I am using selenium to download data from various websites but one site in particular is giving me trouble. I narrowed it down to the fact that it will not run when the computer is locked. Everything works fine if I run it manually or if I remote desktop, but if I schedule the task to run and then lock the computer it will not run properly.
Is there a way to add something to my script which will:
Unlock my computer
Run the selenium script
Lock my computer
Or maybe schedule a remote desktop session to create an active desktop? Anyone have some advice on how to accomplish this correctly?
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I have a project in which one of the tests consists of running a process indefinitely in order to collect data on the program execution.
It's a Python script that runs locally on a Linux machine, but I'd like for other people in my team to have access to it as well because there are specific moments where the process needs to be restarted.
Is there a way to set up a workflow on this machine that when dispatched, stops and restarts the process?
You can execute commands on your Linux host via GH Actions and SSH. Take a look at this action.
I have a sikuli script which does the Siebel Tools incremental Compilation Task on a Windows Box from Jenkins.
The problem is: When i run the task i always have to open the RDC window open for the task to be executed.As soon i minimize the window the script fails.
Hence if the Sikuli script is running i will not able to use my local system for any other task.
I found some posts on launchpad.net.
this is one reference: https://answers.launchpad.net/sikuli/+question/213636
But it did not work.
Can anyone help on this.
This solution has helped me out:
Close all open Remote Desktop sessions.
Launch the Registry editor (regedit.exe).
Navigate to one of the following Registry keys, depending on whether you wish to modify the Remote Desktop settings only for the current user or for all users on the computer:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client
Create a DWORD value named RemoteDesktop_SuppressWhenMinimized and set it to 2.
Close the Registry Editor.
After these steps are done RDC when minimized will not be suppressed and sikuli will work.
Answer taken from:
https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/testing-with/running/via-rdp/in-minimized-window.html
Other solution is to use VNC connection instead of RDC. RealVNC for example.
You setup VNC server on machine that sikuli scripts are running on and connect from your other machine. You should even be able to close the connection window and scripts should still be able to run.
You could just keep the RDC session running in the background. Just don't minimize it. I am doing the same with my tests.
I have a python script that checks the temperature every 24 hours, is there a way to leave it running if I shut the computer down/log off.
Shutdown - no.
Logoff - potentially, yes.
If you want to the script to automatically start when you turn the computer back on, then you can add the script to your startup folder (Windows) or schedule the script (Windows tasks, cron job, systemd timer).
If you really want a temperature tracker that is permanently available, you can use a low-power solution like the Raspberry Pi rather than leaving your pc on.
The best way to accomplish this is to have your program run on some type of server that your computer can connect to. A server could be anything from a raspberry pi to an old disused computer or a web server or cloud server. You would have to build a program that can be accessed from your computer, and depending on the server and you would access it in a lot of different ways depending the way you build your program and your server.
Doing things this way means your script will always be able to check the temperature because it will be running on a system that stays on.
Scripts are unable to run while your computer is powered off. What operating system are you running? How are you collecting the temperature? It is hard to give much more help without this information.
One thing I might suggest is powering on the system remotely at a scheduled time, using another networked machine.
You can take a look at the following pages
http://www.wikihow.com/Automatically-Turn-on-a-Computer-at-a-Specified-Time
http://lifehacker.com/5831504/how-can-i-start-and-shut-down-my-computer-automatically-every-morning
Additionally once it turn on, you can perform a cronjob, for execute your python code by a console command >> python yourfile.py . What is the Windows version of cron?
I have coded a Python Script for Twitter Automation using Tweepy. Now, when i run on my own Linux Machine as python file.py The file runs successfully and it keeps on running because i have specified repeated Tasks inside the Script and I also don't want to stop the script either. But as it is on my Local Machine, the script might get stopped when my Internet Connection is off or at Night. So i couldn't keep running the Script Whole day on my PC..
So is there any way or website or Method where i could deploy my Script and make it Execute forever there ? I have heard about CRON JOBS before in Cpanel which can Help repeated Tasks but here in my case i want to keep running my Script on the Machine till i don't close the script .
Are their any such solutions. Because most of twitter bots i see are running forever, meaning their Script is getting executed somewhere 24x7 . This is what i want to know, How is that Task possible?
As mentioned by Jon and Vincent, it's better to run the code from a cloud service. But either way, I think what you're looking for is what to put into the terminal to run the code even after you close the terminal. This is what worked for me:
nohup python code.py &
You can add a systemd .service file, which can have the added benefit of:
logging (compressed logs at a central place, or over network to a log server)
disallowing access to /tmp and /home-directories
restarting the service if it fails
starting the service at boot
setting capabilities (ref setcap/getcap), disallowing file access if the process only needs network access, for instance
So I am trying to set up a Continuous integration environment using Jenkins.
One of the build step requires a series of mouse actions/movements to accomplish a task in Excel. I have already written a python script using the ctypes library to do this.
The script works perfectly fine if I run it either through Jenkins or on the server itself when I am actively logged in to the server using remote desktop connection, but as soon as I minimize/close the connection and then run the script from Jenkins, it seems the mouse events never get executed. Is there something I can add to the script to make this work? Thanks for any help you can provide.