[Bug]: Error: Failed to launch the browser process! TROUBLESHOOTING

[KhairulAzmi21]

What happened?

I try to install inside server but have this problem

LSB Version: :core-4.1-amd64:core-4.1-noarch
Distributor ID: AlmaLinux
Description: AlmaLinux release 8.10 (Cerulean Leopard)
Release: 8.10
Codename: CeruleanLeopard

How to reproduce the bug

AFter install npm i puppeteer , try to generate pdf but this error comes in .

Package Version

1.5

PHP Version

8.2

Laravel Version

11

Which operating systems does with happen with?

No response

Notes

I know this is puppeteer error . but I dont know how to setup this on my Almalinux server ,

any change anyone has solve this problem ?

[satyam147]

After installing in server got this error

Error Output:

Error: Failed to launch the browser process!
chrome_crashpad_handler: --database is required
Try 'chrome_crashpad_handler --help' for more information.
[10515:10515:0906/115020.156361:ERROR:socket.cc(120)] recvmsg: Connection reset by peer (104)

[kra8]

I am experiencing the same issue. It works perfectly on my local environment, but when deployed to the server, the error occurs. I need to resolve this as soon as possible. Any suggestions or workarounds would be greatly appreciated.

[KhairulAzmi21]

I am experiencing the same issue. It works perfectly on my local environment, but when deployed to the server, the error occurs. I need to resolve this as soon as possible. Any suggestions or workarounds would be greatly appreciated.

mind to share your server specs ? what os you use etc.

[KhairulAzmi21]

I think in ubuntu os should be no hassle to setup .

[kra8]

I'm using ECS (Elastic Container Service) in my environment, so it's running on containers, not directly on Ubuntu. Also, I'll attach the Dockerfile for reference.

FROM php:8.3-fpm-alpine
SHELL ["/bin/ash", "-oeux", "pipefail", "-c"]

ENV COMPOSER_ALLOW_SUPERUSER 1
ENV COMPOSER_HOME /composer

ENV PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD 1
ENV PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH /usr/bin/chromium-browser

WORKDIR /var/www/app

COPY --from=composer:2.7 /usr/bin/composer /usr/bin/composer

RUN apk update && \
  apk add --update --no-cache --virtual=.build-deps \
  autoconf \
  gcc \
  g++ \
  make \
  tzdata && \
  apk add --update --no-cache \
  icu-dev \
  libzip-dev \
  oniguruma-dev \
  mysql-client && \
  cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Tokyo /etc/localtime && \
  echo Asia/Tokyo > /etc/timezone && \
  apk del .build-deps && \
  docker-php-ext-install exif intl pdo_mysql mbstring zip bcmath opcache && \
  composer config -g process-timeout 3600 && \
  composer config -g repos.packagist composer https://packagist.org

# Install Puppeteer
RUN apk add --no-cache \
  chromium \
  nss \
  freetype \
  harfbuzz \
  ca-certificates \
  ttf-freefont \
  nodejs \
  npm \
  yarn

COPY ./src /var/www/app

# Laravel deploy-ing
RUN composer install --optimize-autoloader --ignore-platform-reqs --no-dev && \
  php artisan view:clear && \
  php artisan config:clear && \
  php artisan route:cache && \
  chmod -R 777 storage && \
  yarn install

# Config
COPY ./php.ini /usr/local/etc/php
COPY ./crontab /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root
COPY ./start.sh /start.sh

VOLUME /var/www/app

CMD ["sh", "/start.sh"]

[satyam147]

After installing in server got this error

Error Output:

Error: Failed to launch the browser process! chrome_crashpad_handler: --database is required Try 'chrome_crashpad_handler --help' for more information. [10515:10515:0906/115020.156361:ERROR:socket.cc(120)] recvmsg: Connection reset by peer (104)

I am able to solve this issue by adding

->withBrowsershot(function (Browsershot $broadcast) { $broadcast->setEnvironmentOptions([ 'CHROME_CONFIG_HOME' => storage_path('app/chrome/.config'), ]); })

[KhairulAzmi21]

After installing in server got this error

Error Output:

Error: Failed to launch the browser process! chrome_crashpad_handler: --database is required Try 'chrome_crashpad_handler --help' for more information. [10515:10515:0906/115020.156361:ERROR:socket.cc(120)] recvmsg: Connection reset by peer (104)

I am able to solve this issue by adding

->withBrowsershot(function (Browsershot $broadcast) { $broadcast->setEnvironmentOptions([ 'CHROME_CONFIG_HOME' => storage_path('app/chrome/.config'), ]); })

what did you put inside file .config ?
you create those file manually right ?

[satyam147]

I just added the above code. It's creating file if it's not already.