Unable to execute nightwatch tests on chrome using Linux - linux

Question

Here's the bit in question from my nightwatch.json file :
"selenium" : {
"start_process" : true,
"server_path" : "lib/selenium-server-standalone.jar",
"log_path" : "test_logs"
},
"test_settings" : {
"jenkins" : {
"launch_url" : "url not disclosed",
"selenium_port" : 4444,
"selenium_host" : "jenkins.undisclosed-cloud.com",
"cli_args" : {
"webdriver.chrome.driver" : "/usr/local/bin/chromedriver"
},
"desiredCapabilities": {
"browserName": "chrome",
"javascriptEnabled": true,
"acceptSslCerts": true,
"platform" : "LINUX"
}
}
}
If I change the browserName to firefox then the test runs fine in the specified linux server, which is running on a DOCKER CONTAINER.
But when i choose chrome, i am getting the error:
Connection refused! Is selenium server started?
I've seen this error before on my local machine and managed to fix it by adding chromedriver to the path. I thought it would be the same issue on this linux server but it did not resolve it. I went on to the linux box and verified I can start the chromedriver directly in
"/usr/local/bin/chromedriver"
By the way I have verified I'm on 64-bit linux machine and the symlinks are all set.
Linux version: Linux 3.11.0-26-generic | v2.43.1 | r5163bce
ERROR LOG AFTER RUNNING TEST WITH --verbose
INFO Request: POST /wd/hub/session
- data: {"desiredCapabilities": {"browserName":"chrome","javascriptEnabled":true,"acceptSslCerts":true,"platform": "LINUX","name":"Free Resource Download Test"}}
- headers: {"Content-Type":"application/json; charset=utf-8","Content- Length":151}
ERROR Response 500 POST /wd/hub/session{ status: 13,
sessionId: null,
value:
{ message: 'chrome not reachable\n

Answer 1

So, this is a docker container and a problem is within Chrome&Docker.
you have 2 options, either run add "--privileged" parameter to a Docker or run Chrome with "--no-sandbox" argument.