Required Parameters

Optional Parameters

Parameter Details

avoidProxy :

By default, we proxy every browser request; set this flag to make the browser use our proxy only for URLs containing '/selenium-server'

• Type: boolean
• Since: 1.0-beta-3
• Required: No
• Expression: ${avoidProxy}
• Default: false

background :

Flag to control if we background the server or block Maven execution.

• Type: boolean
• Since: 1.0-beta-1
• Required: Yes
• Expression: ${background}
• Default: false

browserSessionReuse :

Stops re-initialization and spawning of the browser between tests.

• Type: boolean
• Since: 1.0-beta-3
• Required: No
• Expression: ${browserSessionReuse}
• Default: false

browserSideLog :

Enables logging on the browser side; logging messages will be transmitted to the server. This can affect performance.

• Type: boolean
• Since: 1.0-beta-3
• Required: No
• Expression: ${browserSideLog}

debug :

Enable the server's debug mode..

• Type: boolean
• Since: 1.0-beta-1
• Required: No
• Expression: ${debug}
• Default: false

defaultUserExtensions :

The file or resource to use for default user-extensions.js.

• Type: java.lang.String
• Since: 1.0-beta-1
• Required: No
• Default: org/codehaus/mojo/selenium/default-user-extensions.js

defaultUserExtensionsEnabled :

Enable or disable default user-extensions.js

• Type: boolean
• Since: 1.0-beta-1
• Required: No
• Default: true

displayPropertiesFile :

The location of the file to read the display properties.

• Type: java.io.File
• Since: 1.0-beta-1
• Required: No
• Default: ${project.build.directory}/selenium/display.properties

ensureCleanSession :

If the browser does not have user profiles, make sure every new session has no artifacts from previous sessions. For example, enabling this option will cause all user cookies to be archived before launching IE, and restored after IE is closed.

• Type: boolean
• Since: 1.0-beta-3
• Required: No
• Expression: ${ensureCleanSession}
• Default: false

firefoxProfileTemplate :

Normally a fresh empty Firefox profile is created every time we launch. You can specify a directory to make us copy your profile directory instead.

• Type: java.io.File
• Since: 1.0-beta-1
• Required: No
• Expression: ${firefoxProfileTemplate}

forcedBrowserMode :

Sets the browser mode (e.g. "*iexplore" for all sessions).

• Type: java.lang.String
• Since: 1.0-beta-3
• Required: No
• Expression: ${forcedBrowserMode}

logFile :

The file that Selenium server logs will be written to.

• Type: java.io.File
• Since: 1.0-beta-1
• Required: Yes
• Expression: ${logFile}
• Default: ${project.build.directory}/selenium/server.log

logOutput :

Enable logging mode.

• Type: boolean
• Since: 1.0-beta-1
• Required: No
• Expression: ${logOutput}
• Default: false

multiWindow :

Flag to control if we start Selenium RC in multiWindow mode or not. The multiWindow mode is useful for applications using frames/iframes which otherwise cannot be tested as the same window is used for displaying both the Selenium tests and the AUT.

• Type: boolean
• Since: 1.0-beta-3
• Required: No
• Expression: ${multiWindow}
• Default: false

port :

The port number of the server to connect to.

• Type: int
• Since: 1.0-beta-1
• Required: No
• Expression: ${port}
• Default: 4444

skip :

Allows the server startup to be skipped.

• Type: boolean
• Since: 1.0-beta-2
• Required: No
• Expression: ${maven.test.skip}
• Default: false

timeout :

Timeout for the server in seconds.

• Type: int
• Since: 1.0-beta-1
• Required: No
• Expression: ${timeout}
• Default: -1

trustAllSSLCertificates :

Forces the Selenium proxy to trust all SSL certificates. This doesn't work in browsers that don't use the Selenium proxy.

• Type: boolean
• Since: 1.0-beta-3
• Required: No
• Expression: ${trustAllSSLCertificates}
• Default: false

trustStore :

The location of the SSL trust-store.

• Type: java.io.File
• Since: 1.0-beta-3
• Required: No
• Expression: ${trustStore}

trustStorePassword :

The password for the SSL trust-store.

• Type: java.lang.String
• Since: 1.0-beta-3
• Required: No
• Expression: ${trustStorePassword}

userExtensions :

Location of the user-extensions.js to load into the server. If defaultUserExtensionsEnabled is true, then this file will be appended to the defaults.

• Type: java.lang.String
• Since: 1.0-beta-1
• Required: No
• Expression: ${userExtensions}

verifyBrowser :

Attempt to verify the named browser configuration. Must be one of the standard valid browser names (and must start with a *), e.g. *firefox, *iexplore, *custom.

• Type: java.lang.String
• Since: 1.0-beta-1
• Required: No
• Expression: ${verifyBrowser}

workingDirectory :

Working directory where Selenium server will be started from.

• Type: java.io.File
• Since: 1.0-beta-1
• Required: Yes
• Expression: ${project.build.directory}/selenium