Local Testing for Salesforce

Set up BrowserStack Local to run Low Code Automation tests against Salesforce orgs that restrict access by IP address.

If your Salesforce organization restricts logins to a trusted IP range, it rejects requests from the BrowserStack cloud. BrowserStack Local tunnels those requests through a machine inside your own network, so Salesforce sees them arriving from an IP address it already trusts.

Prerequisites

You need your BrowserStack username and access key, which you can find in your account settings. If you have not created an account yet, sign up for a free trial.

To enable Local Testing, complete the following steps.

Configure and set up Local Testing

Step 1: Set up the Local binary

Follow the setup instructions for your OS:

BrowserStackLocal.exe --key YOUR_ACCESS_KEY --enable-logging-for-api

./BrowserStackLocal --key YOUR_ACCESS_KEY --enable-logging-for-api

./BrowserStackLocal --key YOUR_ACCESS_KEY --enable-logging-for-api

Step 2: Test Salesforce orgs behind a firewall or VPN

With Local Testing, you can test Salesforce organizations that are behind a firewall or a VPN.

If your Salesforce organization, VPN, firewall, or proxy accepts connections only from certain IP addresses or subnet addresses, you must enable Force Local. You can enable it in either of the following ways:

• If the binary is already running, go to http://localhost:45454 and turn on Force Local.
• Pass the --force-local flag directly while running the binary, as shown below:

  • For Windows

    BrowserStackLocal.exe --key YOUR_ACCESS_KEY --force-local --enable-logging-for-api
    

  • For macOS and Linux

    ./BrowserStackLocal --key YOUR_ACCESS_KEY --force-local --enable-logging-for-api
    

Step 3: Select the IP address restriction option for your organization

After Local is running, connect your Salesforce organization and select My org restricts access by IP address in the Connect Salesforce (Use Admin Account) dialog. This option routes the Salesforce requests for that organization through BrowserStack Local.

Inbound IP whitelisting

Inbound IP whitelisting is a BrowserStack solution where, instead of resolving local assets through the binary, the BrowserStack cloud accesses your assets directly through a limited and secure set of machines whose IP addresses your network administrator has whitelisted. Use this solution if you want the BrowserStack cloud to reach your IP-restricted Salesforce organization without passing through the binary.

To learn how inbound IP whitelisting works and what it requires, see Inbound IP whitelisting.

Follow these steps to set up inbound IP whitelisting for your Salesforce tests:

1. Get in touch with our Support team to enable inbound IP whitelisting.
2. After Support enables the feature and the IP addresses are whitelisted, add those addresses to the trusted IP ranges of your Salesforce organization.
3. Select My org restricts access by IP address for your Salesforce organization, as described in Step 3.

Next steps

• Launch a Salesforce org in a test
• Use Salesforce steps