display

Puppet module to manage Xvfb and x11vnc for remote displays

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released Jul 22nd 2016

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Installation method

Add this module to your Puppetfile:

mod 'joshbeard-display', '0.5.3'

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Add this module to your Bolt project:

bolt module add joshbeard-display

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Manually install this module globally with Puppet module tool:

puppet module install joshbeard-display --version 0.5.3

Tags: x, vnc, xvfb, selenium, display, x11vnc, xorg

Documentation

joshbeard/display — version 0.5.3 Jul 22nd 2016

puppet-display

Overview
Setup - The basics of getting started with display
- What display affects
Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
Reference - classes and parameters
Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
Contributors

Overview

The display module can manage Xvfb (X Virtual Framebuffer) and x11vnc for remote displays.

The base class, display, can be used to manage both xvfb and x11vnc together.

xvfb and x11vnc can be managed individually using their own classes if desired.

Additionally, a profile.d helper script can be managed that exports the DISPLAY environment variable.

Setup

What display affects

The display module can manage the following:

xvfb package
xvfb service
x11vnc package
x11vnc service

Usage

To manage xvfb and x11vnc with default parameters:

include ::display

Custom display, resolution and color depth:

class { 'display':
  display => 99,   # default is 0
  width   => 1024, # default is 1280
  height  => 768,  # default is 800
  color   => 24,   # default is "24+32" (i.e. 32-bit)
}

Running as a custom user (both xvfb and x11vnc):

class { 'display':
  runuser => 'xvfbservice',
}

Only manage xvfb (e.g. not x11vnc) and specify a custom user and fbdir:

class { 'display::xvfb':
  runuser => 'xvfbuser',
  fbdir   => '/var/tmp/xvfb',
}

Only manage x11vnc:

class { 'display::x11vnc':
  display => 3,
  runuser => 'x11user',
}

Reference

Classes

display: Main class, includes all other classes (wrapper)
display::xvfb: Manages xvfb
display::x11vnc: Manages x11vnc

Class: display

`display`

X display to use. Default is 0

`width`

Screen width to use. Default is 1280

`height`

Screen height to use. Default is 800

`color`

Screen color depth to use. Default is '24+32' (32-bit)

`runuser`

User to run xvfb as. Default is 'root'

`fbdir`

Directory in which the memory mapped files containing the framebuffer memory should be created. Defaults to '/tmp'

`xvfb_package`

Package name for installing xvfb. Defaults to xorg-x11-servers-Xvfb on RedHat systems and xvfb on Debian systems.

`xvfb_service`

Name of the xvfb service. This class will create an init script with this name and manage a service by this name. Defaults to xvfb

`xvfb_bin`

Absolute path to the xvfb executable. Defaults to /usr/bin/xvfb on RedHat and Debian systems and /usr/local/bin/Xvfb on FreeBSD.

`xvfb_custom_args`

Custom arguments to use for starting xvfb. If this parameter is defined, the display, width, height, color, and fbdir parameter values will not be used for starting the xvfb service via the init script - that's left up to the user. Optional. Defaults to undefined.

`x11vnc_package`

Package name for installing x11vnc. Defaults to x11vnc on RedHat and Debian systems.

`x11vnc_service`

Name of the x11vnc service. This class will create an init script with this name and manage a service with this name. Defaults to x11vnc

`x11vnc_bin`

Absolute path to the x11vnc executable. Defaults to /usr/bin/x11vnc on RedHat and Debian systems and /usr/local/bin/x11vnc on FreeBSD.

`x11vnc_custom_args`

Custom arguments to use for starting x11vnc. If this parameter is defined, the display parameter is unused for starting x11vnc - that's left up to the user. Optional. Defaults to undefined.

`display_env`

Boolean. Provide a profile.d script to export the DISPLAY variable. Defaults to true.

NOTE: This parameter and the display::env class is being deprecated and will soon be removed.

`display_env_path`

Absolute path to place a profile.d script that exports the DISPLAY variable. Defaults to /etc/profile.d/vagrant_display.sh This is only effective if 'profiled' is true.

NOTE: This parameter and the display::env class is being deprecated and will soon be removed.

Class: display::xvfb

`display`

X display to use. Default is 0

`width`

Screen width to use. Default is 1280

`height`

Screen height to use. Default is 800

`color`

Screen color depth to use. Default is '24+32' (32-bit)

`runuser`

User to run xvfb as. Default is 'root'

`fbdir`

Directory in which the memory mapped files containing the framebuffer memory should be created. Defaults to '/tmp'

`package`

Package name for installing xvfb. Defaults to xorg-x11-servers-Xvfb on RedHat systems and xvfb on Debian systems.

`custom_args`

`service`

Name of the xvfb service. This class will create an init script with this name and manage a service by this name. Defaults to xvfb

Class: display::x11vnc

`display`

X display to use. Default is 0

`runuser`

User to run xvfb as. Default is 'root'

`package`

Package name for installing x11vnc. Defaults to x11vnc on RedHat and Debian systems.

`service`

Name of the x11vnc service. This class will create an init script with this name and manage a service with this name. Defaults to x11vnc

`x11vnc_bin`

Absolute path to the x11vnc executable. Defaults to /usr/bin/x11vnc on RedHat and Debian systems and /usr/local/bin/x11vnc on FreeBSD.

`custom_args`

Custom arguments to use for starting x11vnc. If this parameter is defined, the display parameter is unused for starting x11vnc - that's left up to the user. Optional. Defaults to undefined.

Class: display::env

NOTE: This class is being deprecated and will soon be removed.

This is better managed by your own implementation class. For example, a profile class.

`file`

Absolute path where a file should be place that exports the DISPLAY environment variable. Defaults to /etc/profile.d/vagrant_display.sh

`display`

X display to use. Default is 0

Limitations

This module has been built on a tested against Puppet 3.

Supported and tested on RedHat, Debian, and FreeBSD families.

Contributors

Alex Rodionov https://github.com/p0deje

Josh Beard http://joshbeard.me

Joshua Hoblitt https://github.com/jhoblitt

License

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.


Copyright (C) 2013-2014 Joshua Beard <beard@puppetlabs.com>
Copyright (C) 2013-2014 Alex Rodionov <p0deje@gmail.com>
Copyright (C) 2012-2014 Joshua Hoblitt <jhoblitt@cpan.org>

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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puppet-display

Table of Contents

Overview

Setup

What display affects

Usage

Reference

Classes

Class: display

display

width

height

color

runuser

fbdir

xvfb_package

xvfb_service

xvfb_bin

xvfb_custom_args

x11vnc_package

x11vnc_service

x11vnc_bin

x11vnc_custom_args

display_env

display_env_path

Class: display::xvfb

display

width

height

color

runuser

fbdir

package

custom_args

service

Class: display::x11vnc

display

runuser

package

service

x11vnc_bin

custom_args

Class: display::env

file

display

Limitations

Contributors

License

Dependencies

`display`

`width`

`height`

`color`

`runuser`

`fbdir`

`xvfb_package`

`xvfb_service`

`xvfb_bin`

`xvfb_custom_args`

`x11vnc_package`

`x11vnc_service`

`x11vnc_bin`

`x11vnc_custom_args`

`display_env`

`display_env_path`

`display`

`width`

`height`

`color`

`runuser`

`fbdir`

`package`

`custom_args`

`service`

`display`

`runuser`

`package`

`service`

`x11vnc_bin`

`custom_args`

`file`

`display`