Dusk: Failed to connect to localhost port 9515: Connection refused

[grwbond]

• Dusk Version: 5.1.0
• Laravel Version: 5.8.19
• PHP Version: 7.3.4
• Database Driver & Version: no database used

Description:

With new Laraval and Dusk install, 'php artisan dusk' fails with 'Failed to connect to localhost port 9515: Connection refused'.

Steps To Reproduce:

Windows 10 Pro 1809 17763.529 host
VirtualBox: 6.0.8-130520
Vagrant: 2.2.4

New Install
// Removed all previous boxes and VirtualBox VMs
vagrant box add laravel/homestead --box-version=7.2.1
git checkout v8.5.5
./init.bat
// Edited Homestead.yaml folders and sites
// Added virtual hosts to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
vagrant up --provision

// In VirtualBox Homestead VM,
composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel laravel-latest
// Laravel v5.8.19 installed.
// In .env, set APP_URL=http://laravel-latest.local
vagrant@homestead:~/code$ ping laravel-latest.local
PING laravel-latest.local (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.019 ms

// Site http://laravel-latest.local loads fine on Chrome and Firefox (both from Windows).

vagrant@homestead:~/code/laravel-latest$ phpunit
PHPUnit 7.5.12 by Sebastian Bergmann and contributors.
.. 2 / 2 (100%)
Time: 1.86 seconds, Memory: 14.00 MB
OK (2 tests, 2 assertions)

vagrant@homestead:~/code/laravel-latest$ composer require --dev laravel/dusk
1/3: http://repo.packagist.org/p/provider-latest$9c83c7223326d76be2c66f5037e654d1262e6cdabc6a44cd41c21bcb00b52cab.json
2/3: http://repo.packagist.org/p/provider-2019-04$791bf93a6143c7c753dafb79b165fef2bcfc0b028b685b55c2de65710ff81fb5.json
3/3: http://repo.packagist.org/p/provider-2019-01$015cb94160eed3cccc28a2fd376e1fe63e5c508004a379250351d23e64f0d437.json
Finished: success: 3, skipped: 0, failure: 0, total: 3
Using version ^5.1 for laravel/dusk
./composer.json has been updated
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
1/2: https://codeload.github.com/facebook/php-webdriver/legacy.zip/bd8c740097eb9f2fc3735250fc1912bc811a954e
2/2: https://codeload.github.com/laravel/dusk/legacy.zip/a6ac3e6489dc774445aa9459cdc332104591634a
Finished: success: 2, skipped: 0, failure: 0, total: 2
Package operations: 2 installs, 0 updates, 0 removals

• Installing facebook/webdriver (1.6.0): Loading from cache
• Installing laravel/dusk (v5.1.0): Loading from cache
  facebook/webdriver suggests installing ext-SimpleXML (For Firefox profile creation)
  Writing lock file
  Generating optimized autoload files

Illuminate\Foundation\ComposerScripts::postAutoloadDump
@php artisan package:discover --ansi
Discovered Package: beyondcode/laravel-dump-server
Discovered Package: fideloper/proxy
Discovered Package: laravel/dusk
Discovered Package: laravel/tinker
Discovered Package: nesbot/carbon
Discovered Package: nunomaduro/collision
Package manifest generated successfully.

vagrant@homestead:~/code/laravel-latest$ php artisan dusk:install
Dusk scaffolding installed successfully.
Downloading ChromeDriver binaries...
ChromeDriver binaries successfully installed for version 74.0.3729.6.

vagrant@homestead:~/code/laravel-latest$ php artisan dusk
PHPUnit 7.5.12 by Sebastian Bergmann and contributors.

E 1 / 1 (100%)

Time: 1.68 seconds, Memory: 14.00 MB

There was 1 error:

1) Tests\Browser\ExampleTest::testBasicExample
Facebook\WebDriver\Exception\WebDriverCurlException: Curl error thrown for http POST to /session with params: {"desiredCapabilities":{"browserName":"chrome","platform":"ANY","chromeOptions":{"binary":"","args":["--disable-gpu","--headless","--window-size=1920,1080"]}}}

Failed to connect to localhost port 9515: Connection refused

/home/vagrant/code/laravel-latest/vendor/facebook/webdriver/lib/Remote/HttpCommandExecutor.php:292
/home/vagrant/code/laravel-latest/vendor/facebook/webdriver/lib/Remote/RemoteWebDriver.php:126
/home/vagrant/code/laravel-latest/tests/DuskTestCase.php:40
/home/vagrant/code/laravel-latest/vendor/laravel/dusk/src/Concerns/ProvidesBrowser.php:192
/home/vagrant/code/laravel-latest/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Support/helpers.php:816
/home/vagrant/code/laravel-latest/vendor/laravel/dusk/src/Concerns/ProvidesBrowser.php:193
/home/vagrant/code/laravel-latest/vendor/laravel/dusk/src/Concerns/ProvidesBrowser.php:93
/home/vagrant/code/laravel-latest/vendor/laravel/dusk/src/Concerns/ProvidesBrowser.php:64
/home/vagrant/code/laravel-latest/tests/Browser/ExampleTest.php:21

ERRORS!
Tests: 1, Assertions: 0, Errors: 1.

// No screenshot files created.

// Try chromedriver directly…
vagrant@homestead:~/code/laravel-latest$ vendor/laravel/dusk/bin/chromedriver-linux
vendor/laravel/dusk/bin/chromedriver-linux: error while loading shared libraries: libnss3.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

// Try installing libnss3 in homestead linux
vagrant@homestead:~/code/laravel-latest$ sudo apt-get update
vagrant@homestead:~/code/laravel-latest$ sudo apt-get install libnss3

// Run dusk again. Error changes...
vagrant@homestead:~/code/laravel-latest$ php artisan dusk
PHPUnit 7.5.12 by Sebastian Bergmann and contributors.

E 1 / 1 (100%)

Time: 2.02 seconds, Memory: 14.00 MB

There was 1 error:

1) Tests\Browser\ExampleTest::testBasicExample
Facebook\WebDriver\Exception\UnknownServerException: unknown error: cannot find Chrome binary
(Driver info: chromedriver=74.0.3729.6 (255758eccf3d244491b8a1317aa76e1ce10d57e9-refs/branch-heads/3729@{#29}),platform=Linux 4.15.0-47-generic x86_64)

/home/vagrant/code/laravel-latest/vendor/facebook/webdriver/lib/Exception/WebDriverException.php:114
/home/vagrant/code/laravel-latest/vendor/facebook/webdriver/lib/Remote/HttpCommandExecutor.php:326
/home/vagrant/code/laravel-latest/vendor/facebook/webdriver/lib/Remote/RemoteWebDriver.php:126
/home/vagrant/code/laravel-latest/tests/DuskTestCase.php:40
/home/vagrant/code/laravel-latest/vendor/laravel/dusk/src/Concerns/ProvidesBrowser.php:192
/home/vagrant/code/laravel-latest/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Support/helpers.php:816
/home/vagrant/code/laravel-latest/vendor/laravel/dusk/src/Concerns/ProvidesBrowser.php:193
/home/vagrant/code/laravel-latest/vendor/laravel/dusk/src/Concerns/ProvidesBrowser.php:93
/home/vagrant/code/laravel-latest/vendor/laravel/dusk/src/Concerns/ProvidesBrowser.php:64
/home/vagrant/code/laravel-latest/tests/Browser/ExampleTest.php:21

ERRORS!
Tests: 1, Assertions: 0, Errors: 1.

// Run chromedriver directly again
vagrant@homestead:~/code/laravel-latest$ vendor/laravel/dusk/bin/chromedriver-linux
Starting ChromeDriver 74.0.3729.6 (255758eccf3d244491b8a1317aa76e1ce10d57e9-refs/branch-heads/3729@{#29}) on port 9515
Only local connections are allowed.
Please protect ports used by ChromeDriver and related test frameworks to prevent access by malicious code.

[driesvints]

Pretty much in the dark at what's going on here. I can't even get the basic example of Dusk to run atm. Getting:

http:\/\/localhost:9515\/ - Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found)

Any help with figuring this out if much appreciated.

[staudenmeir]

Homestead no longer supports Dusk out of the box.

You can install the required packages manually:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install libnss3 chromium-browser

Enabling the webdriver feature in Homestead.yaml should also work, but doesn't for me:

webdriver: true

[staudenmeir]

The webdriver feature will be fixed in the next release: https://github.com/laravel/homestead/pull/1177

[driesvints]

@grwbond can you try the next version of Homestead to see if that fixes your problem?

[grwbond]

Upgrading to 8.0.0-alpha2 did not fix the problem, however sudo apt-get -y install chromium-browser did resolve the issue. All green now on ExampleTest.php.

Thank you Dries and Jonas.

[nbyloff]

Doing @staudenmeir update worked for me. I had been using dusk and just tried today for the first time in a while and got this error.

Tests are running again.

Well almost. It's not pulling the correct DB connection. I specified SQLlite in my .env.dusk.local file, but it's trying to login with mysql all of a sudden. That's new.

What's weirder is even if I default all env variables to the laravel dusk sqllite setup, it still tries to pull default MySQL settings.

[staudenmeir]

Homestead 8.5.6 has been released: https://github.com/laravel/homestead/releases/tag/v8.5.6

[AquaHuang]

1) Tests\Browser\ExampleTest::testExample
Facebook\WebDriver\Exception\WebDriverCurlException: Curl error thrown for http POST to /session with params: {"desiredCapabilities":{"browserName":"chrome","platform":"ANY","chromeOptions":{"w3c":false,"binary":"","args":["--disable-gpu","--headless","--window-size=1920,1080"]}}}

Failed to connect to localhost port 9515: Connection refused
ERRORS!

Tests: 1, Assertions: 0, Errors: 1.

Hi
I encounter the same issue, I google and try some way they are won't work, eventually, I just run the same command then it works

➜ social git:(master) php artisan dusk
PHPUnit 8.5.2 by Sebastian Bergmann and contributors.

. 1 / 1 (100%)

Time: 3.03 seconds, Memory: 18.00 MB

OK (1 test, 1 assertion)

[stevebauman]

Running php artisan dusk:install and then re-opening my terminal window to re-run the test suite (via php artisan dusk) resolved the issue for me 👍