Ansible role tigervnc

Install and configure tigervnc on your system.

GitHub	GitLab	Downloads	Version

Example Playbook

This example is taken from molecule/default/converge.yml and is tested on each push, pull request and release.

---
- name: Converge
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: true

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.tigervnc

The machine needs to be prepared. In CI this is done using molecule/default/prepare.yml:

---
- name: Prepare
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: false

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.bootstrap
    - role: robertdebock.core_dependencies
    - role: robertdebock.gnome
    - role: robertdebock.users
      users_groups:
        - name: vncgroup
      users:
        - name: vncuser
          sudo_options: "ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL"
          group: vncgroup

Also see a full explanation and example on how to use these roles.

Role Variables

The default values for the variables are set in defaults/main.yml:

---
# defaults file for tigervnc

# The tigervnc-server runs under a specific user and group. This user is
# created in `molecule/default/prepare.yml`. You can pick an existing
# user or create one using
# [ansible-role-users](https://galaxy.ansible.com/robertdebock/users)
tigervnc_username: vncuser
tigervnc_groupname: vncgroup

# Connecting to tigervnc-server requires a password.
tigervnc_password: vncpass

# Use existing user's vnc paswword
tigervnc_user_exists: false

# Desktop session xstartup should connect to e.g. gnome-session, mate-session
tigervnc_desktop_session: gnome-session

Requirements

• pip packages listed in requirements.txt.

State of used roles

The following roles are used to prepare a system. You can prepare your system in another way.

Requirement	GitHub	GitLab
robertdebock.bootstrap
robertdebock.core_dependencies
robertdebock.gnome
robertdebock.users

Context

This role is a part of many compatible roles. Have a look at the documentation of these roles for further information.

Here is an overview of related roles:

Compatibility

This role has been tested on these container images:

container	tags
EL	9
Ubuntu	focal

The minimum version of Ansible required is 2.12, tests have been done to:

• The previous version.
• The current version.
• The development version.

If you find issues, please register them in GitHub.

License

Apache-2.0.

Author Information

robertdebock

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