To create and display reports on a linux server, xvfb must be installed and. Getting xvfb to start upon booting system in ubuntu maverick. Selenium server without x window system xvfb namekdev. I solved this by writing a startup script which will.
Lets configure selenium server on top of xvfb on ubuntu. Create a pipeline to do the jenkins cypress test, but i always run it, make a mistake, and try various solutions, including jenkins xvfb, but i still didnt succeed. Ubuntu is mentioned in the question and in comments. Also add to environment file to be recognized by x programs, e. Since all of our containers startup logic will need to run in a single script, we will need to start xvfb in the background. The return value of the command becomes the return value of this script. On a side note if you need some scripts to be run on terminal login you can add them to the. This script starts an instance of xvfb, the fake x server, runs a command with that server available, and kills the x server when done. If xvfb is running, proceed to configure automatic start up. Install and configure xserver virtual frame buffer xvfb.
I use the following init script to add and start xvfb on boot just blat that in etcinit. Jenkins error install xvfb and run cypress again docker. Xvfb short for x virtual framebuffer is an inmemory display server for. Troubleshooting scripts in a headless environment can be tricky. Lsb confirm startup script wont start apache tomcat on ubuntu. But for a user script these should be launched as session scripts by gnome.