VMWare setup over headless SSH connection is broken

[M-Davies]

There is an issue with the setup script for vmware where if you're running it from a headless console session (e.g. SSH), the script will fail due to the lack of a display driver:

$ ./goad.sh -t install -l GOAD -p vmware -m docker
[✓] Task: install
[✓] Lab: GOAD
[✓] Provider: vmware
[✓] Method: docker
[✓] folder ad/GOAD/providers/vmware found
[✓] Launch installation for: GOAD / vmware / docker
[✓] launch vagrant
Bringing machine 'GOAD-DC01' up with 'vmware_desktop' provider...
Bringing machine 'GOAD-DC02' up with 'vmware_desktop' provider...
Bringing machine 'GOAD-DC03' up with 'vmware_desktop' provider...
Bringing machine 'GOAD-SRV02' up with 'vmware_desktop' provider...
Bringing machine 'GOAD-SRV03' up with 'vmware_desktop' provider...
==> GOAD-DC01: Cloning VMware VM: 'StefanScherer/windows_2019'. This can take some time...
==> GOAD-DC01: Checking if box 'StefanScherer/windows_2019' version '2021.05.15' is up to date...
==> GOAD-DC01: Verifying vmnet devices are healthy...
==> GOAD-DC01: Preparing network adapters...
==> GOAD-DC01: Starting the VMware VM...
An error occurred while executing `vmrun`, a utility for controlling
VMware machines. The command and output are below:

Command: ["-T", "ws", "start", "/mnt/hdd1/GOAD/ad/GOAD/providers/vmware/.vagrant/machines/GOAD-DC01/vmware_desktop/1e52492e-3c35-4847-8060-e8cbfc586631/WindowsServer2019.vmx", "gui", {:notify=>[:stdout, :stderr], :timeout=>45}]

Stdout: Error: Cannot launch the UI because no display server is present in the current environment

Stderr: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR (/run/user/0) is not owned by us (uid 13015), but by uid 0! (This could e.g. happen if you try to connect to a non-root PulseAudio as a root user, over the native protocol. Don't do that.)
Warning: program compiled against libxml 210 using older 209
/home/user/GOAD
[!] vagrant finish with error abort

If I connect via RDP and run the same script it works fine. There probably should be a change to the script (or a warning in the documentation) that tells people to make sure they're running it with GUI support.

[Mayfly277]

i keep it as an enhancement to remember to add an option in goad-v3 to enable/disable vmware gui

for your error just comment the gui = true in the vagrantfile