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Install Xvfb on CentOS

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Xvfb, or X virtual frame buffer is needed by selenium and chromedriver or gekodriver, so it can run via cron with your PC locked, or without your script taking focus from the user section.

Installing​

yum install xorg-x11-server-Xvfb

Copy below to /etc/systemd/system/Xvfb.service​

[Unit]
Description=X Virtual Frame Buffer Service
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/Xvfb :99 -screen 0 1024x768x24

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
chmod +x /etc/systemd/system/Xvfb.service
systemctl enable Xvfb.service
systemctl start Xvfb.service