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How to Stand Up a Geb Sample Application On a CI Server(Continuous Integration) Linux This guide will show you step-by-step how to setup a simple Geb app to get started using the automated testing framework. This guide is intended for setting up automated browser tests on a Linux continuous integration server that is command line only with no UI enabled. This guide focuses on using a headless browser for testing. If you are trying to setup Geb on Windows instead please use the following link: Setup Geb on Windows Pull a copy of the Geb Sample App  First, pull the Geb sample application from Github: https://github.com/geb/geb-example-grails HTTPS Clone URL: https://github.com/geb/geb-example-grails.git Add the GhostDriver library to your grails app Add the following line to your BuildConfig.groovy: 58 58 // You usually only need one of these, but this project uses both 59 59 test "org.gebish:geb-spock:$gebVe...

Geb Configuration Tips Setting up parameterized form fields Place the GebConfig.groovy in your test/functional  folder Then you add a block of code similar to the following: //Values for form fields formFields { //Guest donate to a Non-profit Flow: Form field parameters form1 { field1 = "value1" field2 = "value2" } } Then you can reference those form fields in your functional tests that extend GebReportingTest like so: String searchValueParam = browser . config . rawConfig . formFields . form1 . field1 This way you can have custom fields for each form for each functional test. Custom baseUrl You can set a custom baseUrl as a VM parameter using the following 1 -Dgeb.build.baseUrl= http://localhost:8080/app/ This will be the base URL that your pages build their static url off.  For instance your home page object with the static url static url = /home/ Will resolve to h...