From 2496e09d75db905fd2e7db87ea77990140e40cd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adam Robinson Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 09:26:02 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Document vnc_disable_password=true requirement for ESXi 6.5+ --- website/source/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html.md.erb | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html.md.erb b/website/source/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html.md.erb index ab1a29f0d..b42259ee8 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html.md.erb +++ b/website/source/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html.md.erb @@ -412,7 +412,9 @@ builder. wish to bind to all interfaces use `0.0.0.0`. - `vnc_disable_password` (boolean) - Don't auto-generate a VNC password that - is used to secure the VNC communication with the VM. + is used to secure the VNC communication with the VM. This must be set to + `true` if building on ESXi 6.5 and 6.7 with VNC enabled. Defaults to + `false`. - `vnc_port_min` and `vnc_port_max` (number) - The minimum and maximum port to use for VNC access to the virtual machine. The builder uses VNC to type @@ -553,6 +555,8 @@ modify as well: Since ovftool is only capable of password based authentication `remote_password` must be set when exporting the VM. +- `vnc_disable_password` - This must be set to "true" when using VNC with + ESXi 6.5 or 6.7. ### VNC port discovery