Sorry Cypress is an open-source alternative to the Cypress Dashboard, which provides a powerful solution for recording, visualizing, and analyzing test results from your Cypress end-to-end test runs. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Sorry Cypress on Elementary OS Latest.
Before starting, make sure you have the following:
Open a terminal emulator and clone the Sorry Cypress repository by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/sorry-cypress/sorry-cypress.git
This will copy the repository to your local machine.
Before continuing, navigate into the root directory of the cloned repository by running:
cd sorry-cypress
Now, install the dependencies by running:
npm install
This command will install all the required dependencies you need to run Sorry Cypress.
Sorry Cypress requires a database to store the test results. You can use MongoDB, a NoSQL document-oriented database program, which is highly scalable and flexible.
To install MongoDB, run the following command:
sudo apt install mongodb
Start the MongoDB server by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start mongodb
This command will start the MongoDB service on your system.
In order to start Sorry Cypress, you will need to provide some environment variables. Create a file named .env in the root directory of the cloned repository by running:
touch .env
Open the .env file with a text editor.
nano .env
Add the following lines to your .env file:
DATABASE_URL=mongodb://localhost:27017/sorry-cypress
RETRIES=0
STUDIO_VARIANT=community
PORT=4000
Explanation of what these lines do:
DATABASE_URL: The connection URL for the MongoDB database. In this case, we are connecting to the local instance on port 27017.RETRIES: The number of times to retry a test run before marking it as failed.STUDIO_VARIANT: The type of Cypress Dashboard to use (community or team).PORT: The port number to use for Sorry Cypress.To start Sorry Cypress, run the following command:
npm run start
This command will start the Sorry Cypress server on port 4000. You should see a message in your terminal saying "Sorry Cypress is running".
Go to http://localhost:4000/ in your web browser to access the Sorry Cypress dashboard. This is where you can view your test run results, logs, and other details.
That's it! You have successfully installed Sorry Cypress on Elementary OS Latest. You can now start writing Cypress tests and recording the results using the Sorry Cypress dashboard.
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