Thursday, August 20, 2015

Selenium - IE remote browser setup

Setup Selenium -  IE remote browser


  1. Install Java. If you are setting up from a base level testing VM, you may need to first install Java.
  2. Download following files from https://code.google.com/p/selenium/downloads/list into your windows machine (This page mostly has latest versions. Pick them)
    • a. selenium-server-standalone-2.39.0.jar
    • b. IEDriverServer _Win32_2.39.0.zip (There is version for 64 bit; pick appropriate version)
  3. Place the jar file and extracted exe file from zip, into C:\SeleniumServer folder
  4. In Command Prompt and navigate to 'C:\SeleniumServer'
  5. Run the command to start the standalone selenium server
java -jar selenium-server-standalone-2.35.0.jar -Djava.util.logging.Level=OFF -Dwebdriver.ie.driver="C:\SeleniumServer\IEDriverServer.exe"