From 58a50e05130d480fc9539beac208d1ef2d3c161b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Jason A. Beranek" Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 22:16:22 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] website: document vmware-esxi VNC requirements --- website/source/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html.markdown | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/source/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html.markdown index aeb4c4335..73beea129 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html.markdown +++ b/website/source/docs/builders/vmware-iso.html.markdown @@ -342,6 +342,11 @@ ISO and various files locally, and uploads these to the remote machine. Packer currently uses SSH to communicate to the ESXi machine rather than the vSphere API. At some point, the vSphere API may be used. +Packer also requires VNC to issue boot commands during a build, +which may be disabled on some remote VMware Hypervisors. Please consult +the appropriate documentation on how to update VMware Hypervisor's firewall +to allow these connections. + To use a remote VMware vSphere Hypervisor to build your virtual machine, fill in the required `remote_*` configurations: