First run (JOSF 1.4 and below)

After installing JOSF, keep your PowerShell open and head over to C:\Program Files\JOSF by typing the following command:

cd 'C:\Program Files\JOSF'

After that, you can start JOSF by executing the start.ps1 command by typing the following command:

.\start.ps1

JOSF is successfully started, when these messages are shown:

Starting josf-actionpack-x.x
log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (io.netty.util.internal.logging.InternalLoggerFactory).
log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.
log4j:WARN See http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig for more info.
feb 07, 2018 9:10:05 AM io.vertx.core.Starter
INFO: Succeeded in deploying verticle

Any warnings displayed here are nothing to worry about. Just some notion that the logger can be configured.

Remember: always keep this PowerShell window open, as it serves as a console and JOSF will shutdown when you close it.

Login to JOSF

When JOSF started successfully, open your favourite web browser, and navigate to http://localhost/josf. This will open the front-end of JOSF. To login, use the credentials as shown below.

Credentials

Username Password
Admin Admin123!!!

Turn JOSF off

After a day of testing and dancing, you'd want to shut down JOSF by going back to the PowerShell window and pressing CTRL + c key combination. This will gracefully shut down JOSF and all sub-processes that it started with. Note: It is possible that it will start a browser and load an empty webpage. Don't worry, this means that it also shutdown the Selenium Server nodes and hub.