🧠 Why This Happens
AWS environments (like Amazon Linux 2 on EC2 or Lambda) don’t come with Chromium installed by default. Also, the headless version Puppeteer tries to download is often incompatible with AWS's OS.
To make Puppeteer work, you need:
A compatible headless Chromium binary.
Proper dependencies installed (fonts, sandbox libs, etc.).
The right launch options.
🧠 Why This Happens
AWS environments (like Amazon Linux 2 on EC2 or Lambda) don’t come with Chromium installed by default. Also, the headless version Puppeteer tries to download is often incompatible with AWS's OS.
To make Puppeteer work, you need:
A compatible headless Chromium binary.
Proper dependencies installed (fonts, sandbox libs, etc.).
The right launch options.
sudo yum update -y
# Install missing libraries
sudo yum install -y \
atk.x86_64 \
cups-libs.x86_64 \
gtk3.x86_64 \
libXcomposite.x86_64 \
libXcursor.x86_64 \
libXdamage.x86_64 \
libXext.x86_64 \
libXi.x86_64 \
libXrandr.x86_64 \
libXss.x86_64 \
libXtst.x86_64 \
pango.x86_64 \
alsa-lib.x86_64 \
ipa-gothic-fonts \
xorg-x11-fonts-100dpi \
xorg-x11-fonts-75dpi \
xorg-x11-utils \
xorg-x11-fonts-cyrillic \
xorg-x11-fonts-Type1 \
xorg-x11-fonts-misc \
wget
✅ Step 2: Download a Compatible Chromium Binary
cd ~
mkdir chromium && cd chromium
wget https://github.com/Sparticuz/chromium/releases/download/v123.0.0/chromium.br
# OR another known working build for Amazon Linux
# Decompress
brew install brotli # if needed
brotli --decompress chromium.br
chmod +x chromium
✅ Step 3: Point Puppeteer to This Chromium
Now in your Node.js code:
import puppeteer from 'puppeteer-core';
const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
executablePath: '/home/ec2-user/chromium/chromium',
headless: true,
args: [
'--no-sandbox',
'--disable-setuid-sandbox',
],
});
☁️ Bonus: Using Puppeteer with Chromium in AWS Lambda?
Use chrome-aws-lambda:
npm install puppeteer-core chrome-aws-lambda
Then:
import chromium from 'chrome-aws-lambda';
import puppeteer from 'puppeteer-core';
export const handler = async () => {
const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
args: chromium.args,
defaultViewport: chromium.defaultViewport,
executablePath: await chromium.executablePath,
headless: chromium.headless,
});
const page = await browser.newPage();
await page.goto('https://example.com');
const screenshot = await page.screenshot();
await browser.close();
return screenshot;
};
🧪 Test It
After setup:
node yourScript.js
✅ If all goes well, Chromium should launch and Puppeteer will work as expected!
✅ Summary
Task Done
Install system dependencies ✅
Download compatible Chromium ✅
Launch Puppeteer with custom binary ✅
Running Puppeteer on AWS isn’t plug and play and but once Chromium is correctly installed and referenced, everything runs smoothly.
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