Mac/Linux Support for Agent

[thammin]

Hello,

I was trying to install private instance on my mac,
and realize that Windows was the only machine to setup the test agent.
Is this going to support Mac/Linux machine for future?

thanks!

[pmeenan]

The only thing that supports Mac/Linux right now is the NodeJS agent for controlling a tethered Android phone. Technically it also supports running Desktop Chrome but it doesn't really get any testing.

We don't have any near-term plans to support either Mac or Linux, most of the active development is on Mobile right now (though I've been toying with creating a cross-platfrom Chrome extension that could run as an agent which would support Chrome on all platforms, including Chrome Books but won't be able to do video capture).

[jitenoswal1]

Hi @pmeenan,

Just came across this thread. Were you able to complete the chrome extension that would allow cross-platform testing?

Thanks

(06-10-2014 11:47 PM)pmeenan Wrote:  The only thing that supports Mac/Linux right now is the NodeJS agent for controlling a tethered Android phone. Technically it also supports running Desktop Chrome but it doesn't really get any testing.

We don't have any near-term plans to support either Mac or Linux, most of the active development is on Mobile right now (though I've been toying with creating a cross-platfrom Chrome extension that could run as an agent which would support Chrome on all platforms, including Chrome Books but won't be able to do video capture).

[Sam8]

Hi Pat,

Is there any rough documentation anywhere on how to go about setting up nodejs to work on desktop chrome? Im trying to get the agent running here but its trying to run adb commands which are causing a fail.

Any guidance on this would be appreciated if its possible, It would be great to get an agent running on a Linux platform.

Cheers

Sam

[Sam8]

Docs for nodejs are of course in /agent/js/README, looks to be working for me so far! Awesome software

[pmeenan]

FWIW, Linux falls into the rough, uncharted territory where the code worked at one point, may still work but isn't something I use regularly so it may rust.

[Leith]

Hi, Is there a agent version that support linux desktop chrome?I would appreciate it if anyone help me , thank you in advance!

[mangoo]

I see there is a new Test location "Dulles, VA - Linux (Experimental)", with Chrome.

Is it some experimental Linux agent?

[pmeenan]

Yep. It's Chrome-only but it's in good shape (and as of Friday runs all of the mobile agent testing as well): https://github.com/WPO-Foundation/wptagent

[mangoo]

I'm not able to make it work. I mean, the python code works and sends requests, but testing does not proceed.

My locations.ini:

Code:

[locations]
1=Office
default=Office

[Office]
1=WPT_Chrome
label="Test - Original Location Office"

[WPT_Chrome]
browser=Chrome
label="Original Location - Office"

I run python code as follows:

Code:

$ python wptagent/wptagent.py --server http://localhost/work/ --location Office  --xvfb -vvvvv --shaper none
fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
Python 2.7.12
12:17:01.701 - Waiting for Idle...
Running agent, hit Ctrl+C to exit
12:17:01.702 - Checking for work: http://localhost/work/getwork.php?f=json&shards=1&location=Office&pc=webpagetest&freedisk=244.905
12:17:01.706 - Starting new HTTP connection (1): localhost
12:17:01.711 - http://localhost:80 "GET /work/getwork.php?f=json&shards=1&location=Office&pc=webpagetest&freedisk=244.905 HTTP/1.1" 200 0
12:17:06.718 - Checking for work: http://localhost/work/getwork.php?f=json&shards=1&location=Office&pc=webpagetest&freedisk=244.905
12:17:06.720 - Resetting dropped connection: localhost
12:17:06.725 - http://localhost:80 "GET /work/getwork.php?f=json&shards=1&location=Office&pc=webpagetest&freedisk=244.905 HTTP/1.1" 200 0
12:17:11.727 - Checking for work: http://localhost/work/getwork.php?f=json&shards=1&location=Office&pc=webpagetest&freedisk=244.905
12:17:11.729 - Resetting dropped connection: localhost
(...)

This one doesn't return any data:

Code:

$ curl -v "http://localhost/work/getwork.php?f=json&shards=1&location=Office&pc=webpagetest&freedisk=244.905"
*   Trying 127.0.0.1...
* Connected to localhost (127.0.0.1) port 80 (#0)
> GET /work/getwork.php?f=json&shards=1&location=Office&pc=webpagetest&freedisk=244.905 HTTP/1.1
> Host: localhost
> User-Agent: curl/7.47.0
> Accept: */*
>
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 12:22:10 GMT
< Server: Apache/2.4.18 (Ubuntu)
< Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
< Set-Cookie: o=2cc9445c61c0a6eea3fcbed67a6cd7e3c7762a5b; expires=Fri, 30-Mar-2018 12:22:10 GMT; Max-Age=31536000; path=/
< Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate
< Expires: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT
< Content-Length: 0
< Content-Type: text/plain;charset=UTF-8
<
* Connection #0 to host localhost left intact

A call to /install/ shows that no agents are connected:

Code:

Test Locations

Office : Test - Original Location Office
WPT_Chrome : Original Location - Office - No Agents Connected

Not sure how to debug this.