Selenium server cannot be started inside Bamboo

Question

I am trying to configure a Selenium testing through Bamboo. I am able to run Selenium scripts directly from command line, however it always fails if I run it through Bamboo remote agent. The error is:

: Could not start Selenium session: Failed to start new browser session: Error while launching browser
    at com.thoughtworks.selenium.DefaultSelenium.start(DefaultSelenium.java:107)

I took some advice from the web, and checked "Allow service to interact with desktop" for Bamboo remote agent service. However, it does not work.

Anyone have other suggestions?

Answer 1

You must run Bamboo in Console Mode for this to work. Also, the build machine desktop must be active - and not covered or minimized if you want mouse simulations to work. I know right!