Running and debugging tests in a Docker container
I'm not aware of Protractor and it's workflow, but if you need a browser inside a container, did you see this article? I'll take the liberty for quoting this:
$ docker run -it \ --net host \ # may as well YOLO --cpuset 0 \ # control the cpu --memory 512mb \ # max memory it can use -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix \ # mount the X11 socket -e DISPLAY=unix$DISPLAY \ # pass the display -v $HOME/Downloads:/root/Downloads \ # optional, but nice -v $HOME/.config/google-chrome/:/data \ # if you want to save state -v /dev/snd:/dev/snd --privileged \ # so we have sound --name chrome \ jess/chrome
To dockerize your protractor test cases use either of this images from Dockerhub caltha/protractor (or) webnicer/protractor-headless.
Then run this command "docker run -it {imageid} protractor.conf.js". See the instructions in those repositories