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Here you can see how each Grid component can be configured individually based on common configuration values and component-specific configuration values.

• 1: Configuration help
• 2: CLI options in the Selenium Grid
• 3: TOML configuration options

Get information about all the available options to configure Grid.

The help commands display information based on the current code implementation. Hence, it will provide accurate information in case the documentation is not updated. It is the easiest way to learn about Grid 4 configuration for any new version.

The info command provides detailed docs on the following topics:

• Configuring Selenium
• Security
• Session Map setup
• Tracing

Quick config help and overview is provided by running:

java -jar selenium-server-<version>.jar info config

To get details on setting up the Grid servers for secure communication and node registration:

java -jar selenium-server-<version>.jar info security

By default, Grid uses a local session map to store session information. Grid supports additional storage options like Redis and JDBC - SQL supported databases. To set up different session storage, use the following command to get setup steps:

java -jar selenium-server-<version>.jar info sessionmap

By default, tracing is enabled. To export traces and visualize them via Jaeger, use the following command for instructions:

java -jar selenium-server-<version>.jar info tracing

java -jar selenium-server-<version>.jar --config-help

It will show all the available commands and description for each one.

Pass –help config option after the Selenium role to get component-specific config information.

java -jar selenium-server-<version>.jar standalone --help

java -jar selenium-server-<version>.jar hub --help

java -jar selenium-server-<version>.jar sessions --help

java -jar selenium-server-<version>.jar sessionqueue --help

java -jar selenium-server-<version>.jar distributor --help

java -jar selenium-server-<version>.jar router --help

java -jar selenium-server-<version>.jar node --help

All Grid components configuration CLI options in detail.

Different sections are available to configure a Grid. Each section has options can be configured through command line arguments.

A complete description of the component to section mapping can be seen below.

Note that this documentation could be outdated if an option was modified or added but has not been documented yet. In case you bump into this situation, please check the “Config help” section and feel free to send us a pull request updating this page.

Linux/Unix/MacOS path example :

All the options mentioned above can be used when starting the Grid components. They are a good way of exploring the Grid options, and trying out values to find a suitable configuration.

We recommend the use of Toml files to configure a Grid. Configuration files improve readability, and you can also check them in source control.

When needed, you can combine a Toml file configuration with CLI arguments.

To pass config options as command-line flags, identify the valid options for the component and follow the template below.

java -jar selenium-server-<version>.jar <component> --<option> value

java -jar selenium-server-<version>.jar standalone --max-sessions 4 --port 4444

java -jar selenium-server-<version>.jar hub --session-request-timeout 500 --port 3333 --tracing false

java -jar selenium-server-<version>.jar node --max-sessions 4 --log-level "fine" --port 7777 --driver-implementation "firefox" --driver-implementation "edge"

java -jar selenium-server-<version>.jar distributor --sessions http://localhost:5556 --sessionqueue http://localhost:5559 --bind-bus false

Important: Custom capabilities need to be set in the configuration in all Nodes. They also need to be included always in every session request.

java -jar selenium-server-<version>.jar hub

java -jar selenium-server-<version>.jar node --detect-drivers false --driver-configuration display-name="Chrome (custom capability true)" max-sessions=1 stereotype='{"browserName":"chrome","gsg:customcap":true}' --port 6161

java -jar selenium-server-<version>.jar node --detect-drivers false --driver-configuration display-name="Chrome (custom capability true)" max-sessions=1 stereotype='{"browserName":"chrome","gsg:customcap":false}' --port 6262

ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
options.setCapability("gsg:customcap", true);
WebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new URL("http://localhost:4444"), options);
driver.get("https://selenium.dev");
driver.quit();

Set the custom capability to false in order to match the Node B.

At times a test may need to access files that were downloaded by it on the Node. To retrieve such files, following can be done.

java -jar selenium-server-<version>.jar hub

java -jar selenium-server-<version>.jar node --enable-managed-downloads true

Tests that want to use this feature should set the capability "se:downloadsEnabled"to true

options.setCapability("se:downloadsEnabled", true);

• The Grid infrastructure will try to match a session request with "se:downloadsEnabled" against ONLY those nodes which were started with --enable-managed-downloads true
• If a session is matched, then the Node automatically sets the required capabilities to let the browser know, as to where should a file be downloaded.
• The Node now allows a user to:
  • List all the files that were downloaded for a specific session and
  • Retrieve a specific file from the list of files.
• The directory into which files were downloaded for a specific session gets automatically cleaned up when the session ends (or) timesout due to inactivity.

Note: Currently this capability is ONLY supported on:

• Edge
• Firefox and
• Chrome browser

• The endpoint to GET from is /session/<sessionId>/se/files.
• The session needs to be active in order for the command to work.
• The raw response looks like below:

{
  "value": {
    "names": [
      "Red-blue-green-channel.jpg"
    ]
  }
}

In the response the list of file names appear under the key names.

• The endpoint to POST from is /session/<sessionId>/se/files with a payload of the form {"name": "fileNameGoesHere}
• The session needs to be active in order for the command to work.
• The raw response looks like below:

{
	"value": {
		"filename": "Red-blue-green-channel.jpg",
		"contents": "Base64EncodedStringContentsOfDownloadedFileAsZipGoesHere"
	}
}

• The response blob contains two keys,
  • filename - The file name that was downloaded.
  • contents - Base64 encoded zipped contents of the file.
• The file contents are Base64 encoded and they need to be unzipped.

The below mentioned curl example can be used to list all the files that were downloaded by the current session in the Node, and which can be retrieved locally.

curl -X GET "http://localhost:4444/session/90c0149a-2e75-424d-857a-e78734943d4c/se/files"

A sample response would look like below:

{
  "value": {
    "names": [
      "Red-blue-green-channel.jpg"
    ]
  }
}

Assuming the downloaded file is named Red-blue-green-channel.jpg, and using curl, the file could be downloaded with the following command:

curl -H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8" \
-X POST -d '{"name":"Red-blue-green-channel.jpg"}' \
"http://localhost:4444/session/18033434-fa4f-4d11-a7df-9e6d75920e19/se/files"

A sample response would look like below:

{
  "value": {
    "filename": "Red-blue-green-channel.jpg",
    "contents": "UEsDBBQACAgIAJpagVYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAAAUmVkLWJsAAAAAAAAAAAAUmVkLWJsdWUtZ3JlZW4tY2hhbm5lbC5qcGdQSwUGAAAAAAEAAQBIAAAAcNkAAAAA"
  }
}

Below is an example in Java that does the following:

• Sets the capability to indicate that the test requires automatic managing of downloaded files.
• Triggers a file download via a browser.
• Lists the files that are available for retrieval from the remote node (These are essentially files that were downloaded in the current session)
• Picks one file and downloads the file from the remote node to the local machine.

import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;

import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.io.Zip;
import org.openqa.selenium.json.Json;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpClient;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpRequest;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpResponse;

import java.io.File;
import java.net.URL;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Optional;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import static org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.Contents.asJson;
import static org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.Contents.string;
import static org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpMethod.GET;
import static org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpMethod.POST;

public class DownloadsSample {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    // Assuming the Grid is running locally.
    URL gridUrl = new URL("http://localhost:4444");
    ChromeOptions options = new ChromeOptions();
    options.setCapability("se:downloadsEnabled", true);
    RemoteWebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(gridUrl, options);
    try {
      demoFileDownloads(driver, gridUrl);
    } finally {
      driver.quit();
    }
  }

	private static void demoFileDownloads(RemoteWebDriver driver, URL gridUrl) throws Exception {
		driver.get("https://www.selenium.dev/selenium/web/downloads/download.html");
		// Download the two available files on the page
		driver.findElement(By.id("file-1")).click();
		driver.findElement(By.id("file-2")).click();

		// The download happens in a remote Node, which makes it difficult to know when the file
		// has been completely downloaded. For demonstration purposes, this example uses a
		// 10-second sleep which should be enough time for a file to be downloaded.
		// We strongly recommend to avoid hardcoded sleeps, and ideally, to modify your
		// application under test, so it offers a way to know when the file has been completely
		// downloaded.
		TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(10);

		//This is the endpoint which will provide us with list of files to download and also to
		//let us download a specific file.
		String downloadsEndpoint = String.format("/session/%s/se/files", driver.getSessionId());

		String fileToDownload;

		try (HttpClient client = HttpClient.Factory.createDefault().createClient(gridUrl)) {
			// To list all files that are were downloaded on the remote node for the current session
			// we trigger GET request.
			HttpRequest request = new HttpRequest(GET, downloadsEndpoint);
			HttpResponse response = client.execute(request);
			Map<String, Object> jsonResponse = new Json().toType(string(response), Json.MAP_TYPE);
			@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
			Map<String, Object> value = (Map<String, Object>) jsonResponse.get("value");
			@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
			List<String> names = (List<String>) value.get("names");
			// Let's say there were "n" files downloaded for the current session, we would like
			// to retrieve ONLY the first file.
			fileToDownload = names.get(0);
		}

		// Now, let's download the file
		try (HttpClient client = HttpClient.Factory.createDefault().createClient(gridUrl)) {
			// To retrieve a specific file from one or more files that were downloaded by the current session
			// on a remote node, we use a POST request.
			HttpRequest request = new HttpRequest(POST, downloadsEndpoint);
			request.setContent(asJson(ImmutableMap.of("name", fileToDownload)));
			HttpResponse response = client.execute(request);
			Map<String, Object> jsonResponse = new Json().toType(string(response), Json.MAP_TYPE);
			@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
			Map<String, Object> value = (Map<String, Object>) jsonResponse.get("value");
			// The returned map would contain 2 keys,
			// filename - This represents the name of the file (same as what was provided by the test)
			// contents - Base64 encoded String which contains the zipped file.
			String zippedContents = value.get("contents").toString();
			// The file contents would always be a zip file and has to be unzipped.
			File downloadDir = Zip.unzipToTempDir(zippedContents, "download", "");
			// Read the file contents
			File downloadedFile = Optional.ofNullable(downloadDir.listFiles()).orElse(new File[]{})[0];
			String fileContent = String.join("", Files.readAllLines(downloadedFile.toPath()));
			System.out.println("The file which was "
					+ "downloaded in the node is now available in the directory: "
					+ downloadDir.getAbsolutePath() + " and has the contents: " + fileContent);
		}
	}


}

Grid configuration examples using Toml files.

All the options shown in CLI options can be configured through a TOML file. This page shows configuration examples for the different Grid components.

Note that this documentation could be outdated if an option was modified or added but has not been documented yet. In case you bump into this situation, please check the “Config help” section and feel free to send us a pull request updating this page.

Selenium Grid uses TOML format for config files. The config file consists of sections and each section has options and its respective value(s).

Refer to the TOML documentation for detailed usage guidance. In case of parsing errors, validate the config using TOML linter.

The general configuration structure has the following pattern:

[section1]
option1="value"

[section2]
option2=["value1","value2"]
option3=true

Below are some examples of Grid components configured with a Toml file, the component can be started in the following way:

java -jar selenium-server-<version>.jar <component> --config /path/to/file/<file-name>.toml

A Standalone server, running on port 4449, and a new session request timeout of 500 seconds.

[server]
port = 4449

[sessionqueue]
session-request-timeout = 500

A Standalone server or a Node which only has Firefox and Chrome enabled by default.

[node]
drivers = ["chrome", "firefox"]
max-sessions = 3

Standalone or Node server with customised drivers, which allows things like having Firefox Beta or Nightly, and having different browser versions.

[node]
detect-drivers = false
[[node.driver-configuration]]
max-sessions = 100
display-name = "Firefox Nightly"
stereotype = "{\"browserName\": \"firefox\", \"browserVersion\": \"93\", \"platformName\": \"MAC\", \"moz:firefoxOptions\": {\"binary\": \"/Applications/Firefox Nightly.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin\"}}"
[[node.driver-configuration]]
display-name = "Chrome Beta"
stereotype = "{\"browserName\": \"chrome\", \"browserVersion\": \"94\", \"platformName\": \"MAC\", \"goog:chromeOptions\": {\"binary\": \"/Applications/Google Chrome Beta.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome Beta\"}}"
[[node.driver-configuration]]
display-name = "Chrome Dev"
stereotype = "{\"browserName\": \"chrome\", \"browserVersion\": \"95\", \"platformName\": \"MAC\", \"goog:chromeOptions\": {\"binary\": \"/Applications/Google Chrome Dev.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome Dev\"}}"
webdriver-executable = '/path/to/chromedriver/95/chromedriver'

A Standalone or Node server that is able to run each new session in a Docker container. Disabling drivers detection, having maximum 2 concurrent sessions. Stereotypes configured need to be mapped to a Docker image, and the Docker daemon needs to be exposed via http/tcp. In addition, it is possible to define which device files, accessible on the host, will be available in containers through the devices property. Refer to the docker documentation for more information about how docker device mapping works.

[node]
detect-drivers = false
max-sessions = 2

[docker]
configs = [
    "selenium/standalone-chrome:93.0", "{\"browserName\": \"chrome\", \"browserVersion\": \"91\"}", 
    "selenium/standalone-firefox:92.0", "{\"browserName\": \"firefox\", \"browserVersion\": \"92\"}"
]
#Optionally define all device files that should be mapped to docker containers
#devices = [
#    "/dev/kvm:/dev/kvm"
#]
url = "http://localhost:2375"
video-image = "selenium/video:latest"

It is useful to connect an external service that supports WebDriver to Selenium Grid. An example of such service could be a cloud provider or an Appium server. In this way, Grid can enable more coverage to platforms and versions not present locally.

The following is an en example of connecting an Appium server to Grid.

[node]
detect-drivers = false

[relay]
# Default Appium/Cloud server endpoint
url = "http://localhost:4723/wd/hub"
status-endpoint = "/status"
# Optional, enforce a specific protocol version in HttpClient when communicating with the endpoint service status (e.g. HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2)
protocol-version = "HTTP/1.1"
# Stereotypes supported by the service. The initial number is "max-sessions", and will allocate 
# that many test slots to that particular configuration
configs = [
  "5", "{\"browserName\": \"chrome\", \"platformName\": \"android\", \"appium:platformVersion\": \"11\"}"
]

It is possible to protect a Grid with basic auth by configuring the Router/Hub/Standalone with a username and password. This user/password combination will be needed when loading the Grid UI or starting a new session.

[router]
username = "admin"
password = "myStrongPassword"

Here is a Java example showing how to start a session using the configured user and password.

ClientConfig clientConfig = ClientConfig.defaultConfig()
  .baseUrl(new URL("http://localhost:4444"))
  .authenticateAs(new UsernameAndPassword("admin", "myStrongPassword"));
HttpCommandExecutor executor = new HttpCommandExecutor(clientConfig);
RemoteWebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(executor, new ChromeOptions());

In other languages, you can use the URL http://admin:myStrongPassword@localhost:4444

Important: Custom capabilities need to be set in the configuration in all Nodes. They also need to be included always in every session request.

[node]
detect-drivers = false

[[node.driver-configuration]]
display-name = "firefox"
stereotype = '{"browserName": "firefox", "platformName": "macOS", "browserVersion":"96", "networkname:applicationName":"node_1", "nodename:applicationName":"app_1" }'
max-sessions = 5

Here is a Java example showing how to match that Node

FirefoxOptions options = new FirefoxOptions();
options.setCapability("networkname:applicationName", "node_1");
options.setCapability("nodename:applicationName", "app_1");
options.setBrowserVersion("96");
options.setPlatformName("macOS");
WebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new URL("http://localhost:4444"), options);
driver.get("https://selenium.dev");
driver.quit();

The Node can be instructed to manage downloads automatically. This will cause the Node to save all files that were downloaded for a particular session into a temp directory, which can later be retrieved from the node. To turn this capability on, use the below configuration:

[node]
enable-managed-downloads = true

Refer to the CLI section for a complete example.

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