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CrossBrowserTesting Support » Local Connection » Tutorials » How the ‘Local HTML files’ local connection option works

How the ‘Local HTML files’ local connection option works

An encrypted tunnel is created between your machine and CrossBrowserTesting.com. A small web server is also temporarily run by this tunnel. Requests for the domain ‘http://local/’ will be directed to this temporary web server which is running on your machine. You will specify the ‘root directory’ that this web server is pointed to.

When running a Live Test , Screenshot Test, or Selenium Test:

  • Entering ‘http://local/’ will access the directory index of the folder specified during setup.
  • Entering ‘http://local/yourfile.html’ will access the ‘yourfile.html’ page in the directory.

Only requests for ‘http://local/’ will be sent to this temporary web server. Any other requests for domains will be sent directly to the web site.

Requirements / limitations:

  • Outbound ssh requests to port 443, SSL on CrossBrowserTesting.com must be allowed via your firewall.
  • NOTE: The Java tunnel options are deprecated and will not be supported in the near future.

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