Ansible role that installs and configures x11vnc.

It creates a user-scoped systemd service called x11vnc.service that runs x11vnc listening only on 127.0.0.1. You must take advantage of SSH tunneling in order to access the shared screen.

There are no requirements for this, it should work out of the box with Ansible.

Please see defaults/main.yml for variables that can all be set on a per-host basis.

None at the moment.

First, create a requirements.yml in your Ansible setup if you haven't already, here's an example:

---
collections:
  - name: community.general
  - name: ansible.posix
  - name: community.crypto

roles:
  - name: charles-m-knox.x11vnc
    src: https://github.com/charles-m-knox/ansible-role-x11vnc.git
    scm: git
    version: main

Next, install it:

# include the -f flag to forceably re-install and get the latest (equivalent to
# upgrading)
ansible-galaxy role install -f -r requirements.yml

Now, in your site.yml (or whatever your playbook is named), use the role - note that root access is required for some of the steps:

- name: Install x11vnc
  hosts: all
  roles:
    - charles-m-knox.x11vnc

ansible-playbook site.yml --tags x11vnc

MIT

https://charlesmknox.com