Steps to Start a Console
To create an HTML console, load the WebMKS program as a script into an HTML page,
after loading the jQuery and jQueryUI libraries.
- Your machine must have connectivity to vCenter Server and an ESXi host at a known IP address or FQDN.
- Your machine should have a local HTTP server. Two alternatives are Lighttpd and XAMPP.
- You need locate and possibly download the jQuery and jQueryUI libraries.
- Download the HTML Console SDK from code.vmware.com/sdk/html-console.The WebMKS_*.zip file contains the SDK components.
- Unzip the archive.Thewmks.min.jsprogram appears, along withcssandimgfolders.
- Create a console display page using HTML from the next section.
- If lacking security certificates, permit unsafe connections to vCenter Server and ESXi host.
- Get awebmksticket using one of the different methods at the end of this chapter.
- On thewmks.connectline, fill in the IP address of the ESXi host, and the VM'swebmksticket.
When you open the HTML file in a browser, the VM console should appear.