This is a simple startup script based on the jenkins startup script.
This startup script assumes you have selenium server 2.x installed in the dir /var/lib/selenium
also assumes you have the pkg daemon installed and a java runtime installed (this was tested in ubuntu 10.04.4 with openjdk-6-jdk)
and the following already created in your linux box:
id: selenium
home: /var/lib/selenium
shell: /bin/bash
selenium installation directory: /var/lib/selenium
sudo groupadd -r selenium
sudo useradd -r -d /var/lib/selenium -s /bin/bash -m -g selenium -G selenium selenium
log dir: /var/log/selenium owned by the selenium id
sudo mkdir /var/log/selenium
sudo chown selenium.selenium /var/log/selenium
Install the selenium server 2.x in your home directory:
sudo wget --no-check-certificate https://selenium.googlecode.com/files/selenium-server-standalone-2.32.0.jar -O /var/lib/selenium/selenium-server-standalone-2.32.0.jar
Create a symlink:
cd /var/lib/selenium
sudo ln -s selenium-server-standalone-2.32.0.jar selenium-server-standalone.jar
Create a default grid.yml configuration:
sudo cp /local/repo/path/grid.yml /var/lib/selenium/
Copy the default file and the init.d file in the right locations:
sudo cp /local/repo/path/etc/init.d/selenium /etc/init.d/
sudo cp /local/repo/path/etc/default/selenium /etc/default/
Install the service startup:
sudo update-rc.d selenium defaults
Start the selenium hub:
sudo /etc/init.d/selenium start
Check the logs:
sudo tail -f /var/log/selenium/selenium.log
The service configuration can be found in /etc/default/selenium