azure: problem with puppeteer-cluster in function app that runs on a windows operating system

Question

hello,

I am running a function  that uses a package  called "node-html-to-image" which uses puppeteer-cluster to generate images by html.
I am currently running it on windows function app and it gives me this error:

Error: Unable to launch browser, error message: spawn UNKNOWNat Cluster.<anonymous> (C:\home\site\wwwroot\node_modules\puppeteer-cluster\dist\Cluster.js:119:23)at Generator.throw (<anonymous>)at rejected (C:\home\site\wwwroot\node_modules\puppeteer-cluster\dist\Cluster.js:6:65)

my question is, can I run this function successfully on windows and if yes how?

thanks

Answer 1

Puppeteer is node.js library to control chromium and it would work with Linux platforms. For Function app on windows, it might be hitting the sandbox limitation. We have seen similar issues with puppeteer not working with Function Windows platform. Please refer to the below article written by one of our Team members.

https://anthonychu.ca/post/azure-functions-puppeteer-pdf-razor-template/ (Please check the last section "Deploy to Azure")

So you can try deploying to Function app on Linux platform and check if it is working.