1. Download Jenkins
Go to
https://jenkins.io/download/ and download it for your system.
2. Start and Setup Jenkins in you system
After download open command line window.
Write from command line
cd location_of_jenkins.war_file
Write from command line to run Jenkins in 8080 port
java -jar jenkins.war
Write from command line to run Jenkins in a specific port
java -jar jenkins.war --httpPort=port_number
Output will show Jenkins running status.
From browser, browse to
localhost:specific_port_number (if specific port is given otherwise only
localhost which will select port
8080 by default).
3. Add plugins and start
When Jenkins start select plugins and setup them after that restart Jenkins. Make sure Robot Framework plugin is installed.
4. Create and configure a new job in Jenkins
Select a
Freestyle project and click on
OK button. Enter
Description from
General tab. Select
Git in
Source Code Management tab, provide
Repository URL and test it. In
Build tab select
Execute Windows batch command if you are running in Windows. Provide commands in
Command box and Save it.
Windows batch command
robot_project_folder_location_drive:
cd robot_project_folder_location
robot -t test_name test_suite_name
echo BuildCompleted
5. Build - Robot Framework
From Jenkins project, select Build Now from drop down list, automation script should run when Robot project is building. Also robot reports should be available after successful build.
6. Robot Framework Reports
From
Jenkins project configuration and navigate to
Post Build Actions tab, click on
Add post-build action button drop down list select
Publish Robot Framework test results. Than provide location of robot test results file location in
Directory of Robot Framework test results field and Save it. Build again to validate robot test results.
7. To overcome Opening Robot Framework report failed error in HTML reports
Search for Jenkins security policy. Go to
JENKINS wiki/Configuring Content Security Policy navigate to
Implementation section and copy code given in
Unset the header: section. Than move to
Jenkins > Manage Jenkins > Script Console > Paste copied code and click on
Run button. If
Result shown below than it is successful. Build again and click on robot results html links and observe that instead of error reports are shown.
