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Playwright deployment in Bold Reports®

By default, Playwright driver nodes are not installed in the build for Azure ARM64 Linux environment. To enable data visualization export, you must manually ship the required Playwright driver binaries by following this guide.

Playwright uses Chromium/Chrome, Firefox, and WebKit to render charts, maps, and gauges.

Configure Playwright for Exporting

To enable Playwright for data visualization exports, update the configuration file as follows:

Open the config.xml file at the location {deployment_location}\app_data\reporting\configuration\config.xml, add the node as shown below, and then save the file.

<Exporting UsePlaywright="true" PuppeteerPath="" />

PlaywrightConfig file

Download Playwright Driver Nodes for Your Linux Architecture

Select the appropriate binaries based on your Linux architecture:

Operating System Download Link
Linux (linux-arm64) linux armx64.zip
Linux (linux-x64) linux x64.zip

After extracting the downloaded archive, move the playwright binaries in the following directories:

{Install Root}\application\reporting\api.playwright\node
{Install Root}\application\reporting\jobs.playwright\node
{Install Root}\application\reporting\web.playwright\node\

Tip: If the .playwright\node directory does not exist, create it manually.

Set File Permissions

To execute the Playwright driver nodes, enable executable permissions for the jobs, api, and web services as shown:

Commands Details
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/bold-services/application/reporting/* Grant read, write, and execute permissions to all reporting applications under the reporting directory. Use with caution in production.
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/bold-services/application/reporting/web Grant permissions for the web application only.
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/bold-services/application/reporting/jobs Grant permissions for the jobs application only.
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/bold-services/application/reporting/api Grant permissions for the api application only.

Note:

  • The 777 permission is broad and suitable for quick verification. For production environments, use more restrictive permissions based on your service user and group.