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I have several Selenium IDE tests which I'm trying run in Jenkins (it is running on Windows Server 2012 R2).

I've followed all the steps described at Running Selenium tests in Jenkins and the only issue I have is that Jenkins does not install Xvfb - all my attempts to use "Install automatically" option don't seem to work (I can click "apply" but Xvfb won't appear); I have also been unable to find the exe anywhere (Jenkins asks for "Directory in which to find Xvfb executable").

Is there a way to install Xvfb in Windows? I know it's very easy in Linux but I have to use Windows. Screenshot

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  • There is no Xvfb fow windows. Linux typically runs without display, Xvfb solves that problem by creating a virtual display. Windows always had a DISPLAY. If multiple parallel runs affects the test, only solution is to create many windows nodes with single slave . Windows server editions may provide a different solution; I have not tried it. – Jayan Aug 24 '16 at 00:34
  • Thank you! I haven't been able to find a solution in Windows Server that would allow that + there are some other limitations, so I'll use Jenkins in Linux. – Oliver Peloton Aug 25 '16 at 19:08

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Please check the below solution.It is worked for me in Windows 7.

  1. Jenkins configuration from 'Manage Jenkins'- Provide Name as 'Default' and did not select 'Install automatically' check box.Check image 1. manage Jenkins settings
  2. Install Xvfb plugin from Manage Plugins of Manage Jenkins - Select Xvfb plugin from available plugins list and click install. Plugin download from Jenkins
  3. Set Build Environment details in Configure window - Select 'Start Xvfb before the build, and shut it down after.' option under Build environment section.After click 'Advanced' button. There provide display name offset value as 1.
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  • Thank you for the instructions, the Xvfb got installed. Unfortunately, it still does not work - the console output shows "System is not Unix, Xvfb will not be started". – Oliver Peloton Oct 09 '16 at 19:29