Dockerfile with chromedriver

Dockerfile

# See https://codeship.com/documentation/docker/browser-testing/
FROM myapp:base

# We need wget to set up the PPA and xvfb to have a virtual screen and unzip to install the Chromedriver
RUN apt-get install -y wget xvfb unzip

# Set up the Chrome PPA
RUN wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add -
RUN echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list

# Update the package list and install chrome
RUN apt-get update -y
RUN apt-get install -y google-chrome-stable

# Set up Chromedriver Environment variables
ENV CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION 2.19
ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR /chromedriver
RUN mkdir $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR

# Download and install Chromedriver
RUN wget -q --continue -P $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR "http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION/chromedriver_linux64.zip"
RUN unzip $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR/chromedriver* -d $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR

# Put Chromedriver into the PATH
ENV PATH $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH

I solved the compatibility problem by updating the link for the driver. I got the new link from docker hub.

Now this should definitely work:

RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends gnupg wget curl unzip && \
    wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add - && \
    echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list && \
    apt-get update -y && \
    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends google-chrome-stable && \
    apt-get clean && \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /var/cache/apt/* && \
    CHROME_VERSION=$(google-chrome --product-version) && \
    wget -q --continue -P /chromedriver "https://edgedl.me.gvt1.com/edgedl/chrome/chrome-for-testing/$CHROME_VERSION/linux64/chromedriver-linux64.zip" && \
    unzip /chromedriver/chromedriver* -d /usr/local/bin/ && \
    rm -rf /chromedriver

However, it's still possible to get this error:

selenium.common.exceptions.SessionNotCreatedException: Message: session not created: Chrome failed to start: exited normally.
  (session not created: DevToolsActivePort file doesn't exist)
  (The process started from chrome location /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome is no longer running, so ChromeDriver is assuming that Chrome has crashed.)

If this is the case it has nothing to do with the chrome installations but rather the instantiation of the driver inside your actual code. What you need to do is add some options to your webdriver instance. Here's how it's done in python:

options = selenium.webdriver.chrome.options.Options()
options.add_argument("--headless")
options.add_argument('--no-sandbox')
options.add_argument('--disable-dev-shm-usage')      ### optional
driver = selenium.webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

Although that last option is not strictly necessary, a lot of sources recommend it. ChatGPT has this to say:

What Does --disable-dev-shm-usage Do?

When you use --disable-dev-shm-usage, Chrome will not use /dev/shm but fall back to using /tmp for its shared memory. Since /tmp is disk-based in most setups, it's generally slower but more reliable when you're running in environments with limited shared memory.
So, in essence, the flag makes Chrome's behavior a bit more reliable at the expense of some performance, making it useful when running in a restricted environment like a Docker container.

I hope this was helpful

The code from @mgtezak didn't work for me, but I tweaked it a little bit, I had to find the newest driver version for my version of Chrome like so:

CHROME_VERSION=$(google-chrome --product-version | cut -d '.' -f 1-3) && \
DRIVER_VERSION=$(curl -s "https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/LATEST_RELEASE_$CHROME_VERSION") && \
wget -q --continue -P /chromedriver "https://edgedl.me.gvt1.com/edgedl/chrome/chrome-for-testing/$DRIVER_VERSION/linux64/chromedriver-linux64.zip"

I'm not quite sure if I'm right, since I'm still trying to solve the problem here.

However, just to raise another point for someone else, I don't agree with @mgtezak's point.

I've got an below error as he mentioned,

selenium.common.exceptions.SessionNotCreatedException: Message: session not created: Chrome failed to start: exited normally.
  (session not created: DevToolsActivePort file doesn't exist)
  (The process started from chrome location /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome is no longer running, so ChromeDriver is assuming that Chrome has crashed.)

but I think the problem is not about the actual code in Python.

Here are the points

• the google chrome version installed through apt-get install google-chrome-stable is, as of now, 119.xxx something
• driver I can get through the command ...chrome-for-testing/$CHROME_VERSION/linux64/chromedriver-linux64.zip doesn't work as mentioned in the replies above(it only works for version older than 115.xxx)
• so I tried to install the driver manually with a version 114.xxx something
• then, it seems like they are all installed, but it crashes when the actual Python code tries to establish the driver
  • and this is where I got the ChromeDriver is assuming that Chrome has crashed. error
  • and this is because the version of installed google chrome is 119.xxx something and the driver is 114.xxx something
• so the whole point is we should find a way to install a fixed version of google chrome, rather than apt-get install google-chrome-stable, and that fixed version should be available in the API to get the driver

Ok, so now I've figured it out myself and here is how I did it.

I referenced @Anil86's command, since it was easier to debug when the error had occured.

RUN apt-get install -y wget xvfb unzip
# Set up the Chrome PPA -> (not sure if needed)
RUN wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add -
RUN echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list

# Update the package list
RUN apt-get update -y

# Set up Chromedriver Environment variables and install chrome
ENV CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION 114.0.5735.90
ENV CHROME_VERSION 114.0.5735.90-1
RUN wget --no-verbose -O /tmp/chrome.deb [https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/pool/main/g/google-chrome-stable/google-chrome-stable_${CHROME_VERSION}_amd64.deb](https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/pool/main/g/google-chrome-stable/google-chrome-stable_$%7BCHROME_VERSION%7D_amd64.deb) \
  && apt install -y /tmp/chrome.deb \
  && rm /tmp/chrome.deb

ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR /chromedriver
RUN mkdir $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR

# Download and install Chromedriver
RUN wget -q --continue -P $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR "http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION/chromedriver_linux64.zip"
RUN unzip $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR/chromedriver* -d $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR

# Put Chromedriver into the PATH
ENV PATH $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH

Here is how I configured in Python selenium

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
import os

CHROMEDRIVER_DIR = os.getenv("CHROMEDRIVER_DIR")
DRIVER_PATH = os.path.join(CHROMEDRIVER_DIR, "chromedriver")

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument("--no-sandbox")
options.add_argument("--headless")
service = Service(executable_path=DRIVER_PATH)

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options, service=service)

RUN wget --no-verbose -O /tmp/chrome.deb [https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/pool/main

The line RUN wget --no-verbose -O /tmp/chrome.deb [https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/pool/main seems to have been copied with some markdown formatting. Correct code should be:

RUN wget --no-verbose -O /tmp/chrome.deb https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/pool/main/g/google-chrome-stable/google-chrome-stable_${CHROME_VERSION}_amd64.deb \
  && apt install -y /tmp/chrome.deb \
  && rm /tmp/chrome.deb

otherwise you will run into an error: 0.184 /bin/sh: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected if you run the code as is.

Thank you @Foundsheep for your solution, worked well for me!

Here is my working version, a slight different take incase it helps:

FROM python:3.10.2-bullseye

# Install dependencies
RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y wget xvfb unzip jq

# Install Google Chrome dependencies
RUN apt-get install -y libxss1 libappindicator1 libgconf-2-4 \
    fonts-liberation libasound2 libnspr4 libnss3 libx11-xcb1 libxtst6 lsb-release xdg-utils \
    libgbm1 libnss3 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libx11-xcb1 libxcb-dri3-0


# Fetch the latest version numbers and URLs for Chrome and ChromeDriver
RUN curl -s https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/last-known-good-versions-with-downloads.json > /tmp/versions.json

RUN CHROME_URL=$(jq -r '.channels.Stable.downloads.chrome[] | select(.platform=="linux64") | .url' /tmp/versions.json) && \
    wget -q --continue -O /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip $CHROME_URL && \
    unzip /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip -d /opt/chrome

RUN chmod +x /opt/chrome/chrome-linux64/chrome


RUN CHROMEDRIVER_URL=$(jq -r '.channels.Stable.downloads.chromedriver[] | select(.platform=="linux64") | .url' /tmp/versions.json) && \
    wget -q --continue -O /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip $CHROMEDRIVER_URL && \
    unzip /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip -d /opt/chromedriver && \
    chmod +x /opt/chromedriver/chromedriver-linux64/chromedriver

# Set up Chromedriver Environment variables
ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR /opt/chromedriver
ENV PATH $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH

# Clean upa
RUN rm /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip /tmp/versions.json

# python dependencies
RUN pip install selenium

# Copy your Python script into the container
COPY test_chromedriver.py /opt/test_chromedriver.py

# Command to run the script
CMD ["python", "/opt/test_chromedriver.py"]

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service as ChromeService
import time

def test_chromedriver_installation():
    # Setup Chrome options
    chrome_options = Options()
    chrome_options.add_argument("--headless")
    chrome_options.add_argument("--no-sandbox")
    chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-dev-shm-usage")
    chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-gpu")  # This is important for some versions of Chrome
    chrome_options.add_argument("--remote-debugging-port=9222")  # This is recommended

    # Set path to Chrome binary
    chrome_options.binary_location = "/opt/chrome/chrome-linux64/chrome"

    # Set path to ChromeDriver
    chrome_service = ChromeService(executable_path="/opt/chromedriver/chromedriver-linux64/chromedriver")

    # Set up driver
    driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=chrome_service, options=chrome_options)

    try:
        # URL to test
        driver.get("http://example.com")

        # Give the browser time to load all content.
        time.sleep(2)

        # Find element by tag
        element = driver.find_element(By.TAG_NAME, "h1")

        # Print the text of the element
        print(element.text)

        # Check if the text is as expected
        assert "Example Domain" in element.text
        print("ChromeDriver is installed and working as expected.")

    except Exception as e:
        print(f"An error occurred: {e}")

    finally:
        # Close the browser
       # Close the browser
        driver.quit()

test_chromedriver_installation()

Hi, I'm using this dockerfile

    FROM --platform=linux/amd64 python:3.11.5 as build-stage
    
    RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y wget unzip xserver-xorg-video-dummy
    
    RUN wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add -
    RUN echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list
    
    RUN apt-get update -y
    
    ENV CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION 114.0.5735.90
    ENV CHROME_VERSION 114.0.5735.90-1
    RUN wget --no-verbose -O /tmp/chrome.deb https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/pool/main/g/google-chrome-stable/google-chrome-stable_${CHROME_VERSION}_amd64.deb \
      && apt install -y /tmp/chrome.deb \
      && rm /tmp/chrome.deb
    
    ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR /chromedriver
    RUN mkdir $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR
    
    RUN wget -q --continue -P $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR "http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION/chromedriver_linux64.zip"
    RUN unzip $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR/chromedriver* -d $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR
    
    ENV PATH $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH
    
    WORKDIR /app
    
    ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
    ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
    
    RUN pip install --upgrade pip
    COPY ./requirements.txt .
    RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
    
    ENV DISPLAY=:1
    ENV HEADLESS=1
    
    COPY . ./

e that is my code:

         options = Options()
      
          options.add_argument("--disable-gpu")
      
          options.add_argument("--disable-extensions") 
      
          options.add_argument("--disable-infobars")
      
          options.add_argument("--start-maximized")
      
          options.add_argument("--disable-notifications")
      
          options.add_argument('--no-sandbox')
      
          options.add_argument('--disable-dev-shm-usage')

But since yesterday it's not working anymore:

          (chrome not reachable)
          
          fastapiproject-web-1    |   (The process started from chrome location /usr/bin/google-chrome is no longer running, so ChromeDriver
          is assuming that Chrome has crashed.)

can someone help me?

Thanks in advance.

Hi, I'm using this dockerfile

    FROM --platform=linux/amd64 python:3.11.5 as build-stage
    
    RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y wget unzip xserver-xorg-video-dummy
    
    RUN wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add -
    RUN echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list
    
    RUN apt-get update -y
    
    ENV CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION 114.0.5735.90
    ENV CHROME_VERSION 114.0.5735.90-1
    RUN wget --no-verbose -O /tmp/chrome.deb https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/pool/main/g/google-chrome-stable/google-chrome-stable_${CHROME_VERSION}_amd64.deb \
      && apt install -y /tmp/chrome.deb \
      && rm /tmp/chrome.deb
    
    ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR /chromedriver
    RUN mkdir $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR
    
    RUN wget -q --continue -P $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR "http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION/chromedriver_linux64.zip"
    RUN unzip $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR/chromedriver* -d $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR
    
    ENV PATH $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH
    
    WORKDIR /app
    
    ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
    ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
    
    RUN pip install --upgrade pip
    COPY ./requirements.txt .
    RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
    
    ENV DISPLAY=:1
    ENV HEADLESS=1
    
    COPY . ./

e that is my code:

         options = Options()
      
          options.add_argument("--disable-gpu")
      
          options.add_argument("--disable-extensions") 
      
          options.add_argument("--disable-infobars")
      
          options.add_argument("--start-maximized")
      
          options.add_argument("--disable-notifications")
      
          options.add_argument('--no-sandbox')
      
          options.add_argument('--disable-dev-shm-usage')

But since yesterday it's not working anymore:

          (chrome not reachable)
          
          fastapiproject-web-1    |   (The process started from chrome location /usr/bin/google-chrome is no longer running, so ChromeDriver
          is assuming that Chrome has crashed.)

can someone help me?

Thanks in advance.

Same problem... i just saw your report

RUN wget --no-verbose -O /tmp/chrome.deb [https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/pool/main

The line RUN wget --no-verbose -O /tmp/chrome.deb [https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/pool/main seems to have been copied with some markdown formatting. Correct code should be:

RUN wget --no-verbose -O /tmp/chrome.deb https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/pool/main/g/google-chrome-stable/google-chrome-stable_${CHROME_VERSION}_amd64.deb \
  && apt install -y /tmp/chrome.deb \
  && rm /tmp/chrome.deb

otherwise you will run into an error: 0.184 /bin/sh: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected if you run the code as is.

Thank you @Foundsheep for your solution, worked well for me!

still it doesnt work... getting this error:

Anyone knows where is the problem?

it's working for me in this way:

        # pull official base image
        FROM --platform=linux/amd64 python:3.11.5 as build-stage
        
        RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y wget unzip xserver-xorg-video-dummy
        
        # RUN apt-get install -y wget xvfb unzip
        # Set up the Chrome PPA -> (not sure if needed)
        RUN wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add -
        RUN echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list
        
        # Update the package list
        RUN apt-get update -y
        
        # Set up Chromedriver Environment variables and install chrome
        ENV CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION 114.0.5735.90
        ENV CHROME_VERSION 114.0.5735.90-1
        RUN wget --no-verbose -O /tmp/chrome.deb https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/pool/main/g/google-chrome-stable/google-chrome-stable_${CHROME_VERSION}_amd64.deb \
          && apt install -y /tmp/chrome.deb \
          && rm /tmp/chrome.deb
        
        ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR /chromedriver
        RUN mkdir $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR
        
        # Download and install Chromedriver
        RUN wget -q --continue -P $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR "http://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/$CHROMEDRIVER_VERSION/chromedriver_linux64.zip"
        RUN unzip $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR/chromedriver* -d $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR
        
        # Put Chromedriver into the PATH
        ENV PATH $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH
        
        # set working directory
        WORKDIR /app
        
        # set environment variables
        ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
        ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
        
        # install dependencies
        RUN pip install --upgrade pip
        COPY ./requirements.txt .
        RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
        
        # Set an environment variable to run headless (optional but useful for containerized environments)
        ENV DISPLAY=:1
        
        # add app
        COPY . ./

The issue appears to be related to the Docker version. It works with Docker 20.10.14 on both Mac and Linux.

Thanks @varyonic - nice to have this in a gist instead of digging around in my shell history to get the install lines and populate the Dockerfile myself.

Here is my working version, a slight different take incase it helps:

FROM python:3.10.2-bullseye

# Install dependencies
RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y wget xvfb unzip jq

# Install Google Chrome dependencies
RUN apt-get install -y libxss1 libappindicator1 libgconf-2-4 \
    fonts-liberation libasound2 libnspr4 libnss3 libx11-xcb1 libxtst6 lsb-release xdg-utils \
    libgbm1 libnss3 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libx11-xcb1 libxcb-dri3-0


# Fetch the latest version numbers and URLs for Chrome and ChromeDriver
RUN curl -s https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/last-known-good-versions-with-downloads.json > /tmp/versions.json

RUN CHROME_URL=$(jq -r '.channels.Stable.downloads.chrome[] | select(.platform=="linux64") | .url' /tmp/versions.json) && \
    wget -q --continue -O /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip $CHROME_URL && \
    unzip /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip -d /opt/chrome

RUN chmod +x /opt/chrome/chrome-linux64/chrome


RUN CHROMEDRIVER_URL=$(jq -r '.channels.Stable.downloads.chromedriver[] | select(.platform=="linux64") | .url' /tmp/versions.json) && \
    wget -q --continue -O /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip $CHROMEDRIVER_URL && \
    unzip /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip -d /opt/chromedriver && \
    chmod +x /opt/chromedriver/chromedriver-linux64/chromedriver

# Set up Chromedriver Environment variables
ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR /opt/chromedriver
ENV PATH $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH

# Clean upa
RUN rm /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip /tmp/versions.json

# python dependencies
RUN pip install selenium

# Copy your Python script into the container
COPY test_chromedriver.py /opt/test_chromedriver.py

# Command to run the script
CMD ["python", "/opt/test_chromedriver.py"]

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service as ChromeService
import time

def test_chromedriver_installation():
    # Setup Chrome options
    chrome_options = Options()
    chrome_options.add_argument("--headless")
    chrome_options.add_argument("--no-sandbox")
    chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-dev-shm-usage")
    chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-gpu")  # This is important for some versions of Chrome
    chrome_options.add_argument("--remote-debugging-port=9222")  # This is recommended

    # Set path to Chrome binary
    chrome_options.binary_location = "/opt/chrome/chrome-linux64/chrome"

    # Set path to ChromeDriver
    chrome_service = ChromeService(executable_path="/opt/chromedriver/chromedriver-linux64/chromedriver")

    # Set up driver
    driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=chrome_service, options=chrome_options)

    try:
        # URL to test
        driver.get("http://example.com")

        # Give the browser time to load all content.
        time.sleep(2)

        # Find element by tag
        element = driver.find_element(By.TAG_NAME, "h1")

        # Print the text of the element
        print(element.text)

        # Check if the text is as expected
        assert "Example Domain" in element.text
        print("ChromeDriver is installed and working as expected.")

    except Exception as e:
        print(f"An error occurred: {e}")

    finally:
        # Close the browser
       # Close the browser
        driver.quit()

test_chromedriver_installation()

The builds passes perfectly for me but for testing it fails with driver creation
root@ffb9dfc2e30a:/workspace# python yoda/utils/test.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "/workspace/yoda/utils/test.py", line 50, in <module> test_chromedriver_installation() File "/workspace/yoda/utils/test.py", line 23, in test_chromedriver_installation driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=chrome_service, options=chrome_options) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/chrome/webdriver.py", line 45, in __init__ super().__init__( File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/chromium/webdriver.py", line 50, in __init__ self.service.start() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line 102, in start self.assert_process_still_running() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line 115, in assert_process_still_running raise WebDriverException(f"Service {self._path} unexpectedly exited. Status code was: {return_code}") selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: Service /opt/chromedriver/chromedriver-linux64/chromedriver unexpectedly exited. Status code was: 255

I used M1 chip.

Here is my working version, a slight different take incase it helps:

FROM python:3.10.2-bullseye

# Install dependencies
RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y wget xvfb unzip jq

# Install Google Chrome dependencies
RUN apt-get install -y libxss1 libappindicator1 libgconf-2-4 \
    fonts-liberation libasound2 libnspr4 libnss3 libx11-xcb1 libxtst6 lsb-release xdg-utils \
    libgbm1 libnss3 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libx11-xcb1 libxcb-dri3-0


# Fetch the latest version numbers and URLs for Chrome and ChromeDriver
RUN curl -s https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/last-known-good-versions-with-downloads.json > /tmp/versions.json

RUN CHROME_URL=$(jq -r '.channels.Stable.downloads.chrome[] | select(.platform=="linux64") | .url' /tmp/versions.json) && \
    wget -q --continue -O /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip $CHROME_URL && \
    unzip /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip -d /opt/chrome

RUN chmod +x /opt/chrome/chrome-linux64/chrome


RUN CHROMEDRIVER_URL=$(jq -r '.channels.Stable.downloads.chromedriver[] | select(.platform=="linux64") | .url' /tmp/versions.json) && \
    wget -q --continue -O /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip $CHROMEDRIVER_URL && \
    unzip /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip -d /opt/chromedriver && \
    chmod +x /opt/chromedriver/chromedriver-linux64/chromedriver

# Set up Chromedriver Environment variables
ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR /opt/chromedriver
ENV PATH $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH

# Clean upa
RUN rm /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip /tmp/versions.json

# python dependencies
RUN pip install selenium

# Copy your Python script into the container
COPY test_chromedriver.py /opt/test_chromedriver.py

# Command to run the script
CMD ["python", "/opt/test_chromedriver.py"]

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service as ChromeService
import time

def test_chromedriver_installation():
    # Setup Chrome options
    chrome_options = Options()
    chrome_options.add_argument("--headless")
    chrome_options.add_argument("--no-sandbox")
    chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-dev-shm-usage")
    chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-gpu")  # This is important for some versions of Chrome
    chrome_options.add_argument("--remote-debugging-port=9222")  # This is recommended

    # Set path to Chrome binary
    chrome_options.binary_location = "/opt/chrome/chrome-linux64/chrome"

    # Set path to ChromeDriver
    chrome_service = ChromeService(executable_path="/opt/chromedriver/chromedriver-linux64/chromedriver")

    # Set up driver
    driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=chrome_service, options=chrome_options)

    try:
        # URL to test
        driver.get("http://example.com")

        # Give the browser time to load all content.
        time.sleep(2)

        # Find element by tag
        element = driver.find_element(By.TAG_NAME, "h1")

        # Print the text of the element
        print(element.text)

        # Check if the text is as expected
        assert "Example Domain" in element.text
        print("ChromeDriver is installed and working as expected.")

    except Exception as e:
        print(f"An error occurred: {e}")

    finally:
        # Close the browser
       # Close the browser
        driver.quit()

test_chromedriver_installation()

The builds passes perfectly for me but for testing it fails with driver creation root@ffb9dfc2e30a:/workspace# python yoda/utils/test.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "/workspace/yoda/utils/test.py", line 50, in <module> test_chromedriver_installation() File "/workspace/yoda/utils/test.py", line 23, in test_chromedriver_installation driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=chrome_service, options=chrome_options) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/chrome/webdriver.py", line 45, in __init__ super().__init__( File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/chromium/webdriver.py", line 50, in __init__ self.service.start() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line 102, in start self.assert_process_still_running() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/common/service.py", line 115, in assert_process_still_running raise WebDriverException(f"Service {self._path} unexpectedly exited. Status code was: {return_code}") selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: Service /opt/chromedriver/chromedriver-linux64/chromedriver unexpectedly exited. Status code was: 255

I used M1 chip.

Yes I am in the same boat here...

Does anyone have a working code for M1 chip?

This is my current dockerfile

FROM python:3.10.2-bullseye

RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y wget xvfb unzip jq
RUN apt-get install -y libxss1 libappindicator1 libgconf-2-4 \
  fonts-liberation libasound2 libnspr4 libnss3 libx11-xcb1 libxtst6 lsb-release xdg-utils \
  libgbm1 libnss3 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libx11-xcb1 libxcb-dri3-0

RUN curl -s https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/last-known-good-versions-with-downloads.json > /tmp/versions.json

RUN CHROME_URL=$(jq -r '.channels.Stable.downloads.chrome[] | select(.platform=="linux64") | .url' /tmp/versions.json) && \
  wget -q --continue -O /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip $CHROME_URL && \
  unzip /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip -d /opt/chrome

RUN chmod +x /opt/chrome/chrome-linux64/chrome


RUN CHROMEDRIVER_URL=$(jq -r '.channels.Stable.downloads.chromedriver[] | select(.platform=="linux64") | .url' /tmp/versions.json) && \
  wget -q --continue -O /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip $CHROMEDRIVER_URL && \
  unzip /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip -d /opt/chromedriver && \
  chmod +x /opt/chromedriver/chromedriver-linux64/chromedriver

ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR /opt/chromedriver
ENV PATH $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH

RUN rm /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip /tmp/versions.json

WORKDIR /app

COPY requirements.txt ./ 

RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt

COPY . . 

WORKDIR /app/index/api 

CMD ["uvicorn", "main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000"]

@ikotun-dev

If you somehow have docker running directly on the M1 mac, you may run into compatibility issues with the other software the dockerfile is trying to use/obtain, even if you change all the chrome/chromedriver references to use mac-arm64. I didn't attempt it myself, and went with a VM.

If you are running through a VM, your dockerfile should match the architecture of the VM. I had trouble trying to use an arm64 linux VM and changing the dockerfile to match (there is not a "non mac" arm64 chrome/chromedriver), but did have success with an x86 VM on the M1 by installing lima. The dockerfile for linux64 mentioned here worked fine for that.

ankitarya1019

THIS WORKED FOR ME, THANKS SO MUCH! @ankitarya1019

This is my current Docker file:

FROM python:3.11-slim
RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y wget xvfb curl unzip jq

RUN apt-get install -y libxss1 libappindicator1 libgconf-2-4 \
    fonts-liberation libasound2 libnspr4 libnss3 libx11-xcb1 libxtst6 lsb-release xdg-utils \
    libgbm1 libnss3 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libx11-xcb1 libxcb-dri3-0

RUN curl -s https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/last-known-good-versions-with-downloads.json > /tmp/versions.json

RUN CHROME_URL=$(jq -r '.channels.Stable.downloads.chrome[] | select(.platform=="linux64") | .url' /tmp/versions.json) && \
    wget -q --continue -O /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip $CHROME_URL && \
    unzip /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip -d /opt/chrome

RUN chmod +x /opt/chrome/chrome-linux64/chrome


RUN CHROMEDRIVER_URL=$(jq -r '.channels.Stable.downloads.chromedriver[] | select(.platform=="linux64") | .url' /tmp/versions.json) && \
    wget -q --continue -O /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip $CHROMEDRIVER_URL && \
    unzip /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip -d /opt/chromedriver && \
    chmod +x /opt/chromedriver/chromedriver-linux64/chromedriver

ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR /opt/chromedriver
ENV PATH $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH

RUN rm /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip /tmp/versions.json

WORKDIR /app
COPY . /app

RUN pip install --default-timeout=200 -r requirements.txt
RUN python -m spacy download en_core_web_sm

CMD uvicorn main:app --port=8080 --host=0.0.0.0

but this gives error:
start chrome An error occurred: Message: session not created: cannot connect to chrome at 127.0.0.1:37177 from session not created: This version of ChromeDriver only supports Chrome version 127 Current browser version is 126.0.6478.61 Stacktrace: #0 0x5bf739dfb6ba <unknown> #1 0x5bf739acb730 <unknown> #2 0x5bf739b0a2bc <unknown> #3 0x5bf739b09242 <unknown> #4 0x5bf739afeccc <unknown> #5 0x5bf739b49e88 <unknown> #6 0x5bf739b3d7f3 <unknown> #7 0x5bf739b0dec9 <unknown> #8 0x5bf739b0e91e <unknown> #9 0x5bf739dc19eb <unknown> #10 0x5bf739dc5972 <unknown> #11 0x5bf739daee15 <unknown> #12 0x5bf739dc6502 <unknown> #13 0x5bf739d93d2f <unknown> #14 0x5bf739dea578 <unknown> #15 0x5bf739dea750 <unknown> #16 0x5bf739dfa48c <unknown> #17 0x75e95f494ac3 <unknown>

Here is my working version, a slight different take incase it helps:

FROM python:3.10.2-bullseye

# Install dependencies
RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y wget xvfb unzip jq

# Install Google Chrome dependencies
RUN apt-get install -y libxss1 libappindicator1 libgconf-2-4 \
    fonts-liberation libasound2 libnspr4 libnss3 libx11-xcb1 libxtst6 lsb-release xdg-utils \
    libgbm1 libnss3 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libx11-xcb1 libxcb-dri3-0


# Fetch the latest version numbers and URLs for Chrome and ChromeDriver
RUN curl -s https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/last-known-good-versions-with-downloads.json > /tmp/versions.json

RUN CHROME_URL=$(jq -r '.channels.Stable.downloads.chrome[] | select(.platform=="linux64") | .url' /tmp/versions.json) && \
    wget -q --continue -O /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip $CHROME_URL && \
    unzip /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip -d /opt/chrome

RUN chmod +x /opt/chrome/chrome-linux64/chrome


RUN CHROMEDRIVER_URL=$(jq -r '.channels.Stable.downloads.chromedriver[] | select(.platform=="linux64") | .url' /tmp/versions.json) && \
    wget -q --continue -O /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip $CHROMEDRIVER_URL && \
    unzip /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip -d /opt/chromedriver && \
    chmod +x /opt/chromedriver/chromedriver-linux64/chromedriver

# Set up Chromedriver Environment variables
ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR /opt/chromedriver
ENV PATH $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH

# Clean upa
RUN rm /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip /tmp/versions.json

# python dependencies
RUN pip install selenium

# Copy your Python script into the container
COPY test_chromedriver.py /opt/test_chromedriver.py

# Command to run the script
CMD ["python", "/opt/test_chromedriver.py"]

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service as ChromeService
import time

def test_chromedriver_installation():
    # Setup Chrome options
    chrome_options = Options()
    chrome_options.add_argument("--headless")
    chrome_options.add_argument("--no-sandbox")
    chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-dev-shm-usage")
    chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-gpu")  # This is important for some versions of Chrome
    chrome_options.add_argument("--remote-debugging-port=9222")  # This is recommended

    # Set path to Chrome binary
    chrome_options.binary_location = "/opt/chrome/chrome-linux64/chrome"

    # Set path to ChromeDriver
    chrome_service = ChromeService(executable_path="/opt/chromedriver/chromedriver-linux64/chromedriver")

    # Set up driver
    driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=chrome_service, options=chrome_options)

    try:
        # URL to test
        driver.get("http://example.com")

        # Give the browser time to load all content.
        time.sleep(2)

        # Find element by tag
        element = driver.find_element(By.TAG_NAME, "h1")

        # Print the text of the element
        print(element.text)

        # Check if the text is as expected
        assert "Example Domain" in element.text
        print("ChromeDriver is installed and working as expected.")

    except Exception as e:
        print(f"An error occurred: {e}")

    finally:
        # Close the browser
       # Close the browser
        driver.quit()

test_chromedriver_installation()

This is really good work, however update

Set up Chromedriver Environment variables

ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR /opt/chromedriver
ENV PATH $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH

to:

Set up Chromedriver Environment variables

ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR=/opt/chromedriver
ENV PATH=$CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH

and it works.

Thank you so much @ankitarya1019

I get this error do you really need so many dependencies, i am using python:3.11.2-slim-bullseye as base:
RUN apt-get install -y libxss1 libappindicator1 libgconf-2-4 fonts-liberation libasound2 libnspr4 libnss3 libx11-xcb1 libxtst6 lsb-release xdg-utils libgbm1 libnss3 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libx11-xcb1 libxcb-dri3-0
---> Running in ef18a231d6fa
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Package fonts-liberation is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

Package libasound2 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

Package xdg-utils is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Unable to locate package libxss1
E: Unable to locate package libappindicator1
E: Unable to locate package libgconf-2-4
E: Package 'fonts-liberation' has no installation candidate
E: Package 'libasound2' has no installation candidate
E: Unable to locate package libnspr4
E: Unable to locate package libnss3
E: Unable to locate package libxtst6
E: Unable to locate package lsb-release
E: Package 'xdg-utils' has no installation candidate
E: Unable to locate package libgbm1
E: Unable to locate package libnss3
E: Unable to locate package libatk-bridge2.0-0
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'libatk-bridge2.0-0'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libatk-bridge2.0-0'
E: Unable to locate package libgtk-3-0

Here is my working version, a slight different take incase it helps:

FROM python:3.10.2-bullseye

# Install dependencies
RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y wget xvfb unzip jq

# Install Google Chrome dependencies
RUN apt-get install -y libxss1 libappindicator1 libgconf-2-4 \
    fonts-liberation libasound2 libnspr4 libnss3 libx11-xcb1 libxtst6 lsb-release xdg-utils \
    libgbm1 libnss3 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libx11-xcb1 libxcb-dri3-0


# Fetch the latest version numbers and URLs for Chrome and ChromeDriver
RUN curl -s https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/last-known-good-versions-with-downloads.json > /tmp/versions.json

RUN CHROME_URL=$(jq -r '.channels.Stable.downloads.chrome[] | select(.platform=="linux64") | .url' /tmp/versions.json) && \
    wget -q --continue -O /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip $CHROME_URL && \
    unzip /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip -d /opt/chrome

RUN chmod +x /opt/chrome/chrome-linux64/chrome


RUN CHROMEDRIVER_URL=$(jq -r '.channels.Stable.downloads.chromedriver[] | select(.platform=="linux64") | .url' /tmp/versions.json) && \
    wget -q --continue -O /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip $CHROMEDRIVER_URL && \
    unzip /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip -d /opt/chromedriver && \
    chmod +x /opt/chromedriver/chromedriver-linux64/chromedriver

# Set up Chromedriver Environment variables
ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR /opt/chromedriver
ENV PATH $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH

# Clean upa
RUN rm /tmp/chrome-linux64.zip /tmp/chromedriver-linux64.zip /tmp/versions.json

# python dependencies
RUN pip install selenium

# Copy your Python script into the container
COPY test_chromedriver.py /opt/test_chromedriver.py

# Command to run the script
CMD ["python", "/opt/test_chromedriver.py"]

from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.options import Options
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service as ChromeService
import time

def test_chromedriver_installation():
    # Setup Chrome options
    chrome_options = Options()
    chrome_options.add_argument("--headless")
    chrome_options.add_argument("--no-sandbox")
    chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-dev-shm-usage")
    chrome_options.add_argument("--disable-gpu")  # This is important for some versions of Chrome
    chrome_options.add_argument("--remote-debugging-port=9222")  # This is recommended

    # Set path to Chrome binary
    chrome_options.binary_location = "/opt/chrome/chrome-linux64/chrome"

    # Set path to ChromeDriver
    chrome_service = ChromeService(executable_path="/opt/chromedriver/chromedriver-linux64/chromedriver")

    # Set up driver
    driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=chrome_service, options=chrome_options)

    try:
        # URL to test
        driver.get("http://example.com")

        # Give the browser time to load all content.
        time.sleep(2)

        # Find element by tag
        element = driver.find_element(By.TAG_NAME, "h1")

        # Print the text of the element
        print(element.text)

        # Check if the text is as expected
        assert "Example Domain" in element.text
        print("ChromeDriver is installed and working as expected.")

    except Exception as e:
        print(f"An error occurred: {e}")

    finally:
        # Close the browser
       # Close the browser
        driver.quit()

test_chromedriver_installation()

This is really good work, however update

Set up Chromedriver Environment variables

ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR /opt/chromedriver
ENV PATH $CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH

to:

Set up Chromedriver Environment variables

ENV CHROMEDRIVER_DIR=/opt/chromedriver
ENV PATH=$CHROMEDRIVER_DIR:$PATH

and it works.

Thank you so much @ankitarya1019