Protractor test picking up edge browser instead of chrome after reboot

Question

I was trying to get a server installed with headless chrome, selenium webdriver and protractor for automating tests.

I setup my environment with these instructions:

# JDK 8
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openjdk-r/ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk

# Node JS
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

# NPM modules
sudo npm install protractor -g
sudo npm install chromedriver -g

# Google Chrome
echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install libxpm4 libxrender1 libgtk2.0-0 libnss3 libgconf-2-4
sudo apt-get -y install google-chrome-stable
sudo apt-get -y install xvfb gtk2-engines-pixbuf
sudo apt-get -y install xfonts-cyrillic xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-base xfonts-scalable
sudo apt-get -y install imagemagick x11-apps
Xvfb -ac :99 -screen 0 1280x1024x16 &
disown $1
export DISPLAY=:99

The issue is that when I run my protractor test for the first time, it works great and the tests run perfectly. But when there is a server reboot or something, I cant seem to run it again. Now this is because when I am do a webdriver-manager start, this is my output:

yeshwanthvshenoy@node-3:~$ sudo webdriver-manager start
[02:59:54] I/start - java -Djava.security.egd=file:///dev/./urandom -Dwebdriver.chrome.driver=/usr/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/chromedriver_2.29 -Dwebdriver.gecko.driver=/usr/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/geckodriver-v0.16.1 -jar /usr/lib/node_modules/protractor/node_modules/webdriver-manager/selenium/selenium-server-standalone-3.4.0.jar -port 4444
[02:59:54] I/start - seleniumProcess.pid: 2239
02:59:54.729 INFO - Selenium build info: version: '3.4.0', revision: 'unknown'
02:59:54.730 INFO - Launching a standalone Selenium Server
2017-06-07 02:59:54.758:INFO::main: Logging initialized @329ms to org.seleniumhq.jetty9.util.log.StdErrLog
02:59:54.832 INFO - Driver provider org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver registration is skipped:
 registration capabilities Capabilities [{ensureCleanSession=true, browserName=internet explorer, version=, platform=WINDOWS}] does not match the current platform LINUX
02:59:54.833 INFO - Driver provider org.openqa.selenium.edge.EdgeDriver registration is skipped:
 registration capabilities Capabilities [{browserName=MicrosoftEdge, version=, platform=WINDOWS}] does not match the current platform LINUX
02:59:54.833 INFO - Driver class not found: com.opera.core.systems.OperaDriver
02:59:54.833 INFO - Driver provider com.opera.core.systems.OperaDriver registration is skipped:
Unable to create new instances on this machine.
02:59:54.837 INFO - Driver class not found: com.opera.core.systems.OperaDriver
02:59:54.837 INFO - Driver provider com.opera.core.systems.OperaDriver is not registered
02:59:54.842 INFO - Driver provider org.openqa.selenium.safari.SafariDriver registration is skipped:
 registration capabilities Capabilities [{browserName=safari, version=, platform=MAC}] does not match the current platform LINUX
2017-06-07 02:59:54.892:INFO:osjs.Server:main: jetty-9.4.3.v20170317
2017-06-07 02:59:54.942:INFO:osjsh.ContextHandler:main: Started o.s.j.s.ServletContextHandler@523884b2{/,null,AVAILABLE}
2017-06-07 02:59:54.968:INFO:osjs.AbstractConnector:main: Started ServerConnector@2d653761{HTTP/1.1,[http/1.1]}{0.0.0.0:4444}
2017-06-07 02:59:54.969:INFO:osjs.Server:main: Started @541ms
02:59:54.969 INFO - Selenium Server is up and running

As you can see, it shows the edge browser instead of chrome. Why is that it is being switched back? Is there a way to store this permanently or should I do some other command to specify that I need to use chrome?

Answer 1

I see that IE, Edge, Safari, and Opera are skipped (which is to be expected). After starting the WebDriver manager, go to http://localhost:4444/grid/console and check what has been registered.

Check out Setting Up the Browser for Protractor.