selenium-python Process unexpectedly closed with status 1

Question

I am using Python 2.7 with selenium 3. I am  using selenium grid for web automation. When I am starting selenium server as hub and registering node with server manually running on terminal works fine.

But when same commands ran in background using python script or shell script I am seeing error "Process unexpectedly closed with status 1"

For registering a node i am using command in background as:

nohup java -jar selenium-server-standalone-3.14.0.jar -role node -hub http://192.168.57.29:5555/grid/register &

I can see process running but automation fails with above error message

Answer 1

Hi paragf! I checked your code.

 Firstly, there seems to a syntax error at:

output = os.system(cmd))

this line should be:

output = os.system(cmd)

But this wouldn't be the cause for error.

I used the following to start the hub and register the node:

Code to start selenium hub on VM:

import os

def start_selenium_hub_on_vm():

   cmd = "java -jar selenium-server-standalone-3.10.0.jar -role hub -port 4444"

   output = os.system(cmd)
   print 'executing command ', cmd
   if output:
      return output
   else:
      return -1

start_selenium_hub_on_vm()

The output when I run this code is as folllows:

On your node, before trying to register it to the hub, make sure you have a config.json file. The config.json file should look something like this:

{
  "capabilities":
  [
    {
      "browserName": "firefox",
      "marionette": true,
      "maxInstances": 5,
      "seleniumProtocol": "WebDriver",
      "version": "62.0" //Your browser version
    }
  ],
  "proxy": "org.openqa.grid.selenium.proxy.DefaultRemoteProxy",
  "maxSession": 5,
  "port": 5555, //Port on which the hub is running
  "register": true,
  "registerCycle": 5000,
  "hub": "http://192.168.111.132:5555", //URL displayed for Node to register when you start the hub
  "nodeStatusCheckTimeout": 5000,
  "nodePolling": 5000,
  "role": "node",
  "unregisterIfStillDownAfter": 60000,
  "downPollingLimit": 2,
  "debug": false,
  "servlets" : [],
  "withoutServlets": [],
  "custom": {}
}

The python script to register node to hub:

import os
def register_node_to_hub():

   cmd = "java -jar selenium-server-standalone-3.10.0.jar -role node -nodeConfig config.json"

   output = os.system(cmd)
   print 'executing command ', cmd
   if output:
      return output
   else:
      return -1

register_node_to_hub()

The output I get: 

The error you are getting is usually got because of incompatible version. The version that successfully worked for me:

Firefox: 62.0

geckodriver-v0.19.1

selenium-server-standalone-3.10.0.jar

Python 2.7.15

Reference: https://www.linode.com/docs/development/nodejs/install-configure-selenium-grid-ubuntu-16-04/ 

Answer 2

Hey paragf! Could you please share the python/shell script you are using?

Comments

for starting selenium hub:

def start_selenium_hub_on_vm():

   cmd = "nohup java -jar /usr/local/bin/selenium-server-standalone-3.14.0.jar -port 5555 -role hub & \n"

   output = os.system(cmd))
   print 'executing command ', cmd
   if output:
      return output
   else:
      return -1

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To register selenium server on node 

def register_selenium_node_with_hub(ip, user='admin',passwd ='admin123'):

    ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
    ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
    ssh.connect(ip, username=user, password=passwd)
    command = "nohup java -jar selenium-server-standalone-3.14.0.jar -role node -hub http://192.168.57.29:5555/grid/register &"
    stdin_, stdout_, stderr_ = ssh.exec_command(command)
    lines = stdout_.readlines()
    for line in lines:
        print line
    ssh.close()

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Hi,

Any update on this?

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