Unable to run headful flaresolverr on AWS EC2 instance (I only can run it headless) #1528
Description
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Environment
- FlareSolverr version:3.3.25
- Last working FlareSolverr version:
- Operating system:Linux-6.8.0-1029-aws-x86_64-with-glibc2.36
- Are you using Docker: Yes
- FlareSolverr User-Agent (see log traces or / endpoint):
- Are you using a VPN: No
- Are you using a Proxy: No
- Are you using Captcha Solver: No
- If using captcha solver, which one:
- URL to test this issue:Description
Steps to reproduce the error:
- Configure an Amazon AWS EC2 Machine
- copy and paste this docker compose
version: "2.1"
services:
flaresolverr:
# DockerHub mirror flaresolverr/flaresolverr:latest
image: ghcr.io/flaresolverr/flaresolverr:latest
container_name: flaresolverr
environment:
- LOG_LEVEL=${LOG_LEVEL:-info}
- LOG_HTML=${LOG_HTML:-false}
- CAPTCHA_SOLVER=${CAPTCHA_SOLVER:-none}
- TZ=Europe/London
- HEADLESS=false
ports:
- "${PORT:-8191}:8191"
restart: unless-stopped
docker compose up -d --build
PD: I can run it headless without any problem but not headful
Logged Error Messages
2025-06-20 00:22:15 INFO FlareSolverr 3.3.25
2025-06-20 00:22:15 INFO Testing web browser installation...
2025-06-20 00:22:15 INFO Platform: Linux-6.8.0-1029-aws-x86_64-with-glibc2.36
2025-06-20 00:22:15 INFO Chrome / Chromium path: /bin/chromium
2025-06-20 00:22:15 INFO Chrome / Chromium major version: 137
2025-06-20 00:22:15 INFO Launching web browser...
2025-06-20 00:23:16 ERROR Error starting Chrome: Message: session not created: cannot connect to chrome at 127.0.0.1:45691
from chrome not reachable
Stacktrace:
#0 0x5985033a76de <unknown>
#1 0x598502e6147c <unknown>
#2 0x598502e5059a <unknown>
#3 0x598502e9ffa8 <unknown>
#4 0x598502e965fc <unknown>
#5 0x598502ee5007 <unknown>
#6 0x598502ee4763 <unknown>
#7 0x598502ed5fa3 <unknown>
#8 0x598502ea3f1d <unknown>
#9 0x598502ea4cf1 <unknown>
#10 0x5985033733aa <unknown>
#11 0x5985033766ff <unknown>
#12 0x598503376198 <unknown>
#13 0x598503376ba5 <unknown>
#14 0x59850335d0cb <unknown>
#15 0x598503376f10 <unknown>
#16 0x598503346b09 <unknown>
#17 0x598503395315 <unknown>
#18 0x59850339550b <unknown>
#19 0x5985033a6255 <unknown>
#20 0x7fe51368b1f5 <unknown>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/app/utils.py", line 313, in get_user_agent
driver = get_webdriver()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/app/utils.py", line 216, in get_webdriver
return driver
^^^^^^
UnboundLocalError: cannot access local variable 'driver' where it is not associated with a value
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/app/flaresolverr.py", line 108, in <module>
flaresolverr_service.test_browser_installation()
File "/app/flaresolverr_service.py", line 74, in test_browser_installation
user_agent = utils.get_user_agent()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/app/utils.py", line 319, in get_user_agent
raise Exception("Error getting browser User-Agent. " + str(e))
Exception: Error getting browser User-Agent. cannot access local variable 'driver' where it is not associated with a value
2025-06-20 00:23:17 INFO FlareSolverr 3.3.25
2025-06-20 00:23:17 INFO Testing web browser installation...
2025-06-20 00:23:17 INFO Platform: Linux-6.8.0-1029-aws-x86_64-with-glibc2.36
2025-06-20 00:23:17 INFO Chrome / Chromium path: /bin/chromium
2025-06-20 00:23:17 INFO Chrome / Chromium major version: 137
2025-06-20 00:23:17 INFO Launching web browser...
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PD: I can run it headless without any problem but not headful