Need Help with VMware VNC Console Access via HTML Console SDK

[mdusman]

Hello Everyone,

I'm facing a challenge with accessing the VNC Console through VMware's HTML Console SDK and would really appreciate some guidance. Here's a rundown of what I've done and the issue I'm encountering:

Steps Taken:

1. Setting Up: I've used the HTML Console SDK from VMware, which involves loading the WebMKS script into an HTML page. This setup requires jQuery, jQueryUI, access to vCenter Server and an ESXi host, a local HTTP server, and the mentioned libraries.

2. Procedure Followed:

• Downloaded and unzipped the HTML Console SDK.

• Created an HTML page for the console display.

• Managed security certificates for vCenter Server and ESXi host.

• Obtained a WebMKS ticket.

• Entered the ESXi host IP and the VM's WebMKS ticket in the wmks.connect function.

• Used the provided JavaScript sample code for the remote HTML Console.

1. Ticket Generation: I've used a Python script to connect to the vSphere server, locate the VM, and generate the MKS ticket.

Current Setup and Issue:

• The ticket generation and VM console connection code is hosted on a server (IP: xx.xxx.xxx.100).

• I'm trying to connect to a VM (IP: xx.xxx.xxx.83), which is on an ESXi host (IP: xx.xxx.xxx.80) and managed by vSphere Client (IP: xx.xxx.xxx.81).

The problem: I'm getting a failed WebSocket connection with the error: 'Web socket connection wss://xx.xxx.xxx.80:902/ticket/tickerID failed.'

Any advice or pointers would be highly appreciated! Also, has anyone else encountered a similar issue?

[mdusman · Accepted solution]

902 port is not required.

Also, the issue is resolved now. The issue was related to ticket that was created by following line in my Python Script

ticket = vm.AcquireMksTicket()

I replaced above line with the following line.

 ticket = vm.AcquireTicket(ticketType='webmks')