title: org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Timed out waiting for driver server to start. Build info: version: 'unknown', revision: 'unknown'
body: <p>While everything works on my machine, when I bring the project in which I'm working on my server, Selenium and Chromedriver won't boot, causing the following exception</p>
  
  <pre><code>2018-08-31 09:16:06,578 ERROR [stderr] (Exec Stream Pumper) /home/app.conf/homebooks2/chromedriver: 1: /home/app.conf/homebooks2/chromedriver: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string
  2018-08-31 09:16:26,570 ERROR [io.undertow.request] (default task-1) UT005023: Exception handling request to /crawlerClass/myCrawler/5922: org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletException: Request processing failed; nested exception is org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Timed out waiting for driver server to start.
  Build info: version: 'unknown', revision: 'unknown', time: 'unknown'
  System info: host: 'shaula', ip: '127.0.1.1', os.name: 'Linux', os.arch: 'i386', os.version: '3.16.0-44-generic', java.version: '1.8.0_92'
  Driver info: driver.version: ChromeDriver
      at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:982)
      at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doPost(FrameworkServlet.java:872)
      at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:707)
      at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:846)
      at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:790)
      at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletHandler.handleRequest(ServletHandler.java:85)
      at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.FilterHandler$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterHandler.java:129)
      at org.springframework.web.filter.HiddenHttpMethodFilter.doFilterInternal(HiddenHttpMethodFilter.java:81)
      at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
      at io.undertow.servlet.core.ManagedFilter.doFilter(ManagedFilter.java:61)
      at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.FilterHandler$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterHandler.java:131)
      at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:317)
      at org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.invoke(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:127)
      at org.springframework.security.web.access.intercept.FilterSecurityInterceptor.doFilter(FilterSecurityInterceptor.java:91)
      at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
      at org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:114)
      at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
      at org.springframework.security.web.session.SessionManagementFilter.doFilter(SessionManagementFilter.java:137)
      at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
      at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.java:111)
      at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
      at org.springframework.security.web.servletapi.SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextHolderAwareRequestFilter.java:170)
      at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
      at org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.RequestCacheAwareFilter.doFilter(RequestCacheAwareFilter.java:63)
      at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
      at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java:200)
      at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
      at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.logout.LogoutFilter.doFilter(LogoutFilter.java:116)
      at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
      at org.springframework.security.web.header.HeaderWriterFilter.doFilterInternal(HeaderWriterFilter.java:64)
      at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
      at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
      at org.springframework.security.web.context.request.async.WebAsyncManagerIntegrationFilter.doFilterInternal(WebAsyncManagerIntegrationFilter.java:56)
      at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107)
      at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
      at it.myproject.security.web.utils.AjaxConcurrentSessionFilter.doFilter(AjaxConcurrentSessionFilter.java:70)
      at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
      at org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:105)
      at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy$VirtualFilterChain.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:331)
      at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilterInternal(FilterChainProxy.java:214)
      at org.springframework.security.web.FilterChainProxy.doFilter(FilterChainProxy.java:177)
      at org.springframework.security.web.debug.DebugFilter.invokeWithWrappedRequest(DebugFilter.java:90)
      at org.springframework.security.web.debug.DebugFilter.doFilter(DebugFilter.java:77)
      at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:346)
      at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:262)
      at io.undertow.servlet.core.ManagedFilter.doFilter(ManagedFilter.java:61)
      at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.FilterHandler$FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterHandler.java:131)
      at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.FilterHandler.handleRequest(FilterHandler.java:84)
      at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.security.ServletSecurityRoleHandler.handleRequest(ServletSecurityRoleHandler.java:62)
      at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletDispatchingHandler.handleRequest(ServletDispatchingHandler.java:36)
      at org.wildfly.extension.undertow.security.SecurityContextAssociationHandler.handleRequest(SecurityContextAssociationHandler.java:78)
      at io.undertow.server.handlers.PredicateHandler.handleRequest(PredicateHandler.java:43)
      at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.security.SSLInformationAssociationHandler.handleRequest(SSLInformationAssociationHandler.java:131)
      at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.security.ServletAuthenticationCallHandler.handleRequest(ServletAuthenticationCallHandler.java:57)
      at io.undertow.server.handlers.PredicateHandler.handleRequest(PredicateHandler.java:43)
      at io.undertow.security.handlers.AbstractConfidentialityHandler.handleRequest(AbstractConfidentialityHandler.java:46)
      at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.security.ServletConfidentialityConstraintHandler.handleRequest(ServletConfidentialityConstraintHandler.java:64)
      at io.undertow.security.handlers.AuthenticationMechanismsHandler.handleRequest(AuthenticationMechanismsHandler.java:60)
      at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.security.CachedAuthenticatedSessionHandler.handleRequest(CachedAuthenticatedSessionHandler.java:77)
      at io.undertow.security.handlers.NotificationReceiverHandler.handleRequest(NotificationReceiverHandler.java:50)
      at io.undertow.security.handlers.AbstractSecurityContextAssociationHandler.handleRequest(AbstractSecurityContextAssociationHandler.java:43)
      at io.undertow.server.handlers.PredicateHandler.handleRequest(PredicateHandler.java:43)
      at org.wildfly.extension.undertow.security.jacc.JACCContextIdHandler.handleRequest(JACCContextIdHandler.java:61)
      at io.undertow.server.handlers.PredicateHandler.handleRequest(PredicateHandler.java:43)
      at io.undertow.server.handlers.PredicateHandler.handleRequest(PredicateHandler.java:43)
      at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletInitialHandler.handleFirstRequest(ServletInitialHandler.java:292)
      at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletInitialHandler.access$100(ServletInitialHandler.java:81)
      at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletInitialHandler$2.call(ServletInitialHandler.java:138)
      at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletInitialHandler$2.call(ServletInitialHandler.java:135)
      at io.undertow.servlet.core.ServletRequestContextThreadSetupAction$1.call(ServletRequestContextThreadSetupAction.java:48)
      at io.undertow.servlet.core.ContextClassLoaderSetupAction$1.call(ContextClassLoaderSetupAction.java:43)
      at io.undertow.servlet.api.LegacyThreadSetupActionWrapper$1.call(LegacyThreadSetupActionWrapper.java:44)
      at io.undertow.servlet.api.LegacyThreadSetupActionWrapper$1.call(LegacyThreadSetupActionWrapper.java:44)
      at io.undertow.servlet.api.LegacyThreadSetupActionWrapper$1.call(LegacyThreadSetupActionWrapper.java:44)
      at io.undertow.servlet.api.LegacyThreadSetupActionWrapper$1.call(LegacyThreadSetupActionWrapper.java:44)
      at io.undertow.servlet.api.LegacyThreadSetupActionWrapper$1.call(LegacyThreadSetupActionWrapper.java:44)
      at io.undertow.servlet.api.LegacyThreadSetupActionWrapper$1.call(LegacyThreadSetupActionWrapper.java:44)
      at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletInitialHandler.dispatchRequest(ServletInitialHandler.java:272)
      at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletInitialHandler.access$000(ServletInitialHandler.java:81)
      at io.undertow.servlet.handlers.ServletInitialHandler$1.handleRequest(ServletInitialHandler.java:104)
      at io.undertow.server.Connectors.executeRootHandler(Connectors.java:202)
      at io.undertow.server.HttpServerExchange$1.run(HttpServerExchange.java:805)
      at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
      at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
      at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
  Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Timed out waiting for driver server to start.
  Build info: version: 'unknown', revision: 'unknown', time: 'unknown'
  System info: host: 'shaula', ip: '127.0.1.1', os.name: 'Linux', os.arch: 'i386', os.version: '3.16.0-44-generic', java.version: '1.8.0_92'
  Driver info: driver.version: ChromeDriver
      at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService.waitUntilAvailable(DriverService.java:193)
      at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService.start(DriverService.java:179)
      at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverCommandExecutor.execute(DriverCommandExecutor.java:79)
      at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:548)
      at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.startSession(RemoteWebDriver.java:212)
      at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.&lt;init&gt;(RemoteWebDriver.java:130)
      at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.&lt;init&gt;(ChromeDriver.java:181)
      at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.&lt;init&gt;(ChromeDriver.java:168)
      at org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver.&lt;init&gt;(ChromeDriver.java:157)
      at it.myproject.initCrawler(ImmobiliareItController.java:127)
      at it.myproject$$FastClassBySpringCGLIB$$c2524ba.invoke(&lt;generated&gt;)
      at org.springframework.cglib.proxy.MethodProxy.invoke(MethodProxy.java:204)
      at org.springframework.aop.framework.CglibAopProxy$CglibMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(CglibAopProxy.java:721)
      at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:157)
      at org.springframework.aop.framework.adapter.MethodBeforeAdviceInterceptor.invoke(MethodBeforeAdviceInterceptor.java:52)
      at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:179)
      at org.springframework.aop.interceptor.ExposeInvocationInterceptor.invoke(ExposeInvocationInterceptor.java:92)
      at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:179)
      at org.springframework.aop.framework.CglibAopProxy$DynamicAdvisedInterceptor.intercept(CglibAopProxy.java:656)
      at it.myproject$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$a6350cf3.initCrawler(&lt;generated&gt;)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
      at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
      at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.doInvoke(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:205)
      at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.invokeForRequest(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:133)
      at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.invokeAndHandle(ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.java:116)
      at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.invokeHandlerMethod(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:827)
      at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.handleInternal(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:738)
      at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.handle(AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.java:85)
      at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:963)
      at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:897)
      at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:970)
      ... 84 more
  Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.net.UrlChecker$TimeoutException: Timed out waiting for [http://localhost:4668/status] to be available after 20000 ms
      at org.openqa.selenium.net.UrlChecker.waitUntilAvailable(UrlChecker.java:100)
      at org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService.waitUntilAvailable(DriverService.java:188)
      ... 116 more
  Caused by: java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException
      at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(FutureTask.java:205)
      at com.google.common.util.concurrent.SimpleTimeLimiter.callWithTimeout(SimpleTimeLimiter.java:156)
      at org.openqa.selenium.net.UrlChecker.waitUntilAvailable(UrlChecker.java:75)
      ... 117 more
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Everything works like this: the user, for launching the crawler, is supposed to click a button. Then, with JavaScript, I make an Ajax call to a specific method of a specific class that holds my crawler for the initialization, which is as it follows</p>
  
  <pre><code>[...]
  public Map initCrawler(Things that I give as input) throws InterruptedException, ApiException, IOException {
      System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver",  BackEndProperties.getProperty("chrome_driver_path") );
      final ChromeOptions chromeOptions = new ChromeOptions();
      //chromeOptions.setBinary("/usr/bin/chromium-browser"); 
      chromeOptions.addArguments("--headless");
      chromeOptions.addArguments("--disable-extensions");
      chromeOptions.addArguments("--disable-gpu");
      chromeOptions.addArguments("--no-sandbox");
      [...]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>As I said, everything works fine on my machine but not on server side. Searching the web helped me understanding that whoever had this problem fixed it just by upgrading the old instance of chromium on the server and that's what I did (and I also downloaded the latest ChromeDriver available) but that didn't solve anything.
  I was also thinking in trying another browser for seeing if it might change something.
  Does anybody have some clues with which I might work?</p>