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WebSummoner

Without Docker (drivers mode)

Browsers usually run in containers, but sometimes that is impossible — the classic case is Internet Explorer on Windows, which cannot be containerized. In drivers mode WebSummoner starts browser driver binaries as regular processes and acts as a lightweight Selenium server replacement.

Example: Internet Explorer on Windows

Section titled “Example: Internet Explorer on Windows”

  1. Download the IEDriverServer archive and unpack it (to C:\ in this example).

  2. Download the WebSummoner binary.

  3. Create browsers.json — note that image is a command array, and Windows backslashes must be escaped as \\:

    {
      "internet explorer": {
        "default": "11",
        "versions": {
          "11": {
            "image": ["C:\\IEDriverServer.exe", "--log-level=DEBUG"]
          }
        }
      }
    }

  4. Start WebSummoner without Docker:

    Terminal window
    ./websummoner_windows_amd64.exe -conf ./browsers.json -disable-docker

  5. Run tests against http://localhost:4444/wd/hub with:

    browserName = internet explorer
    version     = 11

Other browsers

Section titled “Other browsers”

Download the ChromeDriver binary and point the image array at it:

{
  "chrome": {
    "default": "152",
    "versions": {
      "152": {
        "image": ["/usr/bin/chromedriver", "--port=4444"]
      }
    }
  }
}

Driver logs

Section titled “Driver logs”

By default driver process output is discarded. Add -capture-driver-logs to append every session’s driver log to the main WebSummoner log.