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Manage Xvfb (Virtual Framebuffer X Server) as a service for systemd based distros (CentOS 7, Ubuntu 15...)
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xvfb.service
[Unit]
Description=Virtual Frame Buffer X Server
After=network.target
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/Xvfb :42 -screen 0 1x1x24 -ac +extension GLX +render -noreset
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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jzfgo commented Jul 8, 2015

  1. Save as /etc/systemd/system/xvfb.service
  2. Enable with sudo systemctl enable xvfb.service
  3. Start with sudo systemctl start xvfb.service
  4. Check status with sudo systemctl status xvfb.service. You should see something like:
xvfb.service - Virtual Frame Buffer X Server
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/xvfb.service; enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Wed 2015-07-08 19:16:17 CEST; 2min 40s ago
 Main PID: 5119 (Xvfb)
   CGroup: /system.slice/xvfb.service
           └─5119 /usr/bin/Xvfb :42 -screen 0 1x1x24 -ac +extension GLX +render -noreset

More info on Xvfb options:

Based on:
http://askubuntu.com/a/621256

Advanced version (for multiple instances):
http://superuser.com/a/912648

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