Selenium tests in MSBuild scripts - selenium

Is it possible to run Selenium scripts as a part of your deployment process in an MSBuild file? I'm looking for sample MSBuild snipets if people have them.

What's your test framework wrapper? If it's one of these supported, check out http://www.gallio.org/api/html/T_Gallio_MSBuildTasks_Gallio.htm
<UsingTask TaskName="Gallio" AssemblyFile="$(ProgramW6432)\Gallio\bin\Gallio.MsBuildTasks.dll" />
<Files Include="*Test*.dll" />
<Gallio
Files="#(Files)"
ReportTypes="xml"
ReportDirectory="$(Directory)"
/>

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CruiseControl.NET 1.8.5 - Not creating msbuild-results xml file

I'm pretty new to build servers but have been asked by my employer to do some testing (because F5 is not a build process, as the excellent article by Jeff Atwood says). At this stage, I'm working on getting some sample builds and test reports up and running on a CruiseControl.NET server. So far, I've gotten a build up and running (the configuration file will need some tidying up before adding new builds/projects but the proof of concept is there) but the reporting is causing something of a headache.
The main report I'm looking for is for out NUnit tests and SpecFlow integration tests. The tests run fine (as I'm getting a sensible looking xml file generated) and am looking to merge that in to the main build results so that I can show the results of the NUnit/SpecFlowtests.
Whenever the build completes, the following is reported in the messages (in ViewFarmReport.aspx): "Failing Tasks : XmlLogPublisher "
This combined with the following error reported in the Windows application log (source - CC.Net)
2015-03-24 08:36:52,987 [Initech.SuperCrm-DEV] ERROR CruiseControl.NET [(null)] - Publisher threw exception: ThoughtWorks.CruiseControl.Core.CruiseControlException: Unable to read the contents of the file: C:\CCNet\BuildArtifacts\Initech.SuperCrm-DEV\msbuild-results-7c657954-2c3e-405f-b0f1-7da1299788fd.xml ---> System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file 'C:\CCNet\BuildArtifacts\Initech.SuperCrm-DEV\msbuild-results-7c657954-2c3e-405f-b0f1-7da1299788fd.xml'.
(company/application name "censored")
This leads me to suspect that the failure to merge in the msbuild results (which I believe CruiseControl.NET automatically scrapes since version... 1.5 or 1.6?) is preventing the NUnit results from being merged in.
There is no msbuild-results file in the BuildArtifacts folder, which does not surprise me as I do not believe my current msbuild configuration allows for xml based logging as I am using the ThoughtWorks.CruiseControl.MsBuild.dll logger.
According to the online documentation for CruiseControl.NET there is XML enabled custom logger: ThoughtWorks.CruiseControl.MsBuild.XmlLogger which can be used, however the download location for this logger: here
appears not to exist any more.
Can anyone say whether I'm thinking along the right lines here and what my options are?
For reference, here is my complete configuration:
<cruisecontrol xmlns:cb="urn:ccnet.config.builder">
<cb:define MSBuildPath="C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319" />
<cb:define WorkingBaseDir="C:\CCNet\Builds" />
<cb:define ArtifactBaseDir="C:\CCNet\BuildArtifacts" />
<cb:define MSBuildLogger="C:\Program Files (x86)\CruiseControl.NET\server
\ThoughtWorks.CruiseControl.MsBuild.dll" />
<cb:define NUnitExe="C:\Jenkins\Nunit\nunit-console.exe" />
<cb:define name="vsts_ci">
<executable>C:\Jenkins\tf.exe</executable>
<server>http://tfs-srv:8080/tfs/LEEDS/</server>
<domain>CONTOSO</domain>
<autoGetSource>true</autoGetSource>
<cleanCopy>true</cleanCopy>
<force>true</force>
<deleteWorkspace>true</deleteWorkspace>
</cb:define>
<project name="Initech.Libraries" description="Shared libraries used in all Initech projects"
queue="Q1">
<state type="state" directory="C:\CCNet\State"/>
<artifactDirectory>$(ArtifactBaseDir)\Initech.Libraries</artifactDirectory>
<workingDirectory>$(WorkingBaseDir)\Initech.Libraries</workingDirectory>
<triggers>
<intervalTrigger
name="continuous"
seconds="30"
buildCondition="IfModificationExists"
initialSeconds="5"/>
</triggers>
<sourcecontrol type="vsts">
<cb:vsts_ci/>
<workspace>CCNET_Initech.Libraries</workspace>
<project>$/InitechLibraries/Initech.Libraries</project>
</sourcecontrol>
</project>
<project name="Initech.SuperCrm-DEV" description="Initech.SuperCrm Application, Development
Version" queue="Q1">
<cb:define ArtifactDirectory="$(ArtifactBaseDir)\Initech.SuperCrm-DEV" />
<cb:define WorkingDirectory="$(WorkingBaseDir)\Initech.SuperCrm-DEV" />
<cb:define OutputDirectory="$(WorkingDirectory)\Initech.SuperCrm\bin\Debug" />
<cb:define ProjectFile="Initech.SuperCrm.sln" />
<cb:define NUnitLog="$(WorkingDirectory)\NunitResults.xml" />
<state type="state" directory="C:\CCNet\State"/>
<artifactDirectory>$(ArtifactDirectory)</artifactDirectory>
<workingDirectory>$(WorkingDirectory)</workingDirectory>
<triggers>
<!-- check the source control every X time for changes,
and run the tasks if changes are found -->
<intervalTrigger
name="continuous"
seconds="30"
buildCondition="IfModificationExists"
initialSeconds="5"/>
</triggers>
<sourcecontrol type="vsts">
<cb:vsts_ci/>
<workspace>CCNET_Initech.SuperCrm-DEV</workspace>
<project>$/InitechSuperCrm/SuperCrm/Initech.SuperCrm-DEV</project>
</sourcecontrol>
<tasks>
<exec>
<executable>C:\Program Files (x86)\DXperience 12.1\Tools\DXperience
\ProjectConverter-console.exe</executable>
<buildArgs>$(WorkingDirectory)</buildArgs>
</exec>
<msbuild>
<executable>$(MSBuildPath)\MSBuild.exe</executable>
<workingDirectory>$(WorkingDirectory)</workingDirectory>
<projectFile>$(ProjectFile)</projectFile>
<timeout>900</timeout>
<logger>$(MSBuildLogger)</logger>
</msbuild>
<exec>
<executable>$(NUnitExe)</executable>
<buildArgs>/xml=$(NUnitLog) /nologo $(WorkingDirectory)\$(ProjectFile)
</buildArgs>
</exec>
</tasks>
<publishers>
<buildpublisher>
<sourceDir>$(OutputDirectory)</sourceDir>
<useLabelSubDirectory>true</useLabelSubDirectory>
<alwaysPublish>false</alwaysPublish>
<cleanPublishDirPriorToCopy>true</cleanPublishDirPriorToCopy>
</buildpublisher>
<merge>
<files>
<file>$(NUnitLog)</file>
</files>
</merge>
<xmllogger logDir="C:\CCNet\BuildArtifacts\Initech.SuperCrm-DEV\buildlogs" />
<artifactcleanup cleanUpMethod="KeepLastXBuilds"
cleanUpValue="50" />
</publishers>
</project>
</cruisecontrol>
I've been tearing my hair while trying to figure this out, and I don't have much to begin with, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
After a prolonged period of banging my head against the wall, I seem to have finally found the solution (well solutions).
1) Kobush.Build.dll (https://www.nuget.org/packages/Kobush.Build/) can be used as the logger for MSBuild. Looking at the attributions in CruiseControl.NET's documentation, it appears to have been written by the same developer (but extended).
2) Some tweaks were needed due to the default location of the msbuild-report output. Because, by default, it was dumped to the buildartifacts folder then it is susceptible to being prematurely deleted.
I no longer clean the publish directory prior to copying (in the buildpublisher) and perform the merge and xmllogger portions of the publisher before artifact cleanup.
As a result, I now have msbuild and nunit output/results integrated in to the main build log and these can be consumed through the CruiseControl.NET dashboard.
There's probably a tidier way of handling this, but at the moment I'm just getting a proof of concept going.

Can I run test project using NAnt without NUnit

I have created test project in MVC for unit testing without using NUnit.
Can I use NAnt to run this project?
If no what is the suitable method to automatically run test cases (if possible sequentially)?
You don't have to use NUnit. If you already created a Unit test project in MVC you can use use command line to run this through nant.
From my understanding, you rather just execute the unit test poject you have in your solution which provide you with your test results. If that's the case then all you need to do it run that project using the msbuild command line. If you can run anything on command line chances are you can do the same in NAnt.
Here is how that translate to NAnt.
Example:
<target name="run.unittest.project" >
<property name="msbuild" value="C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe"/>
<property name="configuration" value="Debug" />
<exec program="${msbuild}" commandline="YourSolution.sln /p:Configuration:${configuration};Platform=OurPlatform /t:Project_Name"/>
</target>
But....If you wanted to run a NUint test on a specific assembly in NANT you can try this...
<target name="nunit.target" description="" >
<property name="UnitTests" value="Path\project\bin\${configuration}" />
<echo message="Starting the UnitTests ....." />
<nunit2>
<formatter type="Plain" />
<test assemblyname="UnitTests.dll" appconfig="UnitTests.dll.config" />
</nunit2>
</target>

How do I set the test timeout value inside a TFSBuild MSBuild script?

I have an MSBuild script that tells TFSBuild to run my automated tests like the following:
<Project DefaultTargets="MyBuild" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" ToolsVersion="4.0">
...
<ItemGroup>
<TestContainer Include="$(OutDir)\Test1.dll" />
<TestContainer Include="$(OutDir)\Test2.dll" />
<TestContainer Include="$(OutDir)\Test3.dll" />
...
</ItemGroup>
...
It seems the default timeout for a test is 30 min, but none of my tests should ever take more than ~3 seconds. How do I change the timeout in the XML?
(I'm using the test framework found in Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting)
You should use the Built-in test execution functionality in a TFS Build Definition, located on the Process tab of a Build Definition. It allows you to specify a *.testsettings file, which in turn will contain the timeouts, etc.

Where is sun-appserv-ant.jar for Glassfish v3

Where is sun-appserv-ant.jar in Glassfish v3
I have created a small sample EJB project and I want to use ant to deploy the application to Glassfish v3.
Ive spent a lot of time on google trying to achieve this and all ant samples seem to refer to a jar file called "sun-appserv-ant.jar" which is supposed to be located in the modules directory of the application server install, however, I cannot find it anywhere, nor can I seem to find the reason why, or if there is even an ant based alternative.
Thanks
The sun-appserv-ant.xml file was not brought forward with v3.
You are not completely stuck though.
You can read about the Ant exec task, which you can use to trigger asadmin commands.
If you are very adventurous, you may want to investigate the bp-project framework that is used by the sample projects that ship with the Java EE 6 SDK.
You can get a peek at the bp-project framework by looking at the code in the glassfish-samples repository.
You should add the glassfish-ant-tasks module through the GlassFish Update Tool
After much agony I found an example of how to use the V3.x ant tools here
The downside, for non-French-speakers, is that it's in French. The upside is that the Java parts are still in Java.
From what I can tell, the Ant tasks now differ significantly from what is documented by Sun (Oracle):
You must use the Glassfish server update tool to get the glassfish-ant-tasks module.
This will cause the file *glassfish_dir*/lib/ant/ant-tasks.jar to be downloaded. That must be included on your classpath
Define an as-ant-init target in your build.xml
<target name="as-ant-init">
<taskdef name="sun-appserv-deploy"
classname="org.glassfish.ant.tasks.DeployTask"
classpath="${build-lib}/ant-tasks.jar" />
<taskdef name="sun-appserv-undeploy"
classname="org.glassfish.ant.tasks.UndeployTask"
classpath="${build-lib}/ant-tasks.jar" />
<taskdef name="sun-appserv-component"
classname="org.glassfish.ant.tasks.ComponentTask"
classpath="${build-lib}/ant-tasks.jar" />
<taskdef name="sun-appserv-admin"
classname="org.glassfish.ant.tasks.AdminTask"
classpath="${build-lib}/ant-tasks.jar" />
<taskdef name="sun-appserv-redeploy"
classname="org.glassfish.ant.tasks.RedeployTask"
classpath="${build-lib}/ant-tasks.jar" />
<taskdef name="sun-appserv-start-server"
classname="org.glassfish.ant.tasks.StartServerTask"
classpath="${build-lib}/ant-tasks.jar" />
<taskdef name="sun-appserv-stop-server"
classname="org.glassfish.ant.tasks.StopServerTask"
classpath="${build-lib}/ant-tasks.jar" />
</target>
Write the deployment target. The rules are similar to what's in the documentation, EXCEPT
A. Remove references to the <server> element that was used in older versions.
B. All of the attributes that would have been attached to <server> in the older version of the API are now attached directly to the containing element, such as <sun-appserv-deploy>, like so:
<target name="deploy">
<sun-appserv-deploy
user="${glassfish.admin-user}"
passwordfile="${glassfish.passwordfile}}"
host="${glassfish.host}"
port="${glassfish.admin-port}"
installDir="${asinstalldir}"
upload="true" >
<component
file="${dist.warfile}"
name="My application"
contextroot="${glassfish.context-root}" />
</sun-appserv-deploy>
</target>

Filter on Category for NUnit MSBuild tasks?

I'm setting up a MSBuild project to run some NUnit test, using the MSBuild Community Tasks Project.
With these settings I'll be able to run the NUnit tests:
<Target Name="Test" DependsOnTargets="Build">
<CreateItem Include="$(ProjectTestDir)\$(ClassLibraryOutputDirectory)\*.Tests.dll">
<Output TaskParameter="Include" ItemName="TestAssembly" />
</CreateItem>
<NUnit Assemblies="#(TestAssembly)" />
</Target>
... but how can i run only certain tests - say the ones with a specific Category? We've added different categories to our tests - some to run all the time, some to only run at a nightly build etc.
I don't see any settings allowing me to filter on this, or did I miss something? Surely some of you have had this same problem and solved it somehow? It doesn't have to be using this msbuild community tasks project.
Looking in the CHM, there's an IncludeCategory property... sounds like what you're looking for? (The CHM file is installed in C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\MSBuildCommunityTasks)