Build Puppeteer Docker image to run inside K8s cluster

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Background

  • To run Puppeteer, you can’t just use an official Nodejs image and npm install puppeteer
  • Below is the Dockerfile that I have tried and proved as a working solution
  • More information see the Puppeteer official troubleshooting

Dockerfile

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FROM alpine

# Installs latest Chromium (100) package.
RUN apk add --no-cache \
  chromium \
  nss \
  freetype \
  harfbuzz \
  ca-certificates \
  ttf-freefont \
  nodejs \
  yarn

# Tell Puppeteer to skip installing Chrome. We'll be using the installed package.
ENV PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD=true \
  PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH=/usr/bin/chromium-browser

COPY package.json yarn.lock ./
RUN yarn

# Puppeteer v13.5.0 works with Chromium 100.
# RUN yarn add [email protected]

# Add user so we don't need --no-sandbox.
RUN addgroup -S pptruser && adduser -S -G pptruser pptruser \
  && mkdir -p /home/pptruser/Downloads /app \
  && chown -R pptruser:pptruser /home/pptruser \
  && chown -R pptruser:pptruser /app

# Run everything after as non-privileged user.
USER pptruser

WORKDIR /app

COPY . .

EXPOSE 3003
CMD ["yarn", "start"]