The HTML5 console (WebMKS) opens an insecure port back to vCenter to provide the data for the console session. The specific line of code is:
_wmks.wmks("connect", "ws://" + path + "authd?" + authd);
The VMware KB documents how to change the default port from 7331 but does not appear to support secure web sockets with a wss:// protocol. I'm trying to embed the HTML5 console viewer in to a custom application which uses HTTPS. This causes a security error in the browser since the Websocket spec states that you can't mix connection types. This is the message from Chrome:
Uncaught SecurityError: Failed to construct 'WebSocket': An insecure WebSocket connection may not be initiated from a page loaded over HTTPS.
Does anyone know if vSphere 5.5 can be configured to listen for secure websocket connections?
