Setup Selenium Server on Ubuntu 14.04

setup_selenium.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Following the guide found at this page
# http://programmingarehard.com/2014/03/17/behat-and-selenium-in-vagrant.html

echo "\r\nUpdating system ...\r\n"
sudo apt-get update


# Create folder to place selenium in
#
echo "\r\nCreating folder to place selenium in ...\r\n"
sudo mkdir ~/selenium
cd ~/selenium


# Get Selenium and install headless Java runtime
#
echo "\r\nInstalling Selenium and headless Java runtime ...\r\n"
sudo wget http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/2.44/selenium-server-standalone-2.44.0.jar
sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre-headless -y


# Install Firefox
#
echo "\r\nInstalling Firefox ...\r\n"
sudo apt-get install firefox -y


# Install headless GUI for firefox.  'Xvfb is a display server that performs graphical operations in memory'
#
echo "\r\nInstalling XVFB (headless GUI for Firefox) ...\r\n"
sudo apt-get install xvfb -y


# Finally, starting up Selenium server
#
echo "\r\nStarting up Selenium server ...\r\n"
DISPLAY=:1 xvfb-run java -jar ~/selenium/selenium-server-standalone-2.44.0.jar

@reboot sh -c 'Xvfb :99 -ac -screen 0 1024x768x8 > /tmp/xvfb.log 2>&1 &'

#! /bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          selenium
# Required-Start:    $remote_fs $network $named $time
# Required-Stop:     $remote_fs $network $named $time
# Should-Start:      ntp mdadm
# Should-Stop:       ntp mdadm
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: selenium
# Description:       selenium is a distributed (peer-to-peer) system for
#                    the management and storage of structured data.
### END INIT INFO

. /etc/profile

case "${1:-''}" in
    'start')
        if test -f /tmp/selenium.pid
        then
            echo "Selenium is already running."
        else
            export DISPLAY=localhost:99.0
            java -jar /usr/lib/selenium/selenium-server-standalone.jar -port 4444 > /var/log/selenium/output.log 2> /var/log/selenium/error.log & echo $! > /tmp/selenium.pid
            echo "Starting Selenium…"

            error=$?
            if test $error -gt 0
            then
                echo "${bon}Error $error! Couldn't start Selenium!${boff}"
            fi
        fi
    ;;
    'stop')
        if test -f /tmp/selenium.pid
        then
            echo "Stopping Selenium..."
            PID=`cat /tmp/selenium.pid`
            kill -3 $PID
            if kill -9 $PID ;
                then
                    sleep 2
                    test -f /tmp/selenium.pid && rm -f /tmp/selenium.pid
                else
                    echo "Selenium could not be stopped..."
                fi
        else
            echo "Selenium is not running."
        fi
        ;;
    'restart')
        if test -f /tmp/selenium.pid
        then
            kill -HUP `cat /tmp/selenium.pid`
            test -f /tmp/selenium.pid && rm -f /tmp/selenium.pid
            sleep 1
            export DISPLAY=localhost:99.0
            java -jar /usr/lib/selenium/selenium-server-standalone.jar -port 4444 > /var/log/selenium/output.log 2> /var/log/selenium/error.log & echo $! > /tmp/selenium.pid
            echo "Reload Selenium..."
        else
            echo "Selenium isn't running..."
        fi
        ;;
    *)      # no parameter specified
        echo "Usage: $SELF start|stop|restart"
        exit 1
    ;;
esac