vSphere HTML5 Web Client Fling – Getting Started
VMware announced the first step towards making a HTML5 Web Client a reality, the vSphere HTML5 Web Client Fling. This first release of the Fling will focus primarily on VM management, with more updates coming. Here is a list of the features and operations available in this first release:
- VM power operations
- VM Edit Settings (simple CPU, Memory, Disk changes)
- VM Console
- VM and Host Summary pages
- VM Migration (only to a Host)
- Clone to Template/ VM
- Create VM on a Host (limited)
- Additional monitoring views: Performance charts, Tasks, Event
- Global Views: Recent tasks, Alarms (view only)
- Integrated Feedback Tool
The vSphere HTML5 Web Client Fling is a standalone appliance that can be deployed in your existing or new vSphere 6.0 and later environments in a transparent manner. The Fling does not make any changes to your existing vCenter or Platform Services Controller components. Nor does it affect any operations, such as the use of the current vSphere Web Client, as it is meant to run side by side. The Fling should be deployed with the following specifications and prerequisites in mind:
- 2vCPU, 4GB of RAM, and 14GB of storage
- Runs only on vSphere 6.0 or later
- Recommended Browsers include Chrome, Firefox, and IE11. Other browsers may work, but have not been tested yet
- Usable with either the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) or Windows
- Enable SSH on your vCenter Server Appliance, temporarily needed only during the install process
- Enable vCenter Server Appliance Bash Shell, temporarily needed to SCP configuration files from the Fling to the vCenter Server Appliance
Visit the VMware Blog to learn more…vSphere HTML5 Web Client Fling – Getting Started
You can also visit VMware Labs – vSphere HTML5 Web Client
