Executing Silk Test Workbench tests via Jenkins

This article describes the steps required to configure a Jenkins environment to execute Silk Test Workbench tests using a Jenkins Node.

Configuring Jenkins:

1. On the Jenkins Dashboard select “Manage Jenkins”
2. Select “Configure Global Security”
3. Select “Random” for the “TCP port for JNLP agents” setting
   
   
4. Click “Save”
5. Click “Apply”

Configuring a Jenkins Node:

1. Return to the Jenkins Dashboard
2. Click “Manage Jenkins”
3. Click “Manage Nodes”
4. Click “New Node”
5. Enter a node name, e.g. SilkTestAgent
6. Select “Permanent Agent”
   
7. Click OK
8. Set the “Remote root directory” value to a valid path, e.g. C:\Jenkins
9. Set “Usage” to “Use this node as much as possible”
10. Set “Launch method” to “Launch agent via Java Web Start”
11. Click Save
    

Starting the Jenkins Agent on the Silk Test Workbench system

1. On the Silk Test Workbench machine open a browser
2. Navigate and login to Jenkins, e.g. http://myserver:8080
3. Select “Manage Jenkins” from the Jenkins Dashboard
4. Select “Manage Nodes”
5. Select the newly created node, (SilkTestAgent in the above example)
   
   
   
   
6. Click the “Launch” button
   
   
   
   
7. Open the jnlp file when prompted
8. Select “Run” if prompted
9. When the agent has initialized, the following dialog will be displayed:
   
   
   
10. The Agent should now display as online
    
    
    
11. Return to the Jenkins dashboard