We are trying to launch an IE browser using the RemoteWebDriver interface.
On the client side, we run the following command to start the selenium-standalone-server.jar
java -Dwebdriver.ie.driver=IEDriverServer.exe -jar selenium-standalone-server.jar
The selenium server starts fine, but there is an error when I try to create a session.
18:52:58. 128 INFO - Launching a standalone Selenium Server
18:52:58.236 INFO - Java: Oracle Corporation 25.251-608
18:52:58.236 INFO - OS: Windows Server 2016 10.amd64 18:52:58.266 INFO - V2.53.1, with core v2.53.1. Built from revision a36b8b1
18:52:58.391 INFO - Driver class not found: com.opera.core.systems. OperaDriver
18:52:58.391 INFO - Driver provider com.opera.core.systems. OperaDriver is not registered
18:52:58.426 INFO - Driver provider org.openda. selenium.safari.SafariDriver registration is skipped: registration capabilities Capabilities [{browserName=safari, version, platform-MAC}] does not match the current platforn XP
18:52:58.429 INFO - Driver class not found: org.openga.selenium.htmlunit.Htm UnitDriver
18:52:58.429 INFO - Driver provider org.openga.selenium.htmlunit.HtmlUnitDriver is not registered
18:52:58.551 INFO - RemoteWebDriver instances should connect to: http://127.0.0.1:5555/wd/hub
18:52:58.552 INFO - Selenium Server is up and running 18:53:03.425
INFO - Executing: [new session: Capabilities [{browserName-internet explorer}]]>
18:53:03.448 INFO . Creating a new session for Capabilities [{browserName-internet explorer}]
Failed to start the server with: port - '32956', host = '', log level = '', log file = '', whitelisted ips = ''.
The point to note here is the last line
Failed to start the server with: port - '32956', host = '', log level = '', log file = '', whitelisted ips = ''.
After this, the browser does not launch and throws a TimeoutException.
I tried to manually launch the IEDriverServer using the following command:
.\IEDriverServer.exe /host=127.0.0.1 /log-level=DEBUG
And I got the below output
2022-10-11 18:52:29:611 server.cC(86) Starting WebDriver server on port: *5555' on host: 127.0.0.1
2022-10-11 18:52:29:611 IEServer.cpp(32) Driver version: 2.53.1.2 (32-bit) D
2022-10-11 18:52:29:612 server.cc(148) Civetweb ACL is -e.e.e.e/e,+127.0.0.1 W
2022-10-11 18:52:29:614 server.cc(158) Failed to start Civetweb
Failed to start the server with: port - '32956', host = '', log level = '', log file = '', whitelisted ips = ''.
Since the error said Failed to start Civetweb, I tried googling what that was, but couldn't find out what the issue was.
Please help us out.
Below is our environment:
OS: Windows Server 2016
Selenium Version: 2.53.1
IEDriverServer Version: 2.53.1
IE Version (installed on the machine): Version 1067 (OS Build: 14393.5356)
