don't want to use a local Selenium server that starts on runtime, but a still existing Selenium server somewhere in the Kubernetes environment
But how to configure my nightwatch.conf.js configuration to realize that scenario?
My current configuration looks like this:
const config = {
output_folder: "reports",
custom_commands_path: "commands",
// custom_assertions_path: 'assertions',
live_output: false,
page_objects_path: "pageobjects",
disable_colors: false,
selenium: {
start_process: true,
server_path: seleniumServer.path,
log_path: "",
host: "127.0.0.1",
port: 4444
},
test_settings: {
default: {
globals: {
waitForConditionTimeout: 30000,
waitForConditionPollInterval: 500
},
screenshots: {
enabled: true,
on_failure: true,
path: "screenshots"
},
//launch_url: "http://localhost:8087",
//selenium_port: 4444,
//selenium_host: "127.0.0.1",
desiredCapabilities: {
browserName: "phantomjs",
javascriptEnabled: true,
acceptSslCerts: true,
"phantomjs.binary.path": phantomjs.path
}
},

Answer 1

First step, make sure your remote Selenium-server is accessable( checking host IP and port )
Secondly, config following :
const config = {
output_folder: "reports",
custom_commands_path: "commands",
// custom_assertions_path: 'assertions',
live_output: false,
page_objects_path: "pageobjects",
disable_colors: false,
selenium: {
start_process: false, // turn this off and comment all below config
// server_path: seleniumServer.path,
// log_path: "",
// host: "127.0.0.1",
// port: 4444
},
test_settings: {
default: {
globals: {
waitForConditionTimeout: 30000,
waitForConditionPollInterval: 500
},
screenshots: {
enabled: true,
on_failure: true,
path: "screenshots"
},
launch_url: "http://localhost:8087",
selenium_port: 4444, // provide your selenium port in 1st step
selenium_host: "127.0.0.1", // provide your selenium address in 1st step
desiredCapabilities: {
browserName: "phantomjs",
javascriptEnabled: true,
acceptSslCerts: true,
"phantomjs.binary.path": phantomjs.path
}
},