How to fix “[SEVERE]: bind() failed: Cannot assign requested address (99)” while starting chromedriver

Question

I downloaded the latest version of chromedriver in Centos 7 platform: https://chromedriver.storage.googleapis.com/index.html?path=74.0.3729.6/ I start chromedriver and get

Answer 1

In one line: you need to pass --whitelisted-ips= into chrome driver (not chrome!)

You can do it in different way (depend on your env setup):

If you use ChromeDriver locally/directly (not using RemoteWebDriver) from code, just insert lines below before ChromeDriver init

    System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.whitelistedIps", "");

If you use it remotely (eg. selenium hub/grid) you need to set system property when node starts, like in command:

java -Dwebdriver.chrome.whitelistedIps= testClass etc...

or docker by passing JAVA_OPTS env

  chrome:
    image: selenium/node-chrome:3.141.59
    container_name: chrome
    depends_on:
      - selenium-hub
    environment:
      - HUB_HOST=selenium-hub
      - HUB_PORT=4444
      - JAVA_OPTS=-Dwebdriver.chrome.whitelistedIps=