Will my python script work on a VPS without changing anything in it?

Question

Does running a Python Web-automation script written in Selenium require modifications for running on a VPS (virtual private server)?

Answer 1

One of the problems you can face is the lack of graphical interface on most of VPS servers. You can easily manage using headless mode if you are using chromedriver, for example:

chrome_options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
chrome_options.add_argument('--headless')
chrome_options.add_argument('--no-sandbox') # required when running as root user. otherwise you would get no sandbox errors. 
driver = webdriver.Chrome(driver_path='/home/dev/chromedriver', chrome_options=chrome_options,
  service_args=['--verbose', '--log-path=/tmp/chromedriver.log'])

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