[Bug]: Browsershot node path error again at AWS EC2 instance with Ubuntu OS

[ShaungBhone]

What happened?

When clicking the download button to generate a PDF using the Laravel PDF package through Browsershot, the process failed because Puppeteer could not locate the required Chrome installation. The error message states that Chrome (version 129.0.6668.70) could not be found, which suggests that either Puppeteer was not correctly installed or the cache path is misconfigured.

How to reproduce the bug

I'm not sure if this step is needed or not https://spatie.be/docs/browsershot/v4/requirements#content-installing-puppeteer-on-a-forge-provisioned-server. That installation guide points me to install puppeteer@^17.

Package Version

^1.5

PHP Version

^8.2

Laravel Version

^11.0

Which operating systems does with happen with?

Linux

Notes

Thank you so much your kindly help.

[faneyy]

Having this exact issue. Anyone got a solution?

[ShaungBhone]

Not now. Still bugs.

[jeevanthelife]

any updates?
@freekmurze need your atttention here.

[ShaungBhone]

You can check in here. But for now, whether this is working or not, I haven't checked it out yet. I will check soon.

[faisal95bd]

I still have this same error on Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023) no matter what I try.

Working fine on the local server, but it totally crapped out on the production server.

[flatcapco]

Did anyone find a solution to this - mine is running the latest version on a ubuntu 20 server and has stopped working in production since I last pushed with the same error.

[flatcapco]

Please see discussion 188, that fixed my issue along with my comment at the bottom

[faisal95bd]

Last month, after trying several methods, I managed to resolve this issue on my production server (Amazon EC2) as follows.

        $chromePath = base_path('.cache/puppeteer/chrome/linux-130.0.6723.91/chrome-linux64/chrome');
        $chromeConfigPath = storage_path('app/chrome_config');
        
        if (!is_dir($chromeConfigPath)) {
            mkdir($chromeConfigPath, 0755, true);
        }

        try {
            $pdfContent = Browsershot::html($html)
                ->setChromePath($chromePath)
                ->setEnvironmentOptions([
                    'CHROME_CONFIG_HOME' => $chromeConfigPath,
                ])
                // rest of your code...

[ShaungBhone]

Still not working. Do I need setIncludePath?

The command "PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin NODE_PATH=`npm root -g` node '/var/www/weshop/vendor/spatie/browsershot/src/../bin/browser.cjs' '{"url":"file:\/\/\/tmp\/122072259-0179519001734539162\/index.html","action":"pdf","options":{"args":[],"viewport":{"width":800,"height":600},"displayHeaderFooter":false,"margin":

[faisal95bd]

You can try the setIncludePath method to specify the included path for the Chrome binary.

->setIncludePath('/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin') // Update this path as needed

[ShaungBhone]

Still not working.

The command "PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin NODE_PATH=`npm root -g` node '/var/www/weshop/vendor/spatie/browsershot/src/../bin/browser.cjs' '{"url":"file:\/\/\/tmp\/694523872-0905444001737088305\/index.html","action":"pdf","options":{"args":["--no-sandbox"],"viewport":{"width":800,"height":600},"displayHeaderFooter":false,"margin":{"top":"32px","right":"32px","bottom":"32px","left":"32px"},"format":"a4","executablePath":"\/var\/www\/weshop\/.cache\/puppeteer\/chrome\/linux-129.0.6668.89\/chrome-linux64\/chrome","env":

[ShaungBhone]

full error

The command "PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin NODE_PATH=`npm root -g` node '/var/www/weshop/vendor/spatie/browsershot/src/../bin/browser.cjs' '{"url":"file:\/\/\/tmp\/997990089-0743617001737090548\/index.html","action":"pdf","options":{"args":["--no-sandbox"],"viewport":{"width":800,"height":600},"displayHeaderFooter":false,"margin":{"top":"32px","right":"32px","bottom":"32px","left":"32px"},"format":"a4","executablePath":"\/var\/www\/weshop\/.cache\/puppeteer\/chrome\/linux-129.0.6668.89\/chrome-linux64\/chrome","env":{"CHROME_CONFIG_HOME":"\/var\/www\/weshop\/storage\/app\/app\/chrome\/.config"},"printBackground":true}}'" failed. Exit Code: 1(General error) Working directory: /var/www/weshop/public Output: ================ Error Output: ================ Error: Browser was not found at the configured executablePath (/var/www/weshop/.cache/puppeteer/chrome/linux-129.0.6668.89/chrome-linux64/chrome) at ChromeLauncher.launch (/var/www/weshop/node_modules/puppeteer-core/lib/cjs/puppeteer/node/BrowserLauncher.js:86:19) at async callChrome (/var/www/weshop/vendor/spatie/browsershot/bin/browser.cjs:94:23)

[heloufir]

Same issue in my project (local) using Sail on MacOS.
any news?

[ShaungBhone]

In local is working for me. Do you need any help, I will help you.

[himanshumehru]

Same error. actually on forge ubuntu 24 . any help?

[himanshumehru]

Here is the error I'm getting: [2025-01-18 21:58:23] production.ERROR: The command "PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin NODE_PATH=npm root -g node '/home/test-site/vendor/spatie/browsershot/src/../bin/browser.cjs' '{"url":"file:///tmp/1890090084-0431456001737266297/index.html","action":"pdf","options":{"path":"/home/test-site/storage/app/public/invoices/INV-202501185869.pdf","args":["--no-sandbox"],"viewport":{"width":800,"height":600},"displayHeaderFooter":false,"env":{"CHROME_CONFIG_HOME":"/home/test-site/storage/app/chrome/.config"},"printBackground":true}}'" failed.

[ShaungBhone]

I give up and using laravel Dom pdf.

[himanshumehru]

I'm thinking about doing the same. Can you use tailwind with Dom pdf though?

[ShaungBhone]

No, now I'm styling with pure css.