How to Install Selenoid on Linux Mint Latest

Selenoid is a powerful and efficient Selenium server replacement for running tests in Docker containers. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Selenoid on Linux Mint latest version.

Step 1: Install Docker

Before you can install Selenoid, you will need to have Docker installed on your Linux Mint system. Follow these steps to install Docker:

1. Open a terminal window.

2. Update your package list by typing the following command:

   sudo apt-get update
   

3. Install Docker using the following command:

   sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
   

4. After installation, start the Docker service using the following command:

   sudo systemctl start docker
   

Step 2: Install Selenoid

To install Selenoid on Linux Mint latest version, follow these steps:

1. Open a terminal window.

2. Download the Selenoid binary using the following command:

   wget https://github.com/aerokube/selenoid/releases/latest/download/selenoid_linux_amd64
   

3. Make the binary executable by running the following command:

   chmod +x selenoid_linux_amd64
   

4. Move the binary to the /usr/bin directory so that it can be used system-wide:

   sudo mv selenoid_linux_amd64 /usr/bin/selenoid
   

5. Download the Selenoid UI binary using the following command:

   wget https://github.com/aerokube/selenoid-ui/releases/latest/download/selenoid-ui_linux_amd64
   

6. Make the binary executable by running the following command:

   chmod +x selenoid-ui_linux_amd64
   

7. Move the binary to the /usr/bin directory so that it can be used system-wide:

   sudo mv selenoid-ui_linux_amd64 /usr/bin/selenoid-ui
   

Step 3: Start Selenoid

After installing Selenoid, you will need to start it using Docker. Here's how:

1. Open a terminal window.

2. Create a directory for storing Selenoid configuration files:

   sudo mkdir -p /etc/selenoid/
   

3. Download the configuration file for Selenoid using the following command:

   sudo wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aerokube/selenoid/master/cm/selenoid.json -P /etc/selenoid/
   

4. Start Selenoid using the following command:

   sudo docker run -d --name selenoid -p 4444:4444 \
   -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
   -v /etc/selenoid:/etc/selenoid \
   aerokube/selenoid:latest-release
   

5. Verify that Selenoid is running by visiting http://localhost:4444/status in your web browser or by running the following command:

   sudo docker ps
   

Step 4: Start Selenoid UI

To start the Selenoid UI, follow these steps:

1. Open a terminal window.

2. Start the Selenoid UI using the following command:

   sudo docker run -d --name selenoid-ui \
   --link selenoid \
   -p 8080:8080 \
   aerokube/selenoid-ui \
   --selenoid-uri=http://selenoid:4444
   

3. Verify that the Selenoid UI is running by visiting http://localhost:8080 in your web browser.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Selenoid on Linux Mint latest version.