wkhtmltopdf centos 7 headless with xvfb

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wkhtmltopdf centos 7 headless with xvfb

Install and run standalone Xvfb

yum install xorg-x11-server-Xvfb
yum install xorg-x11-fonts-Type1 xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi
wget http://download.gna.org/wkhtmltopdf/0.12/0.12.2.1/wkhtmltox-0.12.2.1_linux-centos7-amd64.rpm
rpm -ivh wkhtmltox-0.12.2.1_linux-centos7-amd64.rpm

vim xvfb.service
cp xvfb.service /etc/systemd/system/xvfb.service
sudo systemctl enable xvfb.service
sudo systemctl start xvfb.service
sudo systemctl status xvfb.service

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

vim wkhtmltopdf.sh
chmod a+rx wkhtmltopdf.sh
./wkhtmltopdf.sh http://www.google.com output.pdf

At the end edit sudo nano /usr/bin/xvfb-run script and comment out the section

if ! which xauth >/dev/null; then
error “xauth command not found”
    exit 3
fi

Refs

• https://github.com/mikehaertl/phpwkhtmltopdf
• https://gist.github.com/nkm/91006178753df6f503c1
• https://github.com/JazzCore/python-pdfkit/wiki/Using-wkhtmltopdf-without-X-server
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9604625/wkhtmltopdf-cannot-connect-to-x-server http://vinh-tran.tumblr.com/post/50988759673/which-no-xauth-in-null-xvfb-run-error-xauth

wkhtmltopdf.sh

xvfb-run -a -s "-screen 0 1024x768x24" wkhtmltopdf "$@"

xvfb.service

[Unit]
Description=Virtual Frame Buffer X Server
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/Xvfb :42 -screen 0 1024x768x24 -ac +extension GLX +render -noreset

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target