Selenium Core Installation

Selenium core Installation Instructions for deploying on the weblogic server 9.1:
1. Extract the selenium-core-0.8.3.zip into a custom folder say selenium-core any where outside the server. This will be the source of the deployable unit on the Administration Server
2. In this custom folder add WEB-INF folder structure:
· WEB-INF
· Under this WEB-INF directory, create the following:
Ø src (empty folder)
Ø classes (empty folder)
Ø lib (empty folder)
Ø web.xml
In this file add the content <web-app></web-app>.

3. Start the weblogic from the domain where your application is deployed.
4. Create domain say selenium NOTE: This is outside selenium-core directory and also the server.
For this
Ø cd $BEA_HOME
Ø Create the domain using config.sh which is under $BEA_HOME/ weblogic91/common/bin (which is same as WL_HOME/common/bin).



NOTE: Default values can be replaced
5. Start the weblogic server from <domain>/bin. In this case, selenium/bin
6. open console and goto deployments and deploy the total selenium core folder (open deployment)
i. Opening console: In the web browser type the url with appropriate values for host and port:

http://<host>:<port>/console

ii. Go to deployments and deploy the total selenium core folder by clicking on Install



7. Start the deployment by clicking start button.
8. To verify the installation: In the web browser type the following with appropriate values for host and port:
http://<host> :<port>/selenium_core/core/TestRunner.html

The expected Result:

9. Now, Selenium is installed successfully and ready to work on.

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