Enable to disable vnc password for VMware builder

builder/vmware/common/run_config.go

@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ type RunConfig struct {
 	Headless    bool   `mapstructure:"headless"`
 	RawBootWait string `mapstructure:"boot_wait"`
 
-	VNCBindAddress string `mapstructure:"vnc_bind_address"`
-	VNCPortMin     uint   `mapstructure:"vnc_port_min"`
-	VNCPortMax     uint   `mapstructure:"vnc_port_max"`
+	VNCBindAddress     string `mapstructure:"vnc_bind_address"`
+	VNCPortMin         uint   `mapstructure:"vnc_port_min"`
+	VNCPortMax         uint   `mapstructure:"vnc_port_max"`
+	VNCDisablePassword bool   `mapstructure:"vnc_disable_password"`
 
 	BootWait time.Duration ``
 }

builder/vmware/common/step_configure_vnc.go

@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ import (
 // Produces:
 //   vnc_port uint - The port that VNC is configured to listen on.
 type StepConfigureVNC struct {
-	VNCBindAddress string
-	VNCPortMin     uint
-	VNCPortMax     uint
+	VNCBindAddress     string
+	VNCPortMin         uint
+	VNCPortMax         uint
+	VNCDisablePassword bool
 }
 
 type VNCAddressFinder interface {
@@ -56,7 +57,10 @@ func (StepConfigureVNC) VNCAddress(vncBindAddress string, portMin, portMax uint)
 	return vncBindAddress, vncPort, nil
 }
 
-func VNCPassword() string {
+func VNCPassword(skipPassword bool) string {
+	if skipPassword {
+		return ""
+	}
 	length := int(8)
 
 	charSet := []byte("1234567890-=qwertyuiop[]asdfghjkl;zxcvbnm,./!@#%^*()_+QWERTYUIOP{}|ASDFGHJKL:XCVBNM<>?")
@@ -106,7 +110,7 @@ func (s *StepConfigureVNC) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 		return multistep.ActionHalt
 	}
 
-	vncPassword := VNCPassword()
+	vncPassword := VNCPassword(s.VNCDisablePassword)
 
 	log.Printf("Found available VNC port: %d", vncPort)
 
@@ -131,7 +135,9 @@ func (StepConfigureVNC) UpdateVMX(address, password string, port uint, data map[
 	data["remotedisplay.vnc.enabled"] = "TRUE"
 	data["remotedisplay.vnc.port"] = fmt.Sprintf("%d", port)
 	data["remotedisplay.vnc.ip"] = address
-	data["remotedisplay.vnc.password"] = password
+	if len(password) > 0 {
+		data["remotedisplay.vnc.password"] = password
+	}
 }
 
 func (StepConfigureVNC) Cleanup(multistep.StateBag) {

builder/vmware/common/step_run.go

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (s *StepRun) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 
 			ui.Message(fmt.Sprintf(
 				"The VM will be run headless, without a GUI. If you want to\n"+
-					"view the screen of the VM, connect via VNC with the password %s to\n"+
+					"view the screen of the VM, connect via VNC with the password \"%s\" to\n"+
 					"%s:%d", vncPassword, vncIp, vncPort))
 		} else {
 			ui.Message("The VM will be run headless, without a GUI, as configured.\n" +

builder/vmware/common/step_type_boot_command.go

@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ func (s *StepTypeBootCommand) Run(state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction
 
 	var auth []vnc.ClientAuth
 
-	if vncPassword != nil {
+	if vncPassword != nil && len(vncPassword.(string)) > 0 {
 		auth = []vnc.ClientAuth{&vnc.PasswordAuth{Password: vncPassword.(string)}}
 	} else {
-		auth = []vnc.ClientAuth{}
+		auth = []vnc.ClientAuth{new(vnc.ClientAuthNone)}
 	}
 
 	c, err := vnc.Client(nc, &vnc.ClientConfig{Auth: auth, Exclusive: true})

builder/vmware/iso/builder.go

@@ -256,9 +256,10 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 			HTTPPortMax: b.config.HTTPPortMax,
 		},
 		&vmwcommon.StepConfigureVNC{
-			VNCBindAddress: b.config.VNCBindAddress,
-			VNCPortMin:     b.config.VNCPortMin,
-			VNCPortMax:     b.config.VNCPortMax,
+			VNCBindAddress:     b.config.VNCBindAddress,
+			VNCPortMin:         b.config.VNCPortMin,
+			VNCPortMax:         b.config.VNCPortMax,
+			VNCDisablePassword: b.config.VNCDisablePassword,
 		},
 		&StepRegister{
 			Format: b.config.Format,

builder/vmware/iso/driver_esx5.go

@@ -235,7 +235,9 @@ func (ESX5Driver) UpdateVMX(_, password string, port uint, data map[string]strin
 	// Do not set remotedisplay.vnc.ip - this breaks ESXi.
 	data["remotedisplay.vnc.enabled"] = "TRUE"
 	data["remotedisplay.vnc.port"] = fmt.Sprintf("%d", port)
-	data["remotedisplay.vnc.password"] = password
+	if len(password) > 0 {
+		data["remotedisplay.vnc.password"] = password
+	}
 }
 
 func (d *ESX5Driver) CommHost(state multistep.StateBag) (string, error) {

builder/vmware/vmx/builder.go

@@ -79,9 +79,10 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 			HTTPPortMax: b.config.HTTPPortMax,
 		},
 		&vmwcommon.StepConfigureVNC{
-			VNCBindAddress: b.config.VNCBindAddress,
-			VNCPortMin:     b.config.VNCPortMin,
-			VNCPortMax:     b.config.VNCPortMax,
+			VNCBindAddress:     b.config.VNCBindAddress,
+			VNCPortMin:         b.config.VNCPortMin,
+			VNCPortMax:         b.config.VNCPortMax,
+			VNCDisablePassword: b.config.VNCDisablePassword,
 		},
 		&vmwcommon.StepRun{
 			BootWait:           b.config.BootWait,

website/source/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html.md

@@ -267,8 +267,11 @@ builder.
     `vmx_data` first.
 
 -   `vnc_bind_address` (string / IP address) - The IP address that should be binded
-     to for VNC. By default packer will use 127.0.0.1 for this. If you wish to bind
-     to all interfaces use 0.0.0.0
+    to for VNC. By default packer will use 127.0.0.1 for this. If you 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.
 
 -   `vnc_port_min` and `vnc_port_max` (integer) - The minimum and maximum port
     to use for VNC access to the virtual machine. The builder uses VNC to type

website/source/docs/builders/vmware-vmx.html.md

@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ builder.
 -   `vnc_bind_address` (string / IP address) - The IP address that should be binded
      to for VNC. By default packer will use 127.0.0.1 for this.
 
+-   `vnc_disable_password` (boolean) - Don't auto-generate a VNC password that is
+    used to secure the VNC communication with the VM.
+
 -   `vnc_port_min` and `vnc_port_max` (integer) - The minimum and maximum port
     to use for VNC access to the virtual machine. The builder uses VNC to type
     the initial `boot_command`. Because Packer generally runs in parallel,