Can I run Selenium grid without browsers?

Question

I'm aware that I can export Selenium to Junit for webdriver 4 and run the tests as an application (without the need for a browser)

I was looking to do some load testing with Selenium Grid and I do not know if this is also possible on that level i.e. running parallel instances of my Selenium test with the same node/hub architecture. I'm looking to scale to about 100,000 instances and I would appreciate any insight

Thanks a million!

Answer 1

I believe you should setup: Selenium ghostdriver (selenium webdriver with phantom.js) with selenium grid.

To set up, see:

• Anyone Else Having Trouble Registering Ghostdriver with Selenium Grid?
• Can't use RemoteWebDriver(Ghost,Phantom) via Selenium Grid2

To see how to go for selenium webdriver + selenium grid, see:

• http://qtp-help.blogspot.de/2011/09/selenium-grid-with-webdriver.html

Answer 2

maybe just using HtmlUnit driver can help you in this case, without the hub/node architecture, and no browsers.

Also maybe you can think of a solution using this : effective scalable testing lab

[disclosure : i work for Ravello]