website: document vmware-esxi VNC requirements

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Jason A. Beranek 2014-09-16 22:16:22 -05:00
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@ -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 Packer currently uses SSH to communicate to the ESXi machine rather than
the vSphere API. At some point, the vSphere API may be used. 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, To use a remote VMware vSphere Hypervisor to build your virtual machine,
fill in the required `remote_*` configurations: fill in the required `remote_*` configurations: