Date: 2023-10-11
Audience: This article targets Genymotion SaaS users, developers, and DevOps who use gmsaas to manage SaaS instances and want access to the new web portal.
Release overview
gmsaas 1.9.0 introduces a new web portal for managing Genymotion SaaS instances.
gmsaas is a command line tool that manages Genymotion SaaS instances.
gmsaas is a required piece of software to automate tasks through Android Debug Bridge.
When setting up a CI/CD environment, it is convenient to see all running instances in one place.
This arrangement helps with debugging.
How it works
This section explains how the gmsaas portal works.
Once your instances are running, execute the command: gmsaas instances display [instance_uuid, ...].
This action copies to the clipboard a generated URL that you can paste into a web browser.
This opens the gmsaas portal showing all running instances if you did not specify any Instance UUID in the command, or the specified ones.
Users can interact with the running instances; input events are handled the same way as on the SaaS webapp.
Advanced features available through the toolbar are not accessible.
Demo
Here is a simple video illustrating the gmsaas instances display command.
Video: gmsaas portal demonstration (YouTube)