How to Install Sorry Cypress on Fedora Server Latest

Sorry Cypress is an open-source alternative to the Cypress Dashboard, and it runs all your Cypress tests in parallel. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Sorry Cypress on a Fedora Server Latest.

Prerequisites

  • Root or sudo access to your Fedora Server Latest
  • Node.js version 12 or higher

Step 1 - Install Node.js

Before you can install Sorry Cypress, you will first need to install Node.js. To install Node.js, follow the steps below:

  1. Update your Fedora Server Latest packages with the following command:

    sudo dnf update -y
    
  2. Install the Node.js package using the following command:

    sudo dnf install nodejs -y
    
  3. Verify that Node.js is installed by running the following command:

    node -v
    

    This command should return the Node.js version number.

Step 2 - Install Sorry Cypress

To install Sorry Cypress, follow the steps below:

  1. Install the Sorry Cypress package globally using the following command:

    sudo npm install -g sorry-cypress
    
  2. Run the Sorry Cypress command to initialize the installation process:

    sudo sorry-cypress install
    

Step 3 - Configure Sorry Cypress

After installing Sorry Cypress, you will need to configure it before you can start using it. To configure Sorry Cypress, follow the steps below:

  1. Create a configuration file by running the following command:

    sudo touch /etc/sorry-cypress/configuration.json
    
  2. Edit the configuration file with a text editor of your choice:

    sudo nano /etc/sorry-cypress/configuration.json
    
  3. Add the following configuration settings to the file:

    {
      "db": {
        "type": "sqlite",
        "url": "sqlite://./sorry-cypress.db"
      },
      "ci": {
        "baseUrl": "http://localhost:1234/"
      }
    }
    
  4. Save and exit the file by pressing CTRL+X, followed by Y, then ENTER.

Step 4 - Start Sorry Cypress

After configuring Sorry Cypress, you can now start it by running the following command:

sudo sorry-cypress start

This command will start Sorry Cypress and make it accessible from your web browser at http://localhost:1234/.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Sorry Cypress on a Fedora Server Latest. You also learned how to configure Sorry Cypress and start it so that you can use it to run your Cypress tests in parallel.