55. Upgrading Selenium Standalone Server

I have started writing this blog from 3 months. When I have started writing the latest Selenium Standalone Server version available for download was 2.31.0.

Now I would like to check if there are any latest version available by following the below steps:

1. Open www.seleniumhq.org
2. Click on 'Download' tab to navigate to the downloads page as shown below:

3. In the Download page, view the latest version of the Selenium Standalone Server as shown below:

4. I've observed that there is a new version 2.32.0 for Selenium Server available for me to download  (currently I and using 2.31.0 version). So I would like to upgrade it to the latest version by following the below steps.

Upgrading to the Latest Selenium Server:

Pre-requisite: Ensure that Selenium Standalone Server is not running. If it is running, just restart the Eclipse IDE to stop it.

1. Download the Selenium Servers new version 2.32.0 and place the downloaded file in any folder as shown below:

2. In Eclipse IDE, Right click on the Project you are working with and select 'Properties' option as shown below:

3. Ensure that 'Properties for Project' dialog is displayed, select the older version of Selenium Server and click on 'Remove' button as shown below:

4. Ensure that the older version of Selenium Server is removed and click on 'OK' button as shown below:

5. Expand the libraries folder, right click on the older version of Selenium Server and click on 'Delete' option as shown below:

6. Click on 'OK' Button on the 'Confirmation' dialog as shown below:

7. Ensure that the older version got deleted from the libraries folder
8. Copy the latest version as shown below:

9. Paste the copied latest version into the libraries folder as shown below:

10. Ensure that the latest Standalone Server 2.32.0 got pasted into the libraries folder as shown below:

11. Right click on the Project and select Properties option as shown below:

12. Ensure that 'Properties for Project' dialog is displayed and click on 'Add Jars' button as shown below:

13. Ensure that 'Jar Selection' dialog is displayed, explain the Project -> libraries folder, select the latest selenium standalone version and click on 'OK' button as shown below:

14. Ensure that the latest Selenium Server version got added in the 'Libraries' tab and click on 'OK' button as shown below:

15. Select 'External Tools Configuration' option from the Run options as shown below:

16. Ensure that 'External Tools Configuration' dialog is displayed, change the version details in the 'Argument'  text box and click on 'Apply' Button as shown below:

17. Click on 'Run' Button to start the 'Selenium Server' as shown below:

18. Ensure that the Selenium Server is running as shown below:

19. Run the 'Class16.java' file by selecting the 'JUnit Test' option as shown below:

20. Ensure that the Test got passed without any errors as shown below:

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