Xvfb Cookbook

This cookbook installs Xvfb and configures it as a service. Xvfb is an X server that can run on machines with no display hardware and no physical input devices. It emulates a dumb framebuffer using virtual memory.

Requirements

• Chef 11 and Ruby 1.9.3 or higher.

Platforms

• CentOS, RedHat, Fedora
• Debian, Ubuntu

Cookbooks

These cookbooks are referenced with suggests, so be sure to depend on the cookbooks that apply:

• apt - Debian, Ubuntu platforms
• yum - CentOS, RedHat, Fedora platforms

Usage

Just include recipe[xvfb] in your run_list.

Attributes

• node['xvfb']['display'] - Display number to listen for connections. Default is :0.
• node['xvfb']['screennum'] - Screen number. Default is 0.
• node['xvfb']['dimensions'] - Screen width, height, and depth. Default is 1280x1024x24.
• node['xvfb']['args'] - Additional arguments. Default is nil. Set to -ac to disable access control restrictions.

See attributes/default.rb for complete list of attributes.

Getting Help

• Ask specific questions on Stack Overflow.
• Report bugs and discuss potential features in Github issues.

Contributing

Please refer to CONTRIBUTING.

License

MIT - see the accompanying LICENSE file for details.