Modifying Proxmox VNC arguments

[jimmyjoe]

Is there any way on proxmox to change the args used to start the VNC server for the virtual? I'd like to run the vnc server on localhost:XXXX without x509 or TLS or password options. Then connect regular plain old VNC over an ssh tunnel.

/usr/bin/kvm -id 110 -chardev socket,id=qmp,path=/var/run/qemu-server/110.qmp,server,nowait -mon chardev=qmp,mode=control -vnc unix:/var/run/qemu-server/110.vnc,x509,password -pidfile ...

I would rather tunnel regular VNC over an ssh connection than deal with the limited options for x509/TLS VNC clients on Mac/Linux.

 

[wolfgang]

Hi,

the only way to change this is to modify the Code manually.

 

[jimmyjoe]

Is the code accessible on the proxmox install as Perl or Python or something or are you referring to a private codebase I wouldn't necessarily have access to as a customer. Thanks!

 

[wolfgang]

Proxmox is opensource so you have access to the code but it is perl, so you can edit it also on an installation.
Path /use/share/perl5/pve
Repro git.proxmox.com.

 

[jimmyjoe]

Thanks! Found the file to edit in the directory you mentioned and my VM is starting up now with: unix:/var/run/qemu-server/110.vnc,localhost,alwaysshared...

VNC is soooo much snappier now