I try to automate a routine task on web with Selenium on remote Server. So when I try to start webdriver in python it fails with connection refused error: instance-1@instance-1:~$ python Python 2.7.17 (default, Apr 15 2020, 17:20:14) [GCC 7.5.0] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> from selenium import webdriver >>> from selenium.webdriver.firefox.options import Options >>> options = Options() >>> options.headless = True >>> options.log.level = "trace" >>> driver = webdriver.Firefox(options=options ) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/home/instance1/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/firefox/webdriver.py", line 174, in __init__ keep_alive=True) File "/home/instance-1/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 157, in __init__ self.start_session(capabilities, browser_profile) File "/home/instance-1/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 252, in start_session response = self.execute(Command.NEW_SESSION, parameters) File "/home/instance-1/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py", line 321, in execute self.error_handler.check_response(response) File "/home/instance-1/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/errorhandler.py", line 242, in check_response raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace) selenium.common.exceptions.TimeoutException: Message: connection refused I use Python 2.7 and Firefox, detailed versions are below. instance-1@instance-1:~$ instance-1@instance-1:~$ which firefox /usr/bin/firefox instance-1@instance-1:~$ firefox --version Mozilla Firefox 75.0 instance-1@instance-1:~$ python -c "import selenium; print(selenium.__version__)" 3.141.0 instance-1@instance-1:~$ geckodriver --version geckodriver 0.26.0 (e9783a644016 2019-10-10 13:38 +0000) The source code of this program is available from testing/geckodriver in https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central. This program is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License 2.0. You can obtain a copy of the license at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. instance-1@instance-1:~$ which geckodriver /usr/local/bin/geckodriver instance-1@instance-1:~$ Also, I've setted virtual display via Xvbf like this instance-1@instance-1:~$ Xvfb :99 -ac & [1] 16171 instance-1@instance-1:~$ export DISPLAY=:99 My geckotrace output is 1588545824498 mozrunner::runner INFO Running command: "/usr/bin/firefox" "-marionette" "-headless" "-foreground" "-no-remote" "-profile" "/tmp/rust_mozprofileOn8vbe" 1588545824519 geckodriver::marionette DEBUG Waiting 60s to connect to browser on 127.0.0.1:44835 *** You are running in headless mode. 1588545828833 addons.webextension.doh-rollout@mozilla.org WARN Loading extension 'doh-rollout@mozilla.org': Reading manifest: Invalid extension permission: networkStatus 1588545829585 addons.webextension.screenshots@mozilla.org WARN Loading extension 'screenshots@mozilla.org': Reading manifest: Invalid extension permission: mozillaAddons 1588545829585 addons.webextension.screenshots@mozilla.org WARN Loading extension 'screenshots@mozilla.org': Reading manifest: Invalid extension permission: telemetry 1588545829585 addons.webextension.screenshots@mozilla.org WARN Loading extension 'screenshots@mozilla.org': Reading manifest: Invalid extension permission: resource://pdf.js/ 1588545829585 addons.webextension.screenshots@mozilla.org WARN Loading extension 'screenshots@mozilla.org': Reading manifest: Invalid extension permission: about:reader* 1588545830466 Marionette TRACE Marionette enabled 1588545831067 Marionette TRACE Received observer notification toplevel-window-ready 1588545884800 mozrunner::runner DEBUG Killing process 16183 Exiting due to channel error. Exiting due to channel error. 1588545885811 webdriver::server DEBUG <- 500 Internal Server Error {"value":{"error":"timeout","message":"connection refused","stacktrace":""}} Should I specify something else? Continue reading...
