README.md

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This is a SIMP module

This module is a component of the System Integrity Management Platform a compliance-management framework built on Puppet.

If you find any issues, they can be submitted to our JIRA.

Module Description

This module installs the tigervnc client and server, and can create VNC Server Sessions

Setup

What simp vnc affects

Packages managed by simp/vnc:

• tigervnc

Ports used by default for VNC Server:

• 5901 (1024x768)
• 5902 (800x600)
• 5903 (1280x1024)

Beginning with VNC

Client Installation

To install the tigervnc client, just include vnc::client

Server Installation

To create a basic VNC server with default ports, include vnc::server

NOTE: You MUST set the following in Hiera to enable XDMCP. VNC will not work without it.

---
gdm::settings:
  xdmcp:
    Enable: true

Usage

I want to create another VNC Connection

# Screensaver timeout in minutes
vnc::server::create {'myconn':
  port => '65000',
  geometry => '1920x1080',
  depth => '32',
  screensaver_timeout => '30',

Development

Please read our Contribution Guide.