Tohuwabohu excorcism

1. download the slave-agent.jnlp from the jenkins node
2. open cmd and check the java version. if version is 1.6 get the jdk 7 folder from any RDP and do a cd to the jre\bin path of jdk7
3. then type javaws <FQDN of the slave-agent.jnlp>
4. once the slave connects, click on file and the n install as service

• To be able to run GUI tests on a test-slave - jenkins-slave process must be executed in Interactive Mode, in a user session.

(services, usual tasks are NOT executed in interactive mode)

• The Windows session should be started automatically directly after the server startup.
• Slave-Machine should register itself automatically as a test-slave at Jenkins, right after the startup.
• The slave must be capable to execute everything, what the tests require.

Use the Sysinternals tool Autologon for that.

Execute the following script once for the session to be started automatically.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Sysinternals\Autologon.exe" YOURUSER . YOURPASS

Use Jenkins-Swarm-Plugin for that,

Execute the following script to connect a machine to a Jenkins as a Slave. The slave will have label “sikuli” . Name this script addSwarmSlaveToJenkins.bat and use it in the next chapter.

java -jar C:\temp\EXP_swarm\swarm-client-2.2-jar-with-dependencies.jar -executors 2 -fsroot c:\Jenkins -labels "sikuli %ComputerName%" -master http://10.0.0.198:5555 -name farm-%ComputerName% -username YOURUSER -password YOURPASS

Use the Windows Task Scheduler for that.

Execute the following script once to create a task, which will be executed, when the user logs in. Explicitely at Autologon too.

schtasks /Create /RU YOURUSER /RP YOURPASS /SC ONLOGON /TN "Connect to Jenkins as swarm slave" /TR c:\temp\EXP_swarm\addSwarmSlaveToJenkins.bat /IT

Here you can download the plugins manually in HPI form, to install them manually https://updates.jenkins-ci.org/download/plugins/

Useful to make nodes add themselves to the Jenkins:

• choosing labels
• choosing environment variables
• …

THe problem is - Jenkins kills spawned processes together with the job. Solution: use a wrapper script. https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Spawning+processes+from+build

But indeed no wraper would work reliably, because its a feature of jenkins named “ProcessTreeKiller” which is reponsible for killing the preocesses. This feature can be disabled:

https://wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/ProcessTreeKiller

@echo off


::start server via a wrapper script, so that Jenkins does not complain about leaking handler https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Spawning+processes+from+build
set ANTRUN_OUTPUT="C:\tmp\StartWeblogicTOI.html"
C:\tmp\wrapperScript.js "C:\tmp\startTOICmd.bat"


:: wait until it is up and running
set serverisRunning=""
:whileWaiting
if %serverisRunning% == "" (
	echo Waiting for server to start
	sleep 10
	for /f %%i in ('Findstr /I /M /C:"state changed to running" C:\tmp\StartWeblogicTOI.html') do set "serverisRunning='%%i'"
	goto :whileWaiting
)
time /T
echo Server is running now

Configuring the Jenkins using LDAP requires a predefined LDAP structure. <br> E.g. putting users to Oraganisational Group “people” <br> Or maintaining groups under Oraganisational Group “groups”. <br> Or using Posix Groups for organising people. <br>