I am trying to run Chrome headless inside a Docker container using Xvfb. However, while ps shows Chrome processes exist, it is not reaching my test website. Running the same commands outside Docker is successful.
Xvfb :0 -screen 0 1024x768x24 &
DISPLAY=:0 google-chrome http://mytestpage.com
In Docker, I get the following messages/errors:
Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on display ":0".
Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on display ":0".
[1180:1180:1120/051319:ERROR:desktop_window_tree_host_x11.cc(882)] Not implemented reached in virtual void views::DesktopWindowTreeHostX11::InitModalType(ui::ModalType)
[1223:1223:1120/051319:ERROR:sandbox_linux.cc(338)] InitializeSandbox() called with multiple threads in process gpu-process
[1180:1201:1120/051319:ERROR:browser_gpu_channel_host_factory.cc(144)] Failed to create channel.
While
ps au | grep chrome
* root 128 0.1 0.4 533772 69868 ? Sl+ 06:02 0:00 /opt/google/chrome/chrome http://mytestpage.com
* root 139 0.0 0.2 342648 44016 ? S+ 06:02 0:00 /opt/google/chrome/chrome --type=zygote
* root 140 0.0 0.0 28132 3812 ? S+ 06:02 0:00 /opt/google/chrome/nacl_helper
* root 143 0.0 0.0 342648 8016 ? S+ 06:02 0:00 /opt/google/chrome/chrome --type=zygote
* root 181 0.0 0.3 523452 52392 ? Sl+ 06:02 0:00 /opt/google/chrome/chrome --type=gpu-process --channel=128.0.846512492 --supports-dual-gpus=false --gpu-driver-bug-workarounds=2,45,57 -$
* root 298 0.0 0.0 11120 1084 ? S+ 06:05 0:00 grep chrome
Running the same commands outside Docker (where it works) I get messages/errors:
Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on display ":1".
Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on display ":1".
[17750:17750:1119/215139:ERROR:sandbox_linux.cc(338)] InitializeSandbox() called with multiple threads in process gpu-process
Simple problem: setting the DISPLAY environment variable for the call is not enough when running Chrome. Also have to pass a flag to disable GPU since docker doesn't have access to it and disable sandboxing. I have to export display:
export DISPLAY=:0
Xvfb :0 -screen 0 1024x768x24 &
google-chrome --disable-gpu --no-sandbox http://mytestpage.com