Steps to follows: -
We are going with assumptions – all prerequisite which is require for mobile browser
automation has been setup on your machines – like Java, Xcode and Appium.
1. Download latest Selenium grid jar file from below
URL:- https://www.selenium.dev/downloads/
2. Place downloaded jar file in a separate folder
3. Open terminal at your machine and make sure you changed your current path to the
location where you kept your selenium server jar file.
4. Run below command to start selenium grid hub
$ java -jar selenium-server-standalone-3.141.59.jar -role hub
5. Verify selenium hub server started your machine by hitting below URL in your
browser.
URL :- localhost:4444/grid/console
6. create json config file for device which you want to add as node and save as
node1.json in same folder structure where selenium grid server jar file is there.
7. Open Terminal – change your current working directory/path – where your kept
your node1.json file using below command.
$ cd path of folder where jar file available
8. Register node to grid server using below command.
$ appium -p 4723 --nodeconfig node1.json
