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Script to setup headless Selenium (uses Xvfb & Firefox) in Redhat
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setup-headless-selenium-xvfb.sh
pip install selenium
pip install xvfbwrapper
yum install -y firefox
# Install the geckodriver
cd /tmp
curl -SO https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases/download/v0.11.1/geckodriver-v0.11.1-linux64.tar.gz | tar zxv - -C /usr/sbin
yum install -y xorg-x11-server-Xvfb
# yum install -y xorg-x11-Xvfb
# pip install pyvirtualdisplay
echo "Starting X virtual framebuffer (Xvfb) in background..."
Xvfb -ac :99 -screen 0 1280x1024x16 &
export DISPLAY=:99
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Hi, I'm a bit of a dummy. I did this remotely, how do I switch the display on my server to firefox? Does it work with RHEL 8?

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miztiik commented May 23, 2023

I have no idea, i was working on a experiment back then. Good Luck.

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