Unable to run basic lambda example

Example code: https://github.com/elie222/examples-1/tree/fix/aws-node-puppeteer-local/aws-node-puppeteer

This works locally:

serverless offline
# Then go to: http://localhost:3000/?url=https://google.com

But running:

serverless deploy
# Then go to: https://lambdaurl/?url=https://google.com

Gives this error:

{
  "message": "Internal server error"
}

And in the CloudWatch logs:

{
    "errorType": "Error",
    "errorMessage": "Unable to start Chrome. If you have the DEBUG env variable set,there will be more in the logs.",
    "stack": [
        "Error: Unable to start Chrome. If you have the DEBUG env variable set,there will be more in the logs.",
        "    at /var/task/node_modules/@serverless-chrome/lambda/dist/bundle.cjs.js:376:13",
        "    at Generator.throw (<anonymous>)",
        "    at step (/var/task/node_modules/@serverless-chrome/lambda/dist/bundle.cjs.js:311:193)",
        "    at /var/task/node_modules/@serverless-chrome/lambda/dist/bundle.cjs.js:311:404",
        "    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:93:5)"
    ]
}

[zolbayars]

After hours of frustration, used https://github.com/alixaxel/chrome-aws-lambda and it worked without an issue!

[skunkworker]

I tried to tackle this issue for couple of days. Didn’t succeed but I think I can show a way if anybody wants to continue.

Basically the problem is that Chrome bundled with serverless-chrome-plugin is over two years old and in not working on current Amazon stack.

I think the way to fix this issue is to use this PR to build fresh version of chromium and then replace it in node_modules/@serverless-chrome/lambda/dist.

The reason why my PR works is because the lambda runtime is continually being updated to newer and newer versions of the Amazon Linux AMI. The dependencies have significantly changed since the most recent release and need some tweaking in order to get right.