Selenium Executing multiple tests at the same time

Question

I want to execute multiple Selenium Tests (on a Jenkins server) at the same time.

As of now, only one test can be executed at a time because ChromeDriver seems to communicate over a special port. Aaparently, I have to pass some port setting via Selenium to ChromeDriver for starting up multiple tests.

IMO it shouldn't matter if the Test runs locally or on Jenkins. There should be way to configure ChromeDriver. Anybody has ideas or pointers where to look at and what files are involved to get this done?

Answer 1

Probably your not aware of Selenium Grid 2.

Grid allows you to :

• Execute multiple tests by distributing them on several machines ( parallel execution )
• Handle multiple environments from local thus making it simple to run tests against a vast combination of browsers / OS.
• Minimize maintenance time for Grid by allowing you to implement custom hooks to leverage virtual infrastructure for instance.