Use systemd to manage xvfb

playbooks/roles/browsers/tasks/main.yml

@@ -64,9 +64,11 @@
 - assert:
     that: "phantomjs.stat.exists"
 
-- name: create xvfb upstart script
-  template: src=xvfb.conf.j2 dest=/etc/init/xvfb.conf owner=root group=root
+- name: create xvfb systemd service
+  template: src=xvfb.service.j2 dest=/etc/systemd/system/xvfb.service owner=root group=root
+
+- name: register xvfb systemd service
+  shell: systemctl enable /etc/systemd/system/xvfb.service
 
 - name: start xvfb
-  shell: start xvfb
-  ignore_errors: yes
+  service: name=xvfb state=started

playbooks/roles/browsers/templates/xvfb.conf.j2

-description     "Xvfb X Server"
-start on (net-device-up and local-filesystems and runlevel [2345])
-stop on runlevel [016]
-exec /usr/bin/Xvfb {{ browser_xvfb_display }} -screen 0 1024x768x24
-respawn
-respawn limit 15 5

playbooks/roles/browsers/templates/xvfb.service.j2

+[Unit]
+Description=X Virtual Frame Buffer Service
+After=network.target
+
+[Service] 
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/Xvfb {{ browser_xvfb_display }} -screen 0 1024x768x24
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target