Laravel Dusk (PHPUNIT) Test for Gitlab-ci with docker chromdriver , headless chrome, vnc, screenshots, pipeline, artifacts

.env.gitlab

APP_ENV=testing
APP_KEY=base64:DimZ0aVNA8ZWtWxTB4fDxFc6lL1wM2C7evETA4QK3+c=
APP_DEBUG=true
APP_LOG_LEVEL=debug
APP_URL=http://localhost:8081

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=mysql
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=secca_testing
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=secret

GEOIP_SERVICES=ipapi

BROADCAST_DRIVER=log
CACHE_DRIVER=file
SESSION_DRIVER=file
QUEUE_DRIVER=sync
MAIL_DRIVER=log

.gitlab-ci.sh

#!/bin/bash
set -xe
composer install
npm install
# Copy over testing configuration.
cp .env.gitlab .env
npm run dev
php artisan key:generate
php artisan config:cache
php artisan migrate
php artisan db:seed

.gitlab-ci.yml

image: cerw/docker-laravel
services:
  - mysql:5.7

cache:
  untracked: true
  key: "secca-laravel"
  paths:
    - node_modules
    - vendor
    - /root/.composer
    - /root/.npm

variables:
  MYSQL_DATABASE: secca_testing
  MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: secret

stages:
  - build
  - tests
  - deploy

build:
  stage: build
  script:
    - mkdir -vp `pwd`/vendor
    - mkdir -vp `pwd`/node_modules
    - bash .gitlab-ci.sh

features:
  stage: tests
  before_script:
      - cp .env.gitlab .env
  script:
    - php vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-text --colors=never ./tests/Feature

browser:
  stage: tests
  before_script:
    - cp .env.gitlab .env
  script:
    - /usr/bin/supervisord
    - sleep 3
    - php vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-text --colors=never ./tests/Browser
  artifacts:
      name: "${CI_JOB_NAME}_${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}"
      paths:
      - tests/Browser/screenshots/
      expire_in: 4 weeks
      when: always

deploy_staging:
  stage: deploy
  script:
    - curl -X POST https://deploy.nano.rocks/XXX-d "reason=$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG"
  environment:
    name: staging
    url: https://secca.nano.rocks
  only:
  - master

deploy_production:
  stage: deploy
  script:
    - curl -X POST https://deploy.nano.rocks/XXX -d "reason=$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG"
  environment:
    name: production
    url: http://app.secca.org.au
  only:
  - production

DuskTestCase.php

<?php

namespace Tests;

use Laravel\Dusk\TestCase as BaseTestCase;
use Facebook\WebDriver\Chrome\ChromeOptions;
use Facebook\WebDriver\Remote\RemoteWebDriver;
use Facebook\WebDriver\Remote\DesiredCapabilities;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\DatabaseMigrations;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Artisan;
use App\User;
use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;
use Symfony\Component\Process\ProcessBuilder;
use Msurguy\Honeypot\HoneypotFacade;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\DatabaseTransactions;

abstract class DuskTestCase extends BaseTestCase
{
    use CreatesApplication;// DatabaseTransactions;


    /**
     * Prepare for Dusk test execution.
     *
     * @beforeClass
     * @return void
     */
    public static function prepare()
    {
        static::startChromeDriver();
    }


    /**
     * Default preparation for each test
     */
    public function setUp()
    {
        parent::setUp(); // Don't forget this!

        Artisan::call('migrate');
        if (User::count() == 0) {
            Artisan::call('db:seed', ['--class' => 'TestSeeder']);
        }
        exec('rm -f ' . storage_path('framework/sessions/*'));
    }

    /**
     * Create the RemoteWebDriver instance.
     *
     * @return \Facebook\WebDriver\Remote\RemoteWebDriver
     */
    protected function driver()
    {

        $chromeOptions = new ChromeOptions();
        $chromeOptions->addArguments(['--window-size=1466,1224']);

        return RemoteWebDriver::create(
            env('CHROMEDRIVER', 'http://localhost:9515'),
            $chromeOptions->toCapabilities()
        );
    }

    public static function runServer()
    {
        if (PHP_OS == 'Darwin') {
            // we are on mac
            $env = 'testing';
        } else {
            // linux
            $env = 'phpci';
        }
        $command = (new ProcessBuilder())
            ->setTimeout(null)
            ->setEnv('APP_ENV', $env)
            ->add('exec')
            ->add(PHP_BINARY)
            ->add('artisan')
            ->add('serve')
            ->add('--port=8081')
            ->add('--env=' . $env)
            ->getProcess()
            ->getCommandLine();

        $webserver = new Process($command . ' &');
        $webserver->disableOutput();
        $webserver->run();
        sleep(1);
    }


    public static function setUpBeforeClass()
    {
        self::runServer();
    }

    public static function tearDownAfterClass()
    {
        $webserverProcess = new Process("ps ax|grep 8081|grep -v grep|awk '{print $1}'|xargs kill");
        $webserverProcess->disableOutput();
        $webserverProcess->run();
    }

    public function loginAsUser()
    {

        // see https://github.com/laravel/dusk/issues/100
        $user = User::first();

        $this->browse(function ($browser) use ($user) {

            $browser->logout();
            $browser->loginAs($user->id);

        });
    }
}

phpunit.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<phpunit backupGlobals="false"
         backupStaticAttributes="false"
         bootstrap="bootstrap/autoload.php"
         colors="true"
         convertErrorsToExceptions="true"
         convertNoticesToExceptions="true"
         convertWarningsToExceptions="true"
         processIsolation="false"
         stopOnFailure="false">
    <testsuites>
        <testsuite name="Browser Test Suite">
            <directory suffix="Test.php">./tests/Browser</directory>
        </testsuite>
        <testsuite name="Feature Tests">
            <directory suffix="Test.php">./tests/Feature</directory>
        </testsuite>

        <testsuite name="Unit Tests">
            <directory suffix="Test.php">./tests/Unit</directory>
        </testsuite>
    </testsuites>
    <filter>
        <whitelist processUncoveredFilesFromWhitelist="true">
            <directory suffix=".php">./app</directory>
        </whitelist>
    </filter>
    <php>
        <env name="APP_ENV" value="testing"/>
        <env name="APP_KEY" value="base64:DimZ0aVNA8ZWtWxTB4fDxFc6lL1wM2C7evETA4QK3+c="/>
        <env name="CACHE_DRIVER" value="array"/>
        <env name="SESSION_DRIVER" value="file"/>
        <env name="QUEUE_DRIVER" value="sync"/>
        <env name="MAIL_DRIVER" value="log"/>
        <env name="APP_URL" value="http://localhost:8081"/>
    </php>
</phpunit>