Selenium Server 3.8.1 / Firefox opens just a blank page

Question

I'm struggling for hours with Selenium Server 3.8.1 ...

I can't get it running on my PC ...; Firefox opens just a blank page but not www.toolsqa.com ...

Selenium Server 3.8.1 / Win7 64 Bit / Firefox 57.0.4 64 Bit / Geckodriver 0.19.1 64 Bit / Java JDK 1.8 Update 112

I've also played around with FirefoxOptions() but all in vain too.

P.S.: My local Selenium runs perfect.

Do you have a hint for me please?

Thanks a lot in advance.

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Hub and Node are running with default values:

Hub :

java -jar selenium-server-standalone-3.8.1.jar -role hub

Node :

java -jar selenium-server-standalone-3.8.1.jar -role node  -hub http://localhost:4444/grid/register

On the Hub-Screen:

07:17:59.688 INFO - Selenium Grid hub is up and running
07:18:13.884 INFO - Registered a node http://10.0.0.1:5555

On the Node-Screen:

07:18:13.619 INFO - Registering the node to the hub: http://localhost:4444/grid/register
07:18:13.884 INFO - The node is registered to the hub and ready to use

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Code :

System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", "e:\\geckodriver.exe");
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = DesiredCapabilities.firefox();
capabilities.setCapability("marionette", true);
capabilities.setBrowserName("firefox"); 
URL url = new URL("http://localhost:4444/wd/hub");
RemoteWebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(url, capabilities);
driver.get("http://www.toolsqa.com");

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The output on the Eclipse Console is just this - nothing else:

Jan 13, 2018 9:33:22 AM org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities firefox
INFORMATION: Using new FirefoxOptions() is preferred to DesiredCapabilities.firefox()

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Output on the Hub-Screen:

D:\Java\Selenium-Test-Software>java -jar selenium-server-standalone-3.8.1.jar -role hub
09:33:00.087 INFO - Selenium build info: version: '3.8.1', revision: '6e95a6684b'
09:33:00.087 INFO - Launching Selenium Grid hub
2018-01-13 09:33:00.991:INFO::main: Logging initialized @1229ms to org.seleniumhq.jetty9.util.log.StdErrLog
09:33:01.007 INFO - Will listen on 4444
2018-01-13 09:33:01.069:INFO:osjs.Server:main: jetty-9.4.7.v20170914
2018-01-13 09:33:01.085:INFO:osjs.session:main: DefaultSessionIdManager workerName=node0
2018-01-13 09:33:01.085:INFO:osjs.session:main: No SessionScavenger set, using defaults
2018-01-13 09:33:01.101:INFO:osjs.session:main: Scavenging every 600000ms
2018-01-13 09:33:01.101:INFO:osjsh.ContextHandler:main: Started o.s.j.s.ServletContextHandler@62e136d3{/,null,AVAILABLE}
2018-01-13 09:33:01.116:INFO:osjs.AbstractConnector:main: Started ServerConnector@5d47c63f{HTTP/1.1,[http/1.1]}{0.0.0.0:4444}
2018-01-13 09:33:01.116:INFO:osjs.Server:main: Started @1365ms
09:33:01.116 INFO - Nodes should register to http://10.0.0.1:4444/grid/register/

09:33:01.116 INFO - Selenium Grid hub is up and running
09:33:10.273 INFO - Registered a node http://10.0.0.1:5555
09:33:24.001 INFO - Got a request to create a new session: Capabilities {acceptInsecureCerts: true, browserName: firefox, marionette: true, version: }
09:33:24.017 INFO - Trying to create a new session on test slot {seleniumProtocol=WebDriver, marionette=true, se:CONFIG_UUID=8c1ad163-51a6-4294-967d-66985bc53995, browserName=firefox, maxInstances=5, platform=VISTA}

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Output on the Node-Screen:

09:33:10.071 INFO - Using new EdgeOptions() is preferred to DesiredCapabilities.edge()
09:33:10.071 INFO - Using new FirefoxOptions() is preferred to DesiredCapabilities.firefox()
09:33:10.071 INFO - Using new OperaOptions() is preferred to DesiredCapabilities.operaBlink()
09:33:10.071 INFO - Using new SafariOptions() is preferred to DesiredCapabilities.safari()
09:33:10.086 INFO - Using the passthrough mode handler
2018-01-13 09:33:10.102:INFO:osjs.Server:main: jetty-9.4.7.v20170914
2018-01-13 09:33:10.133:WARN:osjs.SecurityHandler:main: ServletContext@o.s.j.s.ServletContextHandler@ae13544{/,null,STARTING} has uncovered http methods for path: /
2018-01-13 09:33:10.133:INFO:osjsh.ContextHandler:main: Started o.s.j.s.ServletContextHandler@ae13544{/,null,AVAILABLE}
2018-01-13 09:33:10.149:INFO:osjs.AbstractConnector:main: Started ServerConnector@3294b8a0{HTTP/1.1,[http/1.1]}{0.0.0.0:5555}
2018-01-13 09:33:10.149:INFO:osjs.Server:main: Started @1445ms
09:33:10.149 INFO - Selenium Grid node is up and ready to register to the hub
09:33:10.164 INFO - Starting auto registration thread. Will try to register every 5000 ms.
09:33:10.164 INFO - Registering the node to the hub: http://localhost:4444/grid/register
09:33:10.273 INFO - The node is registered to the hub and ready to use
2018-01-13 09:33:24.033:INFO:osjshC.ROOT:qtp2013559698-14: org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.WebDriverServlet-639c2c1d: Initialising WebDriverServlet
09:33:24.048 INFO - Found handler: org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.commandhandler.BeginSession@3288da3c
09:33:24.048 INFO - /session: Executing POST on /session (handler: BeginSession)
09:33:24.142 INFO - Capabilities are: Capabilities {acceptInsecureCerts: true, browserName: firefox, marionette: true, version: }
09:33:24.142 INFO - Capabilities {acceptInsecureCerts: true, browserName: firefox, marionette: true, version: } matched class org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.
ServicedSession$Factory (provider: org.openqa.selenium.firefox.GeckoDriverService)
1515832404376   geckodriver     INFO    Listening on 127.0.0.1:44674
1515832404688   mozprofile::profile     INFO    Using profile path C:\Users\Stxxxxx\AppData\Local\Temp\rust_mozprofile.EIKHplrPpffl
1515832404703   geckodriver::marionette INFO    Starting browser C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
1515832404719   geckodriver::marionette INFO    Connecting to Marionette on localhost:58255

Answer 1

Thanks a lot Debanjan - it's running now!!!

P.S.: geckodriver.exe has to be prefixed with the path if it is not in the Windows-Search-Path; in my case:

java -Dwebdriver.gecko.driver=e:\geckodriver.exe -jar selenium-server-standalone-3.8.1.jar -role node -hub http://localhost:4444/grid/register

Regards Joe

Answer 2

Well it got easier with the updation of your steps but a detailed error trace log would have been more helpful. The main issue is in the startup procedure of Selenium Grid Node. If you want to use GeckoDriver you have to start the Selenium Grid Node with the following command :

java -Dwebdriver.gecko.driver=geckodriver.exe -jar selenium-server-standalone-3.8.1.jar -role node -hub http://localhost:4444/grid/register