e2e test with Jenkins, selenium-grid and protractor - node.js

Question

I'm trying to build my testing environment using Jenkins, Selenium and Protractor. I decided to use selenium-plugin (selenium grid) to dispatch tests among remote machines (nodes). What I achieved till now is establishing connection between selenium hub and nodes.
Node.js version installed on Jenkins is 5.12.0, Protractor is 3.3.0. I also installed npm chromedriver and set a path to this driver in protractor.config.js like :
chromeDriver: '/u01/apps/jenkins/data/tools/jenkins.plugins.nodejs.tools.NodeJSInstallation/NodeJS_5.12.0/lib/node_modules/chromedriver/bin/chromedriver'
Nodes are running selenium-standalone servers, installed globaly with npm.
When I'm executing my protractor.config.js file I have the following error :
protractor /u01/apps/jenkins/data/workspace/Servers/testApp/protractor.conf.js
[14:49:08] I/direct - Using ChromeDriver directly...
[14:49:08] I/launcher - Running 1 instances of WebDriver
/u01/apps/jenkins/data/tools/jenkins.plugins.nodejs.tools.NodeJSInstallation/NodeJS_5.12.0/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:1329
return callbackFn(this.value_);
^
Error: Server terminated early with status 127
at Error (native)
at /u01/apps/jenkins/data/tools/jenkins.plugins.nodejs.tools.NodeJSInstallation/NodeJS_5.12.0/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/remote/index.js:210:20
at Promise.invokeCallback_ (/u01/apps/jenkins/data/tools/jenkins.plugins.nodejs.tools.NodeJSInstallation/NodeJS_5.12.0/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:1329:14)
at TaskQueue.execute_ (/u01/apps/jenkins/data/tools/jenkins.plugins.nodejs.tools.NodeJSInstallation/NodeJS_5.12.0/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:2790:14)
at TaskQueue.executeNext_ (/u01/apps/jenkins/data/tools/jenkins.plugins.nodejs.tools.NodeJSInstallation/NodeJS_5.12.0/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:2773:21)
at /u01/apps/jenkins/data/tools/jenkins.plugins.nodejs.tools.NodeJSInstallation/NodeJS_5.12.0/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:2652:27
at /u01/apps/jenkins/data/tools/jenkins.plugins.nodejs.tools.NodeJSInstallation/NodeJS_5.12.0/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/promise.js:639:7
at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:103:7)
From: Task: WebDriver.createSession()
at acquireSession (/u01/apps/jenkins/data/tools/jenkins.plugins.nodejs.tools.NodeJSInstallation/NodeJS_5.12.0/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/webdriver.js:62:22)
at Function.createSession (/u01/apps/jenkins/data/tools/jenkins.plugins.nodejs.tools.NodeJSInstallation/NodeJS_5.12.0/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/lib/webdriver.js:295:12)
at Driver (/u01/apps/jenkins/data/tools/jenkins.plugins.nodejs.tools.NodeJSInstallation/NodeJS_5.12.0/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/selenium-webdriver/chrome.js:778:38)
at Direct.getNewDriver (/u01/apps/jenkins/data/tools/jenkins.plugins.nodejs.tools.NodeJSInstallation/NodeJS_5.12.0/lib/node_modules/protractor/built/driverProviders/direct.js:65:26)
at Runner.createBrowser (/u01/apps/jenkins/data/tools/jenkins.plugins.nodejs.tools.NodeJSInstallation/NodeJS_5.12.0/lib/node_modules/protractor/built/runner.js:182:43)
at /u01/apps/jenkins/data/tools/jenkins.plugins.nodejs.tools.NodeJSInstallation/NodeJS_5.12.0/lib/node_modules/protractor/built/runner.js:255:30
at _fulfilled (/u01/apps/jenkins/data/tools/jenkins.plugins.nodejs.tools.NodeJSInstallation/NodeJS_5.12.0/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/q/q.js:834:54)
at self.promiseDispatch.done (/u01/apps/jenkins/data/tools/jenkins.plugins.nodejs.tools.NodeJSInstallation/NodeJS_5.12.0/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/q/q.js:863:30)
at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (/u01/apps/jenkins/data/tools/jenkins.plugins.nodejs.tools.NodeJSInstallation/NodeJS_5.12.0/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/q/q.js:796:13)
at /u01/apps/jenkins/data/tools/jenkins.plugins.nodejs.tools.NodeJSInstallation/NodeJS_5.12.0/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/q/q.js:556:49
[14:49:08] E/launcher - Process exited with error code 1
Here is my protractor config file:
exports.config = {
directConnect: true,
chromeDriver: '/u01/apps/jenkins/data/tools/jenkins.plugins.nodejs.tools.NodeJSInstallation/NodeJS_5.12.0/lib/node_modules/chromedriver/bin/chromedriver',
framework: 'jasmine',
capabilities: {
'browserName': 'chrome',
shardTestFiles: true,
maxInstances: 3
},
specs: ['test/test_spec.js'],
jasmineNodeOpts: {
showColors: true,
defaultTimeoutInterval: 30000,
},
seleniumAddress: 'http://HUB_IP:4444/wd/hub',
onPrepare: function() {
browser.driver.manage().window().maximize();
},
plugins: [{
package: 'protractor-console',
logLevels: ['severe', 'debug', 'info', 'warning']
}]
};

Answer 1

You need to directConnect: false, so it will use the selenium server through seleniumAddress: 'http://HUB_IP:4444/wd/hub', and given you are on Jenkins, probably in headless mode I recommend you to use docker-selenium
Start the local grid
CONTAINER_ID="grid_$BUILD_NUMBER"
docker run -d --name=$CONTAINER_ID -v /dev/shm:/dev/shm elgalu/selenium
Wait for it to start
docker exec $CONTAINER_ID wait_all_done 40s
Grab the IP
export HUB_IP=$(docker inspect -f='{{.NetworkSettings.IPAddress}}' $CONTAINER_ID)
Run your tests
protractor testApp/protractor.conf.js