videos.md

Video Recording

Step by step

Pull

Pull image

docker pull elgalu/selenium

Run

Run a new grid

docker run --rm --name=grid -p 4444:24444 -p 5920:25900 \
  --shm-size=2g -e VNC_PASSWORD=hola \
  -e VIDEO=true elgalu/selenium

Wait

Wait for the grid to start

docker exec grid wait_all_done 30s

Check

Check your grid has Chrome and Firefox. OSX: replace localhost with boot2docker ip or docker-machine ip default.

open http://localhost:4444/grid/console

Test

Run your tests

#at http://localhost:4444/wd/hub

Stop

Stopping the grid will also stop video recording and close the file properly. However is better to stop the video service first then copy the videos to the host machine.

docker exec grid stop-video
mkdir -p ./videos
docker cp grid:/videos/. videos

Finalize

docker exec grid stop
docker stop grid

View

Check your video, note it may be splitted in many files if is too long

vlc videos/test.mp4

Customizations

Audio

If you want to additionaly record audio with the video use this

docker run --rm --name=grid -p 4444:24444 -p 5920:25900 \
  --shm-size=2g -e VNC_PASSWORD=hola \
  -e VIDEO=true \
  -e AUDIO=true elgalu/selenium

Start

Start and stop on-demand

docker exec grid start-video

Now run your tests

Then stop. Follow the steps in the Stop section