playwright/docs/src/docker.md

---
id: docker
title: "Docker"
---

[Dockerfile.focal] can be used to run Playwright scripts in Docker environment. These image includes all the dependencies needed to run browsers in a Docker container, and also include the browsers themselves.

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## Usage

This image is published on [Docker Hub].

### Pull the image

```bash js
docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v1.27.0-focal
```

```bash python
docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/python:v1.27.0-focal
```

```bash csharp
docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/dotnet:v1.27.0-focal
```

```bash java
docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/java:v1.27.0-focal
```

### Run the image

By default, the Docker image will use the `root` user to run the browsers. This will disable the Chromium sandbox which is not available with root. If you run trusted code (e.g. End-to-end tests) and want to avoid the hassle of managing separate user then the root user may be fine. For web scraping or crawling, we recommend to create a separate user inside the Docker container and use the seccomp profile.

#### End-to-end tests

On trusted websites, you can avoid creating a separate user and use root for it since you trust the code which will run on the browsers.

```bash js
docker run -it --rm --ipc=host mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v1.27.0-focal /bin/bash
```

```bash python
docker run -it --rm --ipc=host mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/python:v1.27.0-focal /bin/bash
```

```bash csharp
docker run -it --rm --ipc=host mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/dotnet:v1.27.0-focal /bin/bash
```

```bash java
docker run -it --rm --ipc=host mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/java:v1.27.0-focal /bin/bash
```

#### Crawling and scraping

On untrusted websites, it's recommended to use a separate user for launching the browsers in combination with the seccomp profile. Inside the container or if you are using the Docker image as a base image you have to use `adduser` for it.

```bash js
docker run -it --rm --ipc=host --user pwuser --security-opt seccomp=seccomp_profile.json mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v1.27.0-focal /bin/bash
```

```bash python
docker run -it --rm --ipc=host --user pwuser --security-opt seccomp=seccomp_profile.json mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/python:v1.27.0-focal /bin/bash
```

```bash csharp
docker run -it --rm --ipc=host --user pwuser --security-opt seccomp=seccomp_profile.json mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/dotnet:v1.27.0-focal /bin/bash
```

```bash java
docker run -it --rm --ipc=host --user pwuser --security-opt seccomp=seccomp_profile.json mcr.microsoft.com/playwright/java:v1.27.0-focal /bin/bash
```

[`seccomp_profile.json`](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/blob/main/utils/docker/seccomp_profile.json) is needed to run Chromium with sandbox. This is a [default Docker seccomp profile](https://github.com/docker/engine/blob/d0d99b04cf6e00ed3fc27e81fc3d94e7eda70af3/profiles/seccomp/default.json) with extra user namespace cloning permissions:

```json
[
  {
    "comment": "Allow create user namespaces",
    "names": [
      "clone",
      "setns",
      "unshare"
    ],
    "action": "SCMP_ACT_ALLOW",
    "args": [],
    "includes": {},
    "excludes": {}
  }
]
```

:::note
Using `--ipc=host` is recommended when using Chrome ([Docker docs](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/run/#ipc-settings---ipc)). Chrome can run out of memory without this flag.
:::


### Using on CI

See our [Continuous Integration guides](./ci.md) for sample configs.

## Image tags

See [all available image tags].

Docker images are published automatically by GitHub Actions. We currently publish images with the
following tags (`v1.20.0` in this case is an example:):
- `:next` - tip-of-tree image version based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa).
- `:next-focal` - tip-of-tree image version based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa).
- `:v1.20.0` - Playwright v1.20.0 release docker image based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa).
- `:v1.20.0-focal` - Playwright v1.20.0 release docker image based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa).
- `:sha-XXXXXXX` - docker image for every commit that changed
  docker files or browsers, marked with a [short sha](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Revision-Selection#Short-SHA-1) (first 7 digits of the SHA commit).

:::note
It is recommended to always pin your Docker image to a specific version if possible. If the Playwright version in your Docker image does not match the version in your project/tests, Playwright will be unable to locate browser executables.
:::

### Base images

We currently publish images based on the following [Ubuntu](https://hub.docker.com/_/ubuntu) versions:
- **Ubuntu 22.04 LTS** (Jammy Jellyfish), image tags include `jammy` (not published for Java and .NET)
- **Ubuntu 20.04 LTS** (Focal Fossa), image tags include `focal`
- **Ubuntu 18.04 LTS** (Bionic Beaver), image tags include `bionic` (not published for Java and .NET)

#### Alpine

Browser builds for Firefox and WebKit are built for the [glibc](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glibc) library. Alpine Linux and other distributions that are based on the [musl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musl) standard library are not supported.

## Development
* langs: js

### Build the image

Use [`//utils/docker/build.sh`](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/blob/main/utils/docker/build.sh) to build the image.

```
./utils/docker/build.sh focal playwright:localbuild-focal
```

The image will be tagged as `playwright:localbuild-focal` and could be run as:

```
docker run --rm -it playwright:localbuild /bin/bash
```

## (Experimental) Playwright Test Docker Integration
* langs: js

Playwright Test now ships an **experimental** Docker integration. The Docker container provides a consistent environment, eliminating browser rendering differences across platforms. 
With this integration, **only** browser binaries are running inside a Docker container,
while all the code is still running on the host operating system.

Playwright Test will automatically proxy host network traffic
into the container, so browsers can access servers running on the host.

:::note
Docker integration requires Docker installed & running on your computer.
See https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/

If you use [Docker Desktop](https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/), make sure to increase
default CPU and memory limit for better performance.
:::

Docker integration usage:

1. Build a local Docker image that will be used to run containers. This step
   needs to be done only once.

    ```bash js
    npx playwright docker build
    ```

1. Run Docker container in the background.

    ```bash js
    npx playwright docker start
    ```

1. Run tests inside Docker container using the `PLAYWRIGHT_DOCKER` environment variable.
   You can set this environment variable as a part of your config:

    ```ts
    // playwright.config.ts
    import type { PlaywrightTestConfig } from '@playwright/test';

    process.env.PLAYWRIGHT_DOCKER = '1';

    const config: PlaywrightTestConfig = {
      /* ... configuration ... */
    };
    export default config;
    ```

   NOTE: Playwright will automatically detect a running Docker container or start it if needed.

1. Finally, stop background Docker container when you're done working with tests:

    ```bash js
    npx playwright docker stop
    ```